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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "his Mae Author The Spartan Dame"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "his Mae Author The Spartan Dame")') 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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2474 results for: Keyword - his Mae Author. The Spartan Dame
We found 1929 matches on Event Comments, 356 matches on Performance Title, 264 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

126
22 January 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Author's Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Summer's Tale

Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Withers Actor: Shuter

Dance: I: The Village Romps, as17651019; II: The Garland, as17651003

127
01 March 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night. [Two more epigrams on Foote appeared in the St James Chronicle.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

128
16 December 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's night. House charges #73 10s. [Profit to Dr Franklin #88 12s.] Receipts: #162 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Cast
Role: Prattle Actor: King, 1st this season
Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

129
18 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Author's night advertised as for Miss Elliot. Charges of the House with a farce being added #84, plus Candles #1 5s., plus a Fair Copy for the Prompter #1 1s.: Total #86 6s. Balance to Miss Elliott #66 4s. (Account Book). Receipts: #152 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Guardians

Cast
Role: Sir Theodore Brumpton Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of Play: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113

130
24 February 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night. House Charges #64 4s. [Profit to Colman #97 5s. 6d.] (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #161 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Music: After Interlude-Epilogue: The New Concerto on Harpsichord, as17670212

Dance: TThe Vintage, as17661011

131
27 February 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night. House Charges #64 4s. [Profit to Colman #92 18s. 6d.] Paid supernumeraries 2 nights in Lilliputian Camp #9 1s. (Treasurer's Book). [Reckoning pay per night for supernumeraries at somewhat over 2s., this bill indicates the presence of about 40 such in this interlude.] Paid Cole (turner) #10 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #157 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Dance: III: New Pantomime Dance, as17670225; After Interlude: A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Lilliputian Camp-

Music: NNew Concerto on Harpsichord, as17670212

132
03 March 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night. House charges #64 4s.[Profits to Colman #151 14s.] Paid B. Johnson's Head bill #3 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #215 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherley, 1st time

Dance: III: New Comic Dance-Duquesney, Mrs King; End: The Lilliputian Camp, as17670227

133
08 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

134
11 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night. [Play published at 1s. 6d. Prologue published in Public Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

135
21 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for Mainpiece. Last time of performing it before the Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: As17671014, but Duke's Servt-J. Palmer; Lovel-Cautherly.
Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly.

Dance: End: The Lilliputian Camp, as17671202

136
26 January 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night. Afterpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Cast
Role: Sidney Actor: Cautherley

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Matthews

137
01 February 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Cast
Role: Sidney Actor: Cautherley

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Cautherley

138
05 February 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Cast
Role: Sidney Actor: Cautherley

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Hopkins the Prompter Actor: Bannister
Role: Saunders the Carpenter Actor: Moody
Role: Johnston the housekeeper Actor: Johnston

139
22 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for Mainpiece. Receipts: #223 18s.; Charges #73 10s.; Profit to Cumberland #150 8s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Lint Actor: Waldron and the Song of Johnny Pringle omitted from mention in Weston's role-_.
Role: with the Song of Johnny Pringle Actor: Weston

140
25 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for Mainpiece. Fashionable Lover Published by Cumberland at 1s 6d. Paid Salary List #502 2s. 6d.; Mrs Abington's cloaths acct, #2; Rec'd stopages, #11 11s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #200 19s.; Charges #73 10s. Profit to Cumberland #127 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

141
29 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for Mainpiece. Receipts: #196 7s. Charges #73 10s. Profit to Cumberland #122 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Lint Actor: Waldron and the Song of Johnny Pringle omitted from mention in Weston's role-_.
Role: with the Song of Johnny Pringle Actor: Weston

Dance: End: The Amusements of Strasburgh, as17720111

142
29 February 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's night. Afterpiece: Not acted in 2 years. [See 16 May 1769.] Theatrical Review, 29 Feb.: A tolerable representation of the ceremony of drawing the tickets, at Guildhall, is introduc'd, and the whole together is rendered a very diverting performance. Rec'd Stopages, #11 6d.; Paid salary list #500 18s. 6d.; Mrs Abington's cloaths acct, #2; Mr S. French 6 days #1 10s. (Treasurer's Book). This day publish'd (From the Subscription Quarto, a neat pocket edition) Dramatic Genius, in Five Books...Printed for T. Becket. Receipts: #252 11s.; Charges: #73 10s.; Profit to Murphy: #179 1s. (Treasuer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: Lord Lace-King; Stocks-Parsons; Lovemore-Bannister; Whisk-Ackman; Irishman-Hartry; Lady Lace-Mrs Abington; Mrs Stocks-Mrs Bradshaw; Jenny-Mrs Millidge.
Cast
Role: Whisk Actor: Ackman

143
09 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for the Mainpiece. Paid 1!2 year's water Rent to Christmas last, #1 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #264 8s. 6d.; Charges: #73 10s. Profit to Murphy: #190 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

144
16 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for the Mainpiece. Paid Mr R. Johnston for 55 nights in the Witches and Garter in full #2 15s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #264 17s. 6d. Charges: #73 10s. Profit to Murphy: #191 7s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

145
23 November 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's Night for reviv'd Main piece. In addition, on 15 March 1774, he was given a gratuity by the managers which brought his profit up to #78 8s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #142 16s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profit to Capt. Thompson: #58 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Cast
Role: the favourite song Rule Britannia Actor: Vernon, others.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

146
30 December 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's 1st Night. [For profits to Garrick see payments of 21 Jan. 1774.] Paid Mr Hopkins for Licences of Albumazar. Prologue & Epilogue, Deserter, Fair Quaker, School for Wives, & Xmas Tale #9 9s. Receipts: #223 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

147
04 January 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's 2nd night (Treasurer's Book). [See 21 Jan.] Receipts: #224 19s. (Treasurer's Book].

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Sotherton Actor: Keen
Role: Postillion Dance incidental to the Piece Actor: Giorgi, Atkins

148
11 January 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Author's 3rd Night. [See 21 Jan.] Paid Widow Hunter as usual #2 2s. Receipts: #174 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Related Works
Related Work: The Deuce is in Him Author(s): George Colman, the elder

149
14 July 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Author's night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

150
22 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Author of Prologue unknown. In afterpiece the playbill assigns Leander to Mahon, but "after the play Hull made a genteel apology for the non-attendance of Mahon...who, by some unaccountable accident, was not arrived in town, at the same time begging their acceptance of a young Gentleman' (Morning Post, 23 Sept.). For Bowles as Leander see 10 Oct.] Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Sarjant (only) at the Stage-Door. No Persons admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 13 Oct.]. Receipts: #187 13s. (186.4; 1.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Lewis; Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Whitefield [beginning with 15 Oct. the name is spelled "Whitfield"]; Scale-Thompson; Scruple-Cushing; Serjeant Kite-Fearon; Bullock-Dunstall; Recruits-Quick, Jones; Capt. Brazen-Lee Lewes; Melinda-Miss Ambrose; Rose-Miss Dayes; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham; New Occasional Prologue[, not listed on playbill-Lewis (see17770924).

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock