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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Rowson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Rowson")') 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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14845 results for: Keyword - Miss Rowson
We found 13754 matches on Performance Comments, 4404 matches on Performance Title, 1728 matches on Event Comments, 436 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

201
10 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton

Cast
Role: Lady Clairville Actor: Miss Brunton

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Edwin, Johnstone, Blanchard, Fearon, Thompson, Darley, Booth, Mrs Martyr, Miss Rowson, Mrs Platt, Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Rowson

202
17 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Edwin, Johnstone, Blanchard, Fearon, Thompson, Darley, Booth, Mrs Martyr, Miss Rowson, Mrs Platt, Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Rowson

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

203
23 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Farren; Major Oakly-Ryder; Sir Harry Beagle-Edwin; Captain O'Cutter-Aickin; Charles Oakly-Macready (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Russet-Fearon; Paris-Wewitzer; Tom-Rock; Lord Trinket-Lewis; Harriet-Miss Brunton (1st appearance in that character); Lady Freelove (1st time)-Mrs Bernard; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Pope Edition of 1792 (John Bell) adds: William-$Ledger; John-$Evatt; Servant-$Lee; Toilet-$Miss Stuart; Chambermaid-$Miss Brangin.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Brunton
Role: Toilet Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Miss Brangin.

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Cast
Role: Norah Actor: Miss Rowson

Dance: As17880301

204
05 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Cast
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

205
08 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: Miss Dolly Bull Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Cast
Role: Norah Actor: Miss Rowson

Dance: As17871129

206
30 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Fanny Goodwin Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Lucy Waters Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Cast
Role: Commissary Actor: Fearon

Dance: End: a new dance, The Cobler of Castle Dormot-Ratchford, Miller, Mrs Ratchford

207
06 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Brangin.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Gnome

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin
Role: Gnome Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: The other Characters Actor: Mathews, Chapman, Painter, Lyons, Abbot, Farley, Ledger, Rowson, Stannard, Clarke, Sands, Hobler, Aylmer, Mrs Love, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer, Mrs Invill, Miss Rowson, Mrs Gaudry A MS list of cast in Enthoven assigns the Clown-Degville
Role: Covent Garden Doctor's Man Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Porter Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Nuns Actor: Miss Francis, Mrs Invill, the 2 Miss Simonets
Role: Taylor's Wife Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: unassigned Actor: Abbot, Mrs Love, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer.

208
07 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Prideaux
Role: Packet and Coach Passengers Actor: Miss Francis, Mrs Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Gnome

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin
Role: Gnome Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: The other Characters Actor: Mathews, Chapman, Painter, Lyons, Abbot, Farley, Ledger, Rowson, Stannard, Clarke, Sands, Hobler, Aylmer, Mrs Love, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer, Mrs Invill, Miss Rowson, Mrs Gaudry A MS list of cast in Enthoven assigns the Clown-Degville
Role: Covent Garden Doctor's Man Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Porter Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Nuns Actor: Miss Francis, Mrs Invill, the 2 Miss Simonets
Role: Taylor's Wife Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: unassigned Actor: Abbot, Mrs Love, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer.

209
08 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Brangin.

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Gnome

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin
Role: Gnome Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: The other Characters Actor: Mathews, Chapman, Painter, Lyons, Abbot, Farley, Ledger, Rowson, Stannard, Clarke, Sands, Hobler, Aylmer, Mrs Love, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer, Mrs Invill, Miss Rowson, Mrs Gaudry A MS list of cast in Enthoven assigns the Clown-Degville
Role: Covent Garden Doctor's Man Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Porter Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Nuns Actor: Miss Francis, Mrs Invill, the 2 Miss Simonets
Role: Taylor's Wife Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: unassigned Actor: Abbot, Mrs Love, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer.

