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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Widow of Mr Walter Aston"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Widow of Mr Walter Aston")') 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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7477 results for: Keyword - Widow of Mr Walter Aston
We found 4513 matches on Event Comments, 2221 matches on Performance Comments, 1432 matches on Performance Title, 103 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3001
16 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer. Tickets for the Widow Houghton taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: A Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; Je ne scai quoy-Richardson, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Glover's Grecian Sailors-

3002
23 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Vaughan (Boxkeeper), Widow Gwinn, Mrs Atkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: I: Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Pierrots-Lalauze, Desse; IV: Harlequin Woman-Mrs LeBrun; V: Je ne scai quoy-Richardson, Villeneuve, Miss Oates

Song: II: In Praise of the Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge

3003
13 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Chambers. Tickets for the Widow Dupre taken also

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Kilkenny-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

Song: II: Mrs Chambers

Ballet: III: The Reprizal. As17391015

3004
12 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Crosse. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: III: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grand Ballet-Mlle Roland the Elder

Song: IV: The Genius of England-Salway

3005
20 January 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Sea-Officer's Widow, in Great Distress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

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

3006
15 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Ray, Gree, Beckham, Rogers, Mrs Penkethman, and a Widow under Misfortunes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Walter

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: TTambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

Song: IV: Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond-Lowe

3007
16 June 1741 @ James Street

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. The Theatre near the Tennis Court in the Haymarket. Tickets at Three Shillings, Two Shillings, and One Shilling. The whole will be conducted with all possible Decency and Regularity. To begin exactly at half an Hour after Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Chettle

3008
09 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Milward and her 4 children. Receipts: #230

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Dance: I: A Concerto, as17420105; III: The Swiss, as17410926; V: Le Boufon, as17411030

Song: II: See from the Silent Groves-Beard; IV: Happy Pair-Beard

3009
11 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Harper's Widow. Six rows of the pit railed into the boxes. Rylands MS.: Duke &c. [present]. Garrick Play'd. Daily Advertiser, 7 May, stated that Mrs Harper's benefit on Saturday last because of the warm weather brought scarcely the charges of the theatre. Therefore Garrick made a voluntary offer to perform for her.] Receipts: #240

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

3010
22 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Hobson (House-Keeper). Tickets for a widow under Misfortunes will be taken. Receipts: #170

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: II: Song-Beard; III: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

Dance: I: Running Footman's Dance, as17420428 II: Le Boufon, as17420325 IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205; V: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029

3011
08 November 1742 @ James Street

Event Comment: Benefit a Citizen's Widow under Misfortunes. 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: Miss Clarke

3012
07 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Picq and Reinhold. Tickets deliver'd out by the Widow Dupre and Mrs Mather will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Song: AA Bacchanalian Two Part Song-Beard, Reinhold

Dance: MMinuet-Picq, a scholar of his

3013
16 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit LaLauze. At the Desire of several persons of Quality. Tickets to be had of LaLauze at the Widow Gwinn's near the Castle Tavern, Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: Several entertainments-LaLauze (being his first attempt of that kind these two years); particularly: II: The Amorous Swain; or The Rival Nimphs-Lalauze, Mlle Bonneval, Mrs Delagarde; III: Serious Dance-Cooke; IV: Les Jardiniers Suedois-Lalauze, Mlle Domitilla, Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; (By Desire) after Farce:, a Ball Dance call'd The Louvre,concluding with a Minuet-Lalauze, Lalauze's a boy scholar, Mlle Bonneval

Song: V: To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Bencraft

3014
24 November 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Widow and Child of James Miller, the author. As the Play of to-night is entirely for mine and my children's Benefit, and was allotted (by the Manager) for that purpose a considerable time ago, has since been advertis'd in the Publick papers upwards of ten days, and the Boxes chiefly been taken by Ladies of Quality and Distinction, I humbly hope, as Charity and Humanity are my advocates, the Performance will be permitted without interruption. D. Miller.--General Advertiser. To Those who remained in the Pit in Drury Lane Playhouse on Thursday Evening, and were refus'd their money: GENTLEMEN: If you are sensible of the Insults that we receiv'd from the servants of the Manager (after we had remain'd orderly in the House expecting our money for the best part of an hour) being expos'd to the danger of our lives from several sticks, &c being thrown at us from the stage, and from the attack of Soldiers jumping into the Pit with their bayonets fix'd, you'll meet tomorrow several Gentlemen equally injur'd, at the Fountain Tavern in Catherine Street in the Strand, at two o'clock, as well as, Your most humble Servant, J. Johnston.--Daily Advertiser. [Daily Gazetteer contained a letter by Anti-Mimus on the manager's publication of reasons for his late extraordinary measures.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: Lowe

Dance: Muilment

3015
25 January 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow. [See a curious allusion to Colley Cibber for not helping out in the present exigency, in today's Daily Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

3016
06 February 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit an antient Widow Gentlewoman. Stage Boxes 3s., Boxes 2s. 6d., Pit 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

3017
23 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit LaLauze. Mainpiece not acted this season. By particular Desire of several persons of Quality. Tickets of LaLauze, at Widow Gwinn's, near the Castle Tavern in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Cooke, Sga Campioni; IV: La Gondalier-Cooke; V: Minuet-LaLauze, Sga Campioni; followed by a Ball Dance call'd the Louvre, concluding with a Minuet-a Boy (scholar to LaLauze), Sga Campioni

3018
25 April 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow in Distress. Prices 2s. 6d., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

3019
20 January 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow in Distress. Prices 2s. 6d., 2s., 1s. Tickets at Mrs Huddy's, Fleece Tavern, corner of Ayliffe St., Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman Is A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

3020
04 March 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd for a Widow under Misfortune will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: As17460303

3021
02 December 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit of a Citizen and a Vintner's Widow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: As17461124

Dance: As17461124

3022
22 December 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Paid Widow Edwards in Full of her husband's arrears #3 1s (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Receipts: #81 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

3023
25 April 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Young and Widow Johnson. [Receipts: #34 9s., plus #69 17s. from tickets. The beneficiaries were to pay the minimum operating charges of #37 10s. 6d. and receive one-half the income from the night's receipts and tickets. The ticket distribution is as follows]. /For Box Pit Gall Value Half-Value/Miss Younge 37 116 58 #32 9s. #16 4s. 6d./Mrs Johnson 52 126 55 #37 8s. #18 14s./Totals 89 242 113 #69 17s. #34 18s. 6d/. Paid for carpentry at lif #4 2s. 1d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3024
05 May 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Widow Hale. Receipts: #42 14s., plus #55 8s. from tickets. Charges #60

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

3025
16 November 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Elizabeth Dove, now a widow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger

Afterpiece Title: Tea