SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Esther Young"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Esther Young")') 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 15077 matches on Performance Comments, 4700 matches on Performance Title, 2142 matches on Event Comments, 750 matches on Author, and 19 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Rich's Company. Post Boy, No. 818, 4-6 July 1700: For the Benefit of Mrs Oldfield. This day at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, will be presented, a Comedy call'd, The Pilgrim. Revis'd with Large Alterations, and a Secular Masque. With the Dialogue between the 2 mad Lovers. Being Acted this time at the desire of several Persons of Quality. And Entertainments of Singing and Dancing between the Acts and in particular, a new Entry Compos'd by the late Mr Eaglesfield, and perform'd by Mr Weaver, Mr Cottin, and Miss Campion. A Scotch Song with the Dancing of the Bonny Highlander; never done but once before on the English Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow. Not Acted these 12 Years [but see lif 3 Feb. 1704]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Valentinian: With The Rape Of Lucina

Song: Hughs, Newberry, the Boy

Dance: As17060309

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lindsey. [In Daily Courant, 17 March, The Committee as a benefit for Miss Santlow had been announced for this day, but later deferred to Tuesday 25.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Scenes as 2 April. Admission as 5 Jan., but no benches railed into boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Booth; Old Valere-Norris; Lovewell-Elrington; Hector-Pack; Cogdie-Bickerstaff; Widow-Mrs Knight; Angelica-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Security-Mrs Hunt; With a new Prologue-Keene; new Epilogue-Pack in a Riding Habit, upon a Pad Nagg representing a Town-Miss Traveling to Tunbridge.

Dance: Italian Night Scene-; Scaramouch-Layfield; Miller's Dance-Prince, Leigh

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Willis. Written by the Ingenious Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat, carefully Revis'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches

Dance: Prince, Mrs Bicknell

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote

Dance: Milk Maid's Dance- not performed these 4 Years

Song: Smugg Upon Tuesday-Mrs Willis

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Willis. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Schoolding. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #88 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Slip

Song: Leveridge, Rawlins, the New Boy

Dance: As17150125

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Russell. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts. #83 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Beau Demolished

Song: A Pastoral-Leveridge, the New Boy

Dance: As17150425

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Willis. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Song: Mimic Country Song-Mrs Willis

Dance: As17151014

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage

Performance Comment: Epilogue [as17170723-Miss Lindar.

Song: As17161022

Event Comment: As 4 Feb.; Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Event Comment: Benefit Smith and Miss Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Willis; Ballad of Sally-Mrs Willis

Dance: As17190113

Event Comment: Benefit Harper and Miss Stone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

Entertainment: Comic Scene-Harper mimicking a drunken Man; in which the Song of Four and Twenty Stock@Jobbers-Harper

Dance: The Italian Shadows-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Dance: Dupre, Cook, Newhouse, Duff [Duffield?], Sandham, Mrs Cross, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Hutton, Miss Francis

Performance Comment: =], Sandham, Mrs Cross, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Hutton, Miss Francis.
Event Comment: [Benefit Harper and Miss Stone. Receipts: money #21 14s. 6d.; tickets #70 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote

Afterpiece Title: [The Cheats; or, The Tavern Bilkers

Song: Four and Twenty Stock Jobbers-Harper mimicking a Drunken Man

Dance: [Burgomaster and his Frow-

Event Comment: Benefit Cory and Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Cross (Numberer) and Miss Purdon. Receipts: money #9; tickets #68 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit Clarkson, Miss Holliday, Hanson, Mrs Elliot. [Aylett?] Receipts: money #7; tickets #104 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cartouche

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Tony Aston; Shylock, Antonio in The Jew of Venice, Ben, Miss Prue in Love for Love, The Humours of Hob in The Country Wake, Barnaby Brittle, Wife in The Wanton Wife, Scrub in The Stratagem, Valentine, Jeremy, Frail in Love for Love-Tony Aston.

Entertainment: Songs-; Drunken Man-

Event Comment: Benefit Wilcox, Randal, Miss Connelley. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #7 5s. 6d.; tickets #120 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Dance: End I: Country Girl-Mrs Brett; II: Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Rogier; III: Louvre-Mrs Wall; IV: A new Pastoral-Glover, Mrs Rogier

Event Comment: Benefit Willcocks, White, Mrs Hollyday, Miss Smythies. Receipts: money #14 5s.; tickets #156 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: SScotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Wall; Dutch Burgomaster and Wife-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden