SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "English and Spanish Fleets"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "English and Spanish Fleets")') 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: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Randal Actor: Bannister Jun.

Dance: As17860708

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not performed these 5 years. In 3 acts; altered from Dryden. [Both Kemble and Moss were from the Edinburgh theatre. Address by George Colman elder (European Magazine, ibid).] Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin. London Chronicle, 17 May, refers to it as "from the French"]: The Musick composed by Dibdin. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser. 7 July: This Day is published Harvest Home (1s.). Places for the Boxes to be taken of Rice, at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Afterpiece Title: Harvest Home

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Meadows, Chapman, Usher, Mathews, Johnson, Young Sestini, Mrs Bannister, Mrs Edwards, Miss George. Cast from text (Harrison and Co., 1787): Glanville-Meadows; Trim-Chapman; Scandaroon-Usher; Muzzy-Mathews; Congo-Johnson; Pickle-Young Sestini; Cleora-Mrs Bannister; Goody Muzzy-Mrs Edwards; Unah-Miss George; Signora Estella-Mrs Poussin (see17870521).
Cast
Role: Scandaroon Actor: Usher

Entertainment: Monologue End: Occasional Address (in character)-Young Sestini (European Magazine, July 1787, p. 63)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: After Monologue: The Shepherds-Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne

Entertainment: Monologue As17870516

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber; Or, The Fruitless Precaution

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: End II: The Scheming Jockey and the Fortune Teller-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

Entertainment: Monologue As17870611

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End 2nd piece: a new dance, The Capricious Lovers-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: End: As17880610

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Painter

Dance: End: As17880707

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Performance Comment: Love: Goldsmith's poem of Edwin and Angelina. Scene, A Hermit's Cell. Edwin-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage unidentified); Angelina-Mrs Plomer; War: Scene I. A Sea-port. Officers carousing. O say Bonny Lass-; Scene II. A Village. Serjeant-Davies; Country Lasses-Mrs Gaudry; Milkmaid-Miss Collett; Admiral Benbow-Bannister; A new dance, The British Soldier Triumphant-Byrn, Ratchford, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Goodwin.

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Performance Comment: Captain Gorget-Bannister; Tipperary-R. Palmer; Anvil-Barrett; Crack-Milbourn; Landlord-Ledger; Rorey-Moss; Signora Figurante-Mrs Plomer; Miss Plumb-Miss Collett; Lady Pedigree-Mrs Edwin; Maria-Mrs Forster.
Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Ledger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Song: As17880811

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Storace. A new Comic Opera, as originally performed at the Courts of Petersburgh and Vienna; the Music by Paisiello. Tickets to be had of Sga Storace, No. 23, Howland-street, Rathbone-place

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia; Or, The Spanish Barber

Performance Comment: Almaviva-Kelly (of dl); Figaro-Borselli; Don Basilio-Torregiani; Don Bartolo-Benucci; Rosina-Sga Storace; The other Characters-Sga Delicati, Sga Giani; Libretto (L. Wayland, 1789) adds: Il Giovinetto-Delicati; Notaro-D@@; Alcade-Cardinale.

Dance: End II: New Divertissement-[See17890110]; End Opera: La Nymphe et le Chasseur, as17890606

Music: End I: a Trio for Piano Forte Violin and Violoncello-Clementi, Cramer, Cervetto

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Iliff. Afterpiece: Not acted these 10 years [not acted since 30 July 1778]. Diary, 28 July: Tickets to be had of Iliff, No. 20, Charles-street, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Leander-Davies; Pantaloon-Reeve; Columbine-Mrs Iliff; Isabella-Miss George.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Davies

Entertainment: Imitations End: Theatrical Imitations Serious, Comic, Vocal, and Rhetorical,-Rees; Duologue End afterpiece: Hobby@Horses Describing the Statesman's Hobby, the Ladies' Hobby, the Lawyer's Hobby, the Physician's Hobby, the Manager's Hobby, and R. Palmer's own Hobby,-R. Palmer, Iliff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia; Or, The Spanish Barber

Dance: End I: La Bergere des Alpes, as17900525; End Opera: Divertisement, as17900529

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Generous Sportsman, as17900625

Performances

Mainpiece Title: [beaumarchais: Never [previously] Acted Together

Performance Comment: The Spanish Barber. As17900630.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day (Being the Sequel to The Spanish Barber)

Dance: As17900630

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Taste and Feeling: A Dramatic Caricature

Performance Comment: !! Characters by Bannister Jun., Davies, Cubitt, Iliff, Chapman, Barrett, Evatt, Abbott, Farley, Baddeley, Mrs Webb, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Powell, Mrs Brooks. Cast adjusted from London Chronicle, 8 July 1791: Mr Robert Gout-Bannister Jun.; Ned Howard-Iliff; Landlord-Chapman; William-Barrett; Mr Gout-Baddeley; Lady Anecdote-Mrs Webb; Lucy-Mrs Edwards; Mrs Gout-Mrs Powell; Harriet-Mrs Brooks; Prologue-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Chapman

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Cast
Role: Random Actor: Williamson
Role: Old Random Actor: Aickin

Entertainment: Monologue. End I 3rd piece: Liberty; or, Two Sides of the Water-Bannister Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Dance: End: A Double Hornpipe, as17900713

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Chapman
Role: Random Actor: Williamson
Role: Old Random Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Random Actor: Williamson
Role: Old Random Actor: Aickin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Basket Maker

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Mr Palmer most respectfully informs the Publick, the Lord Chamberlain having given Permission, Mr Colman having liberally granted the use of the Theatre, and his Brethren kindly consented to perform, that [there] will be presented...[as above. This benefit had originally been arranged for 20 Sept., but because of the death of the Duke of Cumberland, the theatre on that night was dark.] Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 3, London Road, St. George's Fields; and of Rice, at the Theatre, where Places for the Boxes may be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Entertainment: Monologues. End: The Lecture upon Heads-Palmer; After which: Liberty; or, Two Sides of the Water-Bannister Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Katherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Palmer; Baptista-Chapman; Hortensio-Bland; Grumio-Baddeley; Music Master-Barrett; Biondello-R. Palmer; Pedro-Phillimore; Taylor-Burton; Gregory-Lyons; Peter-Abbott; Katharine-Mrs Goodall; Bianca-Miss Palmer; Curtis-Miss Hale.
Cast
Role: Hortensio Actor: Bland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Katherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Hortensio Actor: Bland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: End: a new Dance, The Kiss; or, Give and Take-Byrn, Platt, Mrs Goodwin, Miss DeCamp