SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Ann Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Ann Williams")') 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 10791 matches on Author, 1837 matches on Performance Comments, 454 matches on Event Comments, 56 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prussian Festival

Afterpiece Title: Wild Oats

Cast
Role: Allen o'Dale Actor: Williamson
Role: Annette Actor: Mrs Rock
Role: Peasantry Actor: _Williamson.

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: In II 3rd piece: the original Crutch Dance-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Stolen Heiress or the Salamanca Doctor Outplotted Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: As17911210

Event Comment: "Had Mr Bannister, sen (whose merit as a singer is pre-eminent) never played any other character than that of Caliban, he would, by so capital, so unique, so unparalleled a performance, have deserved to be ranked with the foremost" (Jonson, ed. Waldron, 178). Receipts: #182 15s. (145.11; 36.2; 1.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17911109, but Caliban-Bannister (1st appearance on this stage these 5 years).
Cast
Role: Caliban Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Cast
Role: Donna Anna Actor: Miss Collins

Dance: As17911202

Song: Vocal Parts, as17911214; Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, as17911109

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Stolen Heiress or the Salamanca Doctor Outplotted Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Edward Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Muskato Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Merlin Actor: Bannister
Role: Linco Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Event Comment: [In lieu of 1st two pieces the playbill announces Macbeth, but "Holman was disabled by illness; Macbeth was allotted to Harley...who was also indisposed." The Farmer and The Merry Mourners [i.e. Modern Antiques] were acted, but "Quick, in hurrying to the theatre, fell, and materially bruised his knee. Waldron played Quick's character. Mrs Watts...took the part which belongs to Mrs Harlowe" (London Chronicle, 7 Jan.).] Receipts: #132 19s. (132.4; 0.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Afterpiece Title: Modern Antiques

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Cast
Role: Sister Ann Actor: Miss Leserve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Merlin Actor: Bannister
Role: Linco Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Cast
Role: Sister Ann Actor: Miss Leserve

Dance: In afterpiece: Byrne, Mlle St.Amand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Cast
Role: Sister Ann Actor: Miss Leserve

Dance: As17920111

Song: Juliet's Funeral Procession, as17910926; Solemn Dirge, as17910926; Vocal Parts, as17920926, but _Lee, Rowson, Mrs _Davenett

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time in London; T 5, by Hannah Brand, 1st acted at Norwich, 7 Apr. 1791. Again acted at king's on 2 Feb. as Agmunda; text 1st published in Miss Brand's@Plays@and@Poems (Norwich: Beatniffe and Payne, 1798) as Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (London Chronicle, 19 Jan. 1792)]: The Dresses, Decorations, &c. entirely new. Receipts: #367 1s. 6d. (314.2.6; 51.8.0; 1.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Huniades

Performance Comment: The Christian Characters by Kemble, R. Palmer, Wroughton, Barrymore, Aickin, Dignum, Whitfield, Maddocks, Packer, Bland, Jones, Cooke, Lyons, A Young Lady (Author of the Tragedy; 1st appearance on any stage), Miss Collins. The Mahometan Characters by Palmer, Benson, Webb, Sedgwick, Caulfield. Cast from London Chronicle, 21 Jan.: Hungarians: Huniades-Kemble; Vilach-R. Palmer; Corvinus-Wroughton; Count of Cilley-Barrymore; Campestran-Aickin; Zilugo-Whitfield; Old Officer-Packer; Agmunda-Miss Brand; Ella-Miss Collins; Turks: Mahomet II-Palmer; Mustapha-Benson; Zoganus-Webb; Aga-Sedgwick; Chusanes-Caulfield; Dignum, Maddocks, Bland, Jones, Cooke, Lyons; Prologue-Miss Farren; Epilogue-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: Huniades Author(s): Hannah Brand

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Cast
Role: Sister Ann Actor: Miss Leserve

Dance: As17920111

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces Katharine and Petruchio, in place of Richard Coeur de Lion, advertised on playbill of 21 Jan., but "On Acct. of the sudden Indisposition of Mrs Goodall Katharine & Petruchio was put off and The Apprentice substituted in its stead" (MS annotation on Kemble playbill).] Receipts: #236 5s. (189.8; 45.1; 1.16)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Cast
Role: Sister Ann Actor: Miss Leserve

Dance: As17920111

Song: Vocal Parts, as17911010, but Gray, _Williamson, +Rowson, _Lee

Related Works
Related Work: The Lawyer Author(s): James Brow Williamson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina

Cast
Role: Rupert Actor: Williamson
Role: Peasantry Actor: _Williamson.

Music: As17920125

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magician No Conjurer

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Dance: End: Pas Seul-a Performer from the Opera House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: Modern Antiques

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Leopold Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Young Philpot Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Duncan-Packer; Malcolm-Palmer Jun. (1st appearance on that stage); Donalbain-Bland; Macbeth-Kemble; Banquo-Bensley; Lenox-Whitfield; Macduff-Wroughton; Rosse-Barrymore; Fleance-Master Gregson; Seward-Fawcett; Seyton-Phillimore; Doctor-Jones; Captain-Benson; Messenger-Banks; Murderer-Webb; Hecate-Bannister; Witches-Aickin, Moody, Burton; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Siddons; Gentlewoman-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Hecate Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Coupee Actor: Bannister Jun.

Song: In: The original Music by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments-Bannister, Sedgwick, Dignum, Danby, Maddocks, Caulfield, Cooke, Alfred, Shaw, Lyons, Mrs Bland, Mrs Edwards, Miss Hagley, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Butler, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Gawdry, Miss Kirton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Edward Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Muskato Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Wilkinson. [For Miss Thompson see DNB, under Mary Anne Clarke.] Tickets to be had of Wilkinson, No. 33, Warwick-street, Golden-square. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Bassanio-Baker; Anthonio-A Gentleman [unidentified]; Gratiano-[Lee] Lewes; Launcelot-Gull; Lorenzo (with songs)-Tanner; Shylock-Wilkinson; Nerissa-Miss Chatterley; Portia-A Young Lady [probably Miss Thompson].probably Miss Thompson].
Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Tanner

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Related Works
Related Work: The Busie Body Author(s): Susanna Centlivre

Song: End: a favourite song-Tanner

Entertainment: Monologue. End III: a Comic Sketch of the Times-Ryder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: Marian