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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Master Charles Poitier"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Master Charles Poitier")') 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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6381 results for: Keyword - Master Charles Poitier
We found 2584 matches on Performance Comments, 2413 matches on Author, 1413 matches on Performance Title, 738 matches on Event Comments, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

3251
05 May 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting ofSeveral Pieces [of [Pasquale's] own Making, and the other Masters-the Best Hands

3252
15 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Dance: I: Sicilian-Glover,Mrs Pelling; II: Pastoral-Master Weeks, Miss Rogers; III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; IV: Tambourin-Miss S. Rogers; V: Hornpipe, as17320505

Song: I: Mrs Wright; III: Thomasand Harry-Miss S. Rogers, the Lilliputian Lucy

3253
04 September 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: HHarlequin-Master LaFevre, Miss Violante; Louvre in Boys Cloaths-Miss Violante; Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Tobin

3254
11 September 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Husband Outwitted

Entertainment: Several new and surprizing Performances, never perform'd by any one besides herself, on the Strait Rope [the famous-Signora Violante [[1] She Dances a Minuet as Neatly as a Dancing Master on a Floor. [2] She Dances with a Board, ten Foot in length, loose upon the Rope. [3] She Dances with two Boys fastned to her feet; which Occasions great Mirth. [4] She Dances with two heavy Men ty'd to her Feet. [5] She Performs the Exercise of the Colours. After this surprising Performance, Miss Violante will Dance a Louvre in Boys Cloaths

Dance: t the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies, the White Joke-will be danced by an Old Woman, with Pierrot in the Basket; Pierrot-Lalauze; Old Woman-Tobin

3255
04 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Scottish Dance-Master Weeks; II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: Dutch Skipper-Jones, Mrs Ogden; V: Clown-Nivelon; End of Afterpiece: Scottish Dance, as17330501

Song: III: Chanson a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

3256
03 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Two Misers Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Music: Second and Third Musick, as17331201 I as IV on 1 Dec

Dance: I: La Bagatelle by Essex and Miss Latour. III: Les Polichinelles by Janno and F. Tench. V: Watteau by Miss Robinson

Song: II: A Thousand Fairy Scenes (from Rosamond) by Master Arne. IV: An Air in Porus by Roberts

3257
02 April 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Related Works
Related Work: Love's Victim: or, the Queen of Wales Author(s): Charles Gildon

Dance: The Polonese, as17340401 Grand Dance in Momus: Sailor-Nivelon; Lively Lass-Miss Man; Les Plaisirs-Essex, Miss Robinson; Nymphs-Miss Latour, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport

Song: Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

3258
03 May 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Afterpiece Title: The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Cast
Role: Burgomaster Actor: Nivelon
Role: Burgomaster's Servant Actor: Cibber

Music: A Comic Medley Overture composed by Charke

Dance: III: Dutchman and his Wife by Le Brun and Mrs Walter

Song: IV: Quanto Dolce, Quanto Care by Mrs Cibber

3259
16 May 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Two Misers Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Music: A new Comic-Medley-Overture composed by Lampe

Dance: Comic Dance by Master Oates and Miss Oates, both Scholars to Davenport. Scots Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. Pierrots by Topham and Davenport

3260
28 June 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Performance Comment: Maria-Mrs Roberts; Heartly-Mrs Charke; Wolf-Rosco; Woodvil-Este; Sir John-Turbutt; Charles-James; Lady Woodvill-Mrs Shireburn; Betty-Miss Norman .
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: James

Dance: II: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. III: Harlequin by Miss Brett. V: A new Country Dance by Davenport, proper to the Play

Song: I: A Generi Affetti by Miss Jones and Master Arne. IV: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Miss Jones

3261
20 August 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Mrs Charke; Lady Townly-Mrs Roberts; Sir Francis-Jones; Manly-Woodbourne; Basset-Este; Richard-Master Arne; Lady Grace-Mrs Shireburn; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Freeman; Jenny-Miss Brett; Mirtilla-Mrs Castel .
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Master Arne

Dance: II: Les Bergeres Heureux by Davenport and Miss Brett. IV: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. V: Saraband and Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett

Song: 1: A Teneri Afferti by Master Arne and Miss Jones. III: Rise Glory (with French Horns) by Miss Jones

3262
24 August 1734 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spa1n

Afterpiece Title: The Constant Lovers: With the Comical Humours of Mons Ragout

Dance: By Davenport, Mrs Davenport, Master Oates, Miss Oates

3263
06 September 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental, by the best Masters from the Operas

Entertainment: And after the Concert is over, at the particular Desire of the King, &c. Mr Topham, from Islington, is to perform all the Experiment of his surprising Strength. With Singing by him, both in Italian and English

Related Works
Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): Charles Bonnor

3264
09 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

Dance: III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. V: Scotch Dance, as17350329

Song: II: Watermen's Song in Britannia by the two Masters Hamilton. IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

3265
28 May 1735 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Song: The Apprentices, Wardens, and Masters Songs, to be sung by a worthy Brother

3266
03 June 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell [the London Merchant]

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Master Norsa; Dorcas-Miss Norsa .
Cast
Role: Mock Doctor Actor: Master Norsa

Dance: A Minuet by Miss Norsa in Boy's Cloaths and Miss Oates

Song: The Roast Beef Song by Master Norsa

3267
04 August 1735 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents; Or, The Fair Maid Of The West

Song:

Dance: By the best Masters. Likewise a Dance, perform'd by three Wild Cats that came out of the Woods

3268
17 October 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Glover; Nymphs-Miss Sandham, Mrs Ogden, Mrs De l'Orme, Miss Norman; Daphne-Miss Rogers; Burgomaster-Nivelon; Servant-Hippisley; Colombine-Miss Nona; Scaramouch-Bencraft; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Bencraft, Ferguson, Du Pre; Women Peasants-Mrs Stevens, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette; With The Triumphs of Love: Venus-Mrs Wright; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Stoppelaer; Zephyrus-Glover; Frenchman-Desse; Frenchwoman-Mrs De l'Orme; Spanish Man-Livier; Spanish Woman-Miss Sandham; Polonese Man and Woman-Tench, Mrs Ogden; Flora-Miss Rogers .
Cast
Role: Burgomaster Actor: Nivelon

3269
10 December 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Song:

Dance: By some of the best Masters

3270
08 April 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor; Or, The Conquest Of Mexico By The Spaniards

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. V: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, &c

Song: I: Warriours Song (King Arthur) and III: Watchman's Song (Britannia) by Two Masters Hamilton. IV: By Mrs Chambers

3271
16 April 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: Cleora; or, The Amorous Old Shepherdess

Dance: Hornpipe by Ferguson. Tambourine by Miss Rogers

Song: Cuckoo Solo by Master Oates. Mock Italian Song by E. Roberts

3272
08 March 1737 @ Swan Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing-Savage; First Violin-Clegg; Two Solos, a Concerto on the Violoncello-Caporali; The other Parts-the best Masters

3273
12 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17361124, but Mrs Sullen-Mrs Giffard; Sir Charles-Hamilton; Scrub-Norris; Cherry-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Hamilton

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: II: Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde

Song: I: Dialogue composed by Henry Purcel-the Masters Hamilton; III: Miss Jones; IV: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers

3274
14 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Author's Triumph; or, The Manager Manag'd

Dance: End Afterpiece: Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde

Song: II: Dialogue by Purcell-the Masters Hamilton; III: Miss Jones; IV: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers

3275
21 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzira

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

Dance: III: Clown-Vallois; V: French Peasants-Master Oates, Miss Oates

Song: IV: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers