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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Giffard"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Giffard")') 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 4282 matches on Event Comments, 1990 matches on Performance Comments, 528 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 2 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast; Grand Selection 0

Afterpiece Title: A Grand Miscellaneous Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aci E Galatea

Dance: king's As17950324

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Doggrell In Her Altitudes; Or, The Effects Of A West India Ramble

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: Everard, Mrs Gardner

Afterpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Mrs Heidelberg Actor: Mrs Gardner

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Cast
Role: Edward Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Mrs Placid Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Miss Spinster Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Lady Eleanor Irwin Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Festival; or, All Alive at Portsmouth

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Cast
Role: Ellen Woodbine Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Martyr.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: The Adopted Child

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Bland.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahmoud

Cast
Role: Desra Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Money

Cast
Role: Characters Actor: _Benson, Wewitzer, Miss _Leak, Mrs +Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: First Love

Cast
Role: Mrs Snip Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Timothy Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Cast
Role: Mrs Grogram Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Nancy Lovell Actor: Mrs Goodall

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Treasure 0

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Treasure 1

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Treasure 2

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: The Barber's Petition, as17960506; with Wigs, as17960506

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Role: Roxalana Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: In the dead of the night Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Song: End I: Whither my Love, Ah! Whither art thou fled? (from The Haunted Tower)-Sga Storace; From Shades of Night-Braham; This fond Sorrow-Braham, Sga Storace (both from Mahmoud); End II: the celebrated Harp Song Ah che nel petto io sento, from Idalide,-Mme Mara; In IV: a Masquerade Scene, in which Ally Croker-Miss Leak, Master Welsh

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: a new Occasional Address-Mrs Jordan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Cast
Role: Euphrasia Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17961108, but Glaude-Grimaldi

Cast
Role: Elpsa Actor: Mrs Brooker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Cast
Role: Millwood Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Modista Raggiratrice

Dance: End I: Divertissement-, as17970103; End Opera: Flore et Zephire, as17961126

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Cast
Role: Margaret of Anjou Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: Address (written for the Occasion)-Mrs Yates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Cast
Role: Hyppolito Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Crouch

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Sedgwick, Dignum, Caulfield, Cooke, Master Welsh, Miss Leak, Miss D'Evelyn

Monologue: V: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick; Amphitrite-Miss D'Evelyn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Cecily Actor: Mrs Davenport

Song: Admiral Benbow-Incledon

Entertainment: Imitations The Beggar-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Cast
Role: Sophia Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Norton
Role: Mrs Ledger Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Mantuamaker Actor: Mrs Blurton
Role: Mrs Warren Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Mrs Bundle Actor: Mrs Henley
Role: Wilhelmina Actor: Mrs Mountain.

Entertainment: Vaudeville. In 3rd piece: (for that Night only) a Leap through a Wheel of Fire@Works and a Hoop of Daggers-Simpson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Cast
Role: Hyppolito Actor: Mrs Goodall
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Crouch

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Sedgwick, Dignum, Caulfield, Danby, Brown, Fisher, Evans, Phillimore, Ms Leak, Ms Arne, Ms Wentworth, Ms Butler, Ms Jackson, Ms Benson, Ms Menage, Ms Roffey, Ms Gaudry

Monologue: V: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick; Amphitrite-Miss Dufour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0 Of Sacred Music, From The Works Of Handel; Messiah

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Music: End I: concerto on violin-Master Pinto; End II: concerto on the Piano Forte-Dussek

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Lady Teazle Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: The Raft; or, Both Sides of the Water

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Coates.

Song: In III 1st piece: a song-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs Castelle

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Dance: In III: Hornpipe in Fetters, as17971025; Afterpiece to conclude: Spanish Fandango-; Finale- as17971009

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Cast
Role: Ellen Actor: Mrs Follett.
Role: Jessy Oatland Actor: Mrs Gibbs
Role: Miss Vortex Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: British Fortitude

Afterpiece Title: The Round Tower

Song: In course: Old Towler-Incledon; Fat Dolly the Cook-Munden; an admired Ballad-Incledon