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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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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.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry-Ryan; Standard-Quin; Smugler-Hippisley; Clincher Sr-Penkethman; Clincher Jr-Chapman; Vizard-Milward; Dick-Ray; Lady Darling-Mrs Egleton; Angelica-Mrs Buchanan; Parly-Mrs Legar; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Quin

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; Pastoral-Salle, Mlle Salle; Highlander and his Wife-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Song: NNo Kissing At All-Leveridge, Salway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Letter Writers; or, A New Way to Keep a Wife at Home

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Rainton, Mrs Walter; III: Last new Dance-Miss Robinson; V: Chacone, Minuet-Mrs Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance: PPastoral-Salle, Mlle Salle; Dutch and Scotch Contention-

Event Comment: Benefit W. Williams. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: Never perform'd before [but see 26 April 1728]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera; or, The Humours of Billingsgate

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Egleton and Mrs Wright. Receipts: money #33 16s.; tickets #112 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Quin

Song: Dialogue to Old Ballad Tunes-Leveridge, Mrs Wright; Bagpipe Song in Porus-; Veneta Bella in Alexander-; English Cantata= by Pepusch-Mrs Wright; accompanied by a Trumpet-

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; Highlander and his Wife-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Tambourine-Mlle Salle

Event Comment: Benefit Glover and Miss LaTour. Receipts: money #30 11s.; tickets #131 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: SSince Times are so Bad (Henry Purcell)-Leveridge, Salway

Dance: SSaraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; Louvre, Minuet-Glover, Mlle Salle; A new Grand Dance-Glover, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Miss Pelling, Mrs Ogden; in which Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Poitier

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Vincent and Mrs Forrester. Receipts: money #46 17s,; tickets #82 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: HHighlander and his Wife-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Fielding and Paget. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: Foppington-Cibber; Loveless-Wilks; Worthy-Mills; Young Fashion-Cibber Jr; Sir Tunbelly-Shepard; Lory-Oates; Coupler-Johnson; Shoemaker-R. Wetherilt; Surgeon-Griffin; Berinthia-Mrs Thurmond; Hoyden-Mrs Mills; Amanda-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: FFrench Gardiner and his Wife-Rainton, Mrs Walter; Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett

Song: As17310427

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife

Cast
Role: Rowland Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Benefit Wood, Treasurer. Receipts: money #18 1s.; tickets #171 18s. Proper Accommodation will be made upon the Stage by Seats and Scaffolding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: A Journey to Bristol

Song: HHighlander and his Wife-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; French Clown-Nivelon; French Peasant-Poitier

Event Comment: Benefit Prelleur and Giles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding

Dance: I: Scaramouch-Sandham; IV: Dutch Skipper-

Song: II: Si Caro-Mrs Hill , being the first Time of her appearing on this Stage; III: A Hayden Cantata-Master Corse; V: The celebrated Cantata of Alexis-

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Cantrell. Receipts: money #21 9s. 6d.; tickets #91 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Paschal-Miss Werrit , Scholar to Newhouse; III: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; IV: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Werrit; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; After I afterpiece: A new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Werrit

Song: II: Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Cantrell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance: As17310701

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Banish'd General

Song: Singing-Mrs Roberts In the Character of Sally Sweetbread, the Butcher's Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Horner-Wilks; Harcourt-Mills; Dorilant-Watson; Pinchwife-W. Mills; Sparkish-Cibber; Sir Jasper-Griffin; Quack-Shepard; Mrs Pinchwife-Mrs Cibber; Alithea-Mrs Butler; Lady Fidget-Mrs Horton; Lucy-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Pinchwife Actor: W. Mills
Role: Mrs Pinchwife Actor: Mrs Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: Mrs Booth; Tambourine-Miss Robinson

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Benefit Charles, the Merry Trumpeter of Oxford. At Fielding's Great Booth. 6 P.M. And tis well if it takes@If not the Trumpeter breaks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Entertainment: Between the Acts: particularly the Black and White Joak, to be sounded-Charles, and also a Joak of his own

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Seedo; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; Gods of the Woods-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling; Sicilians-Dupre Jr, Delagarde Jr, Newhouse; Pluto-Leveridge; Daemons-Salle, Dupre, Newhouse, Pelling, Glover; Yeoman-Nivelon; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss LaTour; Countrymen and Lasses-Newhouse, Delagarde Jr, Pelling, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Rice; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Smith, Delagarde; Earth-Dupre; Air-Pelling; Fire-Poitier; Water-Salle; Females-Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Laguerre.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Eaton, Duke, Mrs Tollett, Miss Sandham

Related Works
Related Work: The Duke of Milan Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: New Comic dance-Eaton, Miss Tollett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of several Foreign Persons of Distinction. Receipts: #176 1s. [King, Queen, Prince, Duke, and Princesses present.

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Rochetti; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Cassiope-Mrs Seedo; Andromeda-Mrs Carter; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Stheno-Salway; Euryale-Papillion; 1st Ethiopian-Thompson; 2d Ethiopian-Salway; Cyclops-Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour; Infernals-Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Glover, Newhouse; Hussar-Nivelon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger concluding with Grand Dance of Momus.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: Singing in Italian-Mrs Saunderson, who never appear'd on this Stage before

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda