SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John and Chr Rich"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John and Chr Rich")') 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: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Receipts: #70 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Colombine Avocat Pour Et Contre

Entertainment: As17181203; Drunken Dance-; Les Postures-

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Mons le Noble. Receipts: #86 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux Arlequins

Dance: Drunken Dance-; Proper Entertainments-

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Receipts: #61 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Colombine Fille Scavante Ou La Fille Capitaine

Entertainment: Scene-Arelquin unmask'd

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Receipts: #135 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Lhomme A Bonne Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Related Works
Related Work: Hob's Opera Author(s): John Hippisley

Dance: Dutch Burgher Master and his Frow-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock; Moreau's Grand Comic Wedding Dance-; Tumbling by Harlequin Scaramouch Mezetin Piero-; Scene in Imitation of Elard and his Two Sons-; Les Postures-

Event Comment: Benefit Arlequin [Francisque, according to Rich's Register]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Esprit Folet

Afterpiece Title: Les Filles Errantes

Entertainment: Vaulting, Tumbling-

Event Comment: Macbeth with cast as 27 Nov. 1718 was advertised in the Daily Courant, but Rich's Register lists The Mourning Bride. On 14 Jan. The Mourning Bride is advertised with the heading: Acted but twice these Two Years, suggesting either that it was not given on 13 Jan. or that the bill, already made up, was not changed for the printer, an unlikely event

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth or The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Event Comment: Not advertised in Daily Courant, but listed in Rich's Register

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Event Comment: Benefit Knapp. Not Advertised in DC, but listed in Rich's Register

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife Or A Comical Transformation

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. [Theodosius advertized, but Booth's illness deferred it. Daily Courant lists The Man of Mode, but Rich's Register lists The Earl of Essex.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode or The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks
Event Comment: Their Habits were very rich, after the Roman Manner, and the performance of all the Parts was so just that it gave general Satisfaction, and gained the Applause of a very numerous Audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): François-Michel-Chrétie des Champs
Event Comment: Benefit of a Gentleman under Misfortune [Rich's Register: Longeville]. Receipts: money #26 15s.; tickets #30 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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Role: Blandford Actor: Diggs
Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Dance: Dupre, F. Nivelon, L. Nivelon, Glover, Lanyon, Mrs Wall, Mrs Bullock; particularly The Two Pierrots-

Event Comment: Benefit J. Rich. Receipts: #170 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: [By Thomas Southerne.] Receipts: #93 10s. 6d. Victor, History of the Theatres, II, 152: I happened to be behind the Scenes the first Night of this Comedy, and was very sorry to find that the Audience did not take the Age, as well as the great Merit of this Author, into their Consideration, and quietly dismiss this last weak Effort to please them. When they were hissing dreadfully in fifth Act, Mr Rich, who was standing by Mr Southern, asked him, if he heard what the Audience were doifg? His Answer was, No, Sir, I am very deaf.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Money The Mistress

Event Comment: We are obliged to defer The Rape of Proserpine 'till farther Notice, on Account of the sudden Indispostion of Mr Rich. Receipts: #25 17s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 21 paid and 8 orders; Pit, 55 paid and 17 orders; slips, 11 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 107 paid and 17 orders; second gallery, 95 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance in the Character of a Clown-Nivelon; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle; French Peasant-Poitier, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: the Country Wife

Performance Comment: Advertised but changed to The Relapse (Rich's Register). See17260917.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

Dance: [Thurmond, Roger, Young Rainton, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [Author unknown. Apparenyly not published.] By Reason of the Length of the Entertainment...the Savage is...to be Acted with it; and, for Brevity, will be presented without Prologue or Epilogue. Receipts: #198 7s. 6d. Benefit J. Rich. Probable attendance: boxes and pit, 516 paid and 6 orders; slips, 47 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 400 paid; second gallery, 180 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Savage

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 13s. Probable attendance: boxes and pit, 308 paid and 73 orders; stage, 1 paid; slips, 27 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 304 paid and 1 orders; second gallery, 172 paid. Daily Journal, 25 May: We hear that this Evening the famous Captain Lemuel Gulliver is to be at...Lincoln's Inn Fields, very handsomely attended and dress'd in a rich Habit, the like of which was never seen in England before. The two Stage Boxes are kept for him and his Company....The Master of the House has promised the Captain that neither during the Play or Entertainment, any Person shall be admitted behind the Scenes, that the Captain may bot be too much press'd with the Crowd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: [By Samuel Madden.] Receipts: #114 2s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 146 paid and 16 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 287 paid and 1 order; slips, 62 paid; first gallery, 209 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 170 paid. Preface to 1729 edition: Yet, with all its Faults, I did not think this Piece deserv'd so severe Treatment, as to be peremptorily refused, after the most earnest and early Sollicitations, at the Old House for two Winters together; which however, I have the less Reason to complain of, since Mr Rich's great Civility, and the agreeable Action of most of his Company, have prevailed on all the unprejudiced Part of the Town, to have every Day a better Opinion of this Piece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles The Lover Of His Country

Event Comment: Receipts: #103 11s. 6d. [According to Rich's Register, the afterpiece was Apollo and Daphne.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Related Works
Related Work: Flora's Vagaries Author(s): Richard Rhodes
Related Work: Hob's Opera Author(s): John Hippisley
Related Work: Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or, Hob's Wedding Author(s): John Hippisley
Event Comment: Receipts: #75. [The Rival Queens was advertised for this night, but Rich's Register lists Macbeth.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: [By Thomas Walker.] With Rich New Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Villainy

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 23 Oct,: Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Princess Royal's Birth-Day, a Masque was prepared at His Royal Highness's Command, on that Occasion, by Mr Rich, and perform'd by his Company in His Royal Highness's@Gardens at Cue, which were illuminated with above a thousand Lamps

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Masque

Related Works
Related Work: The Comickal Masque of Pyramus and Thisbe Author(s): Richard Leveridge
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond
Event Comment: Receipts: #72 18s. 6d. [For an essay on Rich as manager, see Daily Courant, 26 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Nov.: A Latin Play of Terence's, call'd Eunuchus; the Theatre was newly built by the said Mr Galliardy, and is large enough to contain 150 Spectators; the Scenes were all new, and the House neat and well lighted; the Performers were young Lords, and Sons of Gentlemen of Distinction, whose Propriety of Speech and Justness of Action, exceeded all that had ever been done of the kind; the Dresses were exceeding rich, and after the Eastern Fashion; the Decorations handsome, and every thing performed...to the intire Satisfaction and Applause of the Audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eunuchus

Event Comment: Not Acted these Fourteen Years (i.e., by Rich's Company). Written by Mr Wycherley. Receipts: #101 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Fingalians-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour