SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr W Davies"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr W Davies")') 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 4479 matches on Event Comments, 4353 matches on Performance Comments, 584 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: III: The Shepherds Frolic, as17710406 End: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: 3rd piece: Dancing-Dagueville, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews

Entertainment: [Vaudeville.]3rd piece: a Leap through a Cask on Fire-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Dance: As17800414

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17811219

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: Seeing is Believing: A Dramatic Proverb

Dance: As17830610

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive; or, The Magick Fire

Event Comment: Benefit for Davies, bookseller, and Mrs Davies, who formerly belonged to this Theatre, and who have sustained misfortunes in trade. Public Advertiser, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Davies, Great Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #198 9s. 6d. (69.14.0; 17.10.0; 0.13.6; tickets: 110.12.0) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: As 23 Jan., but Fainall (for that night only)-Davies (1st appearance on the stage these 15 [recte 16] years).recte 16] years).
Cast
Role: Fainall Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Davies
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Davies
Role: Sukey Chitterlin Actor: Mrs Davies

Dance: End III: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Performance Comment: As17721112, but Vocals-Davies.
Cast
Role: Vocals Actor: Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Land of Enchantment

Performance Comment: A Select Scene, consisting of Music and Dancing, in which: a Hunting Song [Tantivy, the welkin resounds] by Mrs Martyr; the celebrated Vauxhall Echo Catch [They say there is an echo here (performers not listed)]; a Pastoral Dialogue [Alas! Poor Sue] by Johnstone and Mrs Martyr; Auld Robin Gray by Mrs Kennedy; Poor ThomasDay by Edwin, Brett, Davies. Abdiel, the Genius-Master Farley .

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Don Quixote Actor: Davies

Dance: In 2nd piece, by Harris, Miss Besford, Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Matthews

Song: As17841025, but omitted: names of singers

Event Comment: Benefit Dunstall and Davies. Receipts: #15 16s. 6d., plus #91 15s. from tickets, distribution unspecified. Charges #60. Paid Bridgwater in part of his Bond #50 (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Tickets to be had at Dunstall's in Hunt's Court, Castle St; and of Davies at Mrs Cox's at the Indian Queen, in Cranbourn St., Leicester Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: As17461210, but Fainall-Davies; Foible-Mrs Dunstall; Waitwell-Rosco.
Cast
Role: Fainall Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Event Comment: Not performed for 12 years. [See 5 Nov. 1746.] Mossop, Palmer, Miss Macklin, Mrs Davies, Miss Pritchard played parts for first time. Receipts: #100 (Cross).; #114 10s (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Wou'dbe-Mossop; Young Wou'dbe-Pamer; Trueman-Havard; Richmore-Davies; Fairbank-Burton; Balderdash-Philips; Clearaccount-Bransby; Mrs Clearaccount-Mrs Cross; Teague-Yates; Subtleman-Blakes; Mrs Midnight-Mrs Macklin; Constance-Mrs Davies; Aurelia-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Richmore Actor: Davies
Role: Constance Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: The Millers, as17581012

Event Comment: Benefit for Davies. Public Advertiser, 19 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Davies, Great Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #193 17s. (145.12; tickets: 48.5) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17801118, but Antonio-Davies.
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Davies.

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: As17810427, but in SCENE I The Going out in the Morning, The Huntsman's sweet Hollo-Miss Catley; in place of The Death of the Stag-_; and Give round the word-_; in SCENE III We be three poor Mariners-Cubitt, _Davies.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Event Comment: Mainpiece: 14th Night [i.e. in continuation of the reckoning for the previous season]. With new Music [consisting of 6 new songs (Gazetteer, 2 Oct.)], Scenes and Dresses. The new Music and Accompaniments to the adapted Airs by Shield. The Overture by Baumgarten. The Words of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [It was "represented in an altered state . . . The second act is almost newly written, and the language of the whole opera amended and pointed with great neatness" {London Magazine, Oct. 1784, p. 315).] "At the end of the first act [of mainpiece], Davies came forward and informed the audience that Mrs Kennedy was of a sudden taken dangerously ill, and hoped that Cubitt might be permitted to read the remainder of her part; a request that was immediately complied with" (London Chronicle, 13 Oct.). [Afterpiece in place of The Positive Man, announced on playbill of 11 Oct.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Johnstone, Davies, Quick, Edwin, Wilson, Brett, Cubitt, Darley, Mrs Kennedy [1st Act only]; Miss Wheeler, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Bannister. [Cast from textQ. Almon, 1784): Edwin-Johnstone; Robin Hood-Davies; Little John-Quick; Ruttekin-Edwin; Baron Fitzherbert-Wilson; Scarlet-Brett; Bowman-Cubitt; Outlaws-Darley, Doyle, Baker, &c.; Allen a Dale-Mrs Kennedy; Stella-Miss Wheeler; Clorinda-Mrs Martyr; Annette-Mrs Wilson; Angelina-Mrs Bannister; Lasses-Mrs Davenett, Miss Brangin, &c]..
Cast
Role: Robin Hood Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: St

