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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: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End II: Serious Ballet, as17780120; End Opera: new Ballet Demi-caractere (never performed), L'Amour dans la Vendange-Mons and Mlle Banti, Sg and Sga Zuchelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17780207; with a Minuet-Mons and Mme Simonet; End II: L'Amour dans la Vendange, as17780519; End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zemira E Azore

Dance: II: Ballet connected with the Opera, by Genii of the various Arts- (See17790302 Pedal Harp-Hochbrucher; End II: new Ballet by Fairies of the Court of Azore,-Banti, Sga Tinti, LeDet, Henry, young Miss Simonet, Mlle Baccelli (1st appearance this season); End Opera: new serious Ballet, Le Couronnement de Zemire-Mons and Mme Simonet, Banti, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tinti, Slingsby

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a new Ballet in Demi-character (composed by Mons Lunatiq) La Tarantula; or, The Merry Bedlamites, with a grand Pas de Deux, to conclude with a Fandango in the Spanish stile (performers not listed)

Song: In Act iv of mainpiece The Pigeon, as17830507

Monologue: 1783 05 09 End of mainpiece Joe Haynes's Epilogue spoken by Wilson, riding on an Ass

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: After 2nd song: A Pas Seul-Mons Symone

Song: End IV: Tippy Bob-C. Stanley; End: Poor Jack in character-Mrs Kennedy

Entertainment: Monologue After Dancing: The Monody on the Death of the late D. Garrick Esq. (Written by R. B. Sheridan, Esq.)-the Lady who performs Zara

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Due Svizzeri

Afterpiece Title: Il Capriccio Drammatico

Dance: End: Laura et Lenza, as18000513; Minuet de la Cour-Mons and Mme Didelot; End 2nd piece: Telemaque-Mme Rose Didelot will take original part

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lucky Prodigal; Or, Wit At A Pinch

Performance Comment: Edition of 1715 lists: Gerard-Griffin; Charles-Smith; False Marquess-Bullock Jr; Andrew-Knapp; Merlin-Spiller; Jaquinette-H. Bullock; Madam Bertrand-Mrs Kent; Lucinda-Mrs Vincent; Cydne-Mrs Rubridge; Priscilla-Mrs Spiller; Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Gerard Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: A Woman's Revenge; or, A Match in Newgate

Dance: Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; particularly an Italian Night Scene between a +Scaramouch, a Harlequin, and a Punchanello-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17201006, but Gerard-Quin; Hemskirk-Egleton; Vandunck-Bullock Sr; Higgen-Pack; Prigg-C. Bullock; Ginks-Griffin; Gertrude-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Gerard Actor: Quin

Dance: As17201125

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Giffard; Lady Townly-Mrs Giffard; Manly-Paget; Lady Grace-Mrs Dunstall; Sir Francis-Julian; Basset-Linnet; Richard-Yates; Poundage-Wallis; Moody-Dunstall; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Lamball; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Jones; Jenny-Miss Hippisley; Myrtilla-Miss Gerard; Trusty-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Gerard

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: As17401029

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Performance Comment: Damon-Beard; Palemon-Wilder; Laura-Miss Thomas; Pastora-Mrs Clive; To conclude with a Rural Dance-M Gerard, Mlle Lussant.

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Matthews, the Little Swiss

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Fondlewife-Foote; Bellmour-Palmer; Sir Joseph Wittol-Woodward; Setter-Blakes; Noll Bluff-Yates; Vainlove-Jefferson; Sharper-Havard; Heartwell-Berry; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; Laetitia-Mrs Pritchard; Belinda-Miss Haughton; Araminta-Mrs Davies; Sylvia-Mrs Cowper; In Act III a Dance proper to the play,-Gerard, Mad Lussant.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Ballet: II: A Grand Pantomime Dance, The Savoyard Travellers. Savoyards-Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, LeFevre, Miss Popling; Peasants-Gerard, Mrs Preston

Performance Comment: Savoyards-Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Dennison, Mlle Lussant, LeFevre, Miss Popling; Peasants-Gerard, Mrs Preston.
Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Gerard, Mrs Preston.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick; on Phaeton in the Suds: With Harlequin a Pick Pocket

