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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Vascour and Wife"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Vascour and Wife")') 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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8101 results for: Keyword - Mr Vascour and Wife
We found 4529 matches on Event Comments, 2818 matches on Performance Title, 1522 matches on Performance Comments, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2551
04 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

2552
16 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

2553
03 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Ledger
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Booth
Role: Genius of Ireland Actor: Brett
Role: Anchor Smiths Actor: Brett, Sands, Clarke, Oldfield

Dance: As17850625

2554
05 September 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Turk, and No Turk [announced on playbill of 3 Sept.] is oblig'd to be deferr'd on Account of Miss George's Indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Here and There and Every Where

2555
27 September 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lord Trinket to Dodd, but he "having been taken ill, Kennedy of Covent Garden Theatre performed Lord Trinket, and was favourably received" (Public Advertiser, 28 Sept.).] Receipts: #170 18s. (120/7/0; 49/11/6; 0/19/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron; or, Pantomimical Olio

Dance: In afterpiece, by Mills, Miss J. Stageldoir, and others

Performance Comment: Stageldoir, and others .

2556
07 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

2557
17 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Fosbrook, Box-Book and House-Keeper. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. Receipts: #320 14s. (30/14; 9/4; 1/15; tickets: 279/1) (charge: #106 17s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece The Lucky Return, as17860420

2558
26 May 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece Minuet de la Cour and Allemande, as17860502; End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel, as17860223

2559
03 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Overture and Music composed by Dr Arnold. The Scenes painted by Rooker. [Grimaldi was from DL.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Here, and There, and Every Where

Dance: In afterpiece, by Byrn, Rochfort, Giorgi Jun., the two Miss Simonets

2560
13 September 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Landlord of the Horns at Highgate Actor: Booth
Role: Genius of Ireland Actor: Brett

Dance: As17860904

2561
30 September 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

2562
25 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

2563
25 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

2564
28 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

2565
22 December 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

2566
01 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Related Works
Related Work: The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

2567
02 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Related Works
Related Work: The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

2568
17 January 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Chaplin

2569
18 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Related Works
Related Work: The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

2570
23 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid the Duke of Bedford One Year and 9 Mos. Rent for the Theatre, the House in Bow Street, and the House in the passage #336 17s. 6d. Receipts: #180 (176.16; 3.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Related Works
Related Work: The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

2571
03 February 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

2572
26 March 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

Performance Comment: Etan-A Gentleman (2nd appearance on this stage); Zamti-A Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage); Mandane-Mrs Somerville.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Somerville.

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle; or, A Wife at her Wit's End

Entertainment: End: a variety of Imitations-Kelly; Monologue. After which: A Monody on the late Mr Henderson-the Gentleman who performs Zamti

2573
13 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

2574
16 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar

Entertainment: Monologue Before: Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience (Written By D. Garrick, Esq., with Alterations and Additions) (for that night only)-Quick

Performance Comment: Garrick, Esq.=, with Alterations and Additions) (for that night only)-Quick.

2575
16 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and housekeeper. [Afterpiece in place of Love in a Camp, announced on playbill of 15 May]. Receipts: #321 3s. 6d. (45.7.0; 2.17.6; tickets: 272.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Dance: End: The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd- [see17861212]