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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Lady Bute"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Lady Bute")') 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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We found 4889 matches on Performance Comments, 2472 matches on Event Comments, 498 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Dance: As17761115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation Anthems

Music: End Part I: concerto on the organ-Stanley; End Part II: concerto on the violin-Linley Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: As17770125

Song: I: song-Mrs Farrell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bundle Of Prologues

Afterpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Afterpiece Title: The Students; or The Humours of St

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by Mattocks, Quick, Wilson, Wewitzer, Fearon, Mrs Farrell, Miss Brown, Mrs Wilson, A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage Miss Courtenay]). [Cast from Airs (J. Bell, 1777) and Public Advertiser, 19 Nov.: Young Brumpton-Mattocks; Oldcastle-Quick; Lovibond-Wilson; Peter-Wewitzer; Sir Theodore Brumpton-Fearon; Bellford-Mrs Farrell; Mary@Ann-Miss Brown; Bridget-Mrs Wilson; Harriet-Miss Courtenay.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End II: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111; End: The Enchantress, as17771104

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Iphigenia; Or, The Victim

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: As17771222

Song: V: will be introduced a Sacrifice-;, with new Music by Fisher-; the vocal parts and chorus-Miss Brown, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Dance: With new Dances composed by Simonet. End II: La Noche Hollandoise-Banti, Zuchelli, Slingsby, Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tinti; End Opera: a new grand Serious Ballet, Les Nymphes de Diane; ou, L'Amour Faune-Mons Simonet, Mme Simonet, Banti, Sga Tinti

Ballet: End I: new Pantomime Ballet Annette et Lubin. Bailly-LeDet; Sig. du Village-Simonet; Lubin-Slingsby; Annette-Mme Simonet; unassigned-Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Contract; or, The Female Captain

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Palmer, Farren, Waldron, Burton, Parsons, Miss Walpole, Miss Pope; [Larpent MS 476 lists the parts: Dorimant, Sir David Dupe, Gregory, Skip, Gypsey, Lady D'Orville, Lydia Freeland.] Prologue-Palmer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors; A Tragedy for Warm Weather

Dance: As17790531

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With accompaniments to the Airs composed by Thomas? Linley? Sen. [Miss Wright's 1st appearance, as an actress, was at this theatre on 7 May 1779.] Afterpiece: With Alterations and Additions; To conclude with a Grand View of Greenwich Hospital, designed by DeLoutherbourg. Paid Land Tax 3rd & 4th Qtrs. to Lady Day #41 16s. Receipts: #187 3s. 6d. (151.3.0; 35.15.6; 0.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alessandro Nelle Indie

Dance: End I: Indian Ballet (composed by Zuchelli), adapted to the Opera-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, young Miss Simonet; End II: new Pastoral Ballet (composed by Zuchelli and Slingsby)-Slingsby, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tantini (1st appearance in England); End Opera: Grand Serious Ballet connected with the Opera (composed by Favre Guiardele, ballet master), in which the celebrated Chaconne of Jomelli's-Slingsby, Sga Tantini, Favre Guiardele (1st appearance in England)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Quinto Fabio

Dance: As17800122

Song: As17800122

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Palmer (the Lady who perform'd Calista). [Mainpiece: Prologue by Thomas Baker.] No Person to be admitted without a ticket, which may be had of Mrs Palmer, No. 13 Pierpont-Row; at the King's Head Tavern in the upper-Street; and at the place of Performance. [The date of the performance of The Fair Penitent, of which play Calista is the heroine, has not as yet come to light.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Dance: A Hornpipe-a Gentleman [unidentified]

Entertainment: Monologues. End: The Examination of Dr Last before the College of Physicians taken from The Devil upon Two Sticks-Jerrold; End afterpiece: The Picture of a Play-House; or, Bucks have at Ye All-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Cast
Role: Lady Juniper Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors: A Tragedy for Warm Weather

Dance: As17800615

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ricimero

Dance: End I: The Fortunate Escape, as17801125, but Mme _Simonet, Henry; End II: +Grand Serious Ballet (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi, Mlle Baccelli; to conclude with: Grand Chaconne-Vestris? Jun.; End III new ballet, Les Amans Surpris (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Mlle Baccelli, Vestris? Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artifice

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Song: End of mainpiece Auld Robin Gray by Miss Lyon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spendthrift; Or, The Female Conspiracy

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Reilly, Dutton, Moss, Horwell, Lloyd, Mendez, Swords; Miss Villiers, Miss Blaney, Miss Wood, Miss Carne, Mrs Read, Mrs Hyam. [Text, in The Comic Theatre, Vol. I (Dryden Leach, 1762), lists the parts: Cleon, Moneylove, The Baron, Count Raveline, The Marquis, Justice Florid, Picquet, Pasquin; Julia, Belinda, Arsinoe, Araminta, Belisa, Finesse.] Occasional Prologue spoken by Davis and a Lady in the character of Taste. New Epilogue .

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Song: End of Acts II and in of mainpiece two favourite airs by Mrs Cox (1st appearance.)

Monologue: 1781 11 12 End of Act IV of mainpiece Shuter's Post Haste Observations on his Journey to Paris by Dutton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Exciseman Trick'd

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel, and Hornpipe by Master Holland, pupil to Holloway

Song: Hooly and Fairly, in character, by M'Donald; End of Act II The Huntsman's Sweet Halloo by Miss Hemet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Performance Comment: Harlequin, Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister Jun.; Ditto, Mum!-Spencer; Agreeable Companion in a Post-Chaise-Webb; Landlord-Usher; Dame Turton-Edwin; Goody Burton-Wood; Gammer Gurton-Bannister; Pantaloon-Massey; Clown-Delpini; Head Boy of the Marine Society-Master Edwin; Officer in the Camp-Wood [i.e. doubled Goody Burton]; Emperor of the Quacks-Bannister Jun. [i.e. doubled Harlequin]; Columbine-Miss Morris; Ballad Singer-Mr Darley; Chambermaid-Mrs W. Palmer; Goddess of Health, and Genius of Nonsense-Miss Hooke (The Young Lady who performed the part of Polly [on 11 June]) .on 11 June]) .

Dance: As17820606

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage