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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Ambrose"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Ambrose")') 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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15001 results for: Keyword - Miss Ambrose
We found 13762 matches on Performance Comments, 4403 matches on Performance Title, 1722 matches on Event Comments, 616 matches on Roles/Actors, and 153 matches on Author.

701
11 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Miss Pope.

Entertainment: V: Scrub's Trip, as17720427

702
15 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

703
01 July 1772 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Foote, Weston, Bransby, F. Gentleman, Fearon, Ward, Lloyd, Castle, Groves, Lings, Baddeley, Parsons, Robson, Davis, Smith, Jacobs, Farrel, Mrs Egerton, Miss Ambrose, Mrs White, Mrs Gardner

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: Miss Wentworth

Dance: As17720615

704
27 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

705
11 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

706
14 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

707
20 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

708
20 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

709
24 May 1773 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Foote, Weston, Aickin, Howard, Fearon, Hamilton, Castle, Lings, Moody, Moss, DuBellamy, Davis, Lloyd, Jacobs, Mrs Egerton, Miss Ambrose, Miss Craven, Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Blister-Fearon; Coupee-Moss; Quaver (with a song)-DuBellamy; Goodwill-Lloyd; Thomas-Courtney; Lucy-Miss Atkinson, first appearance on that Stage.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Atkinson, first appearance on that Stage.

Dance: As17730517

710
31 May 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Foote, Aickin, Whitefield, L'Estrange, Wilson, Griffith, Fearon, Davis, Egan, Jacobs, Everard, Lloyd, Walters, Weston, Mrs Williams, Miss Ambrose, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman; or, The First of August

Performance Comment: Parts-Bannister, Wilson, Weston, Mrs Love, Miss Weller.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Bannister, Wilson, Weston, Mrs Love, Miss Weller.

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

711
18 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Discovery

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes, DuBellamy, Baker, Miss Ambrose
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Weller

712
01 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Wroughton; Acasto-Clarke; Polydore-Aickin; Chaplain-L'Estrange; Ernesto-Fearon; Page-Master Jones; Chamont-Lewis; Serina-Miss Leeson; Florella-Mrs Pitt; Monimia-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]).unidentified]).
Cast
Role: Serina Actor: Miss Leeson

Afterpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wilson, Wroughton, Dunstall, Fearon, L'Estrange, Whitefield, Robson, Quick, Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose, Mrs Whitefield, Mrs Jackson.

Dance: As17761031

713
04 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Lord Aimworth-Mattocks; Sir Harry Sycamore-Wilson; Giles-Reinhold; Mervin-Mahon; Fairfield-Hull; Ralph-Quick; Fanny-Miss Brown; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Pitt; Theodosia-Miss Dayes; Patty-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Dayes

Afterpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Wilson, Wroughton, Dunstall, Fearon, L'Estrange, Whitefield, Robson, Quick, Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose, Mrs Whitefield, Mrs Jackson.

Dance: As17761109

714
15 March 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Miss Catley

715
21 May 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Miss Green, Miss _Ambrose.
Role: Dorothea Actor: Miss Valois

716
01 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

717
07 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: Richard-A Gentleman (1st appearance [Kirkpatrick]); King Henry-Hull; Richmond-Wroughton; Buckingham-Booth; Stanley-Fearon; Tressel-Whitfield; Prince Edward (1st time)-Miss Morris; Duke of York-Master Jones; Norfolk-Bowles; Lieutenant-L'Estrange; Duchess of York-Mrs Poussin; Lady Ann-Mrs Jackson; The Queen-Mrs Hartley (their 1st appearance in those characters).
Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Morris

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

718
12 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

719
13 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

720
16 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

721
17 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

722
18 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

723
01 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17771027, but Lucy-Mrs Morton; Polly-A Young Lady (pupil of the late Dr Arne; 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]). 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]).

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: The Poney Races, as17780421

724
23 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: As17780422, but Statira-Miss Moore (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Statira Actor: Miss Moore

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Cast
Role: 780330but Characters Actor: Mrs Morton, late Miss _Dayes
Role: Characters Actor: Reinhold, Mahon, Baker, Miss Dayes.
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Dayes.
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

725
10 March 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Miss Stewart
Role: Niece Actor: Miss Platt
Role: 2nd Constantia Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Thelyphthora

Cast
Role: Women of the Town Actor: Mrs Lewis, Mrs Whitfield, Miss Ambrose, Mrs White, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart