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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "English and Irish Stage"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "English and Irish Stage")') 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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Event Comment: Receipts: #184 13s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 222 paid and 5 orders; stage, 111 paid; pit, 278 paid and 5 orders; slips, 65 paid; first gallery, 430 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 197 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Milward and Mrs Berriman. Not Acted these Ten Years. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #34 9s.; tickets #163 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 26 by money and 290 by tickets; stage, 11 by money; pit, 32 by money and 429 by tickets; slips, 3 by money; first gallery, 73 by money and 271 by tickets; second gallery, 145 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Dance: End II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; IV: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock

Song: I: Hey Ho Who's Above?-Salway, Miss Warren; III: Si Caro Cara Si, In the Pleasant Month of May-Miss Warren; V: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End at Last-Leveridge

Event Comment: Receipts: #165 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 208 paid and 3 orders; stage, 69 paid; pit, 281 paid; slips, 60 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 389 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 191 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Afterpiece: [By Lacy Ryan.] Receipts: money #64 18s.; tickets #111 13s. Probable attendance: boxes, 116 by money and 185 by tickets; stage, 31 by money; pit, 37 by money and 346 by tickets; slips, 13 by money; first gallery, 110 by money and 135 by tickets; second gallery, 122 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Sir George-Ryan; Charles-Walker; Marplot-Spiller; Sir Francis-Hippisley; Sir Jealous-Bullock; Miranda-Mrs Younger; Isabinda-Mrs Bullock; Patch-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Younger

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera

Event Comment: Receipts: #113 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 130 paid and 7 orders; stage, 25 paid; pit, 265 paid and 7 orders; slips, 36 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 232 paid and 5 orders; second gallery, 164 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Polly [Miss Fenton]. Receipts: money #48 4s. 6d.; tickets #47 15s. Probable attendance: boxes and pit, 49 by money and 203 by tickets; stage, 28 by money; first gallery, 111 by money; second gallery, 115 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

Music: Piece of Musick on Two German Flutes-a French Boy and Girl , about 8 Years of Age, being the first Time of their appearing in Publick since their Arrival from Paris

Song: SSince Times Are So Bad (The Spinning Wheel Dialogue)-Leveridge, Salway; Scottish Ballad-Miss Fenton; and several Ballad Duettos-Miss Fenton, Walker

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre and Mrs Pelling. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #41 3s.; tickets #97 1s. Probable attendance: boxes, 30 by money and 193 by tickets; stage, 9 by money; pit, 73 by money and 220 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 116 by money and 158 by tickets; second gallery, 98 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: End I: Miss Latour; III: A new Grand Serious Dance by Dupre-Dupre, others; IV: Flag Dance-Nivelon; V: Peasant-LaLoge; End Farce: A new Grand Comic Dance-Dupre, others

Song: II: The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; End Farce: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

Event Comment: Receipts: #118 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 136 paid and 10 orders; stage, 26 paid; pit, 272 paid and 1 order; slips, 30 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 217 paid; second gallery, 164 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Wood, Treasurer. Receipts: money #25 13s. 6d.; tickets #149 13s. Probable attendance: boxes, 23 by money and 132 by tickets; stage, 9 by money; pit, 44 by money and 591 by tickets; slips, 7 by money; first gallery, 38 by money and 280 by tickets; second gallery, 46 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: new May Day Dance by Newhouse, for Four Countrymen and Four Milk Maids with Garlands-; French Peasant-Nivelon, Legare

Song: TThe Bonny Milk Maid a Ballad and, The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; The Spinning Wheel Dialogue-Leveridge, Salway; The Cobler-Leveridge; Ballad Duetta-Walker, Miss Fenton

Event Comment: Benefit Eversman. Receipts: money #44 13s.; tickets #94 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 33 by money and 177 by tickets; stage, 10 by money; pit, 76 by money and 262 by tickets; slips, 11 by money; first gallery, 119 by money and 107 by tickets; second gallery, 111 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: The Ballad Margaret's Ghost Appearing to William-Mrs Barbier , with the Original Scotch Tune; The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; The Cobler's Lamentation Warning Every Soul Against Love telling it will bring them All to an End at the Last-Leveridge

Music: Concerto-the French Boy and Girl

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Dance of Milk Maids-

Event Comment: Benefit Polly [Miss Fenton]. Receipts: money #137 12s.; tickets #17 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 157 by money and 35 by tickets; stage, 51 by money; pit, 263 by money and 39 by tickets; slips, 28 by money; first gallery, 323 by money and 30 by tickets; second gallery, 176 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Glover. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #20 1s. 6d.; tickets #63 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 27 by money and 162 by tickets; stage, 8 by money; pit, 24 by money and 156 by tickets; slips, 34 by money; first gallery, 44 by money and 71 by tickets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Music: German Flute-French Girl, Boy; Kettle Drums-Poitier

