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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Villiers"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Villiers")') 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
We found 293 matches on Author, 10 matches on Roles/Actors, 5 matches on Event Comments, 4 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Performance Title.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eloisa

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Holman, Farren, Macready, Pope, Miss Platt, Miss Brunton. Cast from Morning Chronicle, 21 Dec.: Villiers-Holman; Hainhault-Farren; Courcy-Macready; St. Preux-Pope; Emma-Miss Platt; Eloisa-Miss Brunton; Prologue-Pope; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Dance: As17861212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton; Or, Follies Of Fashion

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Quick, Aickin, Johnstone, Pope, Farren, Wewitzer, Bernard, Fearon, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Wells, Miss Brunton, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Morton, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text (T. Hookham, 1788): Captain Daffodil-Lewis; Ben Levy-Quick; Villiers-Aickin; Macpharo-Johnstone; Lord Ormond-Pope; Lord Raymond-Farren; Lord Bonton-Wewitzer; Pink-Bernard; Trusty-Fearon; Lady Bonton-Mrs Mattocks; Clara-Mrs Wells; Lady Clairville-Miss Brunton; Mrs Tender-Mrs Bernard; Mademoiselle-Mrs Morton; Lady Raymond-Mrs Pope; Prologue-Farren; Epilogue-Mrs Wells ["who, at the end of the epilogue, after a proper preparation, favoured the house with an imitation of Mrs Siddons in a passage of Isabella" (London Chronicle, 9 Apr.)]."who, at the end of the epilogue, after a proper preparation, favoured the house with an imitation of Mrs Siddons in a passage of Isabella" (London Chronicle, 9 Apr.)].
Cast
Role: Villiers Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Amans Reunis

Performance Comment: Parts-Desormes, Mauly, Hamond, Bureau, Toscano, M Durancy, Mme Durancy, Parant, Terodat, Kelly, Villiers, Chateauneuf, Dujoncel, Champville, StAmand.

Afterpiece Title: Le Coq du Village

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

Dance: As17861002

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: As17861116

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton

Cast
Role: Villiers Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton

Cast
Role: Villiers Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Event Comment: Villiers Bathurst to Arthur Charlett, 28 Jan. 1699@1700: The Wits of all qualities have lately entertained themselves with a reviv 6: went to ye play. I staid there a quarter of an hour (Huntington MS St 26). The Wits of all qualities have lately entertained themselves with a revived humour of Sir John Falstaff in Henry the Fourth, which has drawn all the town, more than any new play that has bin produced of late; which shews that Shakespeare's wit will always last: and the criticks allow that Mr Betterton has hitt the humour of Falstaff better than any that have aimed at it before (G. Thorn-Drury, More Seventeenth Century Allusions to Shakespeare, [London, 1924], p. 48)

Performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

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Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

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Mainpiece Title: The Restoration; Or, Right Will Take Place

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Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

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Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Music: Italian sonatas on the violin-

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Mrs Mosse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Music: Gasperini

Dance: As17041118

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs duRuel, Laferry, Mrs Bicknell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs del'Epine

Dance: As17041202

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Music: As17041127

Dance: As17050115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Song: Leveridge, Hughs, Mrs Lyndsey, the Boy

Music: Italian Sonatas-Gasperini

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Song: Leveridge, Hughs, Mrs Lindsey, Ramondon, the Boy

Dance: As17060125

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Song: Leveridge, Holcomb, Mrs Lindsey

Dance: deBarques, others , their first performance on the Stage since leaving the Queen's