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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "New Theatre in the Haymarket"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "New Theatre in the Haymarket")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Dance: With the last new Dance, in Comic Characters, call'd La Folette composed by Mons Roger the French Pierot ,-Mons Roger, Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance: PPolonese-Lally, Mrs Wall; A new Peasants-Nivelon, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: With a new Dance (never perform'd before) call'd Le Badinage Champetreby Roger-Roger, Boval, Lally, Duplessis, Haughton, Mrs Booth, Mrs Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Miss Lindar

Event Comment: Not Acted these Seven Years. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #35 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Dance: With two new Dances-Monsieur Salle, Mademoiselle Salle; particularly, a Dance call'd Le Marrie-; Two Pierrots-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; most of the celebrated Songs in our new Operas-Signor Rochetti; and several others lately brought from Italy. And the Instrumental Parts-best Hands from the Opera

Performance Comment: And the Instrumental Parts-best Hands from the Opera.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: With new Songs proper to the Play-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: Nivelon, Salle, Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: Benefit Miller. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Thurmond, Roger, Boval, Lally, Mrs Booth, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter; La Peirette (new)-Roger, Mrs Brett; Myrtillo-Mrs Booth, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: In which Dove sei et non e si vago e Bello, Ombra Cara (a New Italian Song), Song with French Horns, Bella Asteria et horla Tromba-, with the Trumpet Mrs Barbier

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mlle Salle; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: With several new Concertoes and Solos on Violin-[of his [Festing's] own Composing Festing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: End I: The Play of Love-Leveridge; II: The Wheel Turn'd To Some Tune (new)-Leveridge; III: Singing-Mrs Chambers; V: A Piece of Musick between a Fop and a Toper: In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; III: French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; IV: French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jr and Mrs Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance: End I: Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson; II: La Pierette-Roger, Mrs Brett; III: A new Scaramouch-Sandham's Son; IV: Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Roger, Lally, Boval, Duplessis; V: Passacaille-Mrs Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Dance: SShepherds and Shepherdesses-Dupre, Salle, Lally, Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Anderson; A new Dance in the Characters of Harlequin , Punch , Harlequin Woman called The Rivals-Salle, Nivelon, Mlle Salle; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; Les Characters de la Dance-Mlle Salle

Song: TThe Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: Leveridge, Legare

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Wall; A new Grand Dance of Two Punches Two Scaramouches and Three Harlequins-

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Wall. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #14 12s.; tickets #108 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Dance: I: A new Saraband by Dupre-Mrs Wall; II: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Walls; IV: Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Legare

Music: II: Concerto on small Flute-Mr John Jones

Ballet: V: Grand Dance in the following Characters:. Two Harlequins-Dupre, Salle; Two Punches-Newhouse, Pelling; Two Scaramouches-Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Harlequin Woman-Mrs Wall

Performance Comment: Two Harlequins-Dupre, Salle; Two Punches-Newhouse, Pelling; Two Scaramouches-Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Harlequin Woman-Mrs Wall.
Cast
Role: Two Punches Actor: Newhouse, Pelling

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: End I: A new Harlequin-Young Rainton; II: Pastoral-Miss Robinson; III: La Pierrete-Roger, Mrs Brett; IV: Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; V: A Grand Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis

Music: In III: Trumpet Sonata by Mons Dieupart-; In IV: Sonata by Signor Corelli-; End IV: First Concerto (by Desire) of Signor Michael Arcangello Corelli-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: I: Pastoral-Boval, Mrs Brett; III: La Peirrette-Roger, Mrs Brett; V: A new Saraband, Minuet-Boval, Mrs Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: I: Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; II: French Peasant-Roger; III: A new Spanish Dance-Lally, Duplessis, Haughton; IV: Whitsun Holidays-Boval, Mrs Tenoe; V: Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benfit Wilmer and Redfern, Boxkeepers. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #5 6s.; tickets #88 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: With New Songs proper to the Play-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: Nivelon, Salle, Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epsom Wells

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Cast
Role: Scaramouch Actor: Newhouse

Song: Salway

Dance: Pelling, Newhouse, Burny, Mrs Anderson; A new French Peasant-Burny, Mrs Anderson

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. N.B. This being the first Time of Acting on Account of Subscriptions, the General Tickets will be sent to the Subscribers. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Most Knowing, Least Understanding; Or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis; Viz

Performance Comment: Chimney Sweeper, Blackmoor, Astrologer, Moving Statue, Infant, Zodiack, and Diana; With The Comical Transformation of Brighella and Doctor into Mercurius and Apollo.

Afterpiece Title: The Pleasant Marriage; Concluding with The Singing Deities

Dance: Dancing and other Decorations proper to the Play , entirely new and diverting-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Captain Of The Bandittos, Thief, Spy, Head Serjeant, Judge, And Hangman, Poison'd, And New-fashion'd Candlestice

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlechino Pittor Alla Moda: Viz, Harlequin A New Fashion'd Painter: With His Love For Argentina And The Comical Fears Of Pantalon At The Supposed Spirits

Song: Singing-

Dance: As usual; Also a curious Entertainment of Dancing-Persons lately arrived from Italy and France

Performances

Mainpiece Title: il Proteo Novello: Viz, The New Proteus

Performance Comment: By Harlequin, Personating the French Officer, a Chimney Sweeper, a Moveable Statue, a Black-Moor Stand, an Astrologer, an Infant, and Diana.

Entertainment: The Comical Scene of the Stuttering Master of Musick-Brighella

Dance: End I: +Hornpipe-Cornet, Mrs Anderson; II: Peasant's Dance-Welman, Mrs Anderson; III: The Character of Signora Cattina Venetiana-; IV: Niais and Niaise-; Foolish Man and Woman-; V: Twelve Grotesque Character, viz. Punchanello, Dame Ragonde, Pierrots, Harlequins, Scaramouches, Peasants, Mad Men and Women-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Foresyth. By Subscription. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal Part consisting of the Choicest Songs in the Operas-Mrs Foresyth; As also, a new Cantata on St. Patrick's Day by Dr Pepusch-

Event Comment: Benefit Brighella. By His Majesty's Command. [A notice denies the rumor that the company is leaving shortly.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cartouche The French Robber

Performance Comment: Brighella : With his surprizing Disguises, and counterfeiting the Personages of a Foreign Prince, a Turk, a Petit Maitre, a Merchant, a Gniais, a Swiss, an English Waterman, an Armenian, a Florentine, a Venetian Gondolier, a Scaramouch, a Stuttering Musick-Master, and a French Dwarf Lady, condemn'd at last to the Galleys.

Entertainment: The Representation of a true Accident that lately happen'd in this City-; Likewise some Italian Catches, Musical Entertainments, extraordinary Comical by the said-Brighella; The usual Concert of Instruments will be augmented-; and the Dances entirely new, by several Grotesque Characters, the last-sixteen different Dancers; Dances-Signor Grimaldo Francolino of Malta, Operator for the Teeth, being on his Daparture will perform for this Time only some of his wonderful Dances; particularly one within a Dark Lanthorn

Related Works
Related Work: The Musical Lady Author(s): George Colman, the elder