SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Bannister"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Bannister")') 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 13241 matches on Roles/Actors, 2068 matches on Performance Comments, 205 matches on Event Comments, 151 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: Lingo (for that night only)-Johnstone (1st appearance in that character); Sir Felix Friendly-Suett; Compton-Bannister; Eugene-Davies; Chicane-Usher; Thomas-Barrett; John-Bland; Cudden-Waldron Jun.; Stump-Ledger; Laura-Miss Dall (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Cheshire-Mrs Webb; Fringe-Miss Fontenelle; Cowslip-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Compton Actor: Bannister

Song: In: As17930720 End: The Row-Johnstone; End II: The Land of Potatoes-Johnstone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Barrymore; Spirit-Evatt; Brothers-Palmer Jun., Bland; Bacchanals-Bannister, Davies, Cooke, Kenrick, Linton, Dorion, Dorion Jun.; The Lady (with Sweet Echo and a new additional song)-Miss Gopell (1st appearance in that character); Euphrosyne-Miss Dall; Sabrina, 1st Bacchant-Miss DeCamp; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Bramwell; Bacchants-Mrs Hatton, Mrs Masters, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale.

Song: As17930823

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Cast
Role: Jacob Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: As17930614 but Count Louis-Palmer Jun.; added to Peeping Tom The Little Farthing Rushlight-Bannister Jun.

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Performance Comment: Sir Anthony Halfwit-Suett; Dabble-Bannister Jun.; Frolick-Benson; Beaumont-Barrymore; Blunt-Cooke; John-Waldron Jun.; Mrs Matadore-Mrs Hopkins; Diana-Miss Heard; Mrs Meddle-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Dabble Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: Inkle-Barrymore; Sir Christopher Curry-Aickin; Medium-Baddeley; Campley-Dignum; Trudge-Bannister Jun.; Mate-Cooke; 1st Planter-Usher; 2nd Planter-Caulfield; 3rd Planter-Palmer Jun.; 4th Planter-Maddocks; Sailors-Jones, Lyons; Waiter-Waldron Jun.; Narcissa-Miss DeCamp; Yarico-A Gentlewoman (1st appearance on any stage [Mrs Cary]); Wowski-Mrs Bland; Patty-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Trudge Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Sir George Airy-Barrymore; Sir Jealous Traffick-Aickin; Charles-Caulfield; Whisper-Bland; Servants-Waldron Jun., Cooke, Lyons; Sir Francis Gripe-Parsons; Patch-Mrs Gibbs; Isabinda-Miss Heard; Scentwell-Mrs Hale; Miranda-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: Ways and Means

Performance Comment: Sir David Dunder-Bannister Jun.; Young Random-Barrymore; Scruple-read byPalmer Jun.; Old Random-Aickin; Carney-Burton; Tiptoe-Benson; Roundfee-Suett; Quirk-Wewitzer; Peery-Usher; Bailiff-Cooke; French Waiter-Waldron Jun.; English Waiter-Lyons; Passengers-Maddocks, Jones; Lady Dunder-Mrs Hopkins; Harriet-Miss Heard; Kitty-Mrs Gibbs; Mrs Peery-Mrs Booth.

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer Or The Mistakes Of A Night