Dance: New Dance, as17880707 but Ratchford

210
30 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Gnome

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Miss Collett.
Role: sic] Actor: Miss Brangin
Role: Gnome Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: The other Characters Actor: Mathews, Chapman, Painter, Lyons, Abbot, Farley, Ledger, Rowson, Stannard, Clarke, Sands, Hobler, Aylmer, Mrs Love, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer, Mrs Invill, Miss Rowson, Mrs Gaudry A MS list of cast in Enthoven assigns the Clown-Degville
Role: Covent Garden Doctor's Man Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Porter Actor: Rowson Sen.
Role: Nuns Actor: Miss Francis, Mrs Invill, the 2 Miss Simonets
Role: Taylor's Wife Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: unassigned Actor: Abbot, Mrs Love, Mrs Lefevre, Miss Palmer.

Song: As17880811

211
19 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Altea Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Cast
Role: Emai Actor: Miss Francis.

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Rowson

212
17 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Cast
Role: Miss Jeroboam Actor: Mr Blanchard
Role: Miss Somers Actor: Mrs Wells.

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Emai Actor: Miss Francis.
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Rowson

213
18 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marian

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lewis, Quick, Edwin, Aickin, Blanchard, Booth, Thompson, Middleton, Miss Fontenelle, Mrs Webb, Mrs Bernard, Miss Stuart, Miss Brunton. Cast from O'Keeffe's Dramatic Works, Vol. III
Role: Sophia Actor: Miss Fontenelle
Role: Fib Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Lady Jane Actor: Miss Brunton

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Cast
Role: Miss Jeroboam Actor: Mr Blanchard
Role: Miss Somers Actor: Mrs Wells.

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

214
22 April 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Cast
Role: Miss Jeroboam Actor: Mr Blanchard
Role: Miss Somers Actor: Mrs Wells.

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

215
04 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

216
14 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir ClementFlint-Aickin; Lord Gayville-Farren; Alscrip-Quick; Chignon-Blanchard; Mr Blandish-Macready; Mr Rightly-Fearon; Prompt-Bernard; Clifford-Pope; Miss Alscrip-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Alton-Miss Reynolds; Mrs Blandish-Mrs Inchbald; Lady Emily-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Miss Alscrip Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Miss Reynolds

Afterpiece Title: The Feast of Anacreon

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Rowson

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Rowson

Entertainment: Monologue. End IV: A Comic Description of the Curiosities in the Tower of London-Edwin

217
18 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Captain Macheath Actor: Miss Fontenelle
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Cast
Role: Miss Jeroboam Actor: Mr Blanchard
Role: Miss Somers Actor: Mrs Wells.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Cast
Role: Lucia Actor: Miss Brangin
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Rowson.

218
29 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Feast of Anacreon

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Rowson

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Cast
Role: Miss Jeroboam Actor: Mr Blanchard
Role: Miss Somers Actor: Mrs Wells.
Role: Lucia Actor: Miss Brangin
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Rowson.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

219
04 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Cast
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Cast
Role: Norah Actor: Miss Wewitzer

Dance: As17890512

220
13 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alscrip Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Miss Reynolds

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

221
15 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Captain Macheath Actor: Miss Fontenelle
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: Emai Actor: Miss Francis.
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Rowson

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Cast
Role: Duchess Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Donna Anna Actor: Miss Francis

Dance: In 3rd piece: Dancing, as17890601

222
06 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Performance Comment: Count Valentia-Lewis; Duke Mercia-Ryder; Alberto-Aickin; Marquis Almanza-Farren; Seville-Hull; Granada-Macready; Peasant-Thompson; Marchioness Merida-Mrs Mattocks; Amanthis-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Amanthis Actor: Miss Brunton.

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

223
13 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

Dance: End II: a new Negro Dance-

224
14 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Performance Comment: As17891007, but Letty-Mrs Powell in place of Miss Brangin.
Cast
Role: Letty Actor: Mrs Powell in place of Miss Brangin.
Role: Louisa Courtney Actor: Miss Brunton

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson

225
27 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Cast
Role: Letty Actor: Mrs Powell in place of Miss Brangin.
Role: Louisa Courtney Actor: Miss Brunton

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Dora Actor: Miss Rowson