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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Ann Granville"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Ann Granville")') 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 23327 matches on Performance Comments, 4252 matches on Event Comments, 4203 matches on Performance Title, 52 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Justice Woodcock-Wilson; Hawthorn-Reinhold; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Sir William Meadows-Fearon; Eustace-Mahon; Hodge-Dunstall; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Margery-Miss Dayes; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Catley (1st appearance in that character these 2 years).
Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Mrs Grub Actor: Mrs Green.
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Pitt

Dance: End II: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Matthews

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George Barnwell-Russell; Thoroughgood-Lewis; Trueman-Johnson; Blunt-Smith; Constable-Dancer; Uncle-Comerford; Millwood-Mrs Russell; Lucy-Miss Taylor; Maria-Mrs Wilks.
Cast
Role: Millwood Actor: Mrs Russell
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Wilks.

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Cast
Role: Queen Dollalolla Actor: Mrs Ross
Role: Princess Huncamunca Actor: Mrs Wilks
Role: Cleora Actor: Mrs West.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: Razor-Woodward; Pamphlet-Wilson; Quidnunc-Dunstall; Rovewell-Davis; Belmour-Thompson; Harriet-Mrs Whitefield; Termagant-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Termagant Actor: Mrs Green.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Performance Comment: Wilding-King; Hazard-Reddish; Barnacle-Parsons; Nephew-Dodd; Dwindle-Waldron; Acreless-Farren; Little Stock-Fawcett; Sellaway-Lamash; Box@keeper-Wright; Drawer-Griffiths; Page-Master Pulley; Mrs Wilding-Miss Younge; Penelope-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Mrs Wilding Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Penelope Actor: Mrs Abington.
Related Works
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): Susanna Centlivre
Related Work: The Pharo Table Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Dance: End II: The Savage Hunters-Slingsby, Helme, Giorgi, Blurton, Sga Crespi, Sga Vidini, Sga Ricci

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin-Woodward; Lavinio-L'Estrange; Brunetto-Robson; Barberino-Booth; Alberto-Davis; Mago-Fearon; Officer-Thompson; Captain-Baker; Puritan-Jones; Dutchess-Mrs Poussin; Flametta-Mrs Willems; Prudentia-Miss Ambrose.
Cast
Role: Dutchess Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Flametta Actor: Mrs Willems

Dance: As17761109

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Bellmour-Smith; Heartwell-Bensley; Fondlewife-Yates; Vainlove-Reddish; Captain Bluff-Moody; Sharper-Farren; Setter-Baddeley; Sir Joseph Wittol-King; Belinda-Miss Younge; Araminta-Mrs Baddeley; Silvia-Miss Essex (1st appearance upon that stage); Lucy-Miss Pope; Laetitia-Mrs Abington; New occasional Prologue (in the Character of a modern fine gentleman)-Dodd. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 4 performances only (see17761207).]This was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 4 performances only (see17761207).]
Cast
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Laetitia Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: As17761115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Cast
Role: Horatia Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel; or, The Double Valet

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by King, Brereton, Packer, Davies, Burton, Griffiths, Parsons; Miss P. Hopkins, Miss Jarratt, Mrs Wrighten. [Cast from text (T. Becket, 1776): Trimwell-King; Neville-Brereton; Wentworth-Packer; Sir John Seymour-Davies; Robin-Burton; Irish Chairman-Griffiths; Sir Jacob Thrift-Parsons; Clarissa-Miss P. Hopkins; Flavia-Miss Jarratt; Tabby-Mrs Wrighten; Prologue-King. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 7 performances only (see17770201).]This was spoken, as here assigned, at the first 7 performances only (see17770201).]
Cast
Role: Tabby Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Related Works
Related Work: The German Hotel Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Performance Comment: Rhadamistus-Wroughton; Pharasmanes-Aickin; Teribazus Lewis; Megistus-Hull; Zopiron-Whitefield; Tigranes-L'Estrange; Zelmira-Mrs Jackson; Zenobia-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Zelmira Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Zenobia Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Green
Event Comment: The Duenna [announced on playbill of 29 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Leoni's illness. Afterpiece: Never acted here. Receipts: #131 7s. (129.7; 2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovell-Ward; Duke's Servant-Lee Lewes; Sir Harry's Servant-Booth; Freeman-Robson; Philip-Wilson; Tom-Fearon; Robert-Thompson; Coachman-Fox; Kingston-Wewitzer; Lady Bab-Miss Dayes; Lady Charlotte-Miss Ambrose; Cook-Mrs White; Chloe-Miss Stewart; Kitty (with a song and minuet)-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Cook Actor: Mrs White
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Dance: End II: as17761123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Lord Aimworth-Mattocks; Sir Harry Sycamore-Wilson; Giles-Reinhold; Mervin-Mahon; Fairfield-Hull; Ralph-Quick; Fanny-Miss Brown; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Pitt; Theodosia-Miss Dayes; Patty-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Lady Sycamore Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Patty Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: As17761109