Performance Comment: Machine-Roberts; Fustian-Lacy; Sneerwell-Machen; Clymene (Oyster Wench)-Mrs Charke; Jupiter-Freeman; Neptune-Wallis; Phoebus-Topham [Toping in edition, of 1736]; Old Phaeton-Smith; Young Phaeton-Boothby; Aurora-Mrs Egerton; Aurora's Maid-Miss Jones; Terra-Miss Burgess; Genius of Gin-Miss Ferguson Jr; Harlequin-Rosamond, from DL; Justice-Jones; His Clerk (Pierrot)-Castiglione; Managers-Freeman, Turner; Stars-Master Sherwin, Miss Ferguson Jr; Colombine-Madame la Charmante, piping-hot from Paris [Mlle Beaumaunt in edition]; Countrymen-Smith, Collerd, Mons D'Herbage, Mons De la Soup Maigre [Lowder in edition]; Rakes-Boothby, Wallis, Phenix, Pullen; Chairmen-Smith, Collard; Pistol-Lowder; Tragedy King-Pullen; Schoolmistress-Mrs Egerton; Tragedy Queen-Miss Jones; edition adds: Watchmen-Smith, Lowder, Collerd, Chapman .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performance Comment: Principal characters-Lun, LaLauze, Bencraft, Mrs Dunstall, Miss Haughton; The Dances-Mons Jossett his 1st appearance on the English Stage, Mons Jardin, Miss Hilliard.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Astarto

Dance: New Dances composed by Simonet and Vallouy.End I: a Grand Serious Ballet-Mons Simonet, Mme Simonet (their 1st appearance in England), Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli; End II: a new Pastoral Ballet Les Amans Heureux; ou, L'Aimable Vieillesse-Mons Vallouy, Mme Vallouy, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Vallouy@le@cadet; End Opera: a new Ballet Demi-caracteres Les Amusemens Champetres-Mons and Mme Simonet, Sg and Sga Zuchelli

Performance Comment: End I: a Grand Serious Ballet-Mons Simonet, Mme Simonet (their 1st appearance in England), Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli; End II: a new Pastoral Ballet Les Amans Heureux; ou, L'Aimable Vieillesse-Mons Vallouy, Mme Vallouy, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Vallouy@le@cadet; End Opera: a new Ballet Demi-caracteres Les Amusemens Champetres-Mons and Mme Simonet, Sg and Sga Zuchelli.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce; With The Pleasures Of The Town

Performance Comment: Luckless-Mullart; Witmore-Lacy; Marplay-Reynolds; Sparkish-Stopler; Don Tragedio-Marshall; Sir Farcical Comick-Davenport; Sig Opera-Stopler; Dr Orator-Jones; Mons Pantomime-Knott; Charon-Ayres; Bookweight-Jones; Scarecrow-Marshall; Harriet-Miss Palms; Goddess of Nonsense-Mrs Mullart; Somebody-Harris; Nobody-Wells; Poet-Hallam; Bookseller-Dove; Mrs Novel-Mrs Martin; Lady Kingcall-Mrs Clark; Punch-Reynolds; Joan-Hicks; but edition of 1730 lists: Luckless-Mullart; Witmore-Lacy; Marplay-Reynolds; Sparkish-Stopler; Bookweight-Jones; Scarecrow-Marshal; Dash-Hallam; Quibble-Dove; Blotpage-Wells Jr; Jack-Achurch; Jack Pudding-Reynolds; Bantomite-Marshall; Mrs Moneywood-Mrs Mullart; Harriet-Miss Palms; in Puppet Show: Player-Dove; Constable-Wells; Murdertext-Hallam; Goddess of Nonsense-Mrs Mullart; Charon-Ayres; Curry (Bookseller)-Dove; Poet-W. Hallam; Signior Opera-Stopler; Don Tragedio-Marshal; Sir Farcical Comick-Davenport; Dr Orator-Jones; Mons Pantomime-Knott; Mrs Novel-Mrs Martin; Robgrave-Harris; Saylor-Achurch; Somebody-Harris Jr; Nobody-Wells Jr; Punch-Reynolds; Joan-Hicks; Lady Kingcall-Miss Clarke; Mrs Cheatem-Mrs Wind; Mrs Glassring-Mrs Blunt; Prologue-Jones.
Cast
Role: Mons Pantomime Actor: Knott
Role: Mons Pantomime Actor: Knott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fair Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Impostor; or, The Biter Bit: With the Comical Humours of Vizard the Biter, Mixum the Vintner, and his Drawer Balderdash

Dance: I: Two Punches by Tench and Janno. II: The Constant Lovers. End of Droll: Le Badinage Cbampetre. Tumbling by Mynheer Vanderhoff, Mons de Voltore, Mons de Broc, Mons Janno

