SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Children of the late Mr Farquhar"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Children of the late Mr Farquhar")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; First Violin-Mr Dubourg

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Not Acted these Ten Years. Receipts: money #60 19s.; tickets #60 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule Or Love And Empire

Music: With a Lesson on Harpsichord-Mr Cole

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; Particularly, Two new Cantatas by Mr Hendel and Sig Sandoni-; Four Songs, Six Duettos by the famous Signor Stefan-Signora Durastanti, Signor Senesino

Event Comment: Benefit Richard Neale. For the Entertainment of several Persons of Quality. Tickets 3s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; particularly Mr Handel's Water@Musick-; Singing-Mrs Fitzgerald

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Cast
Role: Hothead Actor: Miller

Music: Select Pieces-; particularly a Concerto for Little Flute by Monsieur Dieupart-Mr Baston, others

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe

Event Comment: Benefit Aston. Being the last Time of his performing here. Receipts: money #17 1s.; tickets #37 6s. [In Daily Post, 7 May, Aston has an appeal to the twofold learned and judicious Body of the Law, in behalf of his Benefit Play."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Song: A new Comic Pastoral call'd Whitsuntide: or, The Clowns' Contention-; Two new Songs-the Boy; And a New Song-Mr Aston, representing a Hide Park Grenadier

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: See17211219, but Parts-Booth, Cibber, Wilks, Mills, Johnson, Thurmond, Miller, Williams, Penkethman, Norris; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Porter.

Dance: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Saraband-Mr Robinson's Daughter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distressd Beauty Or The London Prentice

Song: As17220905; Mrs Willis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son, Sandham's Daughter

Dance: Mrs Willis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son and Daughter

Entertainment: For the Diversion of Gentlemen and Ladies, several excellent Entertainments of Dancing on the Ropes and Tumbling-a Company lately arrived from Holland, which never perform'd on Mr Penkethman's Stage before; besides Dancing on the Rope without a Pole-a Youth lately come from France

Event Comment: Benefit Coe. At the Theatrical Booth in Bird Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Entertainment: Singing-; Hornpipe-Jones; Tumbling-Mr Fawks's famous Boy

Event Comment: Benefit Betty Smith and Mrs Orfeur. All the Characters new dress'd. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca Or The British General

Related Works
Related Work: Bonduca Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-; particularly, Dancing-Girl of Six years of Age, for her Diversion, Scholar to Mr Roussau; being the first Time she ever appeared on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Concerto, Solo on Hautboy-Kytch; Solo on Violin-Michael Festing; Sonata-Mr China

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Song: Mrs Chambers; In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legar

Dance: Dupre, Nivelon Sr, Glover, Newhouse, Mr Rogier, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; Flag Dance-Nivelon Sr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant Or The Sick Ladys Cure

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mr Gething Jr , who never appear'd upon any Stage before

Dance: The Cheshire Boy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: Three different Characters-Miss Robinson (who never appear'd upon any Stage before), young Rainton, both Scholars of Mr Fairbank

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Medecin Malgre Luy

Afterpiece Title: Les Filles Errantes Avec La Scene des Moeurs de Francois

Dance: Un Ballet Nouveau-Mr Roger the Pierrot

Event Comment: Benefit Defonpre, the Arlequin. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Quatres Arlequin Par Magie

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Docteur Faustus

Dance: vec un% Nouveau Ballet Comique & Autres Danses-Mr Roger

Event Comment: Benefit Castrucci, first Violin to the Opera. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several new compositions-; , particularly the Feasts of the Piazza y Spagnia-; , in which you will hear two Trumpets on the Violin-Mr Castrucci

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Empereur Dans La Lune

Afterpiece Title: Les Tombeau de Mestre Andre

Dance: Dancing of Mr Roger's Composing-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Harp-Mr Morphy

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Linike

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Solo, Concerto Grosso on Hautbois-Mr Keitch

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Wall. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #14 12s.; tickets #108 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Dance: I: A new Saraband by Dupre-Mrs Wall; II: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Walls; IV: Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Legare

Music: II: Concerto on small Flute-Mr John Jones

Ballet: V: Grand Dance in the following Characters:. Two Harlequins-Dupre, Salle; Two Punches-Newhouse, Pelling; Two Scaramouches-Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Harlequin Woman-Mrs Wall

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dianas Madness Or Fatime A Favourite Slave In The Seraglio Mad For Love And Crownd Empress By The Grand Signior With Pantlon And Harlequin Eunuchs Elected Kaimcan And Ciguir The One Impaled And The Other Sawed Asunder The Bashas Selim And Achmet Ript Open Rabca Strangled And Chistar Beheaded

Entertainment: Carneval-after the Venetian Manner; Dancing-Masqueraders in divers Characters, Madmen, Turks Men and Women being the Invention of Mr Poictiers

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Furbarie Per Vendetta Or Brighellas Revenge Thwarted By Argentina With Divers Transformations Of Harlequin Viz

Performance Comment: Physician, Musick-Master, Madam Pantaska, or Lady Pancake, Swaggerer, Cyant and Grand Bashaw, Together with the Comical Egress and Regress from and to the Twon. Edition of 1726 lists no cast.

Dance: Turkish Men and Women, being the Invention of Mr Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: Of Poitier's Composition: A Jalousie of Three Pierots-Poitier, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; Serious Dance-Dupre, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour; French Peasant-Poitier; A Grand Ballet-ten Persons of Different Characters

Music: End III: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality, Kettle Drums-Mr Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Oldfield; Sir Solomon-Johnson; Careless-Wilks; Atall-Cibber; Cerimont-Watson; Old Wilful-Miller; Sir Harry-Shepard; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Horton; Clarinda-Mrs Thurmond; Silvia-Mrs Cibber; Wishwell-Mrs Mills; With the Coronation Scene-.
Cast
Role: With the Coronation Scene Actor: .

Dance: Miss Robinson Jr, a Scholar of Mr Essex's, being the first Time of her performing in that Capacity; particularly The Sultana-Miss Robinson Jr