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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Cape"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Cape")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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770 results for: Keyword - Cape
We found 891 matches on Roles/Actors, 146 matches on Performance Comments, 22 matches on Performance Title, 22 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

26
27 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Mattocks, 1st time; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Davis; Servant-Bates; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Bulkley; Trifle-Miss Cokayne; Miss Harlow-Mrs Barrington, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

Dance: End of Opera: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

27
19 September 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Perry; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Davis; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Harlow-Mrs Barrington.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

Dance: I: A Dance incident to the Opera-Fishar, Arnauld, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois

28
01 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

Dance: M Daguville, 1st appearance, Mrs King

29
11 August 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Cape-Aickin; Vamp-Sparks; Robin-Wheeler; Sprightly-DuBellamy; Governor-Bannister; Poet-Hamilton; Printer's Devil-Jacobs; Arabella-Mrs Jefferies; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner; with the Original Prologue-Foote.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Aickin

Dance: As17690515

30
08 February 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: lionel And Clarissa; Or, The School For Fathers

Afterpiece Title: [The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

31
03 September 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: hay The Author

Performance Comment: As17700518 [but Short Bill]: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Aickin; Arabella-Mrs Jeffries; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner .
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: F. Gentleman

Dance: hay IV: The Nosegay, as17700611

Song: hay IV: By Mrs Jewell

32
14 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Perry; Harlow-DuBellamy; Cape-Dunstall; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Bulkley; Old Maid-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

Dance: II: The Lamplighter, as17701009

33
17 December 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Heartwell-Hurst.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

34
19 June 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17710523, but Young Cape-Aickin.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin.
Role: Cape Actor: F. Gentleman

Dance: The Cowkeepers, as17710515

35
14 August 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17710619 but Young Cape-Aickin; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: F. Gentleman

Dance: As17710531

36
14 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Heartwell-Hurst; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

37
17 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Heartwell-Hurst; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

38
20 December 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Cast
Role: Servants Actor: Griffith, Mas. Cape

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Heartwell-Hurst; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

39
17 May 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17750515, but Sprightly-DuBellamy; Add Gov. Cape-Davis.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Davis.
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin

Dance: As17750515

40
29 May 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17750517, but Sprightly-Fearon; Gov. Cape-_.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Davis.
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin

Dance: End: A Dance-

41
28 June 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17750529, but Governor Cape-Davis; Vamp-L'Estrange.
Cast
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Davis
Role: Cape Actor: Davis.
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

42
12 July 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17750628 but Gov. Cape-L'Estrange; Vamp-Wilson.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Davis
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin

Dance: Tambourine Dance-

43
20 September 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17750721 but Cadwallader-Lewis; Sprightly-Chapman; Young Cape-Everard; Governor-Griffith; Vamp-Morris; Poet-Richard; Printer's Devil-Jacobs; Robin-Lloyd; Bell-Mrs Palmer; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Everard
Role: Cape Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Davis

Monologue: Scene from The Register Office. As 19 Sept

Dance: Hornpipe-Everard

44
25 January 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Wroughton; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Whitefield; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Harlow-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

Dance: End: The Villagers, as17770122

45
26 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Wroughton; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Whitfield; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Harlow-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

Dance: End II: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770924

46
09 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: All in the Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Wroughton; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Whitfield; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Harlow-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

Dance: As17780925

47
04 May 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Barrymore; Capt. Cape-King; Mr Harlow-Whitfield; Footman-Banks; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Goodall; The Old Maid (for this night only)-Mrs Jordan; Trifle-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: In: will introduce the favourite song In the dead of the night-Mrs Jordan in The Wedding Day; End 2nd piece: a favourite song-Miss Leak; accompanied on the harp-Meyer? Jun

48
13 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Cancelled. Theatre and all the Gardens [closed] on account of the Death of Louisa Anne [sister of His Majesty]--until 23 May. [This was to have been the Benefit night for Mortimer, Tomlinson, and Lings.] Tickets deliver'd by Miss Berkley, Mas. Cape, and for The Committee were to have been taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Afterpiece Title: None

Dance: [I: Double Hornpipe-Mas. Cape, Miss Taylor.

Performance Comment: Cape=, Miss Taylor.]

49
05 February 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Ross, Yates, Bransby, Simson, Vaughan, Usher, Walker, Miss Barton, Mrs Clive. Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Ross; Vamp-Yates; Sprightly-Usher; Governor Cape-Bransby; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Clive; Arabella-Miss Barton; Robin-Simson; Printer's Devil-Vaughan; Poet-Walker (Genest, IV, 480).
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Ross
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Bransby

50
15 October 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Austin; Arabella-Miss Barton; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Clive; Vamp-Yates; Governor Cape-Bransby; Robin-Jefferson; Printer's Devil-Vaughan; Sprightly-Usher; Poet-Walker.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Austin
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Bransby