SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mons Gerard"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mons Gerard")') 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 67 matches on Performance Comments, 55 matches on Event Comments, 53 matches on Performance Title, 48 matches on Author, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: I: Les Caprices de la Dance-Mlle Auretti; II: A Hornpipe-Matthews, a child of five years old his scholar; IV: The Matelot Basque-Mons Ferrere; V: The Louvre, Minuet-M Devisse, Mlle Auretti

Ballet: III: La Chacone des Characters. Harlequin-Mlle Auretti; Punch-Devisse; The Peasant-Mons Gerard (from Paris)

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Mlle Auretti; Punch-Devisse; The Peasant-Mons Gerard (from Paris).
Cast
Role: The Peasant Actor: Mons Gerard
Event Comment: Benefit for Mons and Mme Bithmere, and Le Baruf, Composers and principal Performers of the Dramatic Romance of The Rival Knights. Gazetteer, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Mons and Mme Bithmere and of Le Boeuf at Stacy's, colourman, corner of Long-acre. Receipts: #101 8s. 6d. (73/0/6; tickets: 28/8/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece a Dramatic Romance, Adelaide de Brabant; or, The Triumph of Virtue. Principal Characters by Bithmere, Le Boeuf, Mme Bithmere. ["An infant son of Grimaldi (i.e. Joseph, aged 6) performs in an astonishing manner" (Gazetteer, 12 May).] End of Act IV an Allemande and Dance, called Malbrough (composed by Vestris Jun.) by Le Boeuf and Mme Bithmere

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Italian Piece by Mons Sorin and Mr Baxter. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette; or, Harlequin Turned Tapster

Related Works
Related Work: La Guinquette, or, Harlequin turn’d Tapster Author(s): Mons. Sorin

Dance: An Entertainment of Mimick Dancing, call'd, La Caprice-Harlequin (in Imitation of Mlle Provost, the Famous Dancer in the Opera at Paris)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Performers who never before appeared in this Kingdom. [Names on playbill of 8 May 1784: Mons and Mme Bithmere, Le Bceuf.] hathi.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil upon Two Sticks

Event Comment: Benefit for Mons Devisse & Mad Auguste. Tickets of Devisse at Mrs Jones's, Hoop-petticoat Maker in Bow St., Covent Garden; at Turk's Head Tavern, in Grig-St., Soho; of Mad Auguste at Mr Harris's, Hosier, in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden; and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: I: A New Dance-Mlle Auguste; II: A Masquerade Dance-M Gerard first appearance from Paris, never appeared in England; III: A New Pierrot Dance-Devisse, Mlle Auguste; IV: The Matelot Basque-Ferrere; after the Country Dance-; The Louvre and Minuet-Devisse, Mlle Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit for Mons and Mme Vallouy. Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Vallouy at his house, No. 2, Berkley-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Geloso In Cimento

Dance: End I: new Comic Dance, Le Culte d'Amour(composed by Vallouy)-Vallouy, Mlle DeCamp, Vallouy@le@cadet; End II: Serious Ballet-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli; , in which the Minuet de la Cour-Mons and Mme Vallouy; End Opera: Les Amans Heureux, as17770104

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mons. At 6 p.m. Tickets half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; The Vocal Part-Signora Mons

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Mons. At 7 p.m. By Subscription

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; The Vocal-Signora Mons

Event Comment: Benefit for Roger, Shawford, Reinhold, & Gerard, he run away (Cross). Mons Gerard left England. His tickets not admitted (Winston MS 8). Last time of performing the Mainpiece this Season. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Walker

Song: Dialogue call'd% Damon and Chloe-Master Reinhold, Miss Thomas

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Mons Voltaire [By Aaron Hill]. The Characters New Dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Performance Comment: Tragedy-Raftor and Mrs Cantrell; Comedy-Turbutt and Mrs Bennet; Squire Flash-Taylor; John Trot-Hough; Longbib the Vintner-Salway; Park Centinel-Fife; Harlequin-Le Brun; Colombine-Miss Mann; Enchanter-Salway; Auctioneer-Rainton; Prentice-Rosamond; Park Keeper-Gray; Kate Sutler-Beckham; Ballad Singers-Salway, Mrs Pritchard; Drawers-Roberts, Towers; Milkmaids-Mrs Walter, Mrs PelUng, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett; Mlle La Modestie-Harlequin Phillips; Mons Flip Flap-Towers; Mons Somerset-Roberts; Mons Roundall-Hough .
Cast
Role: Mons Flip Flap Actor: Towers
Role: Mons Somerset Actor: Roberts
Role: Mons Roundall Actor: Hough

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: Mons Denoyer, lately arrived in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Envious Statesman; Or, The Fall Of Essex; With The Humours Of The Forc'd Physician

Dance: Mons D'Ferrou Ville , lately arrived from Paris, Miss Brett, Miss Mears

Music: A Band , including Burk Thumoth

Entertainment: Before the Opera: Postures-Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance: Mons Muilment, laterly arrived from Paris, the first time of his performance in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Dance: Mons Billiony , Sga Desdechina first appearance on an English Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette

Related Works
Related Work: La Guinquette, or, Harlequin turn’d Tapster Author(s): Mons. Sorin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette

Related Works
Related Work: La Guinquette, or, Harlequin turn’d Tapster Author(s): Mons. Sorin

Dance: A new Italian Night Scene-Sorin, Baxter; La Caprice, as17160411

Related Works
Related Work: La Guinquette, or, Harlequin turn’d Tapster Author(s): Mons. Sorin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette

Related Works
Related Work: La Guinquette, or, Harlequin turn’d Tapster Author(s): Mons. Sorin

Dance: As17160420

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette

Related Works
Related Work: La Guinquette, or, Harlequin turn’d Tapster Author(s): Mons. Sorin

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Spanish Friar

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Dance: As17830922

Song: As17830922, but added: Johnstone; Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Davenett