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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir William Davenantscompany"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir William Davenantscompany")') 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 11545 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 512 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Song: As17801206

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Song: Vocal Parts, as17811023, but Miss Morris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Song: As17810115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: Chit Chat

Cast
Role: Sir Oliver Languish Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Who'd have Thought It

Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Nice Actor: Lewis

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Sports of the Green, as17810501

Song: As17810115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

Song: Mainpiece: With the original Music composed by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments, by Bannister, Williams, Chaplin, Fawcett, Holcroft, Phillimore, Helme; Miss Simson, Miss Barnes, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Granger, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Collett

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Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Choleric Fathers Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Reinhold, Doyle, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley; Mrs Morton, Miss Morris, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Miss Willis, Miss Elrington, &c

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Related Work: Second Thought is Best Author(s): William Bates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Song: As17811217

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

Song: As17811105

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Cast
Role: : Sir Toby Tacet Actor: Quick

Song: As17811217

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour, as17820104; End of mainpiece a Hornpipe, as17811015

Song: As17811105

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Song: As17811217, but added: Davies; omitted: Reinhold, Doyle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Cast
Role: Sir Toby Tacet Actor: Quick

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Reinhold, Doyle, J. Wilson, Darley; Mrs Morton, Miss Morris, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Miss Willis, Miss Adcock, &c

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

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Related Work: Lord Mayor’s Day; or, A Flight from Lapland Author(s): William Shield

Song: As17821118

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Song: In mainpiece the Vocal Parts by Bannister, Reinhold, Mattocks, Brett, Mahon, Darley, Doyle; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

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Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

Song: As17831006, but Johnstone in place of Doyle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

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Related Work: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar Author(s): William Shield

Song: As17831218, but omitted: Mrs Bannister, Mrs Johnstone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

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Related Work: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar Author(s): William Shield

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Gaudry, Doyle, Lloyd; Mrs Kennedy, Miss Wheeler, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Song: As17841004, but added: Cubitt, Darley, Pemberton, Whitaker; Miss Cranfield, Mrs Sharpe; omitted: Lloyd, Mrs Chalmers

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy

Song: As17841112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy

Song: As17841112, but omitted: Mrs Sharpe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

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Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 15 May 1782]. Afterpiece: Not acted these 5 years [not acted since 25 Mar. 1775]. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Banquo to Bensley, but "Poor Bensley's illness last night took him off; but on another night he will give and take in the triumph" {Public Advertiser, 4 Feb.). In afterpiece he is assigned to The Guardian. On the Kemble playbill in both cases his name is deleted and MS annotations substitute Hull's.] "Macbeth at Drury-lane will. . . gag the drivellers who, on the failure of Constance [in King John], ventured a sweeping prophecy of condemnation that 'the Siddons never could play Shakespeare.' Would it not have been better to have borrowed Farren, rather than Hull, for Banquo?" (Public Advertiser, 4 Feb.). "'Why,'say some of the critics, 'should Mrs Siddons wear a white dress in her last scene of Lady Macbeth? She is supposed to be asleep, not mad.' What reason except custom can be given for a mad heroine appearing in white we know not [and see DL, 20 Dec. 1782]. Yet there is an obvious reason why a person walking in their sleep should wear a white dress of the loose kind worn by Mrs Siddons ... It [is] the nearest resemblance which theatrical effect will admit, to the common sort of night-dresses" (Public Advertiser, 7 Feb.). Receipts: #346 16s. (198/10/0; 7/2/6; 0/8/6; tickets: 140/15/0) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Performance Comment: The Guardian-Hull [of CG]; Sir Charles Claclcit-Parsons; Young Clackit-Dodd; Lucy-Mrs Wilson; Harriet-Miss Kemble .
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Claclcit Actor: Parsons

Song: In mainpiece: The Original Music by Matthew Locke, with additional Accompaniments, by Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Chapman, Barrymore, Williames, Wilson, Fawcett; Miss Phillips, Miss Field, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Burnett, Miss Simson, Miss Cranford, Miss Burnett, Mrs Smith, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss George, Mrs Wrighten. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances, except on 4 Feb.]

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Related Work: The Union; or, St. Andrew's Day Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Song: As17850202, but omitted: Barrymore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Cast
Role: Sir Charles Claclcit Actor: Parsons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe