SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "old Cibber"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "old Cibber")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Ruth-Mrs Oldfield; Careless-Wilks; Blunt-Mills; Story-Wm. Mills; Day-Griffin; Abel-Cibber Jr; Obadiah-Johnson; Bookseller-Norris; Arabella-Mrs Horton; Mrs Day-Mrs Baker; Mrs Chat-Mrs Willis; Teague-Miller.
Cast
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Abel Actor: Cibber Jr

Dance: Thurmond, Miss Tenoe, Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly-Cibber; Surly-Harper; Hothead-Williams; Testimony-Johnson; Belguard-Watson; Farewell-Wm. Mills; Crack-Miller; Leonora-Mrs Thurmond; Violante-Mrs Heron.
Cast
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Cibber

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Booth; Sempronius-Mills; Juba-Wilks; Syphax-Cibber; Portius-Thurmond; Marcus-Williams; Marcia-Mrs Oldfield; Lucia-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Syphax Actor: Cibber
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Performance Comment: Brumpton-Thurmond; Hardy-Cibber; Campley-Wilks; Trusty-Mills; Sable-Johnson; Puzzle-Shepard; Trim-Miller; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Charlot-Mrs Porter; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Heron; Mrs Fardingale-Norris; Kate-Harper.
Cast
Role: Hardy Actor: Cibber

Dance: Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Performance Comment: Acasto-Corey; Castalio-Wilks; Polydore-Booth; Chamont-Mills; Monimia-Mrs Porter; Serina-Mrs Cibber; Page-Miss Robinson Jr.
Cast
Role: Serina Actor: Mrs Cibber
Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Fools Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: The Fair Orphan Author(s): Colley Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Wilks; Aimwell-Mills; Sullen-Thurmond; Foigard-Miller; Gibbet-Cibber; Bonniface-Shepard; Scrub-Norris; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Oldfield; Dorinda-Mrs Heron; Cherry-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Gibbet Actor: Cibber
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Dance: PPasacaille-Miss Robinson; La Folette, as17250928

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Scornful Lady-Mrs Oldfield; Elder Loveless-Wilks; Welford-Booth; Young Loveless-William Mills; Sir Roger-Cibber; Savil-Johnson; Morecraft-Shepard; Poet-Norris; Captain-Harper; Martha-Mrs Heron; Abigail-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Scornful Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Sir Roger Actor: Cibber

Dance: Roger, Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; particularly La Folette-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Fainall-Booth; Mirabel-Wilks; Witwoud-Cibber; Petulant-Boman; Sir Wilful-Harper; Millamant-Mrs Oldfield; Mrs Marwood-Mrs Porter; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Horton; Lady Wishfort-Mrs Baker; Foible-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Witwoud Actor: Cibber
Role: Millamant Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Dance: MMyrtillo-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Woudbe-Wilks; Young Woudbe-Bridgwater; Trueman-Cibber; Richmond-Mills Jr; Subtleman-Griffin; Alderman-Johnson; Balderdash-Shepard; Clear Account-Corey; Fairbank-Roberts; Teague-Miller; Constance-Mrs Porter; Aurelia-Mrs Oldfield; Mrs Midnight-Harper; Steward's Wife-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Trueman Actor: Cibber
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Wilks; Kite-Harper; Brazen-Cibber; Ballance-Thurmond; Worthy-Watson; Bullock-Miller; Pearmain-Norris; Silvia-Mrs Thurmond; Melinda-Mrs Horton; Rose-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Brazen Actor: Cibber

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Booth; Edgar-Wilks; Edmund-Mills; Gloster-Thurmond; Kent-Williams; Gentleman Usher-Cibber Jr; Cordelia-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Gentleman Usher Actor: Cibber Jr

Song: As17251208

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Sir John-Mills; Bevil Jr-Booth; Myrtle-Wilks; Sealand-Williams; Cimberton-Griffin; Tom-Cibber; Humphrey-Shepard; Indiana-Mrs Oldfield; Isabella-Mrs Thurmond; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Moore; Lucidna-Mrs Heron; Phillis-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Cibber
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox

Performance Comment: Volpone-Mills; Mosca-Wilks; Corbaccio-Johnson; Corvino-Cibber; Voltore-Thurmond; Sir Politic-Norris; Peregrine-Watson; Caelia-Mrs Booth; Lady Woudbe-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Corvino Actor: Cibber

Dance: LLa Folette, as17250928; Comic Dance-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hecuba

Performance Comment: Edition of 1726 lists: Polymnestor-Booth; Agamemnon-Mills; Ulysses-Bridgwater; Talthybius-Roberts; Aegon-W. Mills; Maelaines-Thurmond; Hecuba-Mrs Porter; Polyxena-Mrs Cibber; Iphis-Mrs Brett; Prologue-Booth.
Cast
Role: Polyxena Actor: Mrs Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphoses

