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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "R "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "R ")') 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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5325 results for: Keyword - R
We found 6691 matches on Roles/Actors, 1726 matches on Performance Comments, 226 matches on Event Comments, 21 matches on Performance Title, and 5 matches on Author.

2651
12 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #223 9s. (219.15; 3.14)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17781016.

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790108.

2652
22 January 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #171 13s. (169.5; 2.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Performance Comment: As17781030.

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790108.

Dance: End II: The Coopers, as17781211

2653
06 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #151 6s. (150.0; 1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17781016, but Horatio-Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790127.

2654
11 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #264 18s. 6d. (248.2.0; 16.6.0; 0.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17781125, but Lady Sash-Mrs Robinson.

Song: As17781006

2655
12 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #133 3s. (109.16; 22.8; 0.19; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790209.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790211.

2656
13 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #121 17s. 6d. (102.4.0; 19.3.0; 0.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790209.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790211.

2657
15 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #145 18s. (118.13.0; 26.9.6; 0.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790209.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790211.

2658
16 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #156 18s. (152.19; 3.19; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790209.

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790127.

2659
22 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #149 6s. (142.3; 7.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790220.

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790127.

2660
23 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #128 16s. (125.11; 3.5; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790220.

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Performance Comment: As17790108.

2661
25 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #258 7s. (241.13; 15.9; 1.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17790218.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790211.

Song: As17781029

2662
01 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #116 17s. (90.11; 25.3; 1.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: As17790123.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790211.

2663
15 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 31 Mar. 1777]. Public Advertiser, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Smith at his house, Beaufort Buildings, Strand. Receipts: #243 17s. 6d. (129.3.0; 18.17.6; 2.9.0; tickets: 93.8.0) (charge: #74 15s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Smith; Sir Brilliant Fashion-Dodd; William-Baddeley; Sideboard-Burton; John-Philimore; Sir Bashful Constant-Yates; Mrs Lovemore-Miss Younge; Muslin-Miss Pope; Lady Constant (1st time)-Mrs Brereton; Mignionet-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Belmour (with a song in character)-Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790211, but Lady Plume-Miss Collett.

2664
20 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #185 3s. (156.1; 26.2; 3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17781118.

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790311 .

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17790313 .

2665
23 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Vernon. Mainpiece: With a Grand Procession, as 23 Dec. 1778. [Miss Pinto was from the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.] Public Advertiser, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Vernon at Mahon's, the corner of Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #217 1s. 6d. (121.8.0; 21.11.0; 0.19.6; tickets: 73.3.0) (charge: #73 3s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17781223, but Urganda-Miss Pinto (1st appearance on the English stage); Sylvia-Miss Walpole (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17781221, but Carpenter-Fawcett; other parts-_Fawcett.

Dance: Dance of Cupids, as17781223; Dance of Daemons, as17781223

2666
25 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #238 13s. 6d. (216.8.0; 19.13.6; 2.12.0; tickets: none listed ) (charge: #70 17s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Performance Comment: Jason-Smith; Creon-Bensley; Aeson-Palmer; 1st Colchian-Packer; Lycander-Farren; Children-Miss G. Abrams, Master Pulley; Hecate-Hurst; Theano-Mrs Hopkins; Medea-Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790311 .

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17790323 .

Song: Azure God-Mrs Wrighten

2667
07 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Brereton. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Brereton, No. 11, Tavistock-street. Receipts: #188 10s. 6d. (84.2.0; 19.16.0; 2.6.6; tickets: 82.6.0) (charge: #71 18s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17780924, but Donalbain-Master Benson; Lady Macbeth (for that night)-Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17790323 .

Song: original Music , as17780924, but _Legg, _Carpenter

2668
12 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. Mainpiece: With the grand Triumphal Entryv. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Bensley, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #215 2s. 6d. (135.6.0; 21.4.0; 5.13.6; tickets: 52.19.0) (charge: #82 5s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Cassander-Palmer; Lysimachus-Brereton; Hephestian-Davies; Polyperchon-Chambers; Thessalus-Wright; Perdiccas-Chaplin; Eumenes-Norris; Aristander-Wrighten; Slave-Griffiths; Clytus-Bensley; Roxana-Miss Younge; Parisatis-Miss Collett; Sisigambis-Mrs Johnston; Statira-Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790315 .

2669
14 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Robinson. Public Advertiser, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Robinson, Great Piazza, the corner of Russel Street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #210 14s. (75.0.0: 21.2.6; 0.17.6; tickets: 113.14.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17790322but Cordelia-Mrs Robinson (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790315 .

2670
16 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Walpole. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Public Advertiser, 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Walpole, No. 15, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #203 19s. 6d. (100.2.0; 15.10.0; 3.15.6; tickets: 84.12.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Miss Walpole; Col. Standard-Brereton (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Alderman Smuggler-Parsons; Clincher Jun.-Waldron; Vizard-Packer; Dicky-Burton; Tom Errand-Griffiths; Beau Clincher-Palmer (1st appearance in that character); Angelica-Mrs Brereton; Lady Darling-Mrs Johnston; Parley-Mrs Love; Lady Lurewell-Miss Pope (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17790323 .

Dance: End: a Dance-Miss Walpole

2671
21 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Robinson, but "A correspondent who was at Drury Lane theatre last night to see The Law of Lombardy congratulates the town on the acquisition of a new performer of the part which Mrs Robinson played. That lady being taken ill, Miss Farren, at very short warning, undertook it, and did it the most ample justice" (Gazetteer, 22 Apr.).] Receipts: #107 1s. 6d. (72.8.0; 31.1.0; 3.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Performance Comment: As17790209, but Alinda-Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Performance Comment: As17790311 .

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.

Dance: As17790417

2672
22 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #187 5s. 6d. (163.3.0; 23.3.6; 0.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17781006.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17781008, but Clod-Griffiths; Fat Cook-Johnston.

Song: As17781006

2673
23 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #243 7s. 6d. (229.16.0; 11.8.0; 2.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17781028, but Cob-Wright; Bridget-Mrs Davies; Mrs Kitely-Mrs Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Cash-_; Formal-_.

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Performance Comment: As17790410.

Dance: As17790417

2674
03 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sharp and Mrs Brereton. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Sharp, No. 10, Bow-street; of Mrs Brereton, No. 11, Tavistock-street. Receipts: #133 9s. 6d. (79.13.0; 25.0.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 28.8.0) (charge: #75 9s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17790126, but Mrs Ford-Mrs Brereton (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performance Comment: As17790315 .

Song: End IV: Tally ho!, as17790413

Performance Comment: , as17790413.

2675
04 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst and Burton. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hurst, No. 368, opposite Norfolk-street, Strand; of Burton, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #194 13s. (54.10.0; 16.5.6; 0.2.6; tickets: 123.15.0) (charge: #66 1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17790414.

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performance Comment: As17781006.