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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir James Jay M D"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir James Jay M D")') 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 6667 matches on Performance Comments, 3712 matches on Author, 1259 matches on Event Comments, 478 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Feignwell-Milward; Freeman-Havard; Sir Philip-Macklin; Tradelove-Shepard; Obadiah Prim-Taswell; Periwinkle-Turbutt; Sackbut-Winstone; Simon Pure-Woodward; Mrs Prim-Mrs Macklin; Betty-Miss Bennet; Pickup-Mrs Woodburn; Ann Lovely-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Philip Actor: Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: L'Allamande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; In III: Hornpipe-Vaughan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Lady Betty-Mrs Mills; Foppington-Macklin; Sir Charles-Mills; Morelove-Wright; Lady Easy-Mrs Butler; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Roberts; Edging-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: L'Allamande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Quin; Wolsey-Milward; Buckingham-Mills; Surrey-Chapman; Cranmer-Wright; Gardiner-Johnson; Sands-Marten; Sir Thomas-Ray; Norfolk-Havard; Suffolk-Ridout; Lord Chamberlain-Winstone; Abergavenny-Raftor; Campeius-Shepard; Cromwell-Cashell; Queen Katherine-Mrs Roberts; Anna Bullen-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Ray

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: II: Grand Ballet-Malter, Mlle Maltere; V: Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Paget; Ford-Giffard; Shallow-Julian; Caius-Blakes; Page-Naylor; Sir Hugh-Yates; Slender-Vaughan; Host-Dunstall; Mrs Ford-Mrs Dunstall; Mrs Pave-Mrs Middleton; Ann Page-Miss Hippisley; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17401113

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of Sir Roger DeCoverley [Joseph Dorman]. Receipts: money #38 8s. 6d.; tickets #120 3s. (Account Book); #170 (Rylands MS.). [On 19 Nov. Dorman paid the Treasurer #15.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Daniel Actor: James
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Arthur
Role: James Actor: Anderson

Dance: W Wooden Shoe-Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: As17401101, but Sir Harry-Mrs Woffington; Parley-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Dicky Actor: James
Role: Lady Darling Actor: Mrs James

Dance: particularly a Gparticularly a Grand Serious Ballet called Mars and Venus, a Comic Dance called The Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Foppington-Peterson; Lady Easy-Mrs Boultby, who never performed there before; Sir Charles-Giffard; Morelove-W. Giffard; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Steel; Edging-Mrs Yates; Lady Betty-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: IV: A new dance-Master Matthews; V: Comic Dance-Davenport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performance Comment: Fond Husband-Chapman; Rashly-Milward; Ranger-Berry; Fumble-Johnson; Sir Roger-Marten; Sneak-Woodward; Cordelia-Mrs Pritchard; Betty-Miss Bennet; Spatterdash-Raftor; Jeremy-Woodburn; Governess-Mrs Egerton; Mrs Snare-Mrs Penkethman; Maria-Mrs Butler; Emilia-Mrs Clive; with two new songs-.
Cast
Role: Sir Roger Actor: Marten

Dance: II: Les Jardinieres Suedois (Grand Comic Ballet, new)-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Le Boufon-Fausan, Signora Fausan

Song: In IV: Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Atall-Giffard; Sir Solomon-Julian; Mrs Dainty-Mrs Giffard; Clarinda-Mrs Yates; Clerimont-Walker; Careless-W. Giffard; Finder-Yates; Supple-Marr; Old Wilful-Dunstall; Old Atall-Vaughan; Strut-Blakes; Sylvia-Mrs Dunstall; Wishwell-Mrs Steel; Situp-Miss Hippisley; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Lamball.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Julian

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: III: A new dance-Master Matthews; IV: Comic Dance-Davenport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Performance Comment: Essex-Walker; Southampton-Marshall; Burleigh-Paget; Sir Walter Raleigh-Giffard; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Steel; Nottingham-Mrs Lamball; Rutland-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Sir Walter Raleigh Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: III: A new dance-Master Matthews; IV: Les Berges-Mr and Mrs Davenport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: See17401113, but Double Gallant-Cibber; Sir Solomon-Hippisley; Dainty-Mrs Horton; Clarinda-Mrs Stevens; Clerimont-Hale; Careless-Hallam; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Foppington-Neale; Sir Charles-Ryan; Lady Easy-Mrs Stevens; Morelove-Hale; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Bellamy; Edging-Mrs Vincent; Lady Betty-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: Nancy

Dance: CComic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Miller and his Wife-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; The Yorkshire Maggot-Haughton, Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17401022, but Sir Novelty-Neale; Snap-Oates; Amanda-Mrs Woodward.
Cast
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Neale
Role: Sir William Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: Nancy

Dance: LLe Bergeres Fidelle-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Yorkshire Maggot-Haughton, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #50 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Razor Actor: James

