SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Poitier Sr"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Poitier Sr")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: As17591012; with a New Comic Dance call'd The Irish Turf@Cutters-Poitier Jr, 1st time here in 3 years, Miss Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake; or, Hob in the Well

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Hilliard; End: The Lamp Lighters-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Dance: The Dances incident to the masque-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Rochford, Dumai, Gosley, Hussey, Balthazar, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Mariane, Mrs Crawford, Mrs Welch, Miss Daw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: II: Les Charboniers, as17601216; End: A New Rural Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: The Last New Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damscus

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: Dances-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville [the particular ones unspecified]

Event Comment: Benefit Poitier, Petit-Maitre. Receipts: money #59 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: Mrs Carter

Music: IV: Kettle@Drums-Poitier

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; II: New Dance-Poitier, Salle, Mlle Salle; III: Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Pastoral-Mrs Clamakin being the first time of her appearing on the Stage; V: A new Grand Peasant Dance a@la@mode de l'Opera-Poitier, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. [This seems to be the night referred to by The Volunteer Manager in Theatrical Review of 1 January 1763 who condemns Miss Poitier's scandalous costume and indelicate actions: "Would any person suppose she could have the confidence to appear with her bosom so scandalously bare, that to use the expression of a public writer, who took some moderate notice of the circumstance, the breast hung flabbing over a pair of stays cut remarkably low, like a couple of empty bladders in an oil-shop. One thing the author of that letter has omitted, which, if possible is still more gross; and that is, in the course of Miss Poitier's hornpipe, one of her shoes happening to slipt down at the heel, she lifted up her leg, and danced upon the other till she had drawn it up. This had she worn drawers, would have been the more excusable; but unhappily, there was little occasion for standing in the pit to see that she was not provided with so much as a fig-leaf. The Court turned instantly from the stage-The Pit was astonished! and scarcely anything, but a disapproving murmur, was heard, from the most unthinking spectator in the twelvepenny gallery." Miss Poitier subsequently denied any impropriety in action, and sought hearing in the Theatrical Review. In the Volunteer Manager" section of the number for 1 March 1763 the editiors reaffirmed their stand on her indecency and refused to join further in a personal altercation.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125; Hornpipe-Miss Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Afterpiece Title: Love Runs All Dangers

Dance: End Second Piece: Hornpipe-Jones; End Third Piece: Dutch Skippers-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

Music: End Third Piece: Mr Handel's Water Musick-; Accompany'd by Kettle Drums and Trumpets-

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Chambers

Dance: Dupre, Nivelons, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; particularly Flag Dance-Nivelon Sr; Two Pierrots-Nivelons; Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Rogeir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Essex, Miss Robinson Sr, Miss Robinson Jr, Young Lally, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Music: I: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumoth; II: Concerto-Vivaldi; III: Solo on the German Flute-Thumoth; V: Sonata for the Harpsichord and Violin Harpsichord-Thumoth

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper-Jones Sr, Jones Jr; IV: Sailor's Dance-Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Dance: I: Serious Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland. III: Comic Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: III: Comic Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Dance: II: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. V: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: V: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: Miller and his Wife by Poitier and Mlle Roland. Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .
Event Comment: BBenefit Poitier Jr and Mrs Vincent. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Dance: I: Haymakers Dance-Granier, Miss Hilliard; II: Hornpipe-Poitier Jr

Song: A Dialogue to be sung-Baker, Mrs Chambers, wrote by Boyce

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Poitier. No Building on Stage. Afterpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17621030, but dancing-Sodi, Miss Poitier.

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Ballet, The Savoyards, or Madam Catherina: Savoyards-Granier, Miss Poitier (with a song in Character); Mad Catherina-Miss Granier, 1st time of performing; Peasants-Miss Wilford; End: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Poitier

Song: II: With Horns & Hounds-Miss Poitier

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: Rural Love, as17651115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Students; or, The Humours of St

Dance: End I afterpiece: Hornpipe-

Music: Between the Acts: proper Scotch Music-; a new Scotch overture-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Exciseman Trick'd

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel, and Hornpipe by Master Holland, pupil to Holloway

Song: Hooly and Fairly, in character, by M'Donald; End of Act II The Huntsman's Sweet Halloo by Miss Hemet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel (performers not listed); In Act IV a Hornpipe by Middleton

Monologue: 1784 02 09 The Edinburgh Buck by a Genleman [unidentified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Double Amour

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece the Sbeep shearing Song [Come, come, my good shepherds] by Mrs Raeburn; End of mainpiece, by Permission of the Caledonian Society, their Constitution Song, set to music by an eminent Master, by a Gentleman [unidentified]. imitations. Following 2nd song, a variety of Imitations by a Gentleman who performed for Bannister's Benefit [on 26 Aug. 1784], and others, with universal applause, being his 4th appearance [Kean]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song: The New Boy, Cook, Leveridge, Pack, Jones, a Gentleman whose Respect for Mr Bullock engages him to entertain his Friends for that Night only

Dance: duPre, Miss Russell, Miss Schoolding; A Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Students; or, The Humours of St

Song: End IV: Hooly and Fairlyin character-M'Donald

Music: Between the Acts: proper Scotch Music-; a new Scotch Overture-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: The Double Amour

Music: With an entire new Scotch Overture-, composed by JonasBlewitt; End: songs-Mrs Bayley; between the Acts of the Farce: songs-Mrs Bayley, composed by JonasBlewitt