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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.

3401
03 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "Of the low comedy of Mrs Jordan ... we cannot say too much in its praise. Let her avoid an indulgence, however, in too much buffoonery" (Public Advertiser, 5 Dec). Receipts: #259 11s. (221/17/0; 36/11/6; 0/12/6; tickets not come in: 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17850920, but Rowley-Wrighten; Snake-Phillimore .

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Performance Comment: As17851121.

Song: As17850920

Performance Comment: hathi.

3402
05 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #258 14s. 6d. (223/3/0; 34/9/0; 0/17/6; tickets not come in: 0/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Brass-King; Gripe-Moody; Money-Trap-Parsons; Clip-Wrighten; Jessamy-Burton; Dick-Palmer; Flippanta-Miss Pope; Corinna-Miss Field; Araminta-Miss Kemble; Mrs Amlet-Mrs Hopkins; Mrs Clogget-Mrs Love; Clarissa-Miss Farren .

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202.

3403
06 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #159 19s. 6d. (119/4/0; 40/0/0; 0/15/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: As17851111.

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Performance Comment: As17851121.

Dance: As17851103

Performance Comment: hathi.

3404
07 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #229 1s. 6d. (191/16/0; 36/7/6; 0/18/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Smith; Manly-Bensley; Count Basset-Dodd; John Moody-Moody; Squire Richard-Suett; Sir Francis Wronghead-Parsons; Lady Grace-Mrs Ward; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny (with songs)-Miss Field; Trusty-Miss Hale; Myrtilla-Miss Barnes; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Love; Lady Townly-Miss Farren .

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202.

3405
08 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by James Cobb]: Some of the Airs compiled from the best Masters [Purcell, Sacchini, et al.]; the rest of the Music, the Overture, Accompaniments, &c. by Linley [Sen.]. [The scenery by Greenwood {Public Advertiser, 15 Dec). In 1792 this opera was altered by the author as The Algerine Slave.] Public Advertiser, 11 Jan. 1786: This Day is published The Strangers at Home (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #200 1s. (183/6/0; 16/10/0; 0/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by King, Bannister Jun., Barrymore, Dignum, Williames, Phillimore, Bannister; Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Jordan, Miss Field, Mrs Crouch. [Cast from text (Harrison and Co., 1786): Aldobrand-King; Laurence-Bannister Jun.; Montano-Barrymore; Octavio-Dignum; Regnalto-Williames; Fabio-Phillimore; Firelock-Bannister; Roberto-Jones; Alice-Mrs Wrighten; Rosa-Mrs Jordan; Laura-Mrs Forster [i.e. formerly Miss Field]; Viola-Mrs Crouch.] hathi. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Performance Comment: As17850924.

3406
12 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #216 6s. 6d. (181/4/0; 34/13/6; 0/9/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Performance Comment: As17851208.

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Performance Comment: As17850920.

3407
14 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #282 7s. 6d. (263/19/0; 16/19/6; 1/9/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: As17851018.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202.

Dance: As17851028

Performance Comment: hathi.

3408
16 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #213 11s. 6d. (169/8/0; 43/4/6; 0/19/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: As17851111.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202.

3409
19 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Ward as Lady Sneerwell, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Inchbald.] Receipts: #209 11s. 6d. (176/14/0; 32/16/0; 0/1/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17850920, but Lady Sneerwell-Mrs Inchbald [of CG] .of CG] .

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202.

Song: In Act III of mainpiece song by Chapman

Performance Comment: hathi.

3410
20 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Nicholl for ropes #18 lis. Receipts: #240 15s. 6d. (211/15/0; 27/5/6; 1/15/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Performance Comment: As17851208, but Chapman in place ofWilliames .

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202.

3411
21 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid the Duke of Bedford 1/2 Yrs Rent #171 12s. 10d. Receipts: #203 11s. 6d. (166/12/0; 35/3/6; 1/16/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: As17851018.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851202 but DL Tragic Muse-Mrs Ward (Public Advertiser, 23 Dec) .

3412
22 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #194 1s. 6d. (158/19/0; 33/1/0; 1/19/0; ticket not come in: 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Strangers At Home

Performance Comment: As17851220.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: As17851221.

3413
28 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #172 7s. (170/8; 1/14; ticket not come in: 0/5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17851117, but 2nd Gravedigger-Jones .

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17851226.

3414
03 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [The playbill announces The Country Girl and Hurly-Burly, but "in consequence of poor King and his gout, and the absence of Grimaldi, the Country Girl and the Pantomime were changed, and into something better, viz. Twelfth Night and the Romp" (Morning Chronicle, 5 Jan.).] Receipts: #194 17s. (178/13; 15/1; 1/3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Probably as17851111 .

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Performance Comment: Probably as17851121 .

3415
11 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #206 11s. (206/1; 0/10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: As17850920 .

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17860102.

Song: As17851219

Performance Comment: hathi.

3416
16 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "So much has been curtailed of [The Heiress] that the time of the representation is now three quarters of an hour less than it was on Saturday" (Morning Chronicle, 17 Jan.). Receipts: #250 4s. (227/6/0; 21/6/6; 1/1/6; tickets not come in: 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860114, but omitted: Mrs Love, Miss Barnes .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Palmer; Classic-Packer; Subtle-Waldron; Sir John Buck-Wrighten; Marquis-Burton; Robert-Chaplin; Mrs Subtle-Mrs Love; Lucinda (with a song)-Miss Stageldoir .

Dance: In afterpiece The Minuet de la Cour by Hamoir and Miss Stageldoir

Performance Comment: hathi.

3417
17 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #216 1s. (186/18/0; 27/6/6; 1/16/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860116.

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Performance Comment: As17850924 .

3418
19 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #274 16s. (274/2; 0/14)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860116, but omitted: Wilson, Chaplin, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Booth .

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17860102, but Miss Collins in place of Mrs Wrighten. [The playbill lists the actors' names only; i.e. the parts are not assigned.] hathi.

3419
20 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Ashbridge, Kettle Drum, #1 10s. Receipts: #262 1s. (261/7; 0/14)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17860119.

3420
21 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #307 or. 6d. (283/12/0; 21/16/6; 1/12/0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Performance Comment: As17851121 .

3421
23 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #252 16s. (250/10; 0/16; tickets not come in: 1/10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17860119.

3422
24 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mrs Jordan's 1st appearance as Miss Lucy was at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 3 Nov. 1779.] Receipts: #237 8s. 6d. (192/13/0; 42/9/0; 2/4/0; ticket not come in: 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: Coupee-Bannister Jun.; Blister-Suett; Quaver-Barrymore; Goodwill-Packer; Thomas-Phillimore; Miss Lucy-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in that character [in London]) .in London]) .

3423
25 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #269 10s. 6d. (232/0/0; 36/1/6; 1/9/0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: As17860124.

3424
26 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #227 7s. (226/9; 0/18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17860119.

3425
27 January 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #210 8s. (208/19; 1/9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: As17860119.

Afterpiece Title: Hurly Burly

Performance Comment: As17860119.