Performance Comment: Young Marlow-Kemble; Hardcastle-Parsons; Hastings-Barrymore; Sir Charles Marlow-Maddocks; Landlord-Suett; Diggory-Wewitzer; 1st Countryman-Benson; 2nd Countryman-Palmer Jun.; 3rd Countryman-Caulfield; 4th Countryman-Cooke; Servants-Bland, Burton, Jones, Waldron Jun., Lyons; Tony Lumpkin-Bannister Jun.; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Neville-Miss DeCamp; Maid-Miss Tidswell; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: Tony Lumpkin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Cast
Role: Tony Lumpkin Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: Blister-Suett; Quaever-Dignum; Goodwill-Maddocks; Thomas-Cooke; Coupee-Bannister Jun.; Lucy-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Coupee Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Bannister; Governor Cape-Usher; Young Cape-Benson; Sprightly-Palmer Jun.; Robin-Maddocks; Poet-Waldron; Printer's Devil-Burton; Arabella-Miss Heard; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Cadwallader Actor: Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Gripe-Suett; Moneytrap-Parsons; Dick-Barrymore; Brass-Bannister Jun.; Clip-Maddocks; Jessamin-Burton; Clarissa-Mrs Goodall; Araminta-Miss Heard; Corinna-Mrs Gibbs; F of Entertainment in Public Advertiser, 3 Oct.] Receipts: #261 11s. (245.5; 16.6). F of Entertainment in Public Advertiser, 3 Oct.] Receipts: #261 11s. (245.5; 16.6).
Cast
Role: Brass Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: A Woman Keeps a Secret. Don Felix-Kemble; Colonel Briton-Barrymore; Don Lopez- Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Gibby-Suett; Frederick-Caulfield; Alguazil-Jones; English Soldier-Maddocks; Vasquez-Waldron Jun.; Servant-Lyons; Lissardo-Bannister Jun.//Flora-Mrs Gibbs; Isabella-Miss Heard; Inis-Miss De Camp; Violante-Mrs Goodall .

Afterpiece Title: THE PRIZE

Cast
Role: Lenitive Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Colonel Feignwell-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Perriwinkle-Parsons; Obadiah Prim-Suett; Sir Philip Modelove-Baddeley; Tradelove-Aickin; Simon Pure-Wewitzer; Freeman-Palmer Jun.; Sackbut-Benson; Aminadab-Waldron Jun.; Servant-Lyons; Stock-Brokers-Burton, Jones, Usher, Cooke//Mrs Prim-Mrs Hopkins; Betty-Mrs Hale; Lady-Mrs Cuyler; Anne Lovely-Mrs Gibbs (1st appearance in that character) .

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Bannister; Captain Belville-Johnstone; Rustic-Cross; Irish Haymaker-Rock; William-Blanchard; Phoebe-Mrs Martyr; Dorcas-Mrs Pitt; Rosina (1st time)-Miss Williams.
Cast
Role: Belville Actor: Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: THE CITIZEN

Performance Comment: Old Philpot-Suett; Young Philpot-Bannister Jun.; Sir Jasper Wilding-Burton; Young Wilding-Benson; Beaufort-Bland; Dapper-Maddocks; Quildrive-Waldron Jun.; William-Lyons//Maria-Mrs Goodall; Corinna-Mrs Jones .
Cast
Role: Young Philpot Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: Millamour-Wroughton; Dashwould-Bannister Jun.; Malvil-Whitfield; Bygrove-Aickin; Captain Bygrove-Haymes; Sir John Millamour-Packer; Sir Harry Lovewit-R. Palmer; Charles-Benson; Lady Bell (with a song)-Miss Farren; Lady Jane-Mrs Powell; Mrs Bromley-Mrs Ward; Miss Neville-Mrs Kemble; Madam Le Rouge-Mrs Heard.
Cast
Role: Dashwould Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Barrymore; Capt. Brazen-Bannister Jun.; Ballance-Aickin; Worthy-Caulfield; Serieant Kite-Benson; Bullock-Suett (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Scale-Cooke; Scruple Usher; Welch Collier-Wewitzer; Constable-Maddocks; Steward-Jones; Servants-Waldron Jun., Lyons; Recruits-Parsons, Burton II Rose-Mrs Gibbs; Lucy-Miss De Camp (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Melinda-Mrs Cary (3rd appearance on any stage); Mob-Women-Mrs Booth, Mrs Gaudry; Sylvia-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Brazen Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Or The Enchanted Island

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Alonzo-Usher; Anthonio-Bland; Gonzalo-Maddocks; Ferdinand-Barrymore; Stephano-Suett; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Bannister; Ariel-Mrs Bland; Hippolito-Mrs Goodall//Miranda-Mrs Powell; Dorinda (1st time)-Mrs Gibbs .
Cast
Role: Caliban Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: WHOs THE DUPE

