SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Bannister Half past six went into ye "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Bannister Half past six went into ye ")') 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 2297 matches on Performance Comments, 2246 matches on Event Comments, 404 matches on Performance Title, 1 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years [but see 24 June 1708]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Mar All

Event Comment: A Practice of the new Opera in Form; to begin exactly at Six a Clock. [See also 2 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Practice Of An Opera hydaspes

Event Comment: To which Note: Mr Penkethman acts six Days more for the Subscribers to bring their Tickets. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue or The Devil in the Wine Cellar

Dance: Irish Trot-; Harlequin Dance-; French Peasant-; Dutch Skipper-; Flemming in Wooden Shoes-; Dance between a Miller his Wife and a Town Miss-; Ladder Dance-a famous Master; Night Scene between a Harlequin, a Cooper, his Wife, and others-

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Six Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Governor Of Barcelona Or The Spanish Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Event Comment: [By Susanna Centlivre.] Never Acted before. [In the Preface the author discusses her difficulties with the Epilogue. The managers did not think it safe to speak the Epilogue without a License. As she could not get it approved in time, Norris spoke "six Lines Extempore" asking the audience to excuse the defect and promising one for the second night. The Spectators, convinced no Epilogue was intended, hissed. On the following day the Epilogue was licensed, but Mrs Oldfield, who had been intended to speak it, received letters against it; Norris then spoken an Epilogue which implied that the intended one had never been licensed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexd Lovers

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Evenings Love Or The Mock Astrologer

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Richmond Heiress Or A Woman Once In The Right

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Six Years. Afterpiece: Not perform'd these five Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Troop Or Monsieur Raggou

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding

Event Comment: [Opening night, under the management of John Rich.] By the Company of Comedians under Letters Patents granted by King Charles the Second. Beginning exactly at Six. No Persons are to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #143. Weekly Packet, 18 Dec.: This Day the New Play-House...is to be open'd...by the Company that act under the Patent; tho' it is said, that some of the Gentlemen who have left the Theatre in Drury-Lane for that Service, are order'd to return to their Colours, upon Pain of not exercising their Lungs anywhere; which may in Time prove of ill Service to the Patentee; that has been at vast Expence to make his Theatre as convenient for the Reception of an Audience as any one can possibly be

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Receipts: #106 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist Or The Sham Doctor

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Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Receipts: #40 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

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Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Six Years. Receipts: #47 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: As17150113

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Not Acted these Six Years. Receipts: #130 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ibrahim The 13th Emperor Of The Turks

Dance: As17150310 Also a Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his own Diversion

Song: The New Girl; A Dialogue-Leveridge, Pack

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Six Years. Receipts: #141 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius Or The Force Of Love

Afterpiece Title: The Beau Demolished

Song: A Dialogue-Leveridge, Pack; A Trumpet Song-Rawlins; The New Boy

Dance: As17150125; particularly An Italian Night Scene between Harlequin, Scaramouch, and Punch-

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Written by Mr Wycherley. Carefully Revis'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Carefully Revis'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Receipts: #59 5s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Sack

Dance: Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Floras Vagaries

Song: Mimick Song of a Country Life-Mrs Willis; No Kissing At All-Renton, Mrs Willis

Event Comment: Not acted these Twenty Years. Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. The whole Play being new dress'd. N.B. The Play will begin exactly at Six a-Clock. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 5 Oct., reports a rumor that J. J. Heidegger has sent to France to recruit a set of comedians to act French plays at the king's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline Or The Fatal Wager

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Cook, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Taken from the Cid of Mons Corneille. All the Habits being entirely New. With new Scenes and other Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ximena Or The Heroick Daughter

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years [i.e., at dl]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Event Comment: London Journal, 12 May: Was acted at Mr Newcomb's School, formerly Mr Morland's School, at Clapton, near Hackney, the late Mr Hugh's Play...with great Applause, they having the proper Habits and Decorations. Tis said, the Lad that acted the Lady was adorned with Jewels to the Value of Six Thousand Pounds; there was a great Number of Gentry to see the Performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Event Comment: Admission as 9 Dec. 1721. By Reason of the Length of the Days, the Hours for the Operas will be changed from Six to Seven a Clock, at which Time it will begin exactly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Floridante

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #48 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus King Of Thebes