Dance: BBall Dance-Glover, Mrs Legare; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover; Kettle Drums-Poitier; A new Grand Dance-Glover, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Legare, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour

Event Comment: Receipts: #78 14s. Probable attendance: boxes, 64 paid and 3 orders; stage, 12 paid; pit, 196 paid and 15 orders; slips, 14 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 194 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 165 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Warren and Miss Holliday. Receipts: money #21 0s. 6d.; tickets #100 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 22 by money and 269 by tickets; stage, 6 by money; pit, 27 by money and 128 by tickets; slips, 2 by money; first gallery, 34 by money and 144 by Tickets; second gallery, 58 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: End I: Milk Maids Dance with Garlands-; III: Nivelon, Poitier, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Song: I: The Milk Maid's Song-Miss Warren; II: In the Pleasant Month of May-; L'Amorche Peste Sento-; IV: Gently Touch the Warbling Lyre, Si Caro Cara Si-Miss Warren; V: Fie Ho-Salway, Miss Warren

Event Comment: The Fiftieth Night. Receipts: #69 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 37 paid and 14 orders; stage, 10 paid; pit, 203 paid and 9 orders; slips, 11 paid and 6 orders; first gallery, 109 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 108 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Receipts: #26 1s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 20 paid and 3 orders; stage, 4 paid; pit, 57 paid and 15 orders; slips, 9 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 75 paid and 6 orders; second gallery, 50 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Rochetti and Mrs Legare. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #24 19s. 6d.; tickets; #114 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 22 by money and 203 by tickets; stage, 8 by money; pit, 14 by money and 318 by tickets; slips, 8 by money; first gallery, 59 by money and 157 by tickets; second gallery, 91 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Song: End I: Mrs Barbier; III: Rochetti; IV: Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: II: A new Ball Dance-Glover, Mrs Legare; V: Grand Dance of Lads and Lasses-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan and Chapman, the Poet in The Beggar's Opera. Receipts: money #10 2s.; tickets #134 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 8 by money and 198 by tickets; stage, 6 by money; pit, 15 by money and 300 by tickets; first gallery, 12 by money and 299 by tickets; second gallery, 21 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Vandunck Actor: Bullock Sr

Song: GGently Touch the Warbling Lyre, The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; No Kissing At All-Leveridge, Salway; Dialogue-Salway, Miss Warren

Dance: PPastoral-Glover, Mrs Legare; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: The Fifty-Second Night. Receipts: #134 13s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 190 paid and 31 orders; stage, 19 paid; pit, 270 paid and 8 orders; slips, 32 paid and 6 orders; first gallery, 304 paid and 10 orders; second gallery, 164 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Rowland and Widow Atkins. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #9 9s.; tickets #108 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 13 by money and 200 by tickets; stage, 2 by money; pit, 8 by money and 256 by tickets; first gallery, 15 by money and 200 by tickets; second gallery, 19 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: LL'Amor Che Parte Sento, Gently Touch the Warbling Lyre-Miss Warren; two part Song-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Dutch Burgomaster and His Frow-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: The Fifty Third Night. Receipts: #84 11s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 86 paid and 6 orders; stage, 13 paid; pit, 225 paid and 12 orders; slips, 13 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 168 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 147 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Lacy, Pitt, Mrs Rice. Written by Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #4 10s.; tickets #87 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 3 by money and 76 by tickets; stage, 4 by money; pit, 4 by money and 261 by tickets; first gallery, 4 by money and 294 by tickets; second gallery, 18 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover, Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Palin. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #5 10s.; tickets #145 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 3 by money and 225 by tickets; stage, 5 by money; pit, 9 by money and 355 by tickets; first gallery, 4 by money and 355 by tickets; second gallery, 16 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Song: new Song-Miss Fenton; The Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: The Fifty Fourth Night. Receipts: #74 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 66 paid and 24 orders; stage, 5 paid; pit, 206 paid and 19 orders; slips, 23 paid and 6 orders; first gallery, 169 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 117 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: The Fifty Fifth Night. Receipts: #102 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 141 paid and 23 orders; stage, 8 paid; pit, 245 paid and 11 orders; slips, 21 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 185 paid and 17 orders; second gallery, 155 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera