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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Alexander Pope"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Alexander Pope")') 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 Whore Of Babylon, The Devil, And The Pope

Related Works
Related Work: Three Hours after Marriage Author(s): Alexander Pope
Related Work: The Count of Burgundy Author(s): Alexander Pope
Related Work: The Young Couple Author(s): Jane Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King William's Happy Deliverance And Glorious Triumph Over His Enemies; Or, The Consultation Of The Pope, Devil, French King And The Grand Turk , With The Whole Form Of The siege Of Namurv, And The Humours Of A renegade French-man And brandy Jean, With The Conceits Of A scaramouch And harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Lord Duke-Palmer; Philip-Baddeley; Robert-Griffiths; Tom-Kear; Freeman-Farren; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Davies; Lady Bab-Mrs Johnston; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: IV: Rural Grace, as17771002 II afterpiece: a Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was danced, as here assigned, in both subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Philip-Baddeley; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Davies; Lady Bab-Mrs Johnston; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: II afterpiece: a Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Song: As17781006

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Times

Cast
Role: Mrs Bromley Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Colles; Lady Bab-Mrs Davies; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Election

Afterpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Lamash; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Philip-Baddeley; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Charlotte-Miss Simson; Lady Bab-Miss Kirby; Kitty (with a song)-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: In II 3rd piece: a Mock@minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was included, as here assigned, in both subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel (1st time)-Bannister Jun.; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Philip-Baddeley; Freeman-Fawcett; Kitty-Miss Pope .
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: In afterpiece a Mock Minuet by Palmer and Miss Pope. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Bannister Jun.; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Philip-Baddeley; Freeman-Fawcett; Kitty-Miss Pope .
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece Country Dance incident to the Piece [This was danced in all subsequent performances]; End of Act II of mainpiece, as17840916; In afterpiece a Mock Minuet by Palmer and Miss Pope [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Bannister Jun.; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-R. Palmer; Philip-Baddeley; Freeman-Fawcett; Kitty-Miss Pope .
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: In afterpiece a Mock Minuet by Palmer and Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, Colonel Tivy-Barrymore; Davy-Parsons; Jessamy-Burton; Lord Minikin-Dodd; Lady Minikin-Miss Pope; Gymp-Miss Tidswell; Miss Tittup-Miss Farren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-Bannister Jun.; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Philip-Baddeley; Freeman-Fawcett; Kitty-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: In afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Martinico; Or, Britannia Triumphant

Afterpiece Title: THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM

Afterpiece Title: THE HIGHLAND REEL

Dance: In Act IV of 2nd piece a Masquerade, in which a Minuet by Mrs Pope and Byrn

Song: In Masquerade Old Towler by Incledon; End of 2nd piece A Catalogue of Plays and Farces; or, a Love Letter from Dick Ranter to Kitty Sprightly, to an old Tune, by Bernard; After which Sally in our Alley by Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: Mrs Phoebe Latimer Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS

Performance Comment: Lovel C. Kemble; Freeman-Trueman; Philip-Baddeley; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd//Kitty-Miss Pope; Lady Bab's Maid-Miss Tidswell; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Miss Collins .

Afterpiece Title: LODOISKA

Dance: In 2nd piece A Mock Minuet by Palmer and Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahmoud

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-C. Kemble; Freeman-Trueman; Philip-Hollingsworth; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Dodd; Kitty-Miss Pope; Lady Bab's Maid-Miss Tidswell; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: II afterpiece: a Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prize; Or, 2

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-C. Kemble; Freeman-Trueman; Philip-Hollingsworth; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Whitfield; Kitty-Miss Pope; Lady Bab's Maid-Miss Tidswell; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: II 3rd piece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: Mrs Racket Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to the Nore

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-C. Kemble; Freeman-Trueman; Philip-Hollingsworth; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Russell; Kitty-Miss Pope; Lady Bab's Maid-Miss Tidswell; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: IV: Minuet, as17971110; II 3rd piece: a Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Yarico Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Faustus

Song: In I: the original Duet-Johnstone, Mrs Pope; In course of Evening: Black Ey'd Susan, Sally in our Alley, Old Towler-Incledon; The Beggar, as17980525; Duetto, as17980528

Performances

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: As17980920, but Mock Minuet-Miss Mellon in place of Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Performance Comment: Gossamer-Lewis; Mortimer-Holman; Bonus-Munden; Charles Mortimer-Miss Gilbert; Sambo-Fawcett; Delville-Whitfield; Costly-Townsend; Farmer Blackbrook-Thompson; Gregory-Abbot; Waiter-Simmons; Bailiff-Wilde; Mrs Mortimer-Mrs Pope; Emily-Mrs Litchfield; Dorothy-Miss Chapman; Miss Gloomly-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Mrs Mortimer Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: New Occasional Address-Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Duke-Aickin; Frederick-Maddocks; Amiens-Dignum; Jaques-Kemble; Le Beau-Surmont; Oliver-Clarke; Jaques de Boys-Holland; Orlando-Barrymore; Adam-Packer; Touchstone-Bannister Jun.; Corin-Hollingsworth; Sylvius-Trueman; Rosalind-Miss Biggs; Celia-Miss Mellon; Phebe-Miss Heard; Audrey-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Audrey Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovel-C. Kemble; Freeman-Trueman; Philip-Hollingsworth; Duke's Servant-Palmer; Sir Harry's Servant-Surmont; Kitty-Miss Pope; Cook-Mrs Maddocks; Cloe-Mrs Roffey; Lady Bab's Maid-Miss Tidswell; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Palmer, Miss Pope

Song: In V: song-Mrs Bland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Berwick

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Middleton, Harley, Macready, Powel, Thompson, Evatt, Abbot, Blurton, Pope//Mrs Fawcett, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text Q. Robson, 1794): Valentine-Holman; Archibald-Middleton; Anselm-Harley; Donaldson-Macready; Sir Alexander Seaton-Pope//Juliana-Mrs Fawcett; Ethelberta-Mrs Pope. Powel, Thompson, Evatt, Abbot, Blurton are unassigned.] Prologue spoken by Harley. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Pope . Prologue spoken by Harley. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Pope .

