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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Boy"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Boy")') 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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1780 results for: Keyword - Boy
We found 1488 matches on Roles/Actors, 330 matches on Performance Title, 312 matches on Performance Comments, 180 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

1776
21 June 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Performance Comment: Count Almaviva-Barrymore; Doctor Bartholo-Suett; Basil-Aickin; Tallboy-R. Palmer; Argus-Caulfield; Notary-Abbot; Alcade-Waldron Jun.; Lazarillo-Wathen; Rosina-Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Tallboy Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Performance Comment: Teague-Johnstone; with a Planxty in character, The Tight Irish Boy-Johnstone; Abel-Suett; Col. Careless-Trueman; Capt. Manly-Palmer Jun.; Justice Day-Davenport; Mr Story-Abbot; Coachman-Ledger; Bailiff-Lyons; Servant-Chippendale; Obadiah-Munden; Ruth-Mrs Gibbs; Arabella-Miss Heard; Mrs Day-Mrs Davenport.
Cast
Role: The Tight Irish Boy Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

1777
14 August 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: An Harmonic Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Performance Comment: As17980621 but The Tight Irish Boy-_; Col. Careless-_; Capt. Manly-_; Mr Story-_; Coachman-_; Bailiff-_; Servant-_.
Cast
Role: The Tight Irish Boy Actor: Johnstone

1778
25 January 1799 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Votary Of Wealth

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Performance Comment: Teague (with a Planxty in character, The Tight Irish Boy)-Johnstone; Colonel Careless-Knight; Captain Manly-Whitfield; Justice Day-Davenport; Mr Story-Claremont; Abel-Simmons; Obadiah-Munden; Ruth-Mrs Gibbs; Arabella-Miss Mansel; Mrs Day-Mrs Davenport.

1779
11 February 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In mainpiece Lucianus is not listed in the playbill, but "Wewitzer never came to act Lucianus, so the Prompter's Call-boy [identified as Chatterley by Kemble's list, in his Memoranda, of this season's servants] acted it" (Kemble Mem.).] Receipts: #266 14s. (213.3.0; 53.3.6; 0.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

1780
25 October 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Married

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Performance Comment: Teague (with a Planxty in character, The Tight Irish Boy)-Johnstone; Colonel Careless-Knight; Capt. Manly-Mansel; Justice Day-Davenport; Mr Story-Claremont; Abel-Simmons; Servant-Abbot; Bailiffs-Wilde, Hawtin; Obadiah-Munden; Ruth-Mrs Litchfield; Arabella-Miss Sims; Mrs Day-Mrs Davenport.