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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "English French Dutch Characters"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "English French Dutch Characters")') 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 3996 matches on Performance Comments, 1727 matches on Performance Title, 1431 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. Pigmalion, as17340114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. Scotish Dance, as17331004. Pigmalion, as17340114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Mr Daniel French, of Hampstead, for his Diversion, but see17340103.

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass, and Shepherd and Shepherdess by Maker and Mlle Salle. Scotch Dance, as17331004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Maker and Mlle Salle. Scotish Dance, as17331004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle

Song: The Black and White Joke by Leveridge and Laguerre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Afterpiece Title: The Barren Island; or, Petticoat Government

Dance: French Peasant by Vallois and Miss Rogers. A new Pantomime Dance: The Force of Inclination: Sailors-Vallois, Clark, Woodward, Bencraft, Smith; Amazonians-Miss Rogers, Miss Mann, Mrs Vallois, Miss Tollett, Miss Norman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: French Peasant by Lalauze, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann. Tit for Tat, as17350215

Event Comment: Benefit Charles, Master of the French-Horn. 6:30 P.M. 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: By the best Masters. Mr Charles will perform several new Pieces on the French Horn and Clarinet

Performance Comment: Mr Charles will perform several new Pieces on the French Horn and Clarinet .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Music: As17350715

Dance: French Peasant by Vallois and Mrs Woodward. Two Pierrots by Vallois and Davenport. Le Gout Anglois by Mr and Mrs Davenport

Song: As17350718

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: Apollo-Glover; Nymphs-Miss Sandham, Mrs Ogden, Mrs De L'Orme, Miss Norman, Miss Rogers; Burgomaster-Nivelon; Boor Servant (Pierot)-Lalauze; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Scaramouch-Bencraft; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Bencraft, Ferguson, Du Pre; Women Peasants-Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette; with The Triumphs of Love: Venus-Mrs Wright; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Stoppelaer; Zephyrus-Glover; Frenchman-Desse; Frenchwoman-Mlle De L'Orme; Spaniard-Livier; Spanish Woman-Miss Sandham; Polonese-Tench; Polonese Woman-Mrs Ogden; Flora-Miss Rogers; Diana-Miss Hillyard; but see17351020 . but see17351020 .
Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Desse
Role: Frenchwoman Actor: Mlle De L'Orme

Dance: French Peasant by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: French Peasants, as17360223 Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. Sailors (from Orestes) by Glover, Tench, Desse, Delagarde, Livier, Richardson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: TThe Early Horn-Brett

Music: French Horns-Baker, Stroud

Dance: As17461124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Cargill; Peachum-Mrs Lefevre; Lockit-Mrs Webb; Mat o' the Mint-Miss Lyon; Ben Budge-Miss Wood; Jemmy Twitcher-Miss Francis; Nimming Ned-Mrs W. Palmer; Crook@finger'd Jack-Miss Painter; Waiter-Miss Hale; Filch-Mrs Wilson; Lucy-Mr Edwin; Mrs Peachum-Mr Wilson; Jenny Diver-Mr Wood; Mrs Coaxer-Mr Stevens; Mrs Slammekin-Mr Blissett; Sukey Tawdry-Mr Webb; Dolly Trull-Mr R. Palmer; Molly Brazen-Mr Kenny; Mrs Vixen-Mr Massey; Betty Doxy-Mr Painter; Diana Trapes-Mr Wewitzer; Polly-Mr Bannister (1st time of their appearing in any of those characters).

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: III 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn, in girl's clothes (London Chronicle, 9 Aug., and see17810810) This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances

Event Comment: 2nd piece: The characters to be dressed in the habits of the Times

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The Surrender of Calais

Afterpiece Title: New Hay at the Old Market

Song: 2nd piece: Vocal Parts-Cooke, Lyons, Aylmer, Boyce, Brown, Dibble, Dorion, Kenrick, Linton, Little, Walker, Miss Leak, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale, Mrs Butler, Mrs Norton, Miss Menage, Miss Granger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Infernal Spirit-Legg first appearance on any stage; 5 Furies-Cooke, Villeneuve, Desse, Christian, Gardner; Helen-Mrs Lampe; Shades of Leander, Hero-Baker, Miss Young; Charon-Howard; Miller-LaLauze; Doctor's man-Arthur; Tumblers-Bencraft, Cushing; Miller's Wife-Miss Hillyard; Demons in the following characters- Harlequin, Pierrot, Mezzetin-Villeneuve, Gardner, Desse; Scaramouche-Christian; Harlequin Woman, Pierrot Woman, Mezzetin Woman-Madam Camargo, Dennison, Mrs Gondou; Scaramouche Woman-Miss Batchelor.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Taste

