SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Francis Wilson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Francis Wilson")') 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: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Wilson and Palmer. Tickets deliver'd by Humphreys will be taken. Paid a cotten Bill #2 11s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #254 1s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to beneficiaries: #170 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17740920

Event Comment: [The Westminster Magazine for October commented in a paragraph in general on ten new performers at Covent Garden this month: Mrs Jewell (?), Mrs Jackson, Mahon, Mrs Hunter, Wilson, Leoni, Mrs Barthelemon, Sheridan, and the dance team of the Zuchellis.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. No Part of the Pit can on any Account be laid into the Boxes. Public Advertiser, 3 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Catley at Wilson's, Watchmaker, No. 150, Drury-Lane. Receipts: #302 3s. (209.13; tickets: 92.10) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: As17761123

Song: End afterpiece: Push about the Jorum, and an additional Versesuitable to the Night-Miss Catley

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Silvester, Kaygill & Wilson. Receipts: #200 9s. 6d. (12.11.0; 3.13.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 184.5.0) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: As17761128

Event Comment: The Duenna [announced on playbill of 24 Feb.] is unavoidably postponed on account of Wilson's sudden and violent indisposition. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #138 10s. (135.4.6; 3.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Little French Lawyer

Performance Comment: Characters by Quick, Whitfield, Thompson, Booth, Lee Lewes, L'Estrange, Fearon, Wewitzer, Mrs Poussin, Mrs Willems, Mrs Lessingham. [Cast from text (J. Bell, 1778): Le Writ-Quick; Dupre-Whitfield; Verdone-Thompson; Beaupre-Booth; Mellefont-[read byLee Lewes [in text: Death]; Vertaign-L'Estrange; Champernel-Fearon; Sampson-Wewitzer [in text: Wilson]; Agnes-Mrs Poussin; Viletta-Mrs Willems; Lamira-Mrs Lessingham.

Dance: End monologue: The Poney Races, as17780421

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Cunning Isaac will relate his Escape from the Duenna [with a new song]-Quick

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Wilson, Devoto, Kaygill & Burroughs. Receipts: #182 18s. 6d. (22.15.0; 6.10.0; 0.2.6; tickets: 153.11.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: In I: Masquerade and Dance-

Song: With the Funeral Procession.The vocal parts-Gaudry, Legg, Carpenter, Chaplin, Holcroft, Philimore, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Miss Kirby, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith

Event Comment: Barbarossa [announced on playbill of 6 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred. Wilson's violent Hoarseness prevents his performing this Evening

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Wilson, Hind, Kaygill & Burroughs. Tickets delivered by Newton, Barrett, Morris, Devoto, Lislie and McDonald will be taken. Receipts: #273 4s. 6d. (18.4.0; 1.18.6; 1.0.0; tickets: 252.2.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Carleton Jun., Wilson & Hicks. Tickets delivered by Master Benson, Barrett, McDonald and Boroughs will be taken. Receipts: #256 14s. (18.1; 10.17; 0.13; tickets: 227.3) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Dance: As17791215

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Bucks have at ye all-Master Benson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Suicide

Performance Comment: As17800530, but Principal Parts-_Edwin, Wilson, _Hitchcock, +Baddeley, _Usher.
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Role: Principal Parts Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Carleton Jun., Wilson, Hicks & R. Palmer? Sen.. Receipts: #289 16s. 6d. (30.16.0; 7.7.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 251.2.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Marriage Act

Cast
Role: Dr Fabio Actor: Wilson
Role: Secretary Actor: J. Wilson

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene incident to the Play and a Minuet by Aldridge and Miss Besford. [These were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Song: End of Act iv of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley, Doyle, Simpkinson; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley, Doyle, Simpkinson; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy .
Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Wilson, Carleton Jun., Hicks & Palmer [Sen.]. Receipts: #246 6s. (27/11/0; 11/7/6; 0/13/6; tickets: 206/14/0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820223; In afterpiece the Minuet de la Cour by Zuchelli and Miss Collett

Song: In Act I of mainpiece a song by Williames

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polly

Cast
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Performance Comment: Characters by Wilson, Edwin, Staunton, Egan, Usher, Wewitzer, Darley, Davis, Barrett, Painter, Kenny, Massey, Webb, Stevens, Swords, Ledger, Parsons; Miss Morris, Mrs Webb. Cast not known. Prologue spoken by