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

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?

Keyword

?
We found 464 matches on Roles/Actors, 224 matches on Performance Comments, 77 matches on Author, 53 matches on Performance Title, and 27 matches on Event Comments.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phiz Oratory

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phiz Oratory

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.
Event Comment: At Aston-Paget Booth, at the Horns-Inn in Pye-Corner. An entire New, Comick, Satyrical and Instructive Droll Opera. Noon to 10 p.m. N.B. Those that don't Laugh, Pay Nothing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot Merchant (the Lover Of His Country); Or, The Cheats Of The Times

Entertainment: 1.1. A Mock Song in Praise of Tea and Bread and Butter-; 2. The Servants' Revel-; 3. Ursula the Cook Maid's Rapture-; 4. Newgate and Tyburn-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Wife

Performance Comment: Parts by Ryan, Quin, Neal, Chapman, Aston, Salway, Morgan, Hall, Mrs Younger, Mrs Buchanan, Miss Binks, Miss Norsa, Mrs Stevens, Mrs Younger, Mrs Lacy, Mrs Forrester .

Dance: By Maker and Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: See If You Like It; or, 'Tis All a Mistake

Performance Comment: Parts by Stoppelaer, Chapman, Aston, Mullart, Ridout, James, Miss Norsa, Miss Binks .

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance, as17340920

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: A School for Women

Performance Comment: Parts by Hippisley, Mullart, Hale, Neale, Aston, James, Miss Norsa, Mrs Martin .

Dance: La Coquette Francoise by Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance, as17350315

Song: By Leveridge and Mrs Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzira; Or, The Americans

Performance Comment: Parts by Giffard, Johnson, Wright, Havard, Aston, Mrs Giffard; but edition of 1736 lists: Don Carlos-Wright; Don Alvarez-Giffard; Zamor-Johnson; Ezmont-Havard; Alzira-Mrs Giffard. Prologue spoken by Giffard. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Giffard .

Dance: By Vallois and Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oratory

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oratory

Performance Comment: Tony Aston.
Event Comment: At the Temple Punch House, Tony Aston, the oldest approv'd Actor in the three Kingdoms, being deni'd his bread in both Theatres, this Day exhibits his learned comic demonstrative Oratory on the Face, with English, Irish, Scotch, and Negroe Songs, in proper habits, Prologue and Epilogue, and all his own Pasquin Invention. 6 p.m. 1s. He is under Misfortunes, and desires the Company of the Ingenious and Humorous. [Repeated 29, 31 Dec.; and with some changes in wording on 2, 5, 9, 25 Jan., 6, 15 Feb. 1744.

Performances

Event Comment: At the Temple Punch House, by Inner Temple Gate Tony Aston exhibits a dialogue between Abigail and Vellum, Dorinda and Scrub, Hob and Mary...Prologue, Epilogue, and Pasquin.--Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library

Performances

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 23 Feb., but add Jerry Blackacre and Widow. At the Trumpet in Sheer Lane, Temple Bar. [Repeated 2, 7, 12, 19, 26, 29 March.

Performances

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 26 Feb., but Widow Motteux as Widow as in scene from Plain Dealer. Benefit Widow Motteaux

Performances