SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Theophilus Cibber"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Theophilus Cibber")') 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: Benefit for Dunstall. Afterpiece: A Burlesque traged)'by Colley Cibber. Not acted in 20 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Queens or Death of Alexander the Little

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queans Author(s): Colley Cibber

Dance: II: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003

Event Comment: MMrs Cibber is come to town and so well recovered as to be able to appear in Belvidera the latter end of the week

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Almena listed in Rich's Register. Mrs Cibber buried in the Cloister Westminster Abbey in the evening

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Event Comment: [The Public Advertiser this day contains a long letter from G. F. Theatricus extolling the virtues of Powell, Holland, Yates and Mrs Yates as actors capable of filling the shoes of Garrick and Mrs Cibber, especially with reference to their performance in the Clandestine Marriage, but calling attention also to their excellencies in other parts.

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Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates. Mainpiece: Altered from Corneille [by Colley Cibber?]. Never Performed There. Pit and Boxes laid together (playbill). Charges #66 7s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Yates #39 7s. 6d., plus #179 from tickets (Box and Pit 716). Paid Younger a Bill for writing parts #5 19s. 9d. Paid John Smith for a Blue cloth suit lac'd with gold #9 9s. (Account Book). Receipts: #105 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ximena Or The Heroic Daughter

Related Works
Related Work: Ximena, or, The Heroick Daughter Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: End: The Whim, as17720312 End II Farce: A Comic Dance, as17711031

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A Comedy [by Bickerstaffe, altered from Cibber's Non-Juror]never performed there. [The Young Lady indentified by Kemble note on playbill. The Westminster Magazine commented unfavorably on her action: "Charlotte requires many fine qualities to represent her, none of which Miss Wilde possessed."] Receipts: #112 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: The Nonjuror Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: "Being possessed of an excellent understanding, and under the general impression of elegant manners, there appears to be no study [in Mrs Abington], no imitation--all is the result of the moment--natural, well-bred, and easy" (Public Advertiser, 25 Nov. 1784). Mainpiece: Altered from Cibber's Non-Jour, and the Tartuffe of Moliere. Not acted these 12 years [acted 12 Oct. 1773]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: The Nonjuror Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Rival Nympbs by Harris, Byrne, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin, Miss Matthews

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Altered from Cibber's Non-Juror, and the Tartuffe of Moliere. Receipts: #141 18s. 6d. (138/16/0; 3/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: The Nonjuror Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber; With Alterations. Not Acted these 12 years [acted 10 May 1784]. With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Receipts: #275 19s. 6d. (194.3.6; 78.19.0; 2.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Bush

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traitor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Moore Of Venice

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Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

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Mainpiece Title: The Widow

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Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rollo Duke Of Normandy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

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Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

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Mainpiece Title: The Princess Or Love At First Sight

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mad Lover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Curate