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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Briton"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Briton")') 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
We found 315 matches on Roles/Actors, 128 matches on Performance Comments, 84 matches on Event Comments, 63 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Bayes's Opera

Performance Comment: Bayes-Cibber Jr; Arabella-Mrs Butler; Belinda-Mrs Shireburn; Tragedo-Charke; Cantato-Stoppelaer; Harlequin-R. Wetherilt; Dulceda-Miss Oates; Apollo-Roberts; Bassoon-Oates; Crowdero-Evans; Eagle-Miss Brett; General Briton-Bridgwater; Pantomime-Berry; Jupiter-Excell; Neptune-Rainton; Pluto-Gray; Juno-Miss Mears; Amphitrite-Mrs Boman; Proserpine-Miss Williams; Crispin-Harper; Farcia-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: General Briton Actor: Bridgwater

Music: In mainpiece: By Desire, a Piece of Musick by Signior Vivaldi, call'd The Cuckow-Charke, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder; A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Felix-Garrick; Colonel Briton-Palmer; Don Lopez-Philips; Don Pedro-Burton; Lissardo-Yates; Frederick-Davies; Gibby-Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Davies; Flora-Mrs Clive; Inis-Miss Barton; Violante-Miss Macklin; To conclude with a Masquerade Scene in which will be introduced a Minuet-Noverre, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17581007, but Colonel Briton-Holland; an Occasional Prologue-Garrick.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder; A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Garrick; Don Lopez-Philips; Don Pedro-Burton; Clonel Briton-Palmer; Frederick-Packer; Inis-Mrs Bradshaw; Lissardo-Yates; Gibby-Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Davies; Flora-Mrs Clive; Violante-Miss Macklin; To conclude with a Masquerade Dance, in which will be introduc'd a Minuet-Noverre, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Clonel Briton Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The What D'Ye Call It

Dance: I: The Country Macaroni Assembly, as17750512; With Minuet, as17750512; End Opera: The British Bacchanalian, as17750512; with Wooden Shoe Dance, as17750512

Ballet: II: Boadicea Queen of Britain. As17750512, but in addition are Twenty@three Combatants-, dressed after the manner of the ancient Britons and Romans

Performance Comment: As17750512, but in addition are Twenty@three Combatants-, dressed after the manner of the ancient Britons and Romans.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith (1st appearance in that character); Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Colonel Briton-Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Lissardo-King; Isabella-Miss Hopkins; Flora-Miss Pope; Inis-Mrs Bradshaw; Violante-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Dance: End II: The Double Festival-Gallet, Mlle Dupre, Helme, Slingsby, Sga Vidini, Sga Crespi, Sga Ricci, Mrs Sutton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-L'Estrange; Frederick-Vowell; Gibby-Graham; Lissardo-Henry; Don Pedro-Newton; Don Lopez-Trotter; Colonel Briton-G. Graham; Donna Isabella-Mrs Bolingbroke; Flora-Miss Essex; Inis-Mrs Russell; Donna Violante-Mrs Graham.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: G. Graham

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: . Don Felix-King; Colonel Briton-West; Frederick-Cooke; Don Lopez-Bowles; Don Pedro-Newton; Gibby-Bailey; Lissardo-Russell; Violante-Mrs Burden; Isabella-Mrs Lefevre; Flora-Mrs Russell; Inis-Mrs West.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: West

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End: Hornpipe-a Lady [from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden unidentified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Wrighten; Vasquez-R. Palmer; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Sharp; Inis-Miss Kirby; Violante-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Wrighten; Vasquez-R. Palmer; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Sharp; Inis-Mrs Wells; Violante-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Wrighten; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Mrs Wells; Violante-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Wrighten; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-Palmer; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Mrs Wells; Violante-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Holman (1st appearance in that character); Colonel Briton-Wroughton; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Farren; Don Lopez-Fearon; Gibby-Wilson; Soldier-Helme; Alguazil-Jones; Lissardo-Edwin (1st appearance in that character); Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora (1st time)-Mrs T. Kennedy; Inis-Mrs Morton; Violante-Miss Younge (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Benson; Colonel Briton-Payne; Lissardo-Banister; Don Lopez-Wellman; Don Pedro-Wright; Frederick-Francis; Vasquez-Stevenson; Alguazil-Newbold; Soldier-Oldmeadow; Servant-Master Payne; Gibby-Waldron; Flora-Mrs Benson; Isabella-Mrs Wellman; Inis-Miss Cranford; Violante-Miss Francis .
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Payne

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: After the Monologue, by Miss Cranford

