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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Walker and Wife"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Walker 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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9099 results for: Keyword - Mr Walker and Wife
We found 4652 matches on Event Comments, 2929 matches on Performance Title, 2578 matches on Performance Comments, 24 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

376
01 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Walker, Receipts: money #57 15s.; tickets #67 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Walker; Angelica-Mrs Younger; Sir Thomas-Hulett; Dorante-Hippisley; Lovewell-Milward; Marquis-Salway; Hector-Chapman; Cogdie-Aston; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Bullock; Favourite-Mrs Adams; Mrs Security-Mrs Egleton; Mrs Topknot-Mrs Martin; Betsy-Mrs Forrester.
Cast
Role: Gamester Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue; or, The Devil in the Wine-Cellar

Song: Ballad@Dialogue in the Characters of a Rake and a Country Milk-Maid-Walker, Mrs Cantrell

Dance: HHighlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

377
17 May 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Tomlinson, Walker, Baker, Robinson, Dawson, and Bride. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17530514; III: A Hornpipe-Walker; V: A Minuet-Morris, Miss Shawford

378
21 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Tomlingson, Baker & 4 more (Cross). [Bride, Robinson, Palmer, Walker.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; IV: Hornpipe-Walker

379
14 May 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Clough, Walker, Raftor. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. Tickets sold at doors not to be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Holland, first time

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: By Desire, a Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Egan; IV: Dutch Dance, as17640511

380
14 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Clough, Walker, Raftor and Strange. Ticekts deliver'd for This Night will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Lovemore Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: Double Hornpipe-Walker, a Young Gentlewoman (his Scholar) her 1st appearance on the stage; IV: Hearts of Oak, as17650420

381
09 May 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Clough, Raftor, Walker, Strange

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Capricious Lovers

Dance: End: By Desire, a Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley; End I of the Farce: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

382
25 May 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Strange, Raftor, Walker, Watkins. House charges #69 15s. [Deficit to actors #49 7s.] Tickets delivered for this night will be taken. Paid B. Johnson's Head bill 18s. 11d. Rec'd of Condell 3rd payment #20 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #20 8s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Manly Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End: By Particular Desire, a Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Watkins

383
24 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Raftor, Wright, Walker, Watkins. Tickets deliver'd by Carlton, Stevens, for A Comedy, and for the 16th Instant will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Melvil Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Dance: End: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Watkins

384
23 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Raftor, Walker and Mrs Simpson Tickets deliver'd by Carleton, Sen will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

385
21 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wheeler, Walker and Mrs Simson Watkins (Cross Diary). Tickets deliver'd by Carlton and Mons. Langlois will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Walker

386
08 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Signr and Signa Crespi. Tickets deliver'd by Everard, Walker, Harwood, Miss Berkley, Mrs Hartle and Mrs Ling will be tataken Receipts: #166 7s. 6d. Charges: #65 7s. Profits to Como and Sga Crespi #101 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: Fatal Love; or, The Degenerate Brother Author(s): Osborne Sidney Wandesford
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: I: A Grand New Spanish Dance-Como, Sga Como, Sga Crespi; II: A New Dance called The School Master-Como, Sga Como; End: A Grand Dance-Como, Sga Crespi; End I Farce: A Hornpipe-Walker

387
30 April 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Walker, Kirk, house-keeper, & Mrs Cross. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]. Receipts: #247 9s. 6d. (45.5.0; 11.12.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 190.12.0) (charge: #67 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: Grand Naval Review, As17761109; End I afterpiece: a Hornpipe-Walker

Song: As17761109

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Bucks have at ye All-R. Palmer

388
18 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Harwood, Walker & Kirk, housekeeper. Receipts: #287 5s. (27.17; 4.18; 0.6; tickets: 254.4) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Fondlewife Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End II: Hornpipe-Walker; End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour, as17780512

Song: As17780515

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Bucks have at ye All-R. Palmer

