SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Henry Man"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Henry Man")') 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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Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

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Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Mountaineers, as17730930 Como, Sga Crespi (2nd appearance)

Event Comment: Mainpiece by Command. Mrs Jefferson made her first appearance upon this Stage in Miss Grantham a Small figure not Handsome no Spirit & not at all like the Character. Some applause (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Masque of Alfred oblig'd to be deferr'd till Saturday next. Paid Mr Nicoll for lines #10 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #230 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

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Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End: The Mountaineers, as17730930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

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Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Comedy (never performed) [by George Colman]. Paid Miller for performing 11 nights in The Sylphs #2 15s. Paid Mr Anderson for 2 suits of women's cloaths #21 (Account Book). [The mainpiece received a scourging review in the Westminster Magazine for Feb. 1774. Gibbon attended, "We dined at the Shakespeare and went in a body to support it....Though we got a verdict for our client his cause was but a bad one. It is a very confused miscellany of several plays and tales" (John Hampden@Journal, p. 18).] Receipts: #258 3s. (Account Book)

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Achilles in Petticoats

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Related Work: Achilles in Petticoats Author(s): George Colman, the elder

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Achilles in Petticoats

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Related Work: Achilles in Petticoats Author(s): George Colman, the elder

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

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Related Work: The Portrait Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Recruits-Aldridge, Harris, Miss Twist, Miss Capon. [See17721117.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

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Related Work: The Portrait Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End of Play: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

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Related Work: The Portrait Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Lamplighter, as17731207

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Witwou'd-King; Fainall-Reddish; Mirabell-Jefferson; Petulanx-Baddeley; Waitwell-Parsons; Lady Wishfort-Mrs Hopkins; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Jefferson; Foible-Mr Davies; Millamant-Mrs Abington; Marwood-Miss Younge, first time; Sir Wilful Witwou'd-Yates, first appearance this stage in 7 years; In Act III, a Cantata-Mrs Scott.
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Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: V: The Mountaineers, as17730930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Midas

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Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

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Related Work: Mother Shipton Author(s): George Colman, the elder

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Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Entertainment: II: (By Particular Desire) Hippsley's Drunken Man-Weston; IV: An Ode on Masonry-Vernon, Dodd, Bannister; End: (1st and only time this season) Imitations with several new characters-Bannister

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Both Pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Present their Majesties. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. Receipts: #169 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

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Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: III: A New Comic Dance-Aldridge, Miss Capon [see17731023]; After Epilogue: The Frolick, as17740416

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Entertainment: End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Quick

Dance: After Entertainment: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Fathers

Performance Comment: Lionel-Vernon; Sir John Flowerdale-Aickin; Col. Oldboy-Parsons; Jessamy-Dodd; Jenkins-Bannister; Diana-Mrs Wrighten; Lady Oldboy-Mrs Bradshaw; Jenny-Mrs Davies; Clarissa-Mrs Smith; Harman-Davies.
Cast
Role: Harman Actor: Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Entertainment: End Act II: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Dance: End: The Mountaineers, as17730930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Pantheonites

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Related Work: The Pantheonites Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Entertainment: End II: Imitations vocal and rhetorical-Bannister; End III: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston; End V: (For that night only) Judge Tycho's sentence-Weston riding on a rhinoceros

Dance: After Judge Tycho's Sentence: The Taylors, as17740428

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: As17740810; End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Event Comment: Mr G. never play'd Kitely better (Hopkins Diary). Paid Mr Hatsell (mercer) #59 16s.; Cropley (linen draper) #92 2s.; Cole (turner) #56 11s.; Hopkins & Co. (ironmongers) #49 8s.; Stacy (colourman) #10 8s. Middleton (colorman) #11 8s.; Scott (copper laceman) #41 7s. 6d.; Ireland (upholsterer) #30 1s.; Carter (scowerer) #11 6s. 6d.; Cubitt (tinman) #15 8s. Receipts: #251 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17740920