Dance: LLouvre-Signora Barberini; Minuet-Signora Barberini; Harlequin Dance-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Yorkshire Maggot-Haughton, Mlle Roland; Tyrolean Dance, as17410108

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Fondlewife-Cibber Sr; Heartwell-Bridgwater; Bellmour-Ryan; Vainlove-Rosco; Sharper-Hale; Setter-Jones; Sir Joseph-Neale; Bluff-Mullart; Belinda-Mrs Bellamy; Araminta-Mrs Hale; Sylvia-Mrs Vincent; Laetitia-Mrs Woffington; With an Occasional Epilogue upon Himself,-Mr Cibber.
Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Neale

Dance: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Event Comment: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, and C. Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Receipts: #59 14s. (Account Book); #80 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Frances Actor: Hippisley
Role: Richard Actor: James

Dance: MMars and Venus-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; Tyrolean Dance, as17410108; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Aimwell-Walker; Archer-Giffard; Scrub-Yates; Bonniface-Dunstall; Foigard-Julian; Sullen-Paget; Gibbet-Peterson; Sir Charles-Blakes; Hounslow-Marr; Bagshot-Vaughan; Dorinda-Mrs Lamball; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Jones; Gipsey-Mrs Dunstall; Cherry-Miss Hippisley; Old Woman-Crofts; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: Dutch Dance-Olbeldiston; IV: Pierot-Master Matthews; V: Hornpipe-Yates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Mills; Manly-Milward; Sir Francis-Macklin; Basset-Chapman; Richard-Woodward; Moody-Winstone; Poundage-Turbutt; Lady Grace-Mrs Mills; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Macklin; Jenny-Mrs Walter; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Egerton; Myrtilla-Mrs Wright; Trusty-Miss Bennet; Lady Townly-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Macklin

Dance: As17410131

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Riot-Giffard; Volatil-Marshall; Sir Tristram-Julian; Young Cash-Yates; Horatio-W. Giffard; Valentine-Crofts; Spitfire-Marr; Hazard-Blakes; Slur-Vaughan; Cynthia-Mrs Steel; Teraminta-Mrs Dunstall; Aurelia-Mrs Yates; Arabella-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Sir Tristram Actor: Julian

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: PPierot-Master Matthews; End Afterpiece: Hornpipe-Yates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Lowe; Queen Elinor-Mrs Arne; Rosamond-Mrs Clive; Page-Miss Edwards; Sir Trusty-Savage; Grideline-Mrs Jones; between the Interludes will be performed several Grand Concertos-; end Act I, will be performed the Solemn Invocation@Scene in Oedipus-; with the Chorusses-; And after the Opera the Songs and Chorusses in As You Like It-; In which (By Desire) will be introduced the Song of Sweet Bird in the L'Allegro-Mrs Arne; accompanied on the Violin-Mr Arne.
Cast
Role: Sir Trusty Actor: Savage
Event Comment: By particular Desire. Afterpiece: A new Dramatick Tale. [By Robert Dodsley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

Performance Comment: Parts-Lowe, Berry, Taswell, Cashell, Ridout, Mrs Clive; but edition of 1741 lists: Blind Beggar-Berry; Bessy-Mrs Clive; Sir William Morley-Cashell; Welford-Lowe; Lord Ranby-Ridout; John Sly-Taswel.
Cast
Role: Sir William Morley Actor: Cashell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: See17410310 but Heartwell-Bridgwater; Laetitia-Mrs Woffington; Bellmour-Ryan; Vainlove-Gibson; Sharper-Hale; Setter-Oates; Barnaby-Clarke; Sir Joseph-Neale; Bluff-Mullart; Belinda-Mrs Bellamy; Araminta-Mrs Hale; Sylvia-Mrs Vincent; Lucy-Mrs Mullart; Fondlewife-Hippisley; With a proper Prologue-Brother Hallam; And an Epilogue-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Neale

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Mechel; The Swiss-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: With the Songs in Masonry-as usual; And, by particular Desire, a Duette in the Characters of Punch and Colombine-Bencraft, Mrs Lampe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Performance Comment: As17401009, but Corvino-Wright; Sir Politick-_.
Cast
Role: Sir Politick Actor: Taswell

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Lowe

Dance: I: Miss Scott; I: L'Arlequine deux visages-Mlle Chateauneuf; In III: Ballet-Desse; III: A new dance-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: L'Allamande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: II: Blow Blow thou Winter Wind-Mrs Arne; IV: The Echo Song-Mrs Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: See17401115, but Falstaff-Paget; Ford-Giffard; Sir Hugh-Yates; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Yates (hn Daily Advertiser, 16 April).
Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake; Or, The Wife's Resentment

Performance Comment: Wronglove-Mills; Brilliant-Chapman; Sir Friendly-Milward; Brush-Raftor; Porter-Ray; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Butler; Lady Gentle-Mrs Mills; Mrs Hartshorne-Mrs Macklin; Miss Notable-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Friendly Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Lowe

Song: II: Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond-Lowe; IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf