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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Rogers"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Rogers")') 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 14198 matches on Performance Comments, 4492 matches on Performance Title, 1811 matches on Event Comments, 1212 matches on Roles/Actors, and 88 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17311117, but Ophelia-Miss Bincks; Gravediggers-Penkethman, Ray.
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Miss Bincks

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Giles; Bertran-Wignel; Raymond-Meachen; Lorenzo-Cole; Alphonso-Mynn; Pedro-Pullen; Dominic-Dove; Gomez-Jones; Queen-Mrs Morse; Elvira-Mrs Pullen; Teresa-Miss Jones.
Cast
Role: Teresa Actor: Miss Jones.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: As17320330 but Corinna-Miss Hollyday.
Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Hollyday.

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Sicilians-Glover, Mrs Pelling; Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Performance Comment: Acis-Mountier, being the first Time of his appearing in Character on any Stage; Galatea-Miss Arne; edition of 1732 adds: Damon-Mason; Polyphemus-Waltz.
Cast
Role: Galatea Actor: Miss Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17311106, but Colombine-Miss LaTour; Women Peasants-Mrs Forrester, Mrs _Rice.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida

Performance Comment: Archas-Phoenix; Aegon-Holt; Corydon-Child; Damon-Cross; Simon-Taylor; Mopsus-Bird; Phillida-Miss Yeats.
Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Yeats.

Dance: HHarlequin and Country Man-; Harlequin Turn'd Into a Dog-; Drunken Man-Taylor

Song: Rural Dialogue-a Little Boy, Girl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Performance Comment: Millwood-Mrs Mary Man; George Barnwell-Edward Giles; Barnwell Sr-Phoenix; Thorowgood-Jones; Trueman-Barcock; Blunt-Wignall; Maria-Miss Palms; Lucy-Mrs Hind; With the Original Prologue-Giles; and a new Epilogue-Mrs Man.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Palms

Song: Singing in Italian and English-

Dance:

Music: Solo on the German Flute-Gentlemen for their Diversion; End Play: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumoth; Lesson on the Harpsichord-; Solo on the German Flute-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Pyrrhus-W. Mills; Orestes-Cibber Jr; Pylades-Roberts; Phoenix-Ridout; Andromache-Mrs Charke; Hermione-Mrs Butler; Cephisa-Mrs Walter; Cleone-Miss Williams; With the Original Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Williams

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Select Pieces-

Entertainment: Concluding with a Representation of The Carnival on the Rialto at Venice in which will be performed a Serenada-fifty of the best Hands (in Masquerade Habits) according to the Custom of the Country; Being the first of the Kind in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Performance Comment: King's Music MSS (BM) R.M. 20d. 2 and R.M. 19.f.7 lists: Galatea-Signora Strada; Acis-Senesino; Damon-Campioli; Polifemo-Montagnana; Clori-Miss Robinson; Filli-Signora Bagnolesi; Dorinda-Signora Bertoli; Eurillo-Mrs Davis; Silvio-Pinacci.
Cast
Role: Clori Actor: Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida

Performance Comment: Arcas-Thomas; Corydon-Williams; Damon-Yeates; Simon-Taylor; Mopsus-Bird; Phillida-Miss Yeates.
Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Yeates.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Daily Post, 13 July, gives Polly-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: gives Polly Actor: Miss Raftor.

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Raftor.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Juoan d'Vallois , lately arriv'd from Paris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello (by Desire)-Cibber Jr; Cassio-Bridgwater; Iago-Wm. Mills; Brabantio-Roberts; Desdemona-Miss Williams; Emilia-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Miss Williams

Afterpiece Title: Rural Love; or, The Merry Shepherd

Performance Comment: Parts-Bridgwater, Stoppelaer, Roberts, Ridout, Jones, Mrs Charke, Mrs Willis, Miss Raftor.