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Aickin (1st appearance in that character); Careless-Lewis; Lord Touchwood-Clarke; Mellefont-Wroughton; Brisk-Lee Lewes; Lord Froth-Booth; Sir Paul Plyant-Macklin; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Jackson; Lady Froth-Mrs Mattocks; Cynthia-Miss Leeson; Lady Plyant-Miss Macklin (Their 1st appearance in those characters).
Cast
Role: Lady Touchwood Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Lady Froth Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Green

Dance: As17761123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); King-Clarke; Heli-L'Estrange; Perez-Thompson; Alonzo-Fearon; Selim-Robson; Gonzales-Hull; Leonora-Miss Ambrose; Zara-Mrs Ward; Almeria-Mrs Hartley (Their 1st appearance in those characters).
Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Almeria Actor: Mrs Hartley
Related Works
Related Work: A School for Grey-Beards; or, The Mourning Bride Author(s): Hannah Cowley

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Green

Dance: As17761015

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Wrangle-Macklin; Frankly-Lewis; Granger-Mahon; Witling-Lee Lewes; Cook-Dunstall; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Green; Sophronia-Mrs Lessingham; Maid-Miss Ambrose; Charlotte-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lady Wrangle Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Sophronia Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield

Dance: IV: Minuet-Mahon, Miss Macklin; In afterpiece: as17761226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Lee (1st appearance in that character); Angelo-Hull; Escalus-Fearon; Claudio-Wroughton; Provost-L'Estrange; Friar Peter-Davis; Thomas-Booth; Constable-Wewitzer; Clown-Dunstall; Abhorson-Bates; Barnardine-Jones; Lucio-Woodward; Mariana-Miss Leeson; Juletta-Mrs Whitefield; Francisca-Miss Green; Isabella-Mrs Jackson (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Jackson

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson

Song: As17770107

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Smith; Lord Trinket-Dodd; Sir Harry Beagle-Barrett (1st appearance on this stage); Charles (1st time)-Farren; Russet-Dunstall (of cg); Captain O'Cutter-Moody; Paris-Waldron; Tom-Carpenter; William-Griffiths; John-Everard; Robert-Norris; Major Oakly-Yates; Lady Freelove-Mrs Hopkins; Harriet-Miss P. Hopkins; Toilet-Miss Platt; Mrs Oakly-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Miss Younge.

Dance: In: as17770117

Event Comment: [The playbill retains Mrs Wilson as The Country Wife, but "Last night Mrs Wilson was taken suddenly ill upon the stage at Covent-garden theatre, and fainted away, in consequence of which Miss Brown read her part in The Country Wife" (Morning Post, 11 Feb.).] Receipts: #246 12s. 6d. (246.1.0; 0.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Mrs Bromley Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Lady Bell Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Mattocks; Spirit-L'Estrange; Brothers-Whitefield, Robson; Bacchanals-Reinhold, Mahon; The Lady-Mrs Jackson; Bacchants-Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose; Sabrina, Pastoral Nymph-Miss Brown; Euphrosyne-Miss Catley; 2nd Spirit-Mrs Farrell.
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: 2nd Spirit Actor: Mrs Farrell.

Dance: As17770218

Song: Sweet Echo, as17761007

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: The Milesian

Performance Comment: As17770322but Charles Marlove-Lamash in place of Dodd; Patty-Miss Plattin place of Mrs Davies.

Dance: End: The Court Minuet-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong; +Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfor't Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Greville
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Peg Actor: Mrs W. Palmer
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Farren, Lamash, Burton, Griffiths, Carpenter, Baddeley, Miss P. Hopkins, Mrs Hopkins. Cast from text (J. Wilkie, 1777): Harry Stukely-Palmer; Diggery-Parsons; Charles Stanley-Farren; Waiter-Lamash; Cymon-Burton; Wat-Griffiths; Hostler-Carpenter; Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Baddeley; William-Everard; Miss Kitty Sprightly-Miss P. Hopkins; Miss Bridget Pumpkin-Mrs Hopkins; New Prologue-King.

Dance: End V: The Triumph of Love, as17761107

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17770116, but Lucy (1st time)-Mrs Davies; The Original Epilogue-_.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Mrs Malaprop Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Lydia Languish Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: End II: The Triumph of Love, as17761107

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Hartley in lieu of a benefit #105. Receipts: #145 13s. (144.9; 1.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Mrs Bromley Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Lady Bell Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: The Country Wife Actor: Mrs Wilson. see17761221 .
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: As17770218

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17761001, but Jarvis-Lamash; Sir Charles Seymour (1st time)-Davies; Mr Hargrave-Waldron; Susan-Mrs Davies (1st appearance in that character); Clerk-Carpenter.
Cast
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Sailor Actor: Bannister
Role: Mrs Dripping Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Furrow Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Miss Quaver Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Related Works
Related Work: The Runaway Author(s): Hannah Cowley

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Cuckoo Song Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Mrs Davies

Dance: As17761128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Artaxerxes Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: with a new air Actor: Mrs Farrell

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Performance Comment: As17761025, but Dimity (1st time)-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Wilson.
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: As17770218

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Marmalet Actor: Mrs Willems
Role: Tattle Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bulkley

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule (with The Early Horn)-Mattocks; Jobson-Dunstall; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pitt; Nell-Mrs Hunt (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Hunt

Dance: End: As17761109

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: As17770222, but Lady Jane-Mrs Whitefield in place of Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace