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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Betty"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Betty")') 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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2169 results for: Keyword - Betty
We found 2203 matches on Roles/Actors, 728 matches on Performance Comments, 24 matches on Event Comments, 12 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

176
16 October 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Bardin; Sir Thomas-Lyon; Friendly-Jenkins; Dick-Eyres; Flora-Miss Gerrard; Betty-Miss Tollett .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tollett

Dance: II: Hornpipe by Taylor. III: Friendly Lasses by Mrs Woodward and Miss Sandham. V: La Follette s'est Ravisee by Tench and Mrs Woodward

Song: IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

177
13 November 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Performance Comment: Rashly-Giffard; Peregrine Bubble-Penkethman; Ranger-Richardson; Old Fumble-Norris; Sir Roger-Lyon; Sneak-Wetherilt; Spatterdash-Martin; Cordelia-Mrs Hamilton; Governess-Mrs Wetherilt; Betty-Miss Tollett; Emilia-Mrs Giffard; Maria-Mrs Roberts .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tollett

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

178
19 November 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Russel, the first time of his appearing on this stage; Sir Thomas-Hippisley; Friendly-Stoppelaer; Dick-Wignell; Old Hob-Mullart; Hob's Mother-Mrs Martin; Betty-Mrs Kilby; Flora-Miss Norsa .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

179
06 January 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

Performance Comment: Fond Husband-Chapman; Rashly-A. Hallam; Ranger-Bridgwater; Fumble-Hippisley; Sir Roger-Mullart; Sneak-Neale; Emilia-Mrs Bullock; Maria-Mrs Hallam; Cordelia-Miss Bincks; Betty-Mrs Stevens .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

180
08 January 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Fainwell-Huddy; Sir Philip-Bardin; Obadiah-Penkethman; Periwinkle-Lyon; Tradelove-Jenkins; Freeman-Havard; Sackbut-Wetherilt; Simon-Hamilton; Ann Lovely-Mrs Hamilton; Mrs Prim-Mrs Wetherilt; Betty-Mrs Woodward .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17341231

181
10 January 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Hulett; Polly-Mrs Hamilton; Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Peachum-Rosco; Locket-Huddy; Filch-Jenkins; Mat-Eyres; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Haughton; Diana-Monlass; Mrs Coaxer-Miss Norman; Mrs Vixen-Miss Tollett; Betty-Miss Sandham; Jenny-Mrs Monlass; Sukey-Mrs Vallois; Molly-Mrs Dove; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Woodward. hathi.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Sandham

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17341231

182
10 March 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Performance Comment: Courtwell-Giffard; Manley-W. Giffard; Sir Amorous-Martin; Vulture-Lyon; Aspin-Penkethman; Butler-Hamilton; Lady Outside-Mrs Roberts; Necessary-Miss Tollett; Betty-Mrs M. Giffard; Miranda-Mrs Giffard .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs M. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance:

183
29 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Chapman; Sir Thomas-Mullart; Dorante-Hippisley; Lovewell-Hale; Marquis-Neale; Cogdie-Aston; Hector-Morgan; Galloon-James; Angelica-Miss Bincks; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Bullock; Favourite-Mrs Stevens; Mrs Security-Mrs Martin; Betty-Miss Horsington .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Horsington

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17350311 Shepherd and Shepherdess by Lally and Mlle Salle

Song: Scotch Ballad by Miss Hillyard

184
09 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Giffard; Hector-Penkethman; Sir Thomas-W. Giffard; Lovewell-Rosco; Dorante-Norris; Marquis-Bardin; Cogdie-Martin; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Giffard; Mrs Security-Mrs Wetherilt; Mrs Favorite-Miss Tollet; Betty-Mrs Woodward; Mrs Topknot-Mrs M. Giffard; Angelica-Mrs Hamilton .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. V: Scotch Dance, as17350329

Song: II: Watermen's Song in Britannia by the two Masters Hamilton. IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

185
07 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: As17340928, but Dick omitted; Betty-Mrs Cross .
Cast
Role: ; Betty Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Shireburn

Dance: I: Pierrots, proper to the Play, by Lalauze and Nivelon. III: By Desire, The Black Joak by Mr and Mrs Pelling. IV: Dutchman and his Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: Myrtillo by Denoyer, Mrs Pelling, Pelling, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Miss Brett

Song: II: A Mock Italian Air by Roberts

186
26 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Performance Comment: Lawyer-Chapman; Lovelaw-Mullart; Valentine-Stoppelaer; Cheatly-Wignell; Dash-Aston; Laetitia-Miss Norsa; Betty-Miss Bincks .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Bincks

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Flanderkim by Duke and Mrs Ogden

Song: As17350422

187
22 September 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: Gamester-Giffard; Hector-Penkethman; Sir Thomas-W. Giffard; Lovewell-Rosco; Dorante-Norris; Marquis-Bardin; Cogdie-Hamilton; Lady Wealthy-Mrs Giffard; Angelica-Mrs Hamilton; Mrs Security-Mrs Wetherilt; Mrs Favourite-Mrs Tollett; Betty-Mrs Woodward .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance:

188
24 September 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman Is A Riddle

Performance Comment: Courtwell-Giffard; Aspin-Penkethman; Manly-W. Giffard; Sir Amorous-Bardin; Vulture-Lyon; Butler-Hamilton; Miranda-Mrs Giffard; Lady Outside-Mrs Roberts; Clarinda-Miss Hughes; Necessary-Miss Tollet; Betty-Mrs M. Giffard .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs M. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, Vallois, Mrs Woodward. French Peasant by Vallois and Mrs Woodward

189
14 November 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

Performance Comment: Fond Husband-Penkethman; Rashley-Giffard; Ranger-Richardson; Fumble-Norris; Petulant-Lyon; Sneak-Woodward; Spatterdash-Hamilton; Emilia-Mrs Giffard; Cordelia-Miss Hughes; Governess-Mrs Wetherilt; Betty-Miss Tollett; Maria-Mrs Roberts .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tollett

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: I: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. V: Pierrots by Vallois and Mrs Delagarde

Song: III: By Mrs Chambers

190
03 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Woudbe-Mills; Young Woudbe-W. Mills; Trueman-Cibber; Teague-Miller; Richmore-Berry; Subtleman-Bardin; Alderman-Johnson; Balderdash-Shepard; Clearaccount-Winstone; Frisure-Cross; Comic-Oates; Captain-Cole; Fairbank-Turbutt; Squire-Este; Mrs Clearaccount-Mrs Cross; Betty-Mrs Villeneuve; Aurelia-Mrs Clive; Constance -Miss Holliday; Mrs Midnight-Harper .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Villeneuve

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: Venetian Gondolier and Courtezan by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c. IV: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. V: A new Comic Dance called The Rover: Rover-Essex; Flanderkin Woman-Mrs Walter; Dutchwoman-Miss Mann; Peasant Woman-Mrs Anderson; Dutchman-Duke; French Peasant-Davenport; Dutchmen and Wives-Pelling, Janno, Miss Brett, Mrs Davenport

191
15 March 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Performance Comment: Mock Lawyer-Chapman; Lovelaw-Mullart; Valentine-Stoppelaer; Dash-Aston; Laetitia-Miss Norsa; Betty-Miss Bincks .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Bincks

Dance: Sailors (from orestes), as17360302 Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze

192
18 March 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Sylvia; or, The Country Burial

Performance Comment: Sir John-Walker; Sylvia-Miss Norsa; Timothy Stitch-Laguerre; Jonathan-Hippisley; Wilford-Aston; Ploughshare-Mullart; Gaffer Gabble-M. Stoppelaer; Sexton-James; Dorothy-Mrs Kilby; Betty-Miss Bincks; Goody Busy-Mrs Martin; Goody Gabble-Mrs Forrester; Lettice-Miss Hilliard .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Bincks

Dance: As17360316

Song: Dialogue by Leveridge and Mrs Wright

193
25 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Arethusa-Mrs Clive; Rovewell-Salway; Argus-Griffin; Robin-Mechlin; Betty-Mrs Pritchard .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Dance: I: The Whim by Delamayne. II: The English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: By Mlle Anne Roland. V: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c

194
31 March 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Happy Lovers; or, The Beau Metamorphos'd

Performance Comment: Sir Timothy-Careful-Payne; Beau-the Author; Constant-Hemskirk; Friendly-Pritchard; Charles-Hussy; Jeremy-Ferguson; Celia-Mrs Forrester; Betty-Miss Brunette. With a New Prologue and Epilogue .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Brunette. With a New Prologue and Epilogue

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle-Drums by J. Woodbridge, and the celebrated Water Musick, composed by Mr Handel, accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns

Dance: Hornpipe by Ferguson. By Cox, a Pewterer of the City of London, who never appeared on any stage before, particularly a Harlequin and a Scaramouch. Two Pierrots by Smith and La Back. End Afterpiece: Drunken Man of Pritchard

Song: By E. Roberts

195
02 April 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Flora-Miss Norsa; Betty-Mrs Kilby; Hob-Dan French; Roger-Sibblis .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Kilby

Song: English Roast Beef by Leveridge. Mock Italian Song by E. Roberts

196
06 April 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Arethusa-Miss Norsa; Rovewell-Stopperlaer; Robin-Mullart; Betty-Mrs Forrester; Page-Miss Clarke .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Forrester

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers

197
08 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: As17360325 but Robin and Betty omitted .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: I: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. II: Pierrots by Delamagne and Villeneuve. III: Fat Farmer and his Family, as17360406 IV: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c

198
06 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: As17360408 but DL Robin-Mechlin; Betty-Mrs Pritchard; Page-Miss Cole .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Damon and Phillida, as17360430 V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

199
23 August 1736 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fair Rosamond: Representing Her Amours With King Henry, And Her Being Poisoned By Queen Eleanor In Woodstock Bower

Afterpiece Title: The Modern Pimp; or, The Doctor Deceiv'd: With the Comical Humours of Crack the Pimp, Dr Grey-Goose, and Sir Nehemiah Nestle-Cock

Performance Comment: Crack-Chapman; Grey Goose-Mullart; Sir Nehemiah-Smith; Bellamy-Ray; Captain Strut-Yates; Servant-Littleton; Page-Master Brown; Mrs Grey Goose-Mrs Herle; Miss Grey Goose-Miss Atherton; Betty-Mrs Cantrell .
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Cantrell

Dance: I: Two Pierrots by Livier and Mlle Delorme. II: Wooden Shoe Dance by Livier and Janno. End of Afterpiece: Grand Peasant Dance by Livier, Janno, Mlle Delorme, Mrs Woodward

200
17 September 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Laguerre; Sir Thomas-Hippisley; Friendly-Salway; Old Hob-Mullart; Dick-James; Hob's Wife-Mrs Martin; Betty-Mrs Kilby; Flora-Miss Bincks.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: CClown-Nivelon; Several dances-Two Misses Scott, Scholars of Nivelon