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Dignum, Sedgwick, Caulfield, Cooke, Lyons, Dorion Sen. and Jun., Dibble, Willoughby, Walker, Brown, Saunders, Welsh, Burden//Mrs Bland, Miss De Camp, Mrs Stuart, Miss Menage, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale. In Act V the Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick//Amphitrite-Mrs Stuart

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: Henry-Kelly; Russet-Williames; Simkin-Suett; Skirmish-Bannister Jun.; Flint-Burton; Serjeant-Phillimore; Louisa-Mrs Crouch; Jenny-Mrs Bland; Margaret-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Skirmish Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Stockwell-Aickin; Belcour-Bannister Jun.; Captain Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Barrymore; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Stukely-Benson; Fulmer-Suett; Varland-Baddeley; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Goodall; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prodigal

Afterpiece Title: THE MOCK DOCTOR or The Dumb Lady Cured

Performance Comment: Gregory-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Sir Jasper-Waldron; Leander-Caulfield; Squire Robert-Cooke; James-Benson; Harry-Bland; Davy-Wewitzer; Dr Helebore-Burton//Charlotte-Miss De Camp; Dorcas (with a song)-Mrs Bland (Their 1st appearance in those characters) .
Cast
Role: Gregory Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Young Meadows-Johnstone; Hawthorn-Bannister; Hodge-Blanchard; Sir William Meadows-Powel; Eustace-Davies; Carter-Reeve; Cook-Rock; Footman-Blurton; Justice Woodcock-Quick; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Madge-Mrs Wells; Lucinda-Mrs Mountain; Maid-Miss Stuart; Rosetta (1st time)-Mrs Ferguson.
Cast
Role: Hawthorn Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Bannister; Young Cape-Fennell; Governor-Powel; Sprightly-Davies; Poet-Bernard; Printer's Devil-Cross; Robin-Thompson; Arabella-Miss Chapman; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Wells.
Cast
Role: Cadwallader Actor: Bannister

Dance: End II: The Irish Lilt, as17931020

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Performance Comment: Capt. Greville- Dignum; Capt. Wilson-Bannister; Major Benbow-Wewitzer; Justice Benbow-Usher; Kilderkin-Maddocks; Ned-Bland; Putty-Waldron Jun.; Tipple-Suett//Eliza (1st time)-Mrs Stuart .
Cast
Role: Wilson Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: THE MOCK DOCTOR

Cast
Role: Gregory Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Cast
Role: Walter Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris Taken in the Year 1790

Performance Comment: Speaking Characters: St. Alban-Holman; Captain O'Leary-Johnstone; Patrick-Rock; Catherine-Mrs Webb; Louisa-Miss Brunton; Vocal Characters-Bannister, Incledon, Davies, Blanchard, Cubitt, Johnstone, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Warrell, Miss Huntley, Miss Barnet (Their 1st appearance), Miss Stuart, Miss Francis, Miss Williams, Mrs Mountain; Pantomimical Characters: Harlequin-Boyce; Petit Maitre-Farley; Marquis-W. Powel; Pioneer-Cranfield; Dusty Gentleman-Bernard; Poet-Marshall; Shoe@Black-Rees; Jacobine-Cross; Lemonadier-C. Powell; Poissards-Blurton, Rayner; Gardener-Milburne; Grotesque-Follett; Dancing Nymphs-Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Watts, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Boyce, Mrs Cranfield, Mrs Lloyd; Colombine-Mrs Harlowe; New Prologue-Holman.
Event Comment: [In 3rd piece the playbill retains Delpini as Pierrot, but "Previous to the pantomime, Bannister Jun. informed the audience that Delpini being indisposed, Benson would endeavour to supply his place" (Thespian Magazine, Jan. 1794 , p. 30).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

Cast
Role: : Vapour Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: HARLEQUIN PEASANT