Performance Comment: Apollo-Thurmond; Daphne-Mrs Booth; Night-Miss Lindar; Aurora-Mrs Boman; Cupid-Young Leigh; Daphne's Followers-Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter; Pastora-Mrs Robinson; Harlequin-Cibber Jr; Pierrot-Roger; Pantalon-Miller; Cookmaid-Harper; Punch-Boval; Pigmy Dancing Master-Sandham; Scaramouch Singing Master-Haughton; Pantalon's Daughters-Mrs Brett, Mrs Young; Adonis-Young Rainton; Venus-Miss Robinson; Concluding with a Rural Masque: Les Bois d'Amourette-; Nymph-Mrs Booth; Rival Swains-Thurmond, Roger; Shepherds-Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis; Shepherdesses-Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Miss Lindar.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Cibber Jr
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphoses

Performance Comment: As17260218, but Harlequin-Cibber Jr.
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Cibber Jr.
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Roger; Pierrot-Young Rainton; Punch-Duplessis; Scaramouch-Haughton; Statue-Cibber Jr; Bawd-Harper; Countryman-Miller; Usurer-Norris; Mephostophilus-Young Rainton [: Daily Post; or Haughton: Daily Courant]; Time-Rainton; Death-Ray.
Cast
Role: Statue Actor: Cibber Jr

Dance: Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Booth; Iago-Cibber; Cassio-Williams; Brabantio-Thurmond; Roderigo-Miller; Montano-Watson; Desdemona-Mrs Thurmond; Emilia-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Iago Actor: Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Performance Comment: Rover-Wilks; Hellena-Mrs Booth; Angelica-Mrs Porter; Belvil-Mills; Frederick-Williams; Blunt-Johnson; Pedro-Thurmond; Sancho-Norris; Florinda-Mrs Horton; Valeria-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Performance Comment: Brumpton-Thurmond; Hardy-Cibber; Campley-Wilks; Trusty-Mills; Sable-Johnson; Puzzle-Shepard; Trim-Miller; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Lady Charlot-Mrs Porter; Lady Harriet-Mrs Booth; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Brett; Mrs Fardingale-Norris; Kate Matchlock-Harper.
Cast
Role: Hardy Actor: Cibber

Dance: Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Colley Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Wilks; Ruth-Mrs Oldfield; Blunt-Mills; Story-Will. Mills; Day-Griffin; Abel-Cibber Jr; Bookseller-Norris; Arabella-Mrs Horton; Mrs Day-Mrs Baker; Mrs Chat-Mrs Wetherilt; Obadiah-Johnson; Teague-Miller.
Cast
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Abel Actor: Cibber Jr

Dance: Thurmond, Roger, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Clerk, who never appear'd in Publick before; Pierrot-Roger; Punch-Duplessis; Scaramouch-Haughton; Statue-Cibber Jr; Bawd-Harper; Mephostophilus-Young Rainton; Death-Ray; Time-Rainton; Usurer-Norris; Shopkeee Shopkeeper, Wife-Hallam, Mrs Wetherilt; Doctor's Man-Peplow; Countrymen-Miller, Bridgwater, Oates, Wright; With a Grand Masque of Heathen Deities-; Mars-Thurmond; Mercury-Essex; Bacchus-Boval; Ceres-Miss Tenoe; Iris-Mrs Brett; Flora-Mrs Walter.
Cast
Role: Statue Actor: Cibber Jr

Song: Singing in Italian-Mrs Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Sir Sampson-Shepard; Valentine-Wilks; Ben-Miller; Scandal-W. Mills; Tattle-Cibber; Foresight-Johnson; Trapland-Norris; Jeremy-Oates; Angelica-Mrs Thurmond; Mrs Frail-Mrs Porter; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton; Prue-Miss Tynte; Nurse-Mrs Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Tattle Actor: Cibber

Dance: Thurmond, Roger, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox

Performance Comment: Volpone-Mills; Mosca-Wilks; Corbaccio-Johnson; Corvino-Cibber; Voltore-Thurmond; Sir Politick-Norris; Peregrine-Watson; Celia-Mrs Booth; Lady Wou'dbe-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Corvino Actor: Cibber

Dance: Roger, Mrs Brett, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Performance Comment: Wanton Wife-Mrs Oldfield; Lovemore-Wilks; Cunningham-Mills; Sir Peter-Johnson; Barnaby-Norris; Merryman-Harper; Clodpole-Miller; Lady Laycock-Mrs Baker; Lady Pride-Mrs Wetherilt; Philadelphia-Mrs Cibber; Damaris-Miss Tenoe; Prudence-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Cibber

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Roger, Essex, Haughton, Duplessis, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Colley Cibber