SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Charles Sackville Earl of Dorset"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Charles Sackville Earl of Dorset")') 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 2461 matches on Author, 1297 matches on Performance Comments, 435 matches on Event Comments, 326 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Kemble, but "The Publick are respectfully informed that Kemble having been attacked in the course of Last Night with a violent Pleurisy, which confines him to his Bed, Charles Kemble has undertaken to read the part of Mahmoud, and hopes for your kind Indulgence" (printed slip attached to BM playbill (Harris, Vol. V)). Afterpiece in place of The First Floor advertised on playbill of 3 May.] Receipts: #315 4s. (252.6.6; 60.19.0; 1.9.6; tickets not come in: 0.9.0)

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Mainpiece Title: Mahmoud

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahmoud

Afterpiece Title: Alive and Merry

Performance Comment: Characters-Russell, Wathen, Wewitzer, Trueman, Suett, Bannister Jun., Hollingsworth, Maddocks, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Bland; [Larpent MS lists the parts: Repartee, Andrew, Charles Seymour, Amoabite, Shroud, Porters, Bailiffs, Security, Jack Junk, Servant, Caroline, Nancy.] Prologue-Bannister Jun.
Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Cassio to Barrymore, but "Charles Kemble undertook Cassio at a short notice, and sustained it very creditably" (Monthly Mirror, Apr. 1797, p. 250).] Afterpiece: Engagement as 6 Mar. Receipts: #219 6s. 6d. (158.19.6; 59.6.6; 1.0.6)

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Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull and Macready. 1st piece: In Act IV a Martial Procession with the Body of Marcus. 2nd piece [1st time: M. INT 1, author unknown. Larpent MS 1173; not published]: With appropriate Scenery and Dresses. The Music selected from Boyce, Purcell, Reeve and Shield. Morning Herald, 31 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 7, Duke's-court, near Dean's-yard, Westminster; of Macready, No. 22, Charles-street, Tottenham-court-road. Receipts: #314 3s. (112.9.0; 4.14.6; tickets: 196.19.6, of which Hull sold 70.12.6, and Macready 126.7.0)

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Cambro' Britons; or, Fishguard in an Uproar

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Song: In 2nd piece: Together let us range the fields-Incledon, Mrs Mountain; Gallant Soldiers born to Arms, Old England will be England still-Incledon; To arms! Britons strike Home!-Incledon, Bowden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Kemble as Faulkland, but "Charles acted Faulkland for me" (Kemble Mem.).] Receipts: #134 5s. (82.11.0; 50.10.6; 1.3.6)

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Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2, by Thomas John Dibdin; pantomime by Charles Farley]: With new Scenery, Machinery, Tricks, Dresses, and Decorations. The Overture, Airs and Chorusses by Attwood. The Pantomime Music by Attwood, Mountain, and Ealy [recte Eley]. The Scenery by Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, Blackmore, Thorne, Wilkins, &c. The Machinery and Tricks by Cresswell, Sloper and Goostree. The Dresses by Dick and Mrs Egan. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #364 (353.12; 10.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak; or, Harlequin Woodcutter

Music: End I afterpiece: A Medley Overture on the Union Pipes and Pedal Harp-Murphy, Weippert

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Edward Morris. Prologue by Charles Morris; Epilogue by George Colman, ynger (see text)]: With new Dresses and Decorations. Morning Chronicle, 14 Mar. 1799: This Day is published The Secret (2s.). Receipts: #371 18s. 6d. (319.17.0; 49.14.6; 2.7.0)

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Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; D 5, by Elizabeth Inchbald, based on Das Schreibepult; oder, Die Gefahren der Jugend, by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue. Prologue by Charles Moore (MS annotation by J. P. Kemble in Kemble-Devonshire copy in Huntington Library); Epilogue by John Taylor (see text)]: With New Dresses and Scenes. Morning Chronicle, 17 Dec. 1799: This day is published The Wise Man of the East (price not listed). Receipts: #323 14s. 6d. (321.12.6; 2.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wise Man Of The East

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Biggs. Morning Chronicle, 12 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Biggs, No. 17, Charles-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #247 2s. 6d. (92.4.6; 62.4.0; 5.4.0; tickets: 87.10.0) (charge: #229 10s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Indiscretion

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska