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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Jane Lessingham"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Jane Lessingham")') 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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817 results for: Keyword - Jane Lessingham
We found 483 matches on Performance Title, 460 matches on Performance Comments, 87 matches on Event Comments, 2 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

626
23 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Macklin; Heartfree-Bensley (of dl); Col. Bully (with a song)-Mattocks; Razor-Quick; Justice-Thompson; Taylor-Jones; Lord Rake-Mahon; Constant-Wroughton; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Mattocks; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Mademoiselle-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Brute-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Dance: As17771016

627
05 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson; Tony Lumpkin-Quick; Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings-Whitfield; Sir Charles Marlow-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: As17771125

628
29 January 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir G. Airy-Wroughton (their 1st appearance in those characters); Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Dunstall; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: End: The Cricketters, as17780128

629
06 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Don Manuel-Wilkinson; Don Philip-Wroughton; Don Octavio-Whitfield; Trappanti (1st time)-Lee Lewes; Flora-Mrs Lessingham; Rosara-Miss Leeson; Viletta-Mrs Pitt; Hyppolita-Mrs Bulkley (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Afterpiece Title: Tea; or, Tragedy a-la-Mode

Dance: As17780129

630
13 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Foppington-Lewis; Lord Morelove-Wroughton; Servant-Thompson; Sir Charles Easy-Ross; Lady Easy-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Jackson; Edging-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Betty Modish-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Edging Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

631
28 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Wroughton; Gibbet-Booth; Boniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Fox; Sir Charles Freeman-Robson; Sullen-Clarke; Scrub-Quick; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Barry (1st appearance in that character at this theatre).
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

632
14 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake; Or, The Wife's Resentment

Performance Comment: Ld. Wronglove-Wroughton; Sir Friendly Moral-Hull; Brush-Booth; Surgeon-Fearon; Snug-Jones; Stranger-Smith; Lord George Brilliant-Lewis; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Jackson; Lady Gentle-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Notable-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Mrs Conquest Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End IV: as17780309

633
18 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not

Performance Comment: Don Manuel-Dunstall; Don Philip-Wroughton; Don Octavio-Whitfield; Don Louis-Booth; Trappanti-Lee Lewes; Flora-Mrs Lessingham; Rosara-Miss Leeson; Viletta-Mrs Pitt; Hyppolita-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

634
23 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Lewis; Strictland-Clarke; Jack Meggot-Lee Lewes; Bellamy-Whitfield; Tester-Wewitzer; Frankly-Wroughton; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Mattocks; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Clarinda-Miss Farren [1st appearance on this stage].1st appearance on this stage].
Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: As17780921

635
25 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Digges (1st appearance on this stage); Heartfree-Aickin; Col. Bully (with a song)-Mattocks; Razor-Brunsdon; Ld. Rake-Robson; Constant-Wroughton; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Mattocks; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Mademoiselle-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Brute (1st time)-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge

636
30 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Digges; Manly-Clarke; Squire Richard-Wewitzer; J. Moody-Dunstall; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir F. Wronghead (1st time)-Wilson; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny (with a song)-Mrs Wilson; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: As17780925

637
02 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir George Airy-Wroughton; Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Dunstall; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

638
09 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: All in the Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Wroughton; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Harlow-Whitfield; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Harlow-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Mrs Harlow Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Dance: As17780925

639
15 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Lewis; Justice Ballance-Hull; Worthy-Whitfield; Serjeant Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Dunstall; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Capt. Brazen-Lee Lewes; Melinda-Miss Ambrose; Rose-Mrs Morton; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

640
11 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Wroughton; Boniface-Booth; Sullen-Clarke; Foigard-Egan; Sir Charles Freeman-Robson; Gibbet-Fearon; Scrub-Quick; Dorinda-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Poussin; Cherry-Miss Brown; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

641
13 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Performance Comment: Lord Wronglove-Wroughton; Sir Friendly Moral-Hull; Brush-Booth; Surgeon-Fearon; Snug-Jones; Stranger-R? Smith; Lord George Brilliant-Lewis; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Jackson; Lady Gentle-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Notable-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Mrs Conquest Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

642
22 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: Antipholis of Syracuse-Lewis; Antipholis of Ephesus-Whitfield; Duke-L'Estrange; Angelo-Fearon; Balthazar-Egan; Dr Pinch-Wewitzer; AEgeon-Hull; Officer-Jones; Merchants-Robson, Thompson; Dromio of Syracuse-Brunsdon; Dromio of Ephesus-Quick; Adriana-Mrs Jackson; Luciana-Mrs Lessingham; Lesbia-Miss Platt; Abbess-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Luciana Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Song: III: song in character-Mrs Farrell

643
26 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Col. Briton-Wroughton; Don Lopez-Fearon; Don Pedro-Quick; Lissardo-Lee Lewes; Frederick-Booth; Gibby-Wilson; Isabella-Mrs Lessingham; Flora-Mrs Pitt; Inis-Mrs Green; Violante-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

644
27 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Funeral; or, Grief a-la-Mode

Performance Comment: Lord Hardy-Wroughton; Campley-Lewis; Lord Brumpton-L'Estrange; Trusty-Hull; Counsellor Puzzle-Booth; Tom-Jones; Sable-Quick; Trim-Wilson; Lady Harriet-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Lessingham; Tattleaid-Mrs Pitt; Fardingale-Mrs Poussin; Mademoiselle-Miss Ambrose; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Castlebury

645
05 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: As17781104, but Hero-Mrs Lessingham (of cg).
Cast
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In: Grand Dance, as17781102, but _Henry, Grimaldi, Master +Mills, Miss +Grimaldi

Song: As17790413

646
29 October 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: Antipholis of Syracuse-Lewis; Antipholis of Ephesus-Whitfield; Duke-L'Estrange; Egeon-Hull; Dromio of Syracuse-Brunsdon; Dromio of Ephesus-Quick; Adriana-Mrs Jackson; Luciana-Mrs Lessingham; Abbess-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Luciana Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

Dance: As17791022

Song: In Act III: song in character-Mrs Kennedy. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

647
04 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: Youung Mirabel-Wroughton; Old Mirabel-Edwin; Dugard-Whitfield; Petit-W. Bates; Bravoes-Fearon, Wewitzer, Jones, Bates; Duretete-Lewis; Bissarre-Mrs Mattocks; Lamorce-Miss Ambrose; Oriana-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

648
06 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Lewis; Strictland-Clarke; Jack Meggot-Booth; Bellamy-Whitfield; Tester-Wewitzer; Frankly-Wroughton; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Jackson; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Clarinda-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

649
30 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir George Airy-Wroughton; Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror; or, Harlequin Every-where

650
31 December 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Henderson; Leonato-Hull; Don Pedro-Wroughton; Claudio-Whitfield; Balthazar-Reinhold; song-Reinhold; Don John-Booth; Antonio-Thompson; Dogberry-Quick; Verges-Cushing; Conrade-Robson; Town Clerk-Edwin; Borachio-L'Estrange; Friar-Fearon; Hero-Mrs Lessingham; Margaret-Mrs Whitfield; Ursula-Mrs Poussin; Beatrice-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

Dance: II: Masquerade-proper to the play; to conclude with a Country Dance-