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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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We found 5218 matches on Event Comments, 1411 matches on Performance Comments, 1076 matches on Author, 998 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17990702 but Ribbemont-Barrymore; La Gloire-Wathen; Officer-_; John d'Aire-_; Old Man-_; Crier-_; Citizens-_; Serjeant-_.
Cast
Role: La Gloire Actor: Wathen
Role: Serjeant Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Surrender of Calais Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performance Comment: As17990618 but Walter-Wathen (1st appearance in that character); Gabriel-Palmer; added: Apathy-Suett.
Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Wathen
Role: Sheepface Actor: Wathen
Role: Children Actor: Master Tokely, Miss Benson

Song: End II: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland; In the character of Josephine in afterpiece 'Twas in the solemn mid@night hour-Mrs Bland the Ballad in Sighs; End I afterpiece: Little Taffline ; or, The Silken Sash-Mrs Bland

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Merchant of Venice, advertised on playbill of 29 Oct.] Receipts: #159 9s. 6d. (106.5.6; 51.10.0; 1.14.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Cast
Role: Father Philip Actor: Palmer
Role: Motley Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Cast
Role: Father Philip Actor: Palmer
Role: Motley Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Related Works
Related Work: The East Indian Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Song: As17991122

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Performance Comment: Epilogue upon the Ass-Will Penkethman.

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Essex, Mrs Lucas; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bignell; Dame Ragondes and her 8 Children-Nevelong, 8 more; The Right Irish Trot-Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Song: That celebrated Dialogue-Boman, Pack, A Drunken Officer and a Town Miss, originally performed in The Mad Lover; A Country Dialogue-Mrs Willis, Short; A new Trumpet Song composed by Eccles-Davis

Dance: The last new Entry-Firbank, Firbank's Scholar; Blowsabella-Prince, Mrs Clark; Comic dances-Prince, others; A Right Irish Trot-a child of five years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: A New Dance-Moreau, Mrs Schoolding; A Serious Dance-Salle, Mlle Salle, Salle's Sister, the Two Children from the Opera at Paris

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Adventures Of Five Hours

Dance: Dame Ragonde And Her Eight Children- (new)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin A Sham Astrologer, A Parrot, A Child, A Statue, And A Chimney Sweeper

Afterpiece Title: The Reasonable Animals

Dance: A singular new Entertainment by Danjeville, at the Request of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin The Mock Astrologer, A Statue, A Chimney Sweeper, A Child, And A Parrot

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Merry Spirit

Entertainment: Tumbling-the famous Tumblers just arriv'd from Paris

Event Comment: At Bullock Booth at the Back of the Greyhound

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Broken Heart: They Are All With Child; Or, A Trick To Catch The Old One

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Boheme; Moneses-Ryan; Axalla-Walker; Arpasia-Mrs Parker; Selima-Mrs Bullock; Bajazet-Quin; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: With the usual Prologue Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Magician; or, Harlequin a Director

Song: TThree Children on the Ice-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Dance: Sandham's Children; particularly a Punch-the Boy; La Folette, as17250928

Event Comment: Benefit Thurmond Sr. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Booth

Dance: End II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Sandham's Children; III: Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; IV: Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: I: Muzette-Rainton, Miss Robinson; III: Wooden Shoe Dance-Sandham's Children; IV: Dutch Skipper-Sandham; V: La Pierette-Roger, Mrs Brett

Music: II: Corelli's 8th Concerto-

Event Comment: Benefit Cook and Wilkins. Boxkeepers. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Performance Comment: As17250921, but Hothead-Shepard; Farewell-_; Violante-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Hothead Actor: Shepard

Dance: PPastoral-Lally, Mrs Walter; Peasant-Sandham's Children; Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Pierette-Roger, Mrs Brett

Music: CConcerto on the Little Flute-Baston

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle Salle. Four Rows of the Pit will be railed into the Boxes at 5s. Receipts: money #44 1s.; tickets #48 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 87 by money and 149 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit, 82 by money and 36 by tickets; slips, 5 by money; first gallery, 58 by money and 59 by tickets; second gallery, 15 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: PPastoral-Miss Rogers, a Child of Nine Years of Age, Scholar to Mlle Salle, it being the first Time of her APpearance on the Stage; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle

Event Comment: At Petty's Old Playhouse, the End of Tottenham Court, leading up to Hampstead Road. With a Representation of Merlin's Cave, and the Hermitage, as in the Royal Gardens at Richmond. Likewise several other Scenes performed by Merlin's Art. 10 A.m. to 9 P.M. [To play from 4 Aug. to 20 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Of Merlin, The British Enchanter; Or, The Child Has Found His Father

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: In I: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; I: Serious Dance, concluding with a Minuet-two Misses Scott; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; IV: Comic Dance-called Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde Accompanied by her Children-Nivelon, Lalauze, both in Wooden Shoes

Song: III: A New Song-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Livier, Ray, Raftor. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Music: With theOriginal Musick, carefully reviv'd,-Mrs Clive, Ray, Stoppelaer, Rainton, Este, Raftor, Mrs Pritchard, Mrs Willis, Mrs Marshall

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-Livier, Pelling; III: Punch's Dance-a Child of Six Years old that never performed on the Stage before; V: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve

Song: I: The Lady's Lamentation, as17370503

Event Comment: Benefit Poitier. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Tickets at Poitier's House in Brownlow Street, near Hanover Street, Long Acre.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Mlle Roland the Elder; II: Serious Dance-Master Charles Poitier; a Child of Five Years Old, the first time of his appearing on the Stage. III: Serious Dance-Poitier, Mlle Roland the Elder; IV: French Peasants-Poitier, Mlle Roland the Elder, Master Charles Poitier; End Afterpiece: Minuet-Poitier, Mlle Roland the Elder, Charles Poitier

Performance Comment: III: Serious Dance-Poitier, Mlle Roland the Elder; IV: French Peasants-Poitier, Mlle Roland the Elder, Master Charles Poitier; End Afterpiece: Minuet-Poitier, Mlle Roland the Elder, Charles Poitier.

Song: II: Duet-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Music: V: By Desire, a Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Brett, the surprising voice of the famous African who sings several songs, with Mock Voices, particularly in Imitation of a young Child.; Juggling-Yates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Audlin; Or, The Merchant's Daughter Of Brastol; With The Comical Humours Of Roger, Antonio's Man

Song: Batt Platt, the original Mad Tom

Dance: Sig and Signora Capuchino, Mynheer Drollelo, being children lately arrived from Holland, who never appeared on any Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Music: I: Flute solo-; III: Music-the Child

Dance: V: Savoyards-Matthews, Mrs Addison