Dance: d'V'Vallois, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: See17320801, but Polly-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Raftor.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Proper to the Opera. Je ne scai quoy-de Vallois, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Milward; Ghost-Quin; Horatio-Walker; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-Chapman; Queen-Mrs Hallam; Ophelia-Miss Binks; Gravediggers-Bullock, Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Miss Binks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Hulett, from lif, the first Time of his appearing on this Stage; Hotspur-Delane; King Henry-Huddy; Prince-Giffard; Worcester-W. Giffard; Mortimer-Havard; Westmoreland-Smith; Vernon-Bardin; Douglass-Winston; Blunt-Rosco; Bardolph-Collet; Carriers-Morgan, Bullock; Francis-Norris; Lady Piercy-Miss Vaughan; Hostess-Mrs Morgan; A new Prologue-; Epilogue to the Town-.
Cast
Role: Lady Piercy Actor: Miss Vaughan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Harper; Belmour-W. Mills; Fondlewife-Cibber; Sharper-Mills; Vainlove-Watson; Sir Joseph-Cibber Jr; Bluff-Johnson; Setter-Oates; Laetitia-Mrs Thurmond; Belinda-Mrs Horton; Araminta-Mrs Butler; Silvia-Miss Raftor; Lucy-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Silvia Actor: Miss Raftor

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Williams
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Mears.

Dance: LLes Bergeries, as17320923

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Giffard; Aimwell-Delane; Bonniface-Hulett; Foigard-Morgan; Scrub-Norris; Sir Charles-Havard; Sullen-W. Giffard; Gibbet-Bullock; Cherry-Mrs Hamilton, from Dublin, the first Time of her appearance on this Stage; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Giffard; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Morgan; Dorinda-Mrs Purden; Gypsey-Miss Wherrit.
Cast
Role: Gypsey Actor: Miss Wherrit.

Dance: Vallois and Mlle Vallois, from the Theatre in Paris, Mrs Bullock from lif

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; Ford-Ryan; Page-Paget; Shallow-Chapman; Evans-Hippisley; Caius-Hall; Host-Bullock; Fenton-Houghton; Mrs Ford-Mrs Younger; Mrs Page-Mrs Hallam; Ann Page-Miss Holliday; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Egleton; Slender-Neale, being the first Time of his Appearance on that Stage.
Cast
Role: Ann Page Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour
Role: Spanish Woman Actor: Miss LaTour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Pinchwife-Quin; Horner-Ryan; Harcourt-Walker; Sparkish-Chapman; Dorilant-Milward; Sir Jasper-Hippisley; Quack-Hall; Country Wife-Mrs Younger; Lady Fidget-Mrs Buchanan; Alithea-Mrs Cantrell; Mrs Squeamish-Miss Horsington; Dainty-Mrs Forrester.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Wanton Wife-Mrs Heron; Barnaby-Griffin; Sir Peter-Johnson; Merryman-Harper; Clodpole-Cibber Jr; Lovemore-A. Hallam; Cunningham-Watson; Jeffrey-Oates; Lady Pride-Mrs Willis; Lady Laycock-Mrs Shireburn; Philadelphia-Miss Williams; Damaris-Mrs Mills; Prudence-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Williams

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Williams
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Mears.

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Performance Comment: Acasto-Milward; Castalio-Ryan; Polydore-Walker; Chamont-Quin; Chaplain-Chapman; Monimia-Mrs Hallam; Serina-Miss Holliday; Florella-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Serina Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour
Role: Spanish Woman Actor: Miss LaTour
Event Comment: Receipts: #109 16s. 6d. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Spirits-Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Sanderson; 1st Fury-Poitier; Harlequin Man and Woman-DuPre, Mrs Legar; Pierrot Man and Woman-Poitier, Mrs Pelling; Mezzetin Man and Woman-Glover, Miss LaTour; Scaramouch Man and Woman-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Punch-Nivelon; Miller's Wife-Mrs Legar.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd

Performance Comment: Jobson-Harper; Nell-Miss Raftor; Sir John-Stoppelaer; Lady Loverule-Mrs Grace; And a new Prologue to the Memory of the late Mr Wilks-.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Raftor

Dance: new Scots Dance-Houghton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Rovewell-Stoppelaer; Arethusa-Miss Raftor; Argus-Griffin; Robin-R. Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Arethusa Actor: Miss Raftor

Dance: Mrs Booth