Performance Comment: Lady Pentweazle-Foote; New Characters-Foote, King, Packer, Baddeley, Burton, Philips, Ackman, Three Performers who never appeared on any stage (pasteboard figures) (Genest, IV, 611). Parts listed in Larpent MS 194 are; Townly-; Manly-; Carmine-; Fustian-; Project-; Prompter-; Alderman Pentweazle-; Caleb-; Servant to Townly-; Boy to Carmine-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: As17851007

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill omits Anna, but "Mrs Rock was a wretched Anna" (Thespian Magazine, Feb. 1793, p. 195). Miss Morris is identified in European Magazine, Jan. 1793, p. 69; and see 14, 16 Nov.] Afterpiece [1st time; P 2(?), author unknown. Text (i.e. synopsis of action), For the Booksellers, 1793. Larpent MS 964 contains Songs only]: Partly New, and partly a Selection of Scenery, Machinery, Tricks, and Business, from the most approved Pantomimic Productions of Lunn, Rich, Woodward, Messink, Rosamond [i.e. Rosoman], Lalauze, &c. The Music chiefly compiled [by Thomas Goodwin] from Pepusch, Galliard, Dr Arne, Vincent, Dibdin, Dr Arnold, Fisher, the rest by Shield. The selected Scenery and Machinery re-painted, and the several new ones designed and executed by Hodgins, Pugh, Walmsley, Lupino, &c. The Dances by Byrn, who will for the first time introduce a Burlesque Pas de Russe. With new Dresses, Machinery and Decorations. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [In afterpiece the playbill lists Follett, but he "having received an injury at the morning's rehearsal, afforded that excellent actor, Munden, the opportunity of giving the Public an additional proof of the versatility of his talents: -he undertook the part of the Clown [i.e. Clodpole ], and performed it so well that he will probably be obliged to retain it" (Morning Herald, 21 Dec.). He was probably omitted from the Vocal Characters (see 21 Dec.).] Receipts: #258 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Museum; or, Mother Shipton Triumphant

Performance Comment: Principal Pantomimic Characters-Boyce, Munden, Farley, Macready, Hawtin, Rees, Bayzand, Mme Rossi; Principal Vocal Characters-Incledon, Munden, Fawcett, Darley, Davies, Cubitt, Gray, Linton, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Martyr. [For assignment of parts see17921226] .For assignment of parts see17921226] .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

Event Comment: The Characters of the play will be new-dressed. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Strictland-Berry; Frankly-Palmer; Bellamy-Blakes; Jack Meggot-Woodward; Tester-H. Vaughan; Buckle-Mozeen; Simon-Marr; Valet-Vernon; Landlady-Mrs James; Milliner-Miss Toogood; Jacintha-Mrs Cowper; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Davies; Lucetta-Miss Minors; Clarinda-Mrs Pritchard; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the play.

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd the Gipsey Tambourine-Mlle Auguste, Gerard, Christian

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Foote; Lucinda-Miss Macklin (her first appearance there); Other characters-Devisse, Taswell, Blakes, Bransby, Davies, Clough, Philips, Lewis, Ackman, Mrs Bennet; New Occasional Prologue-; Original Epilogue-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Ben-Foote; Sir Sampson Legend-Berry; Mrs Frail-Mrs Clive; Miss Prue-Miss Macklin (being their first appearance in those characters); Valentine-Havard; Scandal-Palmer; Foresight-Taswell; Jeremy-Blakes; Tattle-Woodward; Trapland-W. Vaughan; Nurse-Mrs James; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Bennet; Angelica-Miss Haughton.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Granier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Performance Comment: As17610717 but Principal characters-Reinhold, Mrs +Vernon, Sga _Saratina.
Cast
Role: Principal characters Actor: Reinhold, Mrs +Vernon, Sga _Saratina.

Dance: As17610716