SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr and Mrs Knight"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr and Mrs Knight")') 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 23639 matches on Performance Comments, 7642 matches on Event Comments, 4769 matches on Performance Title, 81 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Performance Comment: Sir ThomasLofty-Foote; Pepperpot-Robson; Bever-Aickin; Younger-Fearon; Dactyl-Gardner; Puff-Castle; Sir Roger-Dancer; Staytape-Farrell; Robin-Vandermere; Rust-Weston; Juliet-Mrs Didier.
Cast
Role: Robin Actor: Vandermere
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Didier.

Afterpiece Title: Taste; or, Tragedy a-la-Mode

Performance Comment: Lady Pentweazle, Fustian-Foote; Carmine-Aickin; Townly-Vandermere; Manly-Robson; Alderman Pentweazle-F. Gentleman; Project-Dancer; Prompter-Griffith; Boy-Cornelys; Caleb-Weston; Lindamire-Pierce.
Cast
Role: Townly Actor: Vandermere

Dance: The Shoemaker, as17710517

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mrs _Didier, Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Apprentice-Woodward; Wingate-Farrell; Gargle-Dancer; Irishman-Vandermere; Scotchman-Hamilton; Simon-Weston; Charlotte-Mrs Didier.
Cast
Role: Irishman Actor: Vandermere
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Didier.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Performance Comment: Singers-Bannister, Miss Thomas, Mrs Thompson.

Song: Miss Harper, Miss Esser who will accompany her songs on the Violin; Concerto on the Organ-Hook; Solo on Violin-Reeves

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: As17710622 but Parts-A. Smith, Barnshaw, Miss Dowson, Mrs Dorman.

Entertainment: Vocal Parts-Barnshaw, A. Smith, Miss Dowson, Miss Cantrell; and a Favourite Song-Mas. Suett; Concerto on Flute-Palmer

Performance Comment: Smith, Miss Dowson, Miss Cantrell; and a Favourite Song-Mas. Suett; Concerto on Flute-Palmer.
Event Comment: [A second?] benefit for Mrs Thompson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coquet

Entertainment: As17710808

Event Comment: [The first payroll of the season was met this night. It includes 91 actors, actresses and dancers, plus 36 named servants to the theatre and 4 groups (women dressers, charwomen, guards, and barbers). The pay period covered was for 3 days. It came to #168 2s. 6d. The highest paid actor for this period was Ross at #8 5s.; the highest paid actress, Mrs Yates at #8 6s. 6d.; the highest paid dancer, Fichar at #3. The lowest paid in each category were: actors: C. Smith and Hollingsworth at 7s. 6d. apiece; actresses, 11 who receiv'd 10s. each (Mrs Ferguson, Evans, White, Allen, Cockayne, &c.); Dancers: 11 who receiv'd 15s. apiece (male) and 2 (female) who receiv'd 12s. 6d. apiece. The highest paid servant listed was Stables at 15s., and the lowest the charwomen.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-King; Bassanio-Cautherly; Antonio-Reddish; Gratiano-Dodd; Lorenzo (songs)-Vernon; Launcelot-W. Palmer; Gobbo-Parsons; Salarino-J. Aickin; Tubal-Messink; Salanio-Fawcett; Duke-Wright; Jessica (with songs)-Miss Rogers; Nerissa-Miss Ambrose, 1st time; Portia-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Dorman

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17710921

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: As17711002, but Nysa-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: IV: The Jealous Woodcutters, as17711004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17710930, but Truman-R. Smith; Maria-Mrs Kniveton; singing in Act I-DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Millwood Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Monologue: Between Main and Afterpiece: an Entertainment True Blue; or, The Press Gang. Principal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Mattocks; Dance-Aldridge

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Mattocks; Dance-Aldridge.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17710927, but Scrub-Shuter; Cherry-Mrs Kniveton; Sir Charles-_; Foigard-_.
Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Miss D'Arcy.

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Barry; Shore-Reddish; Gloster-Love; Belmour-Packer; Catesby-Wright; Ratcliffe-Ackman; Derby-Hurst; Jane Shore-Miss Younge; Alicia-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: As17711019, but Ironsides-Woodward; Paterson-Lewes; Lucy-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Gardner.
Role: Lady Dove Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Lucy Waters Actor: Mrs DuBellamy
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Sophia Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Violetta Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
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 Fairy Prince

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fox

Performance Comment: Volpone-Smith; Mosca-Bensley; Voltore-Hull; Corbino-Clarke; Corbachio-Shuter; Sir P. Wou'dbe-Kniveton; Peregrine-R. Smith; Bonario-Wroughton; Lady Wou'dbe-Mrs Gardner; Caelia-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Lady Wou'dbe Actor: Mrs Gardner

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Cast
Role: Zaphira Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Performance Comment: As17711112 [but The Gentlewoman identified on playbill as Mrs Woodman.]
Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: Young Mirabel-Smith; Old Mirabel-Shuter; Duretete-Woodward; Dugard-Gardner; Petit-Cushing; Oriana-Mrs Lessingham; Lamorce-Miss Ogilvie; Bizarre-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: As17711210, but Termagant-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Termagant Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Monologue: Entertainment True Blue. As 9 Nov., but Principal Parts-Miss Potts, Mrs _Mattocks

Performance Comment: As 9 Nov., but Principal Parts-Miss Potts, Mrs _Mattocks.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Ross; Iago-Bensley; Brabantio-Gardner; Cassio-Clarke; Lodovico-Owenson; Roderigo-Dyer; Montano-Lewes; Duke-Morris; Emilia-Mrs Green; Desdemona-Miss Miller; A New Occasional Prologue (written by Samuel Boyce)-Hull.
Cast
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Green

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: End: The Reel-Miss Valois, Sga Manesiere, Aldridge. As17711030

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: As17711122, but Jonathan-Wignell; Fanny-Miss Pearce; Sophia-Mrs Kniveton, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Sophia Actor: Mrs Kniveton, 1st time.
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Gardner.
Role: Lady Dove Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Lucy Waters Actor: Mrs DuBellamy
Role: Violetta Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
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: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: Paid Pattinson (Tallow Chandler) #38 3s.; Paid Doctor Macdonogh the balance for Bt. for General Lying In Hospital, Oxford Road #11 15s. (Account Book). Receipts: #200 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: Lear-Ross; Edgar-Smith; Gloster-Hull; Bastard-Bensley; Albany-Owenson; Cornwall-Gardner; Kent-Clarke; Gent. Usher-Cushing; Goneril-Mrs Vincent; Regan-Miss Pearce; Cordelia-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17711109, but Milwood-Mrs DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Milwood Actor: Mrs DuBellamy.
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Millwood Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17711218, but Bridget-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: add Tib Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Dame Kitely Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17711004, but Manly-Hull; Lady Townly-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Kniveton

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Baker, a Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Hillaria Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Flareit Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Amanda Actor: Miss Miller.

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Performance Comment: As17711112, but with an additional scene [described 20 Jan.]-; Nymphs-Mrs Potts, Miss Baker.
Cast
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Potts, Miss Baker.

Dance: IV: The Merry Sailors, as17711026

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Monologue: True Blue. As 14 Dec. 1771, but Principal Parts-Mrs Mattocks, Miss _Potts

Performance Comment: As 14 Dec. 1771, but Principal Parts-Mrs Mattocks, Miss _Potts.

Dance: End II of Comedy: A Comic Dance, as17711031