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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the young Prince"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the young Prince")') 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 3757 matches on Performance Comments, 1393 matches on Event Comments, 1175 matches on Performance Title, 1120 matches on Author, and 21 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Booth. By Command of His Royal Highness. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Young Bellair Actor: Cibber Jr
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: MMinuet-Denoyer, Mrs Booth

Event Comment: Benefit Denoyer. By Command of His Royal Highness. [Prince, Duke of Cumberland, three eldest Princesses, and Princess Mary present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: II: Le Chasseur Royal-Denoyer, Mrs Booth, others; III: Comic Dance-Denoyer, Mrs Walter; IV: Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Booth; V: Serious Dance-Denoyer

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and two eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Heron. By Command of His Royal Highness. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17311101, but Richard-_; Mrs Motherly-_; Trusty-_; Myrtilla-_.
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Wetherilt Jr
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Shireburn

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth; Scotch Dance-Miss Robinson

Event Comment: 7 p. p.m. [Their Majesties and Prince: present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Flavius

Event Comment: An Oratorio in English. Formerly Compos'd by Mr Handel, and now revised by him, with several Additions, and to be performed by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. N.B. There will be no Action on the Stage. but the House will be fitted up in a decent Manner for the Audience. The Musick to be disposed after the maner of the Coronation Service. [Their Majesties, Prince, Princess Royal and Amelia present. See also Egmont, Diary, I, 266, and Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 205-97.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: Ahasuerus-Senesino; Haman-Montagnana; Habdonah-Lowe; Esther-Signora Strada; Mordecai-Signora Bertolli; Israelite Woman-Mrs Davis; Israelites-Mrs Turner Robinson, Signora Bertolli, Lowe.
Cast
Role: Esther Actor: Signora Strada
Event Comment: KKing, Queen, Prince, &c. present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Event Comment: [Q$Queen and Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: [Q$Queen, Prince and three eldest Princesses present. See also Egmont, Diary, I, 281.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: Composed by Signior Bononcini. Queen, Prince, and princesses present. [For a comment upon the entertainment, see The Craftsman, 12 August (partially reproduced in Deutsch, Handel, p. 295), and Daily Post, 9 June (also in Deutsch, Handel, pp. 293-94).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Pastoral Entertainment

Event Comment: At Rayner-Walker Booth. [Prince William and Princesses Mary and Louisa present, also His Excellency Ach Mahomet, Ambassador from Algiers.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Wife Well Manag'd; Or, Cuckoldom Prevented

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Harlequin; or, The Life and Death of Dr Faustus

Event Comment: At Lee-Harper Booth. [The Prince of Wales present on 13 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Female Innocence; Or, A School For A Wife

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Mrs Booth

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Pietro Metastasio. Done into English by Humphreys. Music presumably by Leonardo Leo.] Pit and Boxes at half a guinea. [Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.] See also Lord Hervey and his Friends, pp. 145-46. Daily Advertiser, 6 Nov.: There were present a very numerous Audience; and Signora Celeste Gismondi, who lately arriv'd here, perform'd a principal Part in it with universal Applause. We hear that this Opera was not compos'd by Mr Handell, but by some very eminent Master in Italy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.] Colman Opera Register: a full House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Event Comment: Receipts: #64 9s. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Stheno Actor: Salway
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: with the Grand Dance of Momus Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: Done from the French of Moliere. [Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Harry Actor: R. Wetherilt.
Event Comment: Formerly Compos'd by Mr Handel, and now again Revis'd by him. With several Additions, to be perform'd by a great Number of the best Voices and Instruments. There will be no Action on the Stage, but the Scenes will represent (in a Picturesque Manner) a Rural Prospect, with Rocks, Groves, Fountains, and Grottos, amongst which will be disposed a Chorus of Nymphs and Shepherds. The Habits and every other Decoration suited to the Subject. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present. See letter from Hill to Handel, in Hill, Works, I, 174-75, and in Deutsch, Handel, p. 299.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: As 5 Dec. Prince, Duke, and five Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. [Prince, Duke, and Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Country Revels

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, Duke, and five Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Event Comment: As 16 Dec. Receipts: #84 11s. 6d. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: As17321219

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander