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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Capt James Spencer"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Capt James Spencer")') 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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3953 results for: Keyword - Capt. James Spencer
We found 2140 matches on Author, 1644 matches on Performance Comments, 395 matches on Event Comments, 23 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1001
28 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

1002
06 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

Dance: I: Hearts of Oak, as17681013

1003
12 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes Author(s): James Love

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

Entertainment: End of Opera: King (for that night only) will present the Audience with a Comic Paraphrase-King on Shakespeare's The Seven Ages

1004
15 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17681210

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at ye All-King (that night only)

1005
26 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes Author(s): James Love

Dance: II: The Wake, as17680929; IV: Hearts of Oak, as17681013

1006
04 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

1007
05 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes Author(s): James Love

Song: End: The Albion Song-Vernon

1008
09 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

Dance: II: A New Dance-Tassoni, Sga Giorgi

1009
17 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

1010
20 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

Dance: End: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Ward

1011
16 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Related Works
Related Work: High Life Below Stairs Author(s): James Townley

1012
26 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Performance Comment: Sir William Evans-Holland; Capt. Loyd-King; Frampton-Reddish; Lord Eustace-Cautherly; Col. Evans-Palmer; Willis-W. Palmer; Robert-Baddeley; Mrs Winifred-Mrs Hopkins; Harriet-Mrs Baddeley.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Daigueville, Sga Vidini

1013
07 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: Lear-Barry; Gloster-Burton; Edgar-Reddish; Bastard-Palmer; Kent-Bransby; Gent. Usher-Dodd; Albany-Packer; Cornwall-Hurst; Capt.-Ackman; 1st Officer-Keen; 2nd Officer-Fawcett; Old Man-Hartry; Regan-Mrs W. Barry; Goneril-Mrs Stephens; Cordelia-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Capt. Actor: Ackman

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

1014
11 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Related Works
Related Work: Queen Mab Author(s): James Oswald

1015
31 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Related Works
Related Work: Tancred and Sigismunda Author(s): James Thomson

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17690926

1016
02 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: Parts by Woodward, Smith, Yates, Clarke, Dyer, Bensley, Hull, Dunstall, Perry, Quick, Fox, Wignell, Bates, Holtom, Mrs Bulkley, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Green, Miss Ward, Miss Valois, Mrs Yates. With Prologue and Epilogue. Captain Ironsides-Woodward; Belfield Jun-Smith; Sir Benjamin Dove-Yates; Belfield Sen-Clarke; Paterson-Dyer; Philip-Bensley; Old Goodwin-Hull; Jonathan-Dunstall; Francis-Perry; Skiff-Quick; Lady Dove-Mrs Green; Violetta-Mrs Bulkley; Lucy Waters-Mrs Mattocks; Fanny Goodwin-Miss Ward; Kitty-Miss Valois; Sophia-Mrs Yates (playbill matched with Edition of 1770); Playbill also lists Fox, Wignell, Bates, Holtom (presumably as sailors.); With Prologue-Smith; Epilogue-Mrs Yates (playbill and 1770 Edn.). See Bill for 25 Jan. 1770.
Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

1017
04 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Chaplet Author(s): James Wild

1018
05 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Afterpiece Title: The Author's Night

1019
06 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: End: The Whim, as17691123

1020
07 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Tartars-Fishar, Sga Manesiere. [See17680416.

1021
08 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

1022
09 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1023
11 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

1024
12 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: End: The Whim, as17691123

1025
13 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Captain Ironsides Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: End: The Tartars, as17691207