Event Comment: "[In mainpiece] Richard , last night, was personated by Davies, and the Governor by Macready" (General Advertiser, 19 Oct.). Receipts: #226 18s. (222.7.6; 4.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Coeur De Lion

Performance Comment: As17861016, but Richard-Davies in place of Inchbald; Florestine-Macready of Davies; unassigned-_Stevens, Ledger.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Harcourt Actor: Davies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: W Wooden Shoe-Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge; or, The Skirts of the Camp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Souldiers Fortune

Event Comment: Benefit Huddy and Davies. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: money #14 17s. 6d.; tickets #92 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Performance Comment: As17230406 but Jocasta-Mrs Boheme; Pyramon-Davies; Alcander-Huddy.
Cast
Role: Pyramon Actor: Davies

Song: Mrs Hill

Event Comment: Tickets delivered out by Davies will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: As17431104, but Moneses-Davies; Stratocles-Cross; Omar-Turbutt; Mirvan-_.
Cast
Role: Moneses Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: MMrs Davies from Ireland play'd Lady Easy, a pretty Figure-toll: [erable]. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Lady Easy-Mrs Davies from Dublin; Foppington-Woodward; Morelove-Palmer; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Bennet; Lady Betty-Mrs Pritchard; Edging-Mrs Clive; Sir Charles Easy-Havard.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Event Comment: Full Prices. There will not be room behind the Scenes for more than the persons acting in the coronation, [Others] cannot possibly be admitted. The coronation of their Majesties was followed by a stage representation of it at both houses...Garrick knew that Rich would spare no expense in the presentation of his show; he knew too that he had a taste in the ordering, dressing, and setting out these pompous processions, superior to his own; he therefore was contented with the old dresses which had been occasionally used from 1721-1761. This show he repeated for near forty nights successively, sometimes at the end of a play, and at other times after a farce. The exhibition was the meanest, and the most unworthy of a theatre, I ever saw. The stage was...opened into Drury Lane; and a new and unexpected sight surprised the audience, of a real bonfire, and the populace huzzaing and drinking porter to the health of Queen Anne Bullen. The Stage in the meantime, amidst the parading of Dukes, duchesses, archbishops, peeresses, heralds &c. was covered with a thick fog from the smoke of the fire, which served to hide the tawdry dresses of the processionalists. During this idle piece of mockery, the actors, being exposed to the suffocations of smoke, and the raw air from the open street, were seized with colds, rheumatisms, and swelled faces. At length the indignation of the audience delivered the comedians from this wretched badge of nightly slavery, which gained nothing to the managers but disgrace and empty benches. Tired with the repeated insult of a show which had nothing to support it but gilt copper and old rags, they fairly drove the exhibitors of it from the stage by hooting and hissing, to the great joy of the whole theatre....Rich...fully satisfied [the publick's] warmest imaginations (Davies, Life of Garrick, I, 365 ff.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: Henry-Bransby; Wolsey-Havard; Norfolk-Palmer; Gardiner-Yates; Queen-Mrs Pritchard; Anne Bullen-Mrs Yates; Surrey-Davies; Lord Chamberlain-Kennedy; Cranmer-Burton; Suffolk-Blakes; Patience (with a proper song)-Miss Young; Buckingham-Holland.
Cast
Role: Surrey Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: In the Play will be introduc'dThe Coronation

Event Comment: [The Public Advertiser lists Phebe-$Mrs Davies.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Reddish; JaJaques-Love; Duke, Sen-Hurst; Duke Frederick-Bransby; Oliver-Packer; Amiens (with Songs)-Davies, first time; Adam-Moody; Le Beau-Ackman; Corin-Hartry; Charles-Keen; Silvius-Wheeler; Caelia (with Songs)-Mrs Baddeley; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Phebe-Miss Platt; Rosalind-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Amiens Actor: Davies, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: Benefit for Hartry and Davies. [Playbill mistakenly continued this night to list Mrs Fitzgerald as Miss Radley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Vernon; Woodcock-Hartry; Young Meadows-Davies, first time; Sir Wm. Meadows-Parsons; Eustace-Fawcett; Hodge-King; Margery-Miss Pope; Deborah-Mrs Love; Lucinda-Mrs Fitzgerald; Rosetta-Mrs Baddeley; In Act I: a Dance- incidental to the Opera.
Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: Davies, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17710416

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Davies (Inglesina)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Performance Comment: See17740224, but With two additional songs-Miss Davies, in Act I, II.

Dance: I: Ballet-Mariottini, Nina Favier; II: Pastoral Ballet, parts-Nina Favier, Mariottini, Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (Scholars of Daigville, late Ballet Master of Drury Lane, who will dance a Minuet and Allemande); End Opera: The Adventures of the Haram of Ispahan-Pitrot, Mimi Favier, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini