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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Pearce"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Pearce")') 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 793 matches on Roles/Actors, 234 matches on Performance Comments, 85 matches on Author, 21 matches on Event Comments, and 2 matches on Performance Title.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; End Opera: The Frolick, as17741214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

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Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: End: The Generous Pirate, as17741214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

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Role: Lady Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End of Play: The Frolick, as17741214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Entertainment: Interlude. End: True Blue; or, The Press Gang. Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Baker

Dance: End Interlude: The Merry Sailors, as17741026

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End Tragedy: The Frolick, as17741214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Entertainment: Interlude.End: As17750401

Dance: End Interlude: A Hornpipe-Blurton (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Langrish[, as17750429

Song: II: (By Particular Desire) The Shady Blest Retreat-Miss Wilde

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Cast
Role: Delia Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Brown

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue-Miss Brown, Mrs Baker, Reinhold, Mattocks; Dances-Aldridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Cast
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Humours of Blackwall, as17750429

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Song: II: (By Desire) Kate of Aberdeen-DuBellamy

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17750503

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: As17630801, but Physician-Castle; Amaryllis-Miss Read; Chloris-Mrs Osborne; Lightning-Master Summers; [?-] Pearce. Pearce.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: VVenetian Gardeners, as17630808; Provincial Dance-Master Clinton, Miss Street

Event Comment: Under the Direction of Mr Pearce. By Terence. At the Academy in Chancery Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andria

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Performance Comment: Young Mirabel-Giffard; Old Mirabel-Morgan; Dugard-Havard; Duretete-Bullock; Pert-James; Bravos-W. Giffard, Norris, Jenkins; Pearce; Oriana-Mrs Roberts; Bisarre-Mrs Giffard; Lamorce-Mrs Christian.

Dance: FFrench Peasant-D'Valois, Mlle D'Valois; Sailor's Dance-Jones; Saraband-Sandham, Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: TThe Eunuch of Terence...by the young Gentlemen...under the Care of Mr Pearce.-Daily Post, 23 Nov

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eunuch

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 16 March: Terence's Eunuch was acted by young Gentlemen educated at the Academy in Drury Lane, now under the Direction of Mr Pearce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eunuch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17340131, but Pearce added to Witches. musIc AND.

Dance: As17340131

Event Comment: Benefit for Barry. Afterpiece: By MacNamara Morgan. Receipts: #133 14s. 6d. plus Tickets #163 3s. (boxes 479; pit 230; gallery 89). Charges #63. Total value of House: #296 17s. 6d. Profit to Barry #233 17s. 6d. Paid Samuel Wale for painting figures Boys & other decorations in a scene designed by Servandoni #5 5s. Paid Matthew Pearce, Bricklayer, #230, on account of the New Building. Paid Thomas Pervil for sundry cloaths as specified below, #112, 17s.: A Bloom Colored Brocade coat & Breeches with silver flowers & a Gold & Silver Brocaded Waistcoat & Coffs, #8; A Pompador Velvet Coat, Waistcoat & 2 pr. Breeches shot with silver, #11 11s.; A Blue cut and uncut Velvet Suit, Flower'd and Gold Ground, #10 10s.; A Dove colored Brocade Coat & Breeches, Gold & Flowers & a Gold & Silver Brocade waistcoat & Cuffs, #10 10s.; A Blue & Silver Brocade Coat & Breeches & Silver Brocade waistcoat & Cuffs, #10; a light color'd coat & Breeches & a blue silk waistcoat with gold lace, #14; A copper color'd velvet coat & breeches, and yellow waistcoat, embroider'd with gold, #20; A blue velvet suit, plain, #4 10s.; A crimson velvet Roab Surcoat, belt sword & Bonnet worn by a Peer in Parliament, & a Green velvet Roab, purple velvet surcoat & hood-a Knight of the Thistle's dress, #17 16s.; a plain crimson velvet suit, #6 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing; or, Florizel and Perdita

Dance: As17571217

Ballet: TThe Judgment of Paris. As17571217

Event Comment: Receipts: #142 4s. Paid Kemp for 5 nights #8; Mr Dall at work upon scenes of Oratorios, for which his salary is stopp'd from 28 Jan. 60; Paid Meares 6s.; Heaford (plaisterer) #78 10s.; Pearce (bricklayer) #79 18s.; Martin (wardrobe keeper) on acct of his salary #5. [I] was in both the Galleries both before and after the plays, met Mr Ware going into Covent Garden Gallery who said his sisters were there but I did see them (Hailey, "Brietzcke Diary," Vol. 197, p.71)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus