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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr French"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr French")') 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 4497 matches on Event Comments, 1443 matches on Performance Comments, 1064 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Paid Mr French on account #50 [scene painter and maker of light props] (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #85 7s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Event Comment: Paid Mr French #20 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #153 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, The Jealous Peasant-Duquesney, 1st appearance this stage, Tassoni, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Dilettante

Performance Comment: Parts by Reinhold, Bannister, Mrs Thompson. In which will introduce the German, French, Italian style of singing-Bannister; Crotchet-Reinhold; Col. Cockade-Bannister; Widow Wishful-Mrs Thompson (Edition of 1772).

Music: Between the Acts: Concerto on Piano Forte-Hook (by Particular Desire); The Ode-Hook for the opening of the New Exhibition Room of the Royal Incorporated Artists of Great Britain. Chorusses will be supported by a number of Capital singers and young gentlemen of St Paul's Choir; The principal vocal parts-Reinhold, Bannister, Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Thompson

Event Comment: The Farce was Much Applauded Mrs Barry play better than the Night before (Hopkins Diary). Paid 6 day's salary list at #85 7s. 11d. per diem, #512 7s. 6d.; Mr French on Acct #5 5s.; Rec'd Stopages #18 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #177 5s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Rec'd stopages #20 8s. 6d. N.B. The [authors] charges should have been put #73 10s. [this night] instead of #84, vide. 27 Nov. next; Paid salary list #513 17s. 6d.; Messrs Clinch and Dimon 5 guineas each, #10 10s. as per order; Miss Mansell per order #3 3s.; Mr French on acct #10 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #168 19s. Charges: #84. Profits to Author of Irish Widow: #84 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Song: Dialogue between a Dutch and French Woman-Pack, Mrs Willis; A song-Laurence

Dance: French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bicknell; Comic Dance-deLegarde, Young l'Abbe, Miss Bruce; Scaramouch-Layfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperour Of The Moon

Dance: French Peasant-Miss Santlow; Night Scene, as17091230

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: The Emperour of the Moon

Entertainment: As17100202

Dance: French Peasant-Miss Santlow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: French Peasant-Miss Santlow; Miller's Dance-Leigh, Prince; Scaramouch-Layfield; Italian Night Scene between a Scaramouch, a Harlequin, a Cooper and his Wife-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage; Or, A Commonwealth Of Women

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: French Peasant, Chacone-Miss Santlow; Scaramouch-Layfield; Miller and his Wife-Leigh, Burkhead; Italian Night Scene-Layfield, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Dance: French Peasant-; Dance between a Miller his Wife and a Town Miss-; Ladder Dance-; Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Music: Before: As17100819

Dance: French Peasant-; Whimsical Miller Wife and Town Miss-; with Miller's Wife-Leigh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Dance: French Sailors-DuPre, Miss Schoolding; Also Moreau, Bovil, Miss Russell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Song: As17161019

Dance: French Peasant-Moreau, Mrs Cross; Dutch Skipper-Salle, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Dance: French Andromache Burlesqued, as17161211; Grand Comic Wedding Dance, as17161115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

Dance: French Sailor-Shaw, Miss Schoolding; Miss Schoolding's Sister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Dance: French Scene-Salle, Mlle Salle, father of the Salles; Moreau, Mrs Schoolding, Salle, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife; Or, A Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Song: As17191010

Dance: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Francis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Dance: French Peasant, Running Footman-Nivelon Sr, Mrs Rogeir; Myrtillo-

Ballet: The Humours of Bedlam. As17231127, but Mad Soldier-Dupre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: French Consort of Musick-two Ladies who have had the Honour to sing in several Courts of Europe with great Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucrezia Romana Violata, Da Sesto Tarquinio: Viz, Lucretia The Roman, Ravish'd By Sextus Tarquinius: With Harlequin A Jealous Husband And Pantalon's Rivality For Argentina

Afterpiece Title: French Farce, in Mock Imitation of Lucretia

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: French Peasant, as17321208; Tambourine, as17321208; Comic Dance, as17321208, but _Dupre Jr., Delagarde

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Dance: French Sailor and his Iass by Malter and Mlle Salle. Pigmalion, as17340114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. Scotish Dance, as17331004. Pigmalion, as17340114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Mr Daniel French, of Hampstead, for his Diversion, but see17340103.

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass, and Shepherd and Shepherdess by Maker and Mlle Salle. Scotch Dance, as17331004