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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the Princess of Wales"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the Princess of Wales")') 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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1369 results for: Keyword - the Princess of Wales
We found 966 matches on Event Comments, 260 matches on Performance Comments, 163 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

151
17 April 1739 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The Prince and Princess of Wales expected to attend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Israel In Egypt

Cast
Role: And the two last new Concertos on the Organ Actor: .

152
24 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Denoyer. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Tickets at Denoyer's Lodgings, the Corner of St. James's-Square, in Pall-Mall.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: After Overture: a new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, others to the Overture of Flavius, composed by Handel; II: Hungarian Dance (in the Manner of the Country,)-Denoyer, Mrs Walter; IV: Russian Sailors-Denoyer; V: Ball Dance, concluding with a Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

Song: I: Oh Happy Pair-Beard; III: Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

153
26 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: in which will be introduced a Song called The L Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: SSaraband-Miss Scott; Serious Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter; Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter

Song: OOh Happy Pair-Beard

154
27 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wright. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Russian Sailors-Denoyer

Song: TThe Noontide Air (from Comus)-Mrs Clive

155
01 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Salway. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover

156
02 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. By Command of Their Royal Higneseees the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Tickets at Essex's Lodgings at Mrs Holt's, Bow Street, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Performance Comment: Mars-Denoyer; Followers of Mars-Livier, Baudouin, Froment, Carney; Venus-Mrs Walter; Graces-Miss Thompson, Mrs Chetwood, Miss Kilby; Cupid-Miss Morison; Vulcan-Essex; Cyclops-Pelling, Rector, Woodward, Lee; Apollo-Muilment; Diana-Mrs Chetwood; Jupiter-Livier; Juno-Miss Kilby; Neptune-Baudouin; Thetis-Miss Thompson.
Cast
Role: Thetis Actor: Miss Thompson.

157
12 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; With The Skeleton Scene

158
18 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: II: Punch-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

159
11 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

160
29 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

161
03 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Chapman, the first time of his appearance on that stage; Sir George-Mills; Sir Francis-Griffin; Miranda-Mrs Clive; Sir Jealous-Shepard; Charles-Wright; Whisper-Yates; Isabinda-Mrs Mills; Patch-Mrs Pritchard; Scentwell-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Chapman, the first time of his appearance on that stage

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: II: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

162
12 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: III: A new dance-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

163
15 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mrs Centlivre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: II: A new ballet-Muilment; IV: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

164
23 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Related Works
Related Work: Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: Les Characters de la Dance-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Grand Ballet, as17391019

165
30 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Song: I: As17391024

Dance: III: The last new Ballet-Muilment

166
07 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: A new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Music: Beginning dance: the Overture of Flavius-

167
14 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princesses of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Butler

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: II: French Peasants-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf (the first time of his appearance on that stage these four years); III: Ballet-Muilment; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

168
22 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Dance: II: French Peasants-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Ballet-Muilment; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

169
30 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. As 28 Nov

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Elder Brother Actor: Milward
Role: Younger Brother Actor: Wright
Role: With the Dances Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf, Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Davenport, Cook, Carney, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward, Mrs Davenport, Mrs Vallois.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

170
15 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Ballet-Muilment; IV: French Peasants-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf

171
22 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Phebe; or, The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: I: Peasant-Lalauze; II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: L'Allamande (new)-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

172
29 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: II: Peasant Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; IV: Ballet-Muilment

173
12 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Dance: II: Les Characters de la Dance-Mlle Chateauneuf alone; III: Ballet-Muilment; IV: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

174
17 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Puck Actor: Master Matthews
Role: Father to Colombine Actor: Pelling

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Pelling
Role: Mother Actor: Yates

Ballet: AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

175
09 February 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Pelling
Role: Mother Actor: Yates

Dance: I: La Matelote-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: French Peasants-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Muilment

Ballet: A Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115