SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Champney"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Champney")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Performance Comment: Parts-Champneys, Mrs Arne, Mrs Bartleman.

Song: Coronation Anthem-

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. With the latest improvement by Mr Handel. Pit and boxes to be put together. Tickets will be deliver'd that day, at the Office in the theatre at Half a Guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Second Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at Half an Hour past Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To Begin at Half an Hour after Six (Public Advertiser, 4 March). [N.B. This is an Advance notice. No notice occurs on this day, but the following: This Day publish'd Esther: An Oratorio, with the last improvements by Mr Handel. To be performed, by Their Majesties Command at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Price 1s.] Went into the First Gallery at Covent Garden to hear the Oraortio, Esther, composed by Handel. The Stage was formed into an orchestra, like one side of an amphitheatre divided by an organ, atop of which was a head of Handel in a radiated frame. In the front sat the vocal performers, Champney, Vernon, Mrs Arne, Mrs Pinto, Miss Young, and Mrs Frasi. Stanley played on the Organ but retired after the 1st or 2nd act. The house was not much crowded, tho the King and Queen, those idols of fools, were there (Neville MS Diary). Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Cast
Role: Habdonah Actor:
Role: Haman Actor:
Role: Officer Actor:
Role: Chorus of Israelites Actor:
Role: 1st Israelite Actor:
Role: 2nd Israelite Actor:
Role: Esther Actor:
Role: Ahasuerus Actor: .

Music: CConcerto on Organ-Stanley

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Company. At the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket [repeated in all bills] will be performed, by particular Desire, a Comedy...Places to be taken of Mr Jewel, at the Theatre. 7 p.m. [Repeated in the bills.] The house has been altered, as there was formerly but one gallery. [Miss Ogilvie was the young gentlewoman.] Went at 5:30 (before ye doors were open) to Foote's new Theatre in ye Haymarket which was open for ye first time tonight, and is very neatly fitted up. Got a good place in ye Pit...a very humorous Prologue in Prose by J. Palmer as Snarl a writer of Political Letters for the newspapers. Weston as Laconic a newspaper poet--Foote as Manager and Scaffold ye Builder (ye real one of ye house as some said)...in Smirk (Foote) took off Langford to a hair, not forgetting his son's affair with Dr Chauncey. Shift and ye Epilogue as Dr Squintum by Bannister, who took off Holland, Dodd, Moody, and Champneys surprisingly well...The house pretty full. York there awhile (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Smirk Actor: Foote
Role: The Minor Actor: Davis
Role: Squintum Actor: Bannister
Role: Sir William Wealthy Actor: Castle
Role: Transfer Actor: Weston
Role: Loader Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir Richard Wealthy Actor: Gardner
Role: Dick Actor: Quick
Role: Tally Actor: Pynn
Role: Lucy Actor: a young Gentlewoman, first appearance on any stage
Role: Occasional Prologue in Prose Actor: Laconic-J. Palmer
Role: Laconic Actor: J. Palmer
Role: Scaffold the Builder Actor: Bannister
Role: Snarl Actor: Weston
Role: Manager Actor: Foote-London Magazine.
Role: Foote Actor: London Magazine.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Fribble Actor: Shuter
Role: Loveit Actor: Gardner
Role: Jasper Actor: Quick
Role: Flash Actor: Davis
Role: Puff Actor: Palmer
Role: Tag Actor: Miss Gardner
Role: Miss Biddy Actor: the young Gentlewoman who performs Lucy.