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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Old EnglishManner"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Old EnglishManner")') 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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2654 results for: Keyword - Old English@Manner
We found 1534 matches on Performance Comments, 983 matches on Performance Title, 319 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

226
21 October 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Old Man , with Character of Lord Chalkstone-Shuter; Fine Gentleman-Dyer; Fine Lady-Mrs Green.

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17571013

227
01 October 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Old Man, Lord Chalkstone-Shuter; Fine Gentleman-Dyer; Frenchman-Holtom; Drunken Man-Dunstall; Fine Lady-Mrs Green.

228
02 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Old Man, Lord Chalkstone-Shuter; Fine Gentleman-Dyer; Drunken Man-Dunstall; Mercury-DuBellamy; Frenchman-Holtom; Aesop-Wignell; Bowman-Lewes; Fine Lady-Mrs Gardner.

229
11 September 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Husband Outwitted

Entertainment: Several new and surprizing Performances, never perform'd by any one besides herself, on the Strait Rope [the famous-Signora Violante [[1] She Dances a Minuet as Neatly as a Dancing Master on a Floor. [2] She Dances with a Board, ten Foot in length, loose upon the Rope. [3] She Dances with two Boys fastned to her feet; which Occasions great Mirth. [4] She Dances with two heavy Men ty'd to her Feet. [5] She Performs the Exercise of the Colours. After this surprising Performance, Miss Violante will Dance a Louvre in Boys Cloaths

Dance: t the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies, the White Joke-will be danced by an Old Woman, with Pierrot in the Basket; Pierrot-Lalauze; Old Woman-Tobin

230
05 May 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Old Mirabel Actor: Penkethman

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: IV: Pastoral by Mrs Bullock. V: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward

Song: II: old Anacreon (composed by Leveridge) sung by Nicholls in the Character of an Old Man. III: Waterman's Song, as17350502

231
27 April 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: I: The Opinions of the Ancients-Leveridge, Salway; II: Nestor's Advice to his Master when in Council-; III: By Particular Desire, The Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge; IV: The Gallant Days of King Arthur (being the Sequel to The Roast Beef of Old England,)-Leveridge, Chorus

Dance: II: Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; III: Je ne scai quoy-Richardson, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

232
11 April 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: I: The Sicilian Peasants-Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford [see17641001]; To conclude with the Original Dance[, in the characters of an Old Man and Old Woman-Arnauld, Miss Poitier; III: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Wilford

233
24 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Martinico; Or, Britannia Triumphant

Afterpiece Title: THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM

Afterpiece Title: THE HIGHLAND REEL

Dance: In Act IV of 2nd piece a Masquerade, in which a Minuet by Mrs Pope and Byrn

Song: In Masquerade Old Towler by Incledon; End of 2nd piece A Catalogue of Plays and Farces; or, a Love Letter from Dick Ranter to Kitty Sprightly, to an old Tune, by Bernard; After which Sally in our Alley by Incledon

234
28 April 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Betterton, who has not Acted it these Ten Years

235
09 March 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Betterton

236
05 June 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Keene.

Song: As17151006

Dance: As17160601

237
19 December 1729 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: TThe Shepherd's Holiday-; Two Harlequins-Burney Jr, Eaton

238
16 February 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Jealousy Deceived

239
13 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivalon, Poitier

240
01 June 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Song: Miss Thornowets

Dance: LLads and Lasses-Burny, Eaton, Miss Sandham, Miss M. Vaughan; Two Pierrots-Burny, Eaton; Dutch Skipper-Sandham

241
19 January 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Old Hob Actor: W. Williams

242
27 January 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe

Dance: new Fnew French Peasants-Burney, Miss Wherrit

243
28 January 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe

Dance: As17320127

244
23 June 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Cast
Role: Old Laroon Actor: Shepard
Role: Old Jourdain Actor: J. Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cur'd

Dance: I: The Pieraite-Holt, Mrs Walter; II: Harlequin-Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Midsummer Whim, as17320606

245
28 June 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Cast
Role: Old Laroon Actor: Shepard
Role: Old Jourdain Actor: J. Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Harlequin-Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Midsummer Whim, as17320606

246
04 July 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Cast
Role: Old Laroon Actor: Shepard
Role: Old Jourdain Actor: J. Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: End Farce: As17320623 I: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter; III: Harlequin-Miss Brett

247
07 July 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Cast
Role: Old Laroon Actor: Shepard
Role: Old Jourdain Actor: J. Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Harlequin-Miss Brett; II: Dance after the Highland Manner-Gentleman for his Diversion; III: Midsummer Whim, as17320606 End Farce: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter

Music: III: Handel's Water Musick-; Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Job Baker

248
13 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Wherrit; Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Sailor's Dance-Jones

249
14 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: MMerry Lass-Miss Wherrit; Scot's Dance-Mrs Bullock

250
20 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: As17321115