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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Prince Brunswick his wife and Louisa"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Prince Brunswick his wife and Louisa")') 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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5635 results for: Keyword - Prince Brunswick, his wife and Louisa
We found 2800 matches on Performance Title, 1487 matches on Performance Comments, 1345 matches on Event Comments, 402 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1501
19 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twelve Years. Receipts: #19 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 27 paid and 46 orders; pit, 63 paid and 65 orders; slips, 8 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 40 paid and 89 orders; second gallery, 31 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Dance:

1502
23 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief

1503
14 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #104 18s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 88 paid and 23 orders; pit, 248 paid and 18 orders; slips, 23 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 298 paid and 25 orders; second gallery, 152 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

1504
16 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #67 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 51 paid and 17 orders; pit, 196 paid and 15 orders; slips, 20 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 156 paid and 18 orders; second gallery, 69 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

1505
23 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #18 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 6 paid and 9 orders; pit, 58 paid and 32 orders; slips, 11 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 75 paid and 23 orders; second gallery, 46 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: Singing Proper to the Play-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; Pastoral-DuPre, Pelling

1506
08 November 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: Roger, Mrs Mills, Essex, Miss Robinson, Master Lally, Miss Brett; particularly The Pieraite-

1507
15 November 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: In five different Interludes, viz. Three Serious, and Two Comic. All The Scenes painted by Monsieur Devoto

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; With the Rape of Colombine; or, The Flying Lovers

Performance Comment: Andromeda-Mrs Booth; Perseus-Lally; Mercury-Essex; Medusa-Thurmond; Gorgons-Houghton, Burney; Followers of Perseus-Boval, Rainton, Houghton, Burney; Attendants on Andromeda-Mrs Mills, Mrs Walter, Miss Lindar, Miss Robinson Sr; Hours of Sleep-Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter, Miss Lindar; Tritons-Thurmond, Essex, Houghton, Rainton; Cepheus-Fielding; Cassiopea-Mrs Shireburn; Venus-Miss Biddy; Minerva-Miss Raftor; Juno-Mrs Shireburn; Diana-Miss Smith; Sailors-Burney, Oates, Wright, Wetherilt, Burnet, Grey; Cupid-Miss Robinson Jr; Doctor (Colombine's Father)-Burney; Pierot (Doctor's Man)-Roger; Mezzetin (Colombine's Lover)-Ray; Harlequin (Mezzetin's Man)-Weaver; Colombine (in love with Mezzetin)-Miss Robinson Sr; Mopsophil (Colombine's Maid)-Mrs Walter; Jupiter-Essex.
Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Attendants on Andromeda Actor: Mrs Mills, Mrs Walter, Miss Lindar, Miss Robinson Sr

1508
29 November 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

1509
28 December 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Receipts: #173 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 241 paid and 29 orders; 308 paid and 1 order; slips, 44 paid and 19 orders; first gallery 471 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 194 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

1510
17 January 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance:

1511
29 January 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

1512
14 February 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Cast
Role: Shopkeeper and Wife Actor: Hallam, Mrs Wetherilt
Role: Grand Masque of Heathen Deities Actor:

1513
18 March 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1514
09 April 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Afterpiece: With several Alterations. N.B. In order to make the Songs more intelligible, Books are printed and may be had at the Theatre. Receipts: money #35 13s.; tickets #95 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera

Cast
Role: Harry Pyefleet Actor: Legar, his first attempt in the dramatic way

1515
22 April 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit DuPre and Mrs Pelling. By Command of his Royal Highness. Receipts: money #43 6s. 6d.; tickets #93 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats; or, The Tavern Bilkers

Dance: End I: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: A new Serious Dance-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; III: Lads and Lasses-Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden, Lanyon, Miss LaTour; IV: Myrtillo-Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Moreau, Miss LaTour, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: The Dusty Miller (a new Jig)-Moreau

1516
07 May 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Kilby. Receipts: money #30 14s. 6d.; tickets #54 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Highlander and Mistress-Salle, Mrs Legar

1517
12 May 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Highlander and Mistress-Salle, Mrs Legar

1518
14 May 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Wycherley. Afterpiece: [By W. R. Chetwood.] A new Dramatick Entertainment of one Act. Intermixed with above 40 Airs, made to Old Ballad Tunes and Country Dances. N.B. Books of the Opera will be sold at the Theatre the Night of Performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Horner-Wilks; Harcourt-Mills; Sparkish-Cibber; Sir Jasper-Norris; Dorilant-Watson; Pinchwife-Harper; Mrs Pinchwife-Mrs Cibber; Lady Fidget-Mrs Horton; Alithea-Mrs Butler; Lucy-Mrs Shireburn; Mrs Fidget-Mrs Walter; Mrs Squeamish-Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Pinchwife Actor: Harper
Role: Mrs Pinchwife Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Lover's Opera

Dance: FFrench Peasant-a Gentleman just arrived from Paris; Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson; Village Dance-Thurmond, Essex, Houghton, Rainton, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter, Mrs Houghton

1519
23 May 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock

1520
06 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Music: Vocal Music; proper to the Play -Leveridge, Legar

Dance: HHighlander and his Mistress-Salle, Laguerre

1521
14 October 1729 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Benefit Charles the Merry Trumpeter, a Batchelor, who used to Sound with Mr Bullock. At Lee's Booth on the Bowling Green. The Doors will be open'd at Five, and begin pricisely at Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Dance: AA Comic Dance between Scaramouch and a Countryman-; Countryman-Charles the Trumpeter

1522
15 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Afterpiece Title: With The Triumphs of Love

1523
16 October 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

1524
14 November 1729 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Dance: Eaton, Sandham

1525
15 November 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne