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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr and Mrs Hamilton"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr and Mrs Hamilton")') 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 23635 matches on Performance Comments, 7612 matches on Event Comments, 4628 matches on Performance Title, 37 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Hoyden Actor: Mrs Bicknell.

Dance: Shaw, Wade, Topham, Mrs Younger, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: Rainton, Mrs Willis, Mrs Bowman; Purcell's Mad Dialogue-

Dance: Shaw, Prince, Wade, Topham, Mrs Younger, Miss Lindar, Weaver's Sons

Event Comment: Benefit Ray and Topham. Tickets for The Double Gallant taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass

Performance Comment: As17171108, but Beavis-Bickerstaff; Bulfinch-Cross; Trainwell-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Trainwell Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Northern Lass Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Holdup Actor: Mrs Willis.

Dance: Wade, Shaw, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger

Event Comment: Benefit Mills' Son and Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: Country Lad and Lass-Shaw, Mrs Younger; Shepherdess, Harlequin-Miss Lindar, a Scholar of Shirley's; The Swedes-Topham, Mrs Bicknell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Song: Mimic Song-Mrs Willis; Widow's Dialogue-Rainton, Mrs Tenoe

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger; Two new Dances by Fairbank-Shaw, Topham, Miss Tenoe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

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

Dance: As17171022; Chacone-Mrs Bullock; Comic Dance-Moreau, Mrs Bullock; Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith; Pastoral-Miss Schoolding

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman. By His Royal Highness's Command. Being the last Time of the Company's Acting this Season. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Violante Actor: Mrs Bicknell.

Dance: Shaw, Wade, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Younger, Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

Song: Ray, Mrs Bowman; Mimic Song-Mrs Willis

Dance: Topham, Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Kite-Evans; Plume-Leigh; Ballance-Quin; Brazen-Bullock Jr; Worthy-Diggs; Bullock-Bullock Sr; Pearmain-Spiller; Silvia-Mrs Spiller; Melinda-Mrs Rogers.
Cast
Role: Silvia Actor: Mrs Spiller
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Rogers.

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Miss Schoolding

Event Comment: Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 11 Oct.: Last Friday Night...three Gentlemen demanded to go behind the Scenes; but there being an Order of the House made to the contrary, they were denied Admittance; upon which they went into the Pit, and with Apples, &c. pelted the Players in a shameful Manner, after which they got upon the Stage and drew their Swords and broke down the Scenery, Lamps, &c. which put the House in an Uproar, and 'twas an Hour before the Gentlemen could be brought to a civil Behaviour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Performance Comment: Flip-Evans; Sir Charles-Diggs; Worthy-Ryan; Mizen-Pack; Rovewell-Bullock Jr; Cribbidge-Ogden; Arabella-Mrs Bullock; Dorcas-Mrs Moreau; Sailors-Bullock Sr, H. Bullock, Spiller, Knap.
Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Moreau

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Miss Schoolding; Dutch Skipper-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens: And The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Evans; Clytus-Quin; Lysimachus-Ryan; Statira-Mrs Rogers; Roxana-Mrs Knight; Hephestion-Diggs; Cassander-Leigh; Polyperchon-Ogden.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Evans
Role: Statira Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Cassander Actor: Leigh

Dance: delaGarde, Mrs Bullock; Moreau's new Grand Wedding Dance-Moreau, Mrs Moreau

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Cibber; Crack-Penkethman; Hothead-Miller; Testimony-Johnson; Surly-Thurmond; Farewell-Booth; Belguard-Mills; Leonora-Mrs Porter; Violante-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Violante Actor: Mrs Younger.

Dance: The Entertainments of Dancing that were perform'd Yesterday before His Majesty at Hampton-Court-Shaw, Wade, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Evans; Bajazet-Quin; Moneses-Leigh; Axalla-Ryan; Arpasia-Mrs Rogers; Selima-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Bullock.

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Barbier, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry-Wilks; Col. Standard-Mills; Smuggler-Johnson; Clincher Sr-Penkethman; Clincher Jr-Miller; Dicky-Norris; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Oldfield; Angelica-Mrs Santlow; Parly-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Mills
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Santlow
Role: Parly Actor: Mrs Saunders.

Dance: As at Hampton Court yesterday Shaw, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Money; Or, The Boarding School

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Dance: Wade, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger; Pastoral Dance from Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Mills; Captain-Wilks; Cacafogo-Leigh; Margarita-Mrs Porter; Estifania-Mrs Oldfield; Old Woman-Norris.
Cast
Role: Margarita Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Dance: With the same Entertainments of Dancing that were perform'd Yesterday before His Majesty at Hampton-Court-Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: Miss Schoolding, delaGarde's Two Sons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance: Wade, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithfull Irishman

Performance Comment: Careless-Leigh; Blunt-Ogden; Day-Griffin; Abel-Bullock; Obadiah-C. Bullock; Teague-Knapp; Bookseller-Spiller; Mrs Day-Mrs Knight; Ruth-Mrs Seymour; Arabella-Mrs Moreau.
Cast
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Moreau.

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Schoolding

Song: As17181028

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor; Or, The Conquest Of Mexico By The Spaniards

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Wade, Topham, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Springlove-Mills; Oliver-Booth; Vincent-Bickerstaff; Hilliard-Walker; Clack-Norris; Tallboy-Miller; Randal-Johnson; Meriel-Mrs Santlow; Rachel-Mrs Bicknell; Amie-Miss Younger.
Cast
Role: Randal Actor: Johnson
Role: Meriel Actor: Mrs Santlow
Role: Rachel Actor: Mrs Bicknell

Dance: Weaver, Thurmond Jr, Shaw, Wade, Topham, Birkhead, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Song: As17181103

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Moreau, Miss Schoolding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Venus and Adonis

Performance Comment: Venus-Mrs Barbier; Adonis-Signora Margarita del'Epine; Mars-Leveridge.
Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Barbier

Dance: Dancing proper to the Masque-delaGarde, delaGarde's Two Sons, Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Moreau

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass; Or, The Nest Of Fools

Performance Comment: Sir Philip-Wilks Jr; Tridewell-Mills; Beavis-Bickerstaff; Sir Paul-Johnson; Widgin-Miller; Nonsense-Norris; Howdee-Cibber; Bulfinch-Cross; Northern Lass-Mrs Bicknell; Widow-Mrs Horton; Holdup-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Northern Lass Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Holdup Actor: Mrs Willis.

Dance: Dancing-Wade, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar