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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "his Royal Highnesss Birth Day"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "his Royal Highnesss Birth Day")') 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 3161 matches on Event Comments, 1224 matches on Performance Title, 637 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Dance: As17191007

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Lord Chamberlain's Office, 5@157, p. 287: I do hereby Order and direct that Mr Gay s Pastorall Tragedy be imediately Acted after Mr Hugh's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: As17200210

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. By His Royal Highness's Command. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Song: As17200213

Dance: Topham Jr

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Follies

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Man of Good Fortune

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Event Comment: Mainpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A new Farce of three Acts. Benefit Ryan. By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mississippi

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Event Comment: Benefit Francisque. By Their Royal Highness's Command. The Diary of Mary Countess Cowper, p. 172: In the Afternoon the Prince and Princess went to the French Play. A most dismal Performance. No Wonder People are Slaves who can entertain themselves with such Stuff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux Arlequins

Afterpiece Title: La Baron de la Crasse

Dance: Dangeville

Entertainment: Tumbling=-Francisque

Event Comment: Benefit Roger, who acted the Part of Piero. By their Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Docteur Chinois

Afterpiece Title: Letourdy

Afterpiece Title: The Reasonable Animals

Dance: As17200531

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #92. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 29 Oct.: Where was acted...The Merry Wives of Windsor, with universal Applause; that Company having improved themselves so much, during the long Vacation, they now equal, if not exceed their Brethren of Drury-Lane in their Theatrical Performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Shakespear. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Event Comment: By Her Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17201018

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highness's Command. Admission to Pit and Boxes by Tickets only. Tickets for The Orphan taken or the Money returned

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: Shaw, Denoyer, Thurmond Jr, Lally, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger, Mrs Tenoe

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Dance: Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten years [but see 22 Dec. 1713]. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Ben Johnson. [Prince and Princess present. The Epilogue is in Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 16 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highness's Command. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Dance: Shaw, Denoye, Boval, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years [but see 15 Dec. 1713]. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aureng Zebe; Or, The Great Mogul

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow in Distress. By His Royal Highness's Command. Receipts: money #45 17s. 6d.; tickets #96 13s. The Prince present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Dance: Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Hutton, Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avocat Patelin

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Invisible, a la Cour du Roy de la Chine

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Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Dryden. Pit and Front Boxes at 5s. Gallery 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aureng Zebe; Or, The Great Mogul

Dance: As17221211

Event Comment: Benefit Legare. By His Royal Highness's Command. Mainpiece: Written by Abraham Cowley. Receipts: money #118 9s.; tickets #4 5s. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cutter Of Coleman Street

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

Event Comment: Benefit Williams. By Her Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Constancy

Dance: Shaw, Topham, Boval, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe; particularly Myrtillo-

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre, as17251119