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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr D"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr D")') 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 4812 matches on Roles/Actors, 4224 matches on Event Comments, 1138 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, and 18 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fool's Preferment; Or, The Three Dukes Of Dunstable

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Massacre Of Paris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Treacherous Brothers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Volunteers; Or, The Stock-jobbers

Performance Comment: Edition of 1693: A Prologue [by Mr Shadwell and designed to be Spoken, but was lost when the Play was Acted-; The Prologue [by Mr Durfey-Mrs Bracegirdle; The Epilogue-one in deep Mourning; Major General Blunt-Lee; Coll. Hackwell Sr-Dogget; Coll. Hackwell Jr-Powell; Welford-Hodgson; Sir NicholasDainty-Bowman; Sir Timothy Kastril-Bowen; Nickum-Alexander [Verbruggen]; Ding@boy-Freeman; Teresia-Mrs Knight; Eugenia-Mrs Mountford; Winifred-Mrs Rogers; Clara-Mrs Bracegirdle; Mrs Hackwell-Mrs Lee; Stitchum-Penkethman.
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Role: Mr Durfey Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Ventures And He Wins

Performance Comment: Edition of 1696: Prologue-Mrs Bowman [in Man's Cloaths; Epilogue-Mr Dogget [drest as a Beau, by Mr Motteux; Sir Charles Frankford-Boman; Sir Roger Marwood-Scudamore; Lovewell-Hudson [Hodgson]; Freeman-Freeman; Squire Wouldbe-Doget; Charlot-Mrs Bracegirdle; Juliana-Mrs Boman; Bellafira-Mrs Martyn; Urania-Mrs Barry; Dowdy-Mrs Bowtel; Mrs Beldam-Mrs Lee; Doll-Mrs Lawson.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agnes De Castro

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cornish Comedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Kindness; Or, A Fruitless Revenge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Mother

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaeton; Or, The Fatal Divorce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaigners; Or, The Pleasant Adventures At Brussels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo And Armida

Performance Comment: Edition of 1699: Prologue-; Rinaldo-Betterton; Ubaldo-Thurman; Carlo-Scudamore; Armida-Mrs Barry; Urania-Mrs Boman; Phenissa-Mrs Lee; Epilogue-; The Musical Entertainment ...All Compos'd by Mr John Eccles, and Writ by Mr Dennis-.
Cast
Role: Mr Dennis Actor: .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Without Interest; Or, The Man Too Hard For The Master

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Music: Entertainment of flute music-Bannister, Bannister's son; A new instrumental piece-the best hands

Dance: The Highland, The Whip of Dunboyne-Claxton

Entertainment: Imitations. The Famous Mr Clynch will for this once, at the desire of several Persons of Quality, perform his Imitation of an Organ with 3 Voices, the Double Curtel, the Bells, the Huntsman with his Horn and Pack of Dogs-Mr Clynch; All which he performs with his Mouth on the open Stage, being what no Man besides himself could ever yet attain to

Event Comment: A new Entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental Musick (after the manner of an Opera...the vocal part being compos'd by Mr Weldon, and the Instrumental by Mr Dieuport. [Text by Pierre Motteux.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Britain's Happiness

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Song: As17220210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several choiceConcertos-the Youth [J. Clegg][, never perform'd in Publick; [particularly, Concert of Vivaldi's called La Temista di Mare-; Solo-Mr Kitch; Solo Song [out of the Opera of Julius Caesar. Song Part-Mr Kitch; Violin-the Youth; [as done by Sig Castrucci in the Opera, Solo [of Sig Germiniani's-the Youth

Event Comment: Written by the late facetious Mr Doggett. By the Company of Comedians from gf in the Booth next the Turnpike in Tottenham Court. [Advertised also on 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mad Tom Of Bedlam; Or, The Distress'd Lovers: With The Comical Humours Of squire Numscul

Song: Mr Corse, age 12

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Sandham; Drunken Man-Wilcox; (On 8 Aug. and there after:) Mad Dance, Pierrot-Le Sieur Labisle, from France

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: new Overture with Kettle Drums and Trumpets by Seedo-; I: The 5th Concerto of Vivaldi, upon the Stage-; II: The 8th Concerto of Michael Angelo Corelli-; III: Handel's Water Musick with French Horns-; Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Ben. Baker

Song: I: Rosy Bowers-Miss Raftor; End Afterpiece: Ellis Roberts

Dance: II: Harlequins-Lally Jr, Miss Brett; In III: A new Grand Heroic Comic Dance, proper to the Play-; End Afterpiece: The Masqueraders-Essex, Thurmond, Houghton, Tench, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Decoy; Or, The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Music: With the two new Concertos-; performed in the same this Season, for several Instruments. Also the last new Ode- of Mr Dryden's; And the Concerto on the Organ, that was by Mr Handel- on the same Occasion this Season

Performance Comment: Also the last new Ode- of Mr Dryden's; And the Concerto on the Organ, that was by Mr Handel- on the same Occasion this Season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: Receipts: #151 18s. Paid Mr Dallon on acct of salary omitted 15th inst. #1 10s. and salary for 22 inst. #1 10s.; Paid Mr Whitefield (assistant in the wardrobe) 3 months salary due 24th inst. #7 10s.; J. Rich on acct #21; Paid Stephen Gom at Uxbridge in full #38 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Fair