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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Whittingham"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Whittingham")') 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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2 results for: Keyword - Whittingham
We found 2 matches on Performance Comments, 2 matches on Roles/Actors, 1 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

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29 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Whittingham. This Gentleman had acted Hotspur (10 Feb.) very ill (Winston MS. from Dyer MS). Failed in Pyrrhus (Genest, IV, 37). Tickets to be had of Hobson at the Stage Door, and at Batson's and Tom's Coffee Houses in Cornhill. Tickets deliver'd out for Whittingham for Henry IV will be taken

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Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Delane; Pyrrhus-Whittingham; Andromache-Mrs Roberts; Pylades-Havard; Phoenix-Winstone; Cephisa-Mrs Cross; Cleone-Mrs Ridout; Hermione-Mrs Bennet.
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Role: Pyrrhus Actor: Whittingham

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: As17430427

Music: V: Concerto-Burk Thumoth

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10 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv: With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Berry; Hotspur-Whittingham, 1st appearance on any stage; Francis-Yates; Carriers-Morgan, Arthur; Kate-Mrs Mills; King-Havard; Prince of Wales-Mills; Prince John-Marr; Worcester-Winstone; Vernon-Blakes; Northumberland-Taswell; Dowglass-Woodburn; Glendower-Turbutt; Blunt-Green; Bardolph-Ray; Peto-Raftor; Gadshill-Leigh; Hostess-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Hotspur Actor: Whittingham, 1st appearance on any stage

Song: 1 As17430120

Music: 1 As17430205