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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Widow of the late Dr Arne"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Widow of the late Dr Arne")') 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 2524 matches on Event Comments, 1134 matches on Performance Comments, 913 matches on Performance Title, 819 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden. Not Acted these Ten Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Mar-all

Performance Comment: Sir Martin-Miller; Warner-Wm. Mills; Dartmouth-Williams; Moody-Johnson; Sir John-Watson; Landlord-Harper; Lady Dupe-Mrs Haughton; Mrs Millicent-Mrs Cibber; Mrs Christian-Miss Lindar; Rose-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Warner Actor: Wm. Mills

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Roger, Lally, Essex, Haughton, Burney, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: Mr Lally's young son, a little Girl (who have never appear'd upon any Stage before)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #64 11s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 34 paid and 15 orders; Pit, 216 paid and 13 orders; slips, 8 paid and 1 orders; first gallery, 179 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 58 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #125 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 227 paid and 2 orders; pit, 274 paid and 5 orders; slips, 25 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 262 paid and 6 orders; second gallery, 126 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation Scene

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #54. Probable attendance: boxes, 44 paid and 7 orders; pit, 148 paid and 15 orders; slips, 15 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 116 paid and 10 orders; second gallery, 81 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Ballance-Mills; Plume-Wilks; Brazen-Cibber; Kite-Harper; Worthy-Watson; Bullock-Miller; Appletree-Ray; Pearmain-Norris; Silvia-Mrs Thurmond; Melinda-Mrs Horton; Rose-Mrs Mills; With the Coronation Scene-.
Cast
Role: With the Coronation Scene Actor: .
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #38 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 19 paid and 9 orders; pit, 105 paid and 18 orders; slips, 2 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 115 paid and 28 orders; second gallery, 57 paid and 8 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #38 14s. Probable attendance: boxes, 14 paid and 4 orders; pit, 110 paid and 8 orders; slips, 5 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 120 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 81 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson Jr

Event Comment: Benefit Nivelon. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #29 2s.; tickets #18 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 33 by money and 29 by tickets; stage, 4 by money; pit, 65 by money and 78 by tickets; slips, 3 by money; firstgallery, 44 by money; second gallery, 82 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Dance: End II: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; III: Scating Dance-Nivelon, Miss Fenton; V: Flag Dance in the Characters of +Scaramouche s-Nivelon, Salle, Poitier

Song: End I: Mrs Chambers; IV: No Kissing At All-Leveridge, Salway

Event Comment: Benefit Norris. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Dance: Lally, Boval, Rainton, Mrs Booth, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson Sr, Miss Brett; particularly Myrtillo-; Spanish Entry-Miss Robinson Sr; Harlequin-Lally, Miss Brett

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Dryden. Tickets given out in Fielding's name taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre and Mrs Pelling. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #41 3s.; tickets #97 1s. Probable attendance: boxes, 30 by money and 193 by tickets; stage, 9 by money; pit, 73 by money and 220 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 116 by money and 158 by tickets; second gallery, 98 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: End I: Miss Latour; III: A new Grand Serious Dance by Dupre-Dupre, others; IV: Flag Dance-Nivelon; V: Peasant-LaLoge; End Farce: A new Grand Comic Dance-Dupre, others

Song: II: The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; End Farce: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

Event Comment: Benefit Glover. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #20 1s. 6d.; tickets #63 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 27 by money and 162 by tickets; stage, 8 by money; pit, 24 by money and 156 by tickets; slips, 34 by money; first gallery, 44 by money and 71 by tickets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Music: German Flute-French Girl, Boy; Kettle Drums-Poitier

Dance: BBall Dance-Glover, Mrs Legare; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover; Kettle Drums-Poitier; A new Grand Dance-Glover, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Legare, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour

Event Comment: Benefit Lally. Written by the late Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: With the Coronation Scene Actor: .

Dance: End I: Pastoral-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: A new Spanish Entry-Lally, others; III: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; IV: The Pierraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; V: A new Muzette-Lally, Mrs Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admetus

Performance Comment: Advertised in Daily Courant, 31 May, not later.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear, by the late Mr Betterton. Afterpiece: Composed by Mons Roger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth, Part Ii; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff And Justice Shallow

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy and Poor Pierrot Married

Performance Comment: Pierrot-Roger; Clombine's Father-Cibber Jr [possibly an error for Weaver; see17281101]; Servants-Hallam Sr, Ray; Harlequin-Cibber Jr; Pierot's Servants-Young Hallam, Young Wetherilt; Cupid-Miss Robinson Jr; Colombine-Mrs Mills; Bridemen-Lally, Essex, Boval, Rainton; Bridemaids-Miss Robinson, Miss Lindar, Mrs Walter, Mrs Roger; Children of Love, representing Two Harlequins-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett.
Event Comment: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Dance: Lally, Boval, Rainton, Mrs Booth, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson Jr, Miss Brett; particularly Myrtillo-; Spanish Entry-Miss Robinson; Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #47 5s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 43 paid and 9 orders; pit, 103 paid and 14 orders; slips, 4 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 119 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 137 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: Roger, Mrs Mills, Essex, Miss Robinson, Master Lally, Miss Brett; particularly The Pieraite-

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: Essex, Miss Robinson, Young Lally, Miss Brett

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command.Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. The King, Queen, Prince William, and three Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #14 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 5 paid and 7 orders; pit, 45 paid and 17 orders; slips, 2 paid and 9 orders; first gallery, 40 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 66 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Pelling; Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #34 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 24 paid and 16 orders; pit, 86 paid and 27 orders; slips, 6 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 100 paid and 21 orders; second gallery, 60 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber