SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "His Royal Highness Edward Augustus Duke of York"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "His Royal Highness Edward Augustus Duke of York")') 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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Event Comment: [P$Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rodelinda

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality.Daily Journal, 9 July: We hear that a Play-house is to be erected on Hampton-Green, will all Expedition, for acting Plays for the Entertainment of the Royal Family

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Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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Music: As17310625

Event Comment: By a Company of Comedians from Goodman's Fields, and both the Theatres Royal, at the New Theatre in Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amurath The Great Emperor Of The Turks Or The London Prentices Glory

Song: Excell

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 1 Nov.: Last Saturday, being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Birthday, Mr Giffard...gave a very handsome Entertainment to the Company of Comedians there, when their Majesties Healths, those of the Royal Family and Ministry, were frequently drank; a Bonfire and large Quantities of Liquor given to the Populace on that happy Occasion

Performances

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties and the Royal Family present. See also Lord Hervey and his Friends, pp. 114-15.

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Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Excell. At the Sun Tavern behind the Royal Exchange. 6 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: [K$King, Queen, Prince, and Princesses Royal and Caroline present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [Prince and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injurd Innocence

Event Comment: PPrincesses Royal and Caroline present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarmes

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Raftor. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Princesses Royal and Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: RRosy Bowers (Henry Purcell)-Miss Raftor

Dance: TThe Lorrain-Essex, Mrs Booth; Tambourine-Miss Robinson

Event Comment: An Oratorio in English. Formerly Compos'd by Mr Handel, and now revised by him, with several Additions, and to be performed by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. N.B. There will be no Action on the Stage. but the House will be fitted up in a decent Manner for the Audience. The Musick to be disposed after the maner of the Coronation Service. [Their Majesties, Prince, Princess Royal and Amelia present. See also Egmont, Diary, I, 266, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 205-97.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Event Comment: EEgmont, Diary, I, 271: The Royal Family was there, and the house crowded

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Mrs Booth

Event Comment: [The Royal Family present.] Colman Opera Register: A thin House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Event Comment: Formerly Compos'd by Mr Handel, and now again Revis'd by him. With several Additions, to be perform'd by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. There will be no Action on the Stage, but the Scenes will represent (in a Picturesque Manner) a Rural Prospect, with Rocks, Groves, Fountains, and Grottos, amongst which will be disposed a Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds. The Habits and every other Decoration suited to the Subject. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present. See letter from Hill to Handel, in Hill, Works, I, 174-75, and in Deutsch, Handel, p. 299.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: As 5 Dec. [King, Princess Royal, and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Jan.: Mr Giffard...gave a handsome Entertainment and a Concert of Musick to the Company of Comedians [at gf] on occasion of his Royal Highness's Birth-Day; also a Bonfire, and a large Quantity of Liquor to the Populace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: As it was perform'd last Week before their Majesties and all the Royal Family for the Benefit of Mrs Porter. The Judgment of Paris, which was intended to be perform'd this Night, is deferr'd for a few Days, upon Account of some Alterations in the Machinery

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Boarding School Romps

Dance: Houghton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: CColman Opera Register: extraordinary fine & magnificent. Daily Advertiser, 5 Feb.: The Royal Family present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

Event Comment: [The Royal Family present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

Event Comment: [P$Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [The Royal Family expected to attend.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Event Comment: [P$Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present.] Daily Advertiser, 11 June: After the Performance was over, Signor Senesino made his Leave of the Audience, in a short Speech, acquainting them, as he said, with Regret 'That he had now perform'd his last Part on that Stage, and was henceforward discharg'd from any Engagement.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Griselda

Event Comment: A New Opera. Pit and Boxes by tickets at half a guinea. Gallery $s. At 6 P.M. [Their Majesties and the Royal Family present. Composer and librettist not known.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Related Works
Related Work: Semiramis Author(s): George Edward Ayscough