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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Frenchman"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Frenchman")') 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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572 results for: Keyword - Frenchman
We found 553 matches on Roles/Actors, 135 matches on Performance Comments, 11 matches on Performance Title, 10 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

26
07 January 1749 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

Performance Comment: Poet-; Beau-; Frenchman-; Miser-; a Taylor-; a Sot-; two young Gentlemen-; a Ghost. Ghost-Marr (Charles Adams to John Gilbert-Cooper, Theatre Notebook, XI 1957, p. 138); Oration in Praise of Sight- As17481212.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor:

Dance: PPrince Eugene's March-

27
07 April 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17490118, but Frenchman-Blakes; Miser-Neale. Poet not listed.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

Dance: II: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss (not 5 years old) scholar to Mathews; End of Play: The Savoyards, as17480920

28
28 April 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17490407 but without scene of Capitello Jumpedo- Frenchman-King; Miser-_; Tattoo-_.
Cast
Role: ut scene of Capitello Jumpedo Actor: Frenchman-King
Role: Frenchman Actor: King

Dance: TheSavoyards, as17480920; Hornpipe-the Child, as17490407

29
11 May 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17490428 but Frenchman-Blakes; Miser-Taswell; Tattoo-_; Charon-_.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes
Role: ut scene of Capitello Jumpedo Actor: Frenchman-King

Dance: HHornpipe-the Little Swiss; IV: Savoyards, as17480920

Music: Piece on Flute-the Child

30
29 March 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17500327 but Tattoo-King; Frenchman-Blakes; Old Man-Taswell; Mrs Tattoo-Miss Cole; Charon-Winstone.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

Dance: End: Venetian Gardeners-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti

31
05 April 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17500329 but Frenchman (by Particular desire)-Garrick; Aesop-_; Tattoo-_; Old Man-_; Mrs Tattoo-_; Charon-_.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Garrick

32
25 April 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17500405 but Frenchman-Blakes; Mercury-Master Mattocks; Tattoo-King; Mrs Tattoo-Miss Cole.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

Dance: SSwedish Gardeners, as17491219

33
18 September 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Aesop-Bridges; Mercury-Beard; Charon-Winstone; Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Frenchman-Blakes; Drunken Man-Yates; Old Man-Shuter; Tattoo-Marr; Mrs Tattoo-Mrs Green; Fine Lady-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

34
26 December 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17501129, but full cast listed. Apollo-Villeneuve; Daphne-Mlle Cointrie; Followers of Daphne-Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Barchelor; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Baker; Slumber-Vincent; Harlequin-Philips; Burgomaster-Bencraft; Boor servant-Lalauze; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Scaramouche-Atkins; Venus-Miss Young; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Baker; Pan-Vincent; Diana-Miss Falkner; Frenchman-Villeneuve; Spaniard-Desse; Polodese-Gardiner; French Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Spanish Woman-Mrs Gondou; Polonese Woman-Mrs Villeneuve; Zephyrus-Jardin; Flora (representing an Inconstant)-Mlle Cointrie.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Villeneuve

35
24 September 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Aesop-Winstone; Mercury-Wilder; Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Frenchman-Blakes; Drunken Man-Yates; Tattoo-Marr; Charon-Costollo; Old Man-Shuter; Mrs Tattoo-Mrs Green; Fine Lady-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

36
05 December 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: See17511002, but only Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Frenchman-Blakes; Drunken Man-Yates; Fine Lady-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

Ballet: SSavoyard Travellers. As17511105

37
12 March 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17511223, but Frenchman-Garrick; Tattoo-_; Charon-_.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Garrick

38
01 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17520312 but Frenchman-Blakes; Tattoo-Marr; Charon-Costollo listed as17510924.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

Dance: GGrand Provincial Dance, as17520204

39
17 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17520414 but Frenchman-Blakes; Aesop-_.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes
Role: 7520401 but Frenchman Actor: Garrick

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-the Little Swiss

Song: I: Master Vernon

40
03 October 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Charon-W. Vaughan; Aesop-Winstone; Mercury-Wilder; Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Frenchman-Blakes; Drunken Man-Yates; Tattoo-Marr; Fine Lady-Mrs Clive; Old Man-Shuter; Mrs Tattoo-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

41
23 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Fine Gentleman-Woodward; Frenchman-Blakes; Drunken Man-Yates; Aesop-Bransby; Mercury-Wilder; Tatoo-Marr; Charon-W. Vaughan; Mrs Tatoo-Miss Minors; Fine Lady-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes

42
03 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17531023, but Old Man-Blakes; Frenchman-.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: .

Dance: TThe Neopolitans, as17531101; Dance in Demi@Character, as17531101

43
24 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17531113, but Tatoo-_; Charon-_; Frenchman-Blakes.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes.

44
16 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17540214, but Old Man-Blakes; Frenchman-_.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes.

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste

45
06 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17540316 but Frenchman-Lacey; Drunken Man-Clough; Concluding with a Minuet(by Particular Desire,)-Lacey, Mrs Addison.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Lacey

46
14 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17550129, but Old Man, Frenchman-Blakes.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes.

47
11 September 1755 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Aesop-Pinner; Mercury-Miss Davies; Charon-Carr; Gentleman-Parker; Tatoo-Turner; Drunken Man-Quelch; Old Man-Pittard; Frenchman-Blakey; Taylor-Paget; Servant-May; Mrs Tattoo-Miss Barton; Mrs Rist-Miss Carey; Lord MaYor, Cardinals, Judges, Players, Soldiers (Horse and Foot)-the rest of the Comedians.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakey

Song: Tymms

Dance: PPierots Dance-Settree, Walker, Sga Fiorentina; Hornpipe-small jolly Tar (seven years old); La Dance de Village-Settree, Sga Fiorentina

48
15 September 1755 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Aesop-Pinner; Mercury-Miss Davies; Charon-Carr; Gentleman-Parker; Tatoo-Turner; Drunken Man-Quelch; Old Man-Pittard; Frenchman-Blakey; Taylor-Paget; Servant-May; Mrs Tattoo-Miss Barton; Mrs Rist-Miss Carey; Lord Mayor, Cardinals, Judges, Players, Soldiers (horse and foot)-the rest of the Comedians.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakey

Dance: PPierrots Dance-Settree, Walker, Sga Fiorentina; Hornpipe-a small jolly Tar, seven years old; La Dance de Village-Settree, Sga Fiorentina

49
16 May 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17570418 but Fine Gentleman-Haughton, who never appeared on that stage; Aesop-Wignell; Frenchman-Holtom; Drunken Man-Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Holtom

Dance: I: Dutch Peasant, as17570512; IV: Country Lass, as17570512; V: Lamplighters, as17570429

50
25 May 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17570518, but: Chalkstone (introduced for the last time)-Shuter; Esop-Wignel; Mercury-Baker; Old man-Pittard 1st appearance on that stage; Drunken Man-Dunstall; Frenchman-Holtom; Fine Lady (with life of a Belle)-Mrs Green; Bowman-White; Charon-Buck; Fine Gentleman-Cibber 1st time; With an Epilogue-Nobody.
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Holtom

Dance: II: Dutch Peasant, as17570512; III: Dutch Sailor-Master Settree, scholar to Mr Settree; IV: Country Lass, as17570512; V: A Minuet-Master Settree, Miss Twiste