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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Monsieur Moliere"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Monsieur Moliere")') 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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Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Second Piece: Taken from Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; or, A Doctor in Spight of his Teeth

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A New Farce. [By Henry Fielding.] Alter'd from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cur'd

Dance: I: The Pieraite-Holt, Mrs Walter; II: Harlequin-Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Midsummer Whim, as17320606

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality- Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Done from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

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

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: Done from the French of Moliere. [For additional comments on the stage, see Grub St. Journal, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Juvan d'Vallois

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: Done from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

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

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth at the George Inn in West Smithfield. A new Dramatick Entertainment. Done from the French of Moliere, and intermix'd with Variety of Songs to old Ballad Tunes and Country Dances. All the Characters to be entirely new Dressed. [Advertised 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Sept.

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

Event Comment: By Her Majesty's Command. Afterpiece: By Command. Taken from the French of Moliere. [The Queen present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Mrs Booth, others; particularly Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere. At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of The Mock Doctor. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: By Desire. Done from the French of Moliere (Revised by the Author)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: LLes Bergeries, as17321019

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: Done from the French of Moliere. [Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Egmont, Diary, I, 333: to the new play called The Miser, which is well translated from Moliere by Mr Fielding, and well acted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Event Comment: Benefit Miller. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere. Part of the Seats on the Stage (for the better Accommodation of the Ladies) will be form'd into Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth; Drunken Peasant-LeBrun

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Done from Moliere. 5s., 3s., 2s., 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: Love Runs All Dangers

Dance: End Mainpiece: Dutch Skipper-T. Jones, R. Jones; Concluding with a Hornpipe-Jones

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Holliday. By Command of His Royal Highness [who was present]. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Wycherley. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Imaginary Cuckolds

Event Comment: Benefit Wright and E. Roberts. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; III: Scots Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; End of Afterpiece: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

Song: II: Singing in English-E. Roberts; V: Singing in Italian-E. Roberts

Music: In III: Concerto on Little Flute-John Bastion

Event Comment: Benefit Davenport and Mrs Shireburn. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Moliere by Mr Betterton. [Tickets at Davenport's in Brownlow Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Countess

Dance: II: Irish Trot-a Youth of Ten, scholar to Davenport; III: Dutchman and his Wife-Davenport, Miss Price; IV: Long Whitson Holiday-Davenport, Miss Price; V: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Allen, the Numberer [Rich's Register adds: the late Mr Wilks' Nephew.] Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: Intermix'd with Songs; taken from Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Imaginary Cuckolds

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; II: Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; III: Harlequin-Miss Brett; IV: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: The Flight-Essex, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth, in the George-Inn-Yard. Mainpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment. Afterpiece: A Ballad Opera. Done from the French of Moliere. Intermix'd With Variety of Songs set to old Ballad Tunes, and Country Dances. 1 to 11 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Jealousy; Or, The Downfall Of Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: A Cure for Covetousness; or, The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: FFooting Dance-LeBrun, Mrs Ogden; Fisher Tench, Mlle D'Lorme

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere. The principal Characters (in the Play) new drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part 1

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: A new Grand Ballad called Les Amants Constants by Essex, Miss Robinson, Houghton, F. Tench, Janno, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Oates, Miss Brett

Song: I: Quanto Dolce by Miss Arne. In III: Per le porte del tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from Moliere by the late Mr Betterton. Afterpiece: As 8 Nov. [HAY also announces it intends to perform a new masque, Love and Glory, in honor of the approaching Royal Nuptials, but, the time being short, the theatre will first bring on an Impromptu Revel Masque]

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Dance: In Afterpiece: Les Bergeries, as17331108

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Drunken Peasant by Janno. Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann. Punches by F. Tench and Janno. Watteau by Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Taken from Plautus and Moliere by the late Mr Dryden. Daily Advertiser, 12 Dec: We hear the Company ... are now rehearsing the three celebrated Plays of Ben Johnson, viz. the Fox, the Alchymist, and the Silent Woman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Scaramouch by Janno. Tambourine by Miss Robinson. Harlequin by Nivelon

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann. II: Scaramouch by Janno. III: Tambourine by Miss Robinson. IV: La Bagatell by Essex and Miss La Tour. V: Harlequin by Nivelon

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these thirty Years. Taken from the French of Moliere by Sir John Vanbrugh. [This version by James Ralph.] The Songs new set by John Frederick Lampe, and a new Grand Dance, in Grotesque Characters, proper to the Play. Afterpiece: a Farce of two Acts. Alter'd from Beaumont and Fletcher. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cornish Squire

Afterpiece Title: The Sham Pilgrims