389
21 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Chaplin, Alfred, Walker & Mrs Pulley. Tickets delivered for The Gamesters will be taken. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #225 2s. (16/1; 7/11; 0/15; tickets: 200/15) (charge: #105 17s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: Aickin

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by a Young Gentleman [unidentified] (Pupil of Walker); End of Act I of afterpiece, as17821005

390
22 October 1792 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Walker

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Aberdein; Patie-Hamilton; Roger-Ormiston; Glaud-Shaw; Symon-Johnson; Bauldy-Walker; Peggy-Miss Chatterley (1st appearance in that character); Jenny-Miss Wilson; Mause-Mrs Stichel; Madge, Elspa-Mr Service.
Cast
Role: Bauldy Actor: Walker
Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Dance: End III: a new dance The Caledonian Cottagers; or, Scotch Wedding-Allison, Allison's Pupils

Song: End IV: The Cries of Edinburgh-Shaw

Entertainment: Monologue Probably end: An Occasional Address-Walker

391
21 April 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Roger, the Pierot. By His Royal Highness's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph; or, The Miser and Pierot Taken Prisoner by the Lilliputians

Dance: LLa Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife (new). Cobler-Boval; Wife-Roger; Two Peasant-Essex, Haughton; Wives-Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

Performance Comment: Cobler-Boval; Wife-Roger; Two Peasant-Essex, Haughton; Wives-Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Wife Actor: Roger

392
02 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Man and Wife Publish'd at 1s. 6d. (Winston MS 10). Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #178 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17691025, but the Dance in character of the Old Man and Woman-Arnauld, Mrs Thompson; Hornpipe-_.
Cast
Role: the Dance in character of the Old Man and W Actor: Arnauld, Mrs Thompson

Dance: III: The Merry Sailors, as17691018; End: Rural Love, as17690925

393
12 February 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Love in a Village, but "Mrs Billington was taken ill & Rule a Wife was substituted" (MS annotation on BM playbill: cg, Vol. VI); as afterpiece St. Patrick's Day, but in the Account-Book (which also notes the change of mainpiece) it is deleted, and Three Weeks after Marriage substituted.] Receipts: #141 16s. (135.15.6; 6.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

394
14 April 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Country Wife-Mrs Bicknell; Horner-Wilks; Harcourt-Mills; Sparkish-Cibber; Sir Jasper-Bullock; Pinchwife-Powell; Quack-Estcourt; Alithea-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Pinchwife Actor: Powell

395
19 November 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wanton Wife; The Amorous Widow

Performance Comment: Brittle-Dogget; Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield; Sir Peter-Johnson; Lovemore-Wilks; Cunningham-Mills; Merryman-Pinkethman; Clodpole-Bullock; Lady Pride-Mrs Willis; Lady Laycock-Mrs Powell; Philadelphia-Mrs Porter; Damaris-Mrs Bicknell; Prudence-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea (comic part only)

396
09 January 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield; Barnaby-Dogget; Lovemore-Wilks; Cunningham-Mills; Sir Peter-Johnson; Merryman-Pinkethman; Clodpole-Bullock; Jeffrey-Pack; Lady Laycock-Mrs Powell; Lady Pride-Mrs Willis; Philadelphia-Mrs Porter; Prudence-Mrs Saunders; Damaris-Mrs Bicknell.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield

397
22 September 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Wilks; Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield; Barnaby-Dogget; Sir Peter-Johnson; Cunningham-Mills; Merryman-Pinkethman; Clodpole-Bullock; Jeffery-Pack; Lady Pride-Mrs Willis; Amorous Widow-Mrs Powell; Philadelphia-Mrs Porter; Damaris-Mrs Bicknell; Prudence-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield

398
25 September 1712 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Barnaby-Dogget; Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield; Lovemore-Wilks; Cunningham-Mills; Sir Peter-Johnson; Merryman-Penkethman; Clodpole-Bullock; Jeffrey-Pack; Philadelphia-Mrs Porter; Damaris-Mrs Bicknell.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield

399
15 October 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Barnaby-Dogget; Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

400
27 September 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield.