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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Stevens"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Stevens")') 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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22512 results for: Keyword - Mrs Stevens
We found 23405 matches on Performance Comments, 4288 matches on Event Comments, 4205 matches on Performance Title, 650 matches on Roles/Actors, and 28 matches on Author.

601
27 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Hale.
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Jaques Actor: Stevens
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: As17420125

602
28 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Mullart

Dance: As17420125

603
05 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Sanchio Actor: Stevens
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: 4th Nymph Actor: Mrs LeBrun
Role: 5th Nymph Actor: Mrs Villeneuve.
Role: 3rd Nymph Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Davies
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Davies, Miss Short.

604
06 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Cast
Role: Rosara Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Hypolita Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Dance: Entertainments-Picq, Denoyer, Sga Barberina, Duibuisson, Villeneuve, Mlle Auguste, Mlle Bonneval, Sga Domitilla; Tyrolean Dance between a Hungarian and two Tyrolese,-Denoyer, Picq, Sga Barbarina; Tambourine-Picq, Mlle Auguste

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Wright, Mlle Fabres, Mrs LeBrun, Mlle Rhenos, Mlle Maudet

605
08 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Matchlock Actor: Stevens
Role: Lady Harriet Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Mlle D'Epingle Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Mrs Farthingal Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: 2nd Sylvan Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: 3rd Sylvan Actor: Mrs LeBrun
Role: 4th Sylvan Actor: Mrs Moudet
Role: Elements Earth Actor: Richardson, Mrs Wright
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby

606
19 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Camillo Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Kilby

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: 4th Nymph Actor: Mrs LeBrun
Role: 5th Nymph Actor: Mrs Villeneuve.
Role: 3rd Nymph Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Davies
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Davies, Miss Short.

607
24 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Cast
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Douglass Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Queen Mary Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: [As17420222

608
22 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Cast
Role: Rosara Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Hypolita Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: A Modern Midnight Conversation

Dance: TTambourine-Picq, Mlle Auguste; Les Maquignons, as17420309 The Peasants-Picq, Mlle Auguste

609
30 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Pritchard, first appearance on that stage
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: TThe Peasants, as17420210; Chacone, as17411230; Rigadone Provencale, as17420226; Louvre, Minuet By Particular Desire,-Mr Lally, a young Gentlewoman (a scholar of Mr Lally) who never appeared on the stage before

610
08 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Mrs Marwood Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Mishfort Actor: Mrs James
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mincing Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Norton.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: concluding: Loncluding: +La Provencale, as17420212

611
28 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Bland.
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Cast
Role: Margerina Actor: Mrs Lampe

Dance: II: Chacone, as17411230; V: New Comic Dance-Picq, Mlle Auguste

Song: II: Under the Greenwood Tree-Salway

Entertainment: By desire The Cries of London-Salway

612
13 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Mrs Marwood Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Mishfort Actor: Mrs James
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mincing Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Norton.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: 4th Nymph Actor: Mrs LeBrun
Role: 5th Nymph Actor: Mrs Villeneuve.
Role: 3rd Nymph Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Davies
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Davies, Miss Short.

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420508, By particular desire

613
17 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Cast
Role: Rosara Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Hypolita Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17420510; V: The Peasants, as17420210

Song: IV: Song-Leveridge

614
18 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Pritchard, first appearance on that stage
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: RRigadone Provencale, as17420226; Comic Dance, as17420510; Pantaloon and Enamorata, as17420420

615
02 June 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Mrs Marwood Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Mishfort Actor: Mrs James
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mincing Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Norton.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: SScots Dance-Sga Barberina; Les Savoyardes, as17420501; La Provencale, as17420212

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420508

616
23 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Fair Penitent Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Hale

Dance: Mr Cook; being the 1st time of his performance since his arrival from the Opera at Paris. Also Les Demoiselles Anne and Janneton Auretti; Two French Girls, being the 1st time of their appearing on the English Stage

617
06 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Fair Penitent Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Hale

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: LLa Villageoise, as17421006; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Peasants, as17421102

618
16 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17421001; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Peasants, as17421102

619
18 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Cast
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17421001; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Peasants, as17421102

620
19 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; La Provencale, as17421001; Grand Ballet, as17421108

621
01 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17421120; Dutch Skipper, as17421025; Musette, Tambourine-Janneton Auretti; Grand Ballet, as17421108

622
10 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Fair Penitent Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Hale

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Musette, as17421209; Italian Peasants-Delamain, Anne Auretti

623
14 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; The Happy Lovers, as17421006; La Provencale-Picq, Mlle Auguste

624
17 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Marwood Actor: Mrs Woodward
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs James
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Mincing Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; The Happy Lovers, as17421006; A New Grand Ballet call'd Le Rendezvous Gallant-Cooke, Picq, Anne and Janneton Auretti, Young Master Gillier

625
30 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Peasants-Villeneuve, Mlle August; Le Rendezvous Gallant,as17421217