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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.

1501
16 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

Song: As17881028

1502
27 December 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

Song: As17881125

1503
09 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

1504
10 January 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

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

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: an Occasional Prologue-Farren

1505
16 January 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

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

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

1506
28 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Captain Dudley Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1507
31 January 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

Song: Original Music-; Chorusses and Accompaniments, as17881016, but _Fawcett, Miss _Collett

1508
04 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Impostors

Cast
Role: Captain George Sapient Actor: Aickin
Related Works
Related Work: The Impostor Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1509
19 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Frank Actor: Spencer
Related Works
Related Work: The First Floor Author(s): James Cobb

1510
20 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

Dance: End I: Dance-[probably Jamie's Return, as17890107

Song: In V: song-Miss Romanzini

1511
24 February 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1512
09 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

1513
14 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Related Works
Related Work: Coriolanus Author(s): James Thomson

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1514
21 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mary Queen Of Scots

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

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

1515
24 March 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mary Queen Of Scots

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1516
17 April 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: In afterpiece: a new Hunting Glee ['Tis health that gives birth] (1st time; composed by Callcott)-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick

1517
23 April 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mary Queen Of Scots

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1518
08 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

Dance: As17890507

1519
13 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1520
14 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

1521
21 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Related Works
Related Work: The Doctor and the Apothecary Author(s): James Cobb

1522
10 June 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Frank Actor: Spencer
Related Works
Related Work: The First Floor Author(s): James Cobb

Dance: End: As17890415; End IV: Highland Reel, as17890527, but Whittow, _Hamoir

Song: As17880920

1523
12 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Giant Defeated; Or, The Reward Of Valour

Related Works
Related Work: The Giant Defeated; or, The Reward of Valour Author(s): James Byrne

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Cast
Role: Captain Douce Actor: Cubitt

Song: End 2nd piece: Poor Thomas Day-Edwin, Davies, Bannister

1524
13 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Frank Actor: Spencer
Related Works
Related Work: The First Floor Author(s): James Cobb

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Danby, Fawcett, Wilson, Maddocks, Alfred, Lyons, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Fox, Miss Barnes, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Butler, Mrs Crouch; III: Chorus of Furies-; V: the Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick, Amphitrite-Mrs Edwards

Related Works
Related Work: Alfred, a Masque Author(s): James Thomson
Related Work: Alfred the Great, King of England Author(s): James Thomson

1525
25 November 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Related Works
Related Work: The Haunted Tower Author(s): James Cobb

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Servant Actor: Spencer
Related Works
Related Work: The Humourist; or, Who's Who? Author(s): James Cobb
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