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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "New Theatre in Goodmans Fields"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "New Theatre in Goodmans Fields")') 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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Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties.-A New Comic Opera Music by Ciampi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bertoldo

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted. Comedy [by Foote] in 3 acts. Characters new Dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lyar

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

Event Comment: The new Comic Opera Bertoldo will be performed Tuesday next instead of Monday being the day appointed to celebrate the Queen's birthday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

Event Comment: Never acted. Comedy by Wm. Whitehead. New Scenes and Dresses. Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Event Comment: Benefit for Robinson, at Hickford's Room, Brewer St. Benefit originally announced for Miss Robinson, to be given 29 Jan.; new date for concert chosen after her death. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Reduc'd to two acts. After which (being particularly desired) will be performed the New Serenata, composed by Dr Arne in honour of the late Royal Nuptials

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred The Great

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Music: As17620305

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: End: By Particular Desire of several persons of Quality a Minuet-Noverre, Mrs Palmer. *uö‘dl New Interlude, call'dThe Farmer's Return from London. Farmer-Garrick; Farmer's Wife-Mrs Bradshaw

Performance Comment: *uö‘dl New Interlude, call'dThe Farmer's Return from London. Farmer-Garrick; Farmer's Wife-Mrs Bradshaw.
Event Comment: N.B. Sg Paganini being taken very ill is the reason of the above Opera being performed this evening instead of the new Comic Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera. Music by Cocchi...New Cloaths, Decorations, and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Famiglia In Scompiglio; Or, The Family In An Uproar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Songs From Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: by permission of Dr Arne, The favorite songs-Sg Peretti (who performed the part of Artaxerxes at Covent Garden), Tenducci, others; comic songs in Italian-Leopoldo Micheli (who never appeared on the English stage before); A Concerto on German Flute-Florio; Concerto on Violincello-Siprutini; (By Particular Desire) a new song by Dr Arne on the Taking of Martinico-Peretti.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17620424 but Rosin-Fox; a New Epilogue in Character-Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17620427 but New Epilogue-_.

Dance: II: The Tambourine Dance-Vincent; III: The Italian Gardiners, as17611010; IV: Hornpipe-Vincent; The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926. End: The Farmer's Return from London. As17620320

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Grand Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Overture by Cocchi-; Song Che Legge Spietata-Zonca; Disperata in Van m'affano-Sartori; Concerto on Violin-Pinto; Padre conquesto Amplesso-Elizi; Nel pensare al gran cimento-Sga Mattei; Part II:Concerto on Bassoon-Baumgarten; Song Mi dona mi Vende-Sga Eberardi; Sperai Vicino al lido-Sga Curioni; Concerto on Violincello-Gordon; Song La Speme Amabile-Sga Mattei; La Bella mia Tiranna-Elizi; Part. III:Concerto on Oboe-Simpson; Song-Sga Sartori; Odo il suo no de quendiaccenti-Zonca; a New Duet Tuo voi che viva O Cara (Hasse) never performed in England-Sga Mattei, Elizi; Coronation Anthem-(Handel).
Event Comment: Tomorrow, Not acted this Season. The Wonder, Felix-$Garrick; Violante-$Mrs Cibber, and On Wednesday will be reviv'd The Second Part of King Henry the 4th, New Dress'd in the Habits of the times

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: The Bavarian Shoemakers, as17621009

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not perform'd these 4 years. [See 12 Feb. 1759.] Habits and Scenes for it entirely new. Nothing under Full Price will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer, with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Event Comment: Tomorrow (acted but once these 5 years) King Henry IV, Part II. New Dress'd in the characters of the times, to which be added, not acted this season, The Genii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: I: Hearts of Oak, as17620925; III: The Bavarian Shoemakers, as17621009

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Garrick; Smith-Burton; Johnson-Palmer; Others-Yates, Packer, Philips, Blakes, Moody, Clough, Parsons, Bransby, Fox, Marr, Ackman, Vaughan, Raftor, Johnston, Castle, Rooker, Watkins, Miss Pearse, Mrs Hippisley, Miss Mills, Miss Rogers; Songs-; Dances-; and an Additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: HHearts of Oak, as17620925

Event Comment: A new serious Opera. Music by several celebrated Composers. [Rehearsed at 11 a.m., 3 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Astarto Re Di Tiro

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. A new comic Opera...by several...composers. [A general Practice upon the Stage at 11 a.m. 6 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Cascina

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-Yates; Jaques-Burton; Orlando-Palmer; Adam-Havard; Amiens (with proper songs)-Vernon; Rosalind-Mrs Yates; Celia-Mrs Clive; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Duke Senior-Blakes; Duke Frederick-Bransby; Oliver-Packer ; New Dances incident to the play,-Aldridge, Vincent, Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Dance: I: A Comic Dance-Miss Rogers, as17621210

Event Comment: Benefit For the Author. A Riot to demand the same [half-price after third act] agreed to (Cross Diary). [Advertised for Drury Lane that particulars will be published in a few days on the charge of innovation in prices which last night prevented the play being heard.] When Holland appeared for the Prologue-hiss'd. Garrick appeared and agreed to take half-price at the end of the third act to all performances except the first [Winter] of a New Pantomime (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elvira

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Event Comment: A new comic Opera...By Command of their Majesties. Music-Galuppi. Overture-J. S. Bach. Text-Goldoni. The first performance in England. Deferred from 30 Jan., because of Martyrdom of King Charles I. [A general Practice upon the Stage at noon 28 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Calamita Di Cuori

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera. Music by several composers. [General rehearsal had taken place at noon 13 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Finta Sposa

Dance: The Industrious Farmer- by Paricular Desire

Event Comment: A new serious Opera...composed by Bach with grand chorusses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zanaida

Dance: [M$Miss Asselin will dance only two dances because she has been indisposed (Daily Advertiser).]

Event Comment: [Forthcoming]: some new Entertainments, which will be given in the Beginning of June, at Seven O'clock in the Evening, by Permission of the Lord Chamberlain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Morning Lectures