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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Thomas King Esq"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Thomas King Esq")') 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 5449 matches on Author, 3212 matches on Performance Comments, 2694 matches on Performance Title, 2194 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman Is A Riddle; Or, The Way To Win A Widow

Performance Comment: Courtwell-Palmer; Col. Manly-Holland; Aspin-Yates; Miranda-Miss Haughton; Clarinda-Mrs Bennet; Sir Amorous Vainwit-King; Vulture-Philips; Butler-Bransby; Necessary-Mrs Bradshaw; Lady Outside-Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: Bayes in Petticoats

Dance: II: New Hornpipe-Miss Baker; IV: The Cow Keepers, as17611215

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: TTwo Comic Dances-Mas. Roger, Miss Capitani; End I Farce: Hornpipe-Miss Capitani

Song: I: The Lark's Shrill Note-Mrs Vincent

Entertainment: fter the play, By Particular Desire, the Scene of Lady Pentweazle from Foote's Taste. Lady Pentweazle-King, first time

Performance Comment: Lady Pentweazle-King, first time.
Cast
Role: ady Pentweazle Actor: King, first time.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17620306 but Prologue-Castle; Mask-Castle replaces King.

Song: III: The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926; IV: Mrs Vincent

Dance: HHornpipe-Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Performance Comment: As17620327 but Parts-Clough, _King.

Song: Between the Acts: Randall; II: Mrs Vincent

Dance: III: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Entertainment: By Particular Desire, Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Obrien; Flash-King; Loveit-Packer; Puff-Moody; Jasper-Ackman; Tag-Mrs Bennet; Miss Biddy-Miss Pope.
Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. King and Queen (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Garrick; Major Oakly-Yates; Charles-Palmer; Lord Trinket-OBrien; Sir Harry Beagle-King; Russett-Burton; Capt. O'Cutter-Moody; Paris-Blakes; Tom-Clough; Lady Freelove-Mrs Clive; Harriet-Mrs Palmer; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17620929, but only Old Mask-Yates; Mask-King; Sophy-Miss Pope; Vocals-Champnes, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young listed.

Dance: New Pantomime Ballet,The Bavarian Shoemakers-Sg Del'Agata, Sga Fiorentini; and New Pantomime Ballet, The Italian Robbers-Sg Del'Agata, Sga Fiorentini, being their 1st appearance in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performance Comment: Honeycombe-Yates; Scribble-King; Polly-Miss Pope; Mrs Honeycomb-Mrs Bennet; Nurse-Mrs Bradshaw; Ledger-Bransby.

Dance: II: The Bavarian Shoemakers, as17621009; The Italian Robbers, as17621009

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Performance Comment: Parolles-King; Bertram-Palmer; LeFeu-Burton; France-Havard; First Lord-Bransby; Second Lord-Mozeen; Clown-Yates; Diana-Mrs Davies; Widow-Mrs Cross; Countess-Mrs Pritchard; Helena-Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Spring

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, 1st appearance on this stage, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Obrien; Dicky-Vaughan; Tom-Clough; Col Standard-Holland; Alderman Smuggler-Blakes; Beau Clincher-Yates; Clincher Jun-King; Vizard-Packer; Lady Darling-Mrs Cross; Angelica-Miss Bride; Lady Lurewell-Miss Haughton.

Afterpiece Title: The Spring

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17621023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Garrick; Belarius-Havard; Cymbeline-Love; Iachimo-Holland; Imogen-Miss Bride; Guiderius-O'Brien; Cloten-King; Philario-Parsons; Arviragus-Palmer; Pissanio-Packer; Frenchman-Blakes; Lucius-Bransby; In Act II, a Masque-Vincent, Lochery, Leppie, Sga Giorgi; singing-Mrs Vincent.
Related Works
Related Work: The Injured Princess; or, The Fatal Wager Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Afterpiece Title: The Spring

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Havard; Ferdinand (with proper Song)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Trinculo-Yates; Caliban-Blakes; Hymen-Lowe; Ceres-Mrs Vincent; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; Ariel-Miss Young (with proper songs); With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits, a Pastoral Dance proper to the Masque,-Vincent, Sga Giorgi.
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Mock-Tempest; or, The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Thomas Duffett
Related Work: The Mock Tempest Author(s): Thomas Duffett

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Obrien; Freeman-Packer; Duke's Serv't-Palmer; Sir Harry's Serv't-King; Philip-Yates; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Mrs Bennet; Lady Bab's Maid-Mrs Hippisley; Kitty-Mrs Clive.

Dance: HHearts of Oak, as17620925

Event Comment: KKing & Queen (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Havard; Tattle-King; Scandal-Palmer; Ben-Yates (with song); Sir Sampson-Burton; Jeremy-Parsons; Trapland-Vaughan; Foresight-Blakes; Miss Prue-Miss Pope; Frail-Mrs Clive; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Bennett; Nurse-Mrs Bradshaw; Angelica-Miss Haughton.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: II: The Bavarian Shoemakers, as17621009

Event Comment: With New Habits, Scenes, Decorations and Music. Full Prices. Songs in the Entertainment will be given out at the Theatre. Afterpiece compos'd by Love, perform'd with success (Victor, I, 40). [N.B. In June 1762 the King of the Cherokee Indians arrived with two of his chiefs to pay respects to King George III. On 28 August they appeared at Marylebone Gardens. A dmission Price to see them 6d. (London Chronicle, No 857 & 860).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: The Witches; or, Harlequin Cherokee

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Song: IV: Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Performance Comment: Parolles-Woodward; Bertram-Ross; Lafeu-Gibson; King of France-Walker; Clown-Shuter; 1st Lord-White; 2nd Lord-Davis; Interpreter-Bennet; Widow of Florence-Mrs Stephens; Countess of Roussillon-Mrs Ward; Diana-Miss Hallam; Helena-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: King of France Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: II: The Pedlar Trick'd, as17621019; IV: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Dick-Palmer; Brass-King; Moneytrap-Yates; Gripe-Philips; Clarissa-Mrs Pritchard; Araminta-Mrs Davies; Corinna-Miss Pope; Mrs Cloggit-Mrs Cross; Mrs Amlet-Mrs Bradshaw; Flippanta-Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: As17621118, but Kastril-King; Doll Common-Mrs Cross.

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: IV: Comic Dance, as17621210

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. King & Queen (Cros s Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona

Performance Comment: Protheus-Holland; Valentine-O'Brien; Duke-Havard; Thurio-Vernon; Eglamour-Packer; Antonio-Burton; Host-Moody; Panthion-Stevens; Outlaws-Ackman, Fox, Marr, Watkins; Speed-King; Launce-Yates; Sylvia-Miss Bride; Lucetta-Miss Pope; Julia-Mrs Yates; In Act IV will be introduc'd a Serenade-Vernon.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Col. Feignwell-King; Freeman-Packer; Modelove-Blakes; Prim-Moody; Tradelove-Burton; Sackbut-Bransby; Perriwinkle-Parsons; Simson Pure-Vaughan; Mrs Prim-Mrs Bradshaw; Betty-Mrs Hippisley; Anne Lovely-Miss Haughton.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Related Works
Related Work: The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17621023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17621004, but Wellbred-King; Cob-Moody; Harlequin-Rooker.

Afterpiece Title: The Magician of the Mountain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: As17620918, but Old Maid-Mrs Clive, 1st time; Heartwell-Stevens; Cape-King.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elvira

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-King; Grumio-Yates; Baptista-Burton; Biondello-Blakes; Catharine-Mrs Clive.