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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Chairmen"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Chairmen")') 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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210 results for: Keyword - Chairmen
We found 177 matches on Roles/Actors, 38 matches on Performance Comments, 28 matches on Event Comments, 1 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

201
02 January 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. To Princess Dowager's Footmen (by Mayne) Xmas #1 1s.; To her Chairmen (by Olive) Xmas #1 1s.; To Duke of Cumberland Footmen (by Herpst) Xmas #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #122 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: III: A New Comic Dance, as17671021; IV: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

202
06 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Query whether this New Scene in the Masquerade was added to the performances of Harlequin Skeleton after 4 Feb. 1769.] Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Gave the Princess Dowager's Footmen (by Gray) #1 1s. and her Chairmen (by Holt) #1 1s. (Account Book). Receipts: #197 16s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

203
06 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Gave Princess of Wales' Footmen #1 1s.; and Chairmen #1 1s. Paid James Dyer 9 nights as extra dancer #1 17s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #97 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

204
07 January 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Gave Princess Dowager's footmen by Mayne #1 1s.; her Chairmen, by Clive, #1 1s.; Gave Duke of Gloucester's Footmen by Berkley #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #164 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

205
24 April 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: I: The European in America (for 1st time this Season)-Messieurs Daigvilles, Miss Ross, Sga Vidini; II: A Comic Dance, as17720326 V: Psiche, a Grand Historical Ballet (Never performed before)-Daigville, Giorgi, Sga Daigville, Miss Ross, Sga Vidini

206
21 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. [Note repeated in subsequent bills. Larpent MS 337 casts the Prelude as follows: Manager-Chairmen-$Saunders, $Fox">Dyer; Prompter-$Younger; Author-$Kniveton; Carpenter-$Davis; Mr Reinhold-$Mr Lewes; Chairmen-$Saunders, $Fox; Young Lady, her first appearance; servant.] Receipts: #199 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Monologue: Preceded: New Occasional Prelude. The Principal characters-Dyer, Kniveton, Younger, Davis, Cushing, Wignell, Saunders, Fox, a Young Lady Miss Barsanti her first appearance on any stage

207
08 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Mr Door for baskets #2 6d. Gave Duke of Cumberland's Chairmen by Cummins #1 1s. (Account Book). Receipts: #171 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

208
09 January 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17940915, but Buckle-_; Ranger's Servant-_; Chairmen-_; Milliner-_; Landlady-_.

Afterpiece Title: Hercules and Omphale

209
07 May 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17940915, but Strickland-Harley; Frankly-Pope; Ranger's Servant-_; Chairmen-_; Milliner-_; Landlady-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Volunteers

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Dance: As17950428

Song: End II 1st piece: Representation of a Ship in Distress; in which The Storm-Incledon

210
27 October 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Entertainment: Monologue.As17971016; An Occasional Address-Wroughton