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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "a Young Gentleman"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "a Young Gentleman")') 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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6551 results for: Keyword - a Young Gentleman
We found 3825 matches on Performance Comments, 1343 matches on Event Comments, 1139 matches on Author, 848 matches on Performance Title, and 308 matches on Roles/Actors.

301
19 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: King Lear-Henderson; Gloster-Hull; Bastard-Aickin; Kent-Clarke; Albany-L'Estrange; Cornwall-Thompson; Gentleman Usher-Brunsdon; Burgundy-Robson; Edgar-Lewis; Goneril-Miss Platt; Regan-Miss Ambrose; Arante-Miss Green; Cordelia-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Gentleman Usher Actor: Brunsdon
Role: Cordelia Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Cast
Role: William Actor: A Young Gentleman

302
24 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Cast
Role: William Actor: A Young Gentleman

303
25 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Cast
Role: William Actor: A Young Gentleman

304
26 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Cast
Role: William Actor: A Young Gentleman

Dance: As17791123

305
27 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Cast
Role: William Actor: A Young Gentleman

Dance: As17791123

306
06 June 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Staunton

Dance: As17810601

307
07 October 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Hawthorn and Young Meadows Actor: Two young Gentlemen

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act II of mainpicce, as17820917; In afterpiece, as17820921

308
28 November 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Hawthorn and Young Meadows Actor: Two young Gentlemen

Afterpiece Title: The Alchymist

Dance: As17821003

309
31 January 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Hawthorn and Young Meadows Actor: Two young Gentlemen

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece, as17821003; End of Act II, as17820917

310
06 March 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Hawthorn and Young Meadows Actor: Two young Gentlemen

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece, as17821003; End of Act II, as17821016

311
21 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: As17841002

312
26 October 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: As17841025

313
01 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Song: As17841025

314
05 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Song: As17841025

315
08 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: As17841025, but added: Mrs Sharpe; omitted: Baker

316
19 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: As17841025, but omitted: Baker

317
26 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The playbill retains Miss Younge as Juliet, but "In consequence of Miss Younge's having been suddenly taken ill, Juliet was taken at a very short notice and played by Mrs T. Kennedy" (Morning Chronicle, 27 Nov.).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: As17841108, but added: Miss Francis

318
06 December 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Song: As17841126

319
27 December 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss M. Stageldoir. Playbill of 10 Nov. 1788 lists the other parts: Harlequin, German Officer, French Gentleman, Valet, Miller, Landlord, Cook, Daemon, Taylor

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17841203

320
29 December 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

Song: As17841126

321
10 January 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Oroonoko Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Imoinda Actor: Miss Younge
Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

322
15 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: As17841002

323
31 January 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

Song: As17841126

324
28 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: A Young Gentleman
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

Song: As17841126, but omitted: Whitaker

325
23 May 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece Hornpipe by Mills; In afterpiece the Minuet de la Cour, as17850111