Monologue: 1785 06 17 End of mainpiece an Occasional Address to the Audience by Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Palmer; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Colonel Briton-Farren; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Booth; Gibby-Fearon; Soldier-Helme; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Ryder; Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora-Mrs T. Kennedy; Inis-Mrs Morton; Violante-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17861026, but Colonel Briton-Whitfield; Alguazile-Jones; Vasquez-Phillimore.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Colonel Briton-Farren; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Booth; Gibby-Fearon; Soldier-Bonville; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Ryder; Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Inis-Mrs Rock; Violante-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: Nootka Sound; or, Britain Prepar'd

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal and Speaking Characters by Bannister, Ryder, Blanchard, Davies, Bernard, Darley, Rock, Reeve, Powel, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr; Pantomimic Part and Dances by Byrne, Boyce, Cranfield, Farley, Evatt, Egan, Ratchford, Delpini, Mrs Watts, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, the Miss Simonets; Cast from Larpent MS: Captain Briton-Bannister; Drunken Taylor-Ryder; Foremast, Cartouch-Blanchard; Lieutenant-Davies; Pipes, Capstern-Bernard; O'Shaughnessy-Rock; Export-Powel; Decoy Recruit-Noble; Dapperwit-C. Powell; Sir John Breehold-Thompson; Landlady-Mrs Mountain; Eliza-Mrs Martyr; unassigned-Darley, Reeve.
Cast
Role: Captain Briton Actor: Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Felix-Kemble; Frederick-Packer; Don Pedro-Waldron; Colonel Briton-Wroughton; Gibby-Moody; Lissardo-King; Alguazile-Jones; Vasquez-Phillimore; Soldier-Maddocks; Donna Violante-Miss Farren; Donna Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Flora-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: Concerto on the Piano Forte-Dussek; Primroses deck the bank's green side-Dignum (Linley); Come unto these yellow sands-Miss Leak; Hark! the watch dogs bark-Chorus; Full fathom five-Miss Leak; Sea Nymphs hourly ring his knell-Chorus (The Tempest, by Purcell); Fair Rosale-Master Welsh (Linley); Vo sol cando-Miss Poole [Artaserse, by Vinci]; O come let us worship-Harrison [Coronation Anthems]; Thou didst blow-Mrs Harrison (Israel in Egypt); To arms your ensigns-Dignum, Sedgwick; Britons Strike Home-Chorus (Bonduca, by Purcell).
Cast
Role: Britons Strike Home Actor: Chorus

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performance Comment: Ye sons of Israel-Chorus (Joshua); The Mansion of Peace-Harrison [Webbe]; My faith and truth-Miss Leak, Master Hummell [Samson]; Non piu andrai-Morelli [Le Nozze di Figaro, by Mozart]; Concerto on the violin-Janiewicz (1st public performance in this Kingdom); Let the bright seraphim-Mrs Harrison [Samson]; Angels ever bright and fair-Master Welsh [Theodora]; The prince unable-Miss Poole [Alexander's Feast]; When Britons first at Heaven's command-(Alternate Solos); Rule Britannia Rule the Waves-Full Chorus (Dr Arne).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before the Battle

Performance Comment: In which How stands the Glass around? (General Wolfe's favorite Song)-Incledon; Irish Drinking song [Song [Of the ancients it's speaking]-Johnstone; How merrily we live that soldiers be-Darley, Incledon, Johnstone; To arms Britons strike home (composed by Purcell)-Incledon, Darley, Follett, Blurton, Linton, Rees[; The whole to conclude with a View of Quebec, and the Death of General Wolfe .; The whole to conclude with a View of Quebec, and the Death of General Wolfe .

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

Song: In the course of 3rd piece: The Mid Watch, Rule Britannia-Incledon; and to conclude with God save the King in Full Chorus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Farren; Colonel Briton-Holman (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Cubitt; Gibby-Powel; Soldier-Follett; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Isabella-Miss Chapman; Inis-Mrs Harlowe; Violante (1st time)-Mrs Esten.
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: The Relief of Williamstadt

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: The Pad

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck; or, French Ingratitude

Performance Comment: English Characters : Captain Briton-Byrn; Boatswain-Farley; Midshipman-Jackson; Cabin Boy-Simmons; Captain's Lady-Mme Rossi; French Characters : General Sanguinaire-Cranfield; Monsieur L'Ingrate-Holland; Indian Characters : Indian Chief-Follett; Female Savage-Mr Rock.
Cast
Role: Captain Briton Actor: Byrn

Song: End: Captivity (Supposed to be sung by an Unfortunate Queen [Marie Antoinette] during her confinement)-; End 2nd piece: Black Eyed Susan-; In 3rd piece: Farewell to old England dear Mary adieu-Incledon

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 .
Cast
Role: Colonel Briton Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: THE PRIZE