Afterpiece Title: ANNETTE AND LUBIN

Afterpiece Title: THE SCHOOL FOR ARROGANCE

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca, Queen Of The Britons

Performance Comment: Caratach-Holman; Petillius-Pope; Penius-Farren; Suetonious-Harley; Junius-Middleton; Hengo-Miss Standen; Demetrius-Macready; Decius-Davies; Curius-Richardson; Macer-Powel; Judas-Quick; Bonvica-Miss Wallis; Emmeline-Miss Hopkins; Bonduca-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Petillius Actor: Pope
Role: Bonduca Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: He Wou'd be a Soldier

Entertainment: Monologues and Singing. III: [in the Temple of the Druids Britons Strike Home- [by Purcell for this Play; Vocal Parts-Incledon, Bowden, Linton, Street, Williamson, Sawyer, Tett, Kenrick, Little, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bayzand; End: [Recitation and Music, selected from the Performances at Free-Masons Hall. Sally in our Alley-Incledon; [Dryden's Ode of Alexander's Feast [monologue]-Holman; My mother had a maid called Barbara (words from Shakespeare [Othello, IV, iii], composed by Shield)-Incledon, Townsend, Linton, Mrs Clendining; The Equivalent (composed by Reeve)-Fawcett; Black@ey'd Susan-Incledon; [Collins's Ode on the Passions [monologue]-Pope; The Waiter (composed by Reeve)-Fawcett; Old Towler-Incledon

Performance Comment: III: [in the Temple of the Druids Britons Strike Home- [by Purcell for this Play; Vocal Parts-Incledon, Bowden, Linton, Street, Williamson, Sawyer, Tett, Kenrick, Little, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bayzand; End: [Recitation and Music, selected from the Performances at Free-Masons Hall. Sally in our Alley-Incledon; [Dryden's Ode of Alexander's Feast [monologue]-Holman; My mother had a maid called Barbara (words from Shakespeare [Othello, IV, iii], composed by Shield)-Incledon, Townsend, Linton, Mrs Clendining; The Equivalent (composed by Reeve)-Fawcett; Black@ey'd Susan-Incledon; [Collins's Ode on the Passions [monologue]-Pope; The Waiter (composed by Reeve)-Fawcett; Old Towler-Incledon.
Cast
Role: monologue] Actor: Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus; Or, A World Discovered

Performance Comment: Principal characters-Lewis, Quick, Holman, Pope, Farren, Munden, Harley, Macready, Cubitt, Powel, Thompson, Evatt, Mrs Esten, Mrs Pope. Cast from text (W. Miller, 1792): Harry Herbert-Lewis; Doctor-Quick; Alonzo-Holman; Columbus-Pope; Orozimbo-Farren; Bribon-Munden; Solasco-Harley; Roldan-Macready; Moscoso-Cubitt; Catalpo-Powel; Valverdo-Thompson; Cuto-Evatt; Captain-Farley; Nelti-Mrs Esten; Cora-Mrs Pope; Prologue-Holman; Epilogue-Mrs Pope. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 12 performances only (see17930101).]These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 12 performances only (see17930101).]

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainville Forest

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Pope, Farren, Middleton, Hull, Powel, Thompson, Claremont, Campbell, Abbot//Miss Morris, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text (Hookham and Carpenter, 1794): Lamotte-Pope; Marquis of Montault-Farren; Louis-Middleton; Peter-Hull; Nemours-Powel; Jaques-Claremont; Laval-Campbell [in text: Blurton]; Phantom-Abbot [in text: Follett]//Hortensia Lamotte-Miss Morris; Adeline-Mrs Pope. Thompson is unassigned.] Prologue spoken by Middleton. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Pope. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 10 performances only (see17940503).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Middleton. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Pope. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 10 performances only (see17940503).] hathi.

Afterpiece Title: THE POOR SOLDIER

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: THE SIEGE OF MEAUX

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Pope, Farren, Harley, Middleton, Macready, Claremont, Thompson//Miss Morris, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text (G. Nicol, 1794), and Larpent MS 1024: Earl of Douglas-Holman; Baron St. Pol-Pope; Duke of Orleans-Farren; Dubois-Harley; Captal de Buche-Middleton; Clermont-Macready [in text: Claremont (see17940522)]; Laroche-Claremont [in text: Campbell (see17940522)]//Duchess of Orleans-Miss Morris; Matilda-Mrs Pope. Thompson is unassigned.] Prologue spoken by Middleton. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Pope . Prologue spoken by Middleton. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Pope .
Cast
Role: Pol Actor: Pope
Role: Matilda Actor: Mrs Pope. Thompson is unassigned.

Afterpiece Title: NETLEY ABBEY