Performance Comment: II: The Constant Lovers. End of Droll: Le Badinage Cbampetre. Tumbling by Mynheer Vanderhoff, Mons de Voltore, Mons de Broc, Mons Janno .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Afterpiece Title: Taste a la Mode

Performance Comment: Mlle La Modestie-Harlequin Phillips; Mons Flip-Flap-Towers; Somerset-Roberts; Mons Roundall-Hough .
Cast
Role: Mons Flip Actor: Flap-Towers
Role: Mons Roundall Actor: Hough

Dance: II: Double Jealousy, as17360327but Mrs Villeneuve replaces Miss Brett

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera; the music by Cimarosa [with additions by Giardini]. Under the direction of Giardini. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 [see 18 May]. Subscriptions will be received at Mons Ransom, Mons Moreland and Mons Hammersley's, Pall-Mall; and of Jewell, Treasurer, No. 26, Suffolk-street, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ninetta; O, Chi Dell' Altrui Si Veste, Presto Si Spoglia

Dance: End I: Divertisement-Labourie, Duquesney, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle de'Caro; End Opera: La Bergere des Alpes (composed by Blake)-Labourie, Duquesney, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle de'Caro, Mlle Dorival

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Love; Or, The Lady's Satisfaction

Performance Comment: Edition ca. 1711 lists: Ogle (alias Fidelia)-Mrs Oldfield; Frolick (alias Lucie)-Mrs Bicknel; Rashlove-Wilks; Captain Cruize-Cibber; Thrivemore-Mills; Surefriend-Elrington; Sir Bookish Outside-Bullock; Sir Saveall Scrape-Norris; Young Scrape-Dogget; Snuffle-Johnson; Tipple-Penkethman; Mons de la Tirouette-Burkhead; Widow Rich (alias Amabella)-Mrs Bradshaw; Lady Outside-Mrs Knight; Charmilla-Mrs Santlow; Wrinkle-Mrs Willis; Pomade-Mrs Saunders; Prologue-; Epilogue-Dogget, Penkethman.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Performance Comment: Valet de Chambre-Mons Tirrevette, and all the other Parts as usual.

Song: The Boy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore: Containing The Death Of King Edward Iv, The Penance Of Jane Shore, And Her Miserable Fall Under Richard The Protector

Afterpiece Title: With The Comical Humours of Anthony Noodle, His Man Weazle, and Captain Blunderbuss

Afterpiece Title: The Wheel of Life; or, Harlequin's Death

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Mons LeCoudriere , lately arriv'd from Paris.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

Performance Comment: Tom-Mullart; Charles-Lacy; Nicodemus Stitch-Ayres; Shears-Reynolds; Snip-Cross; Shopboard-Dove; Patrick O'Thimble-Hallam; Evan ap Remmant-Jones; Mynheer Van Bodkin-Hicks; Sawney Mac Staytape-Wathen; Mons le Foppery-Davenport; Mrs Stitch-Mrs Lacy; Harriot-Miss Price; Betty-Mrs Nokes.
Cast
Role: Mons le Foppery Actor: Davenport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Wanton Jesuit; or, Innocence Seduced

Performance Comment: Father Girrard-Pullen; Father Sabatier-Giles; Father Cadiere-Jones; Abbe Cadiere-Cross; Father Aubany-Warwell; Mons Chaudon-Cole; Robin-Radnor; Lady d'Aubert-Mrs Ray; Lady Beauslire-Mrs Clark; La Guiol-Miss Morse; L'Almande-Miss Dancey; La Batterele-Miss Radnor; La Robauld-Mrs Dove; La Laguiere-Miss Jones; Miss Cadiere-Mrs Pullen; but edition of 1731 lists: La Batterelle-Mrs Bignal; La Graveiere-Mrs Radnor.
Cast
Role: Mons Chaudon Actor: Cole

Dance: HHornpipe-Jones' Scholar

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Stevens. Second Piece: a New Pantonimical Something. Third Piece: The Practice of a new Serious Scene to be Introduc'd. Shewing the various and hazardous Adventures he met with to get his Wife Joan; particularly, his last memorable Battle and Victory over a great and monstrous Pig, by which she was to be devour'd chain'd to a Rock. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Monstrum Horrendum; or, The Practice of a Modern Comic Entertainment

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Mons Quelqu'n, being the first Time of his Appearing and the last he will appear on any Stage; Colombine-Miss Price.

Afterpiece Title: Punchanello's Encounter with the Pig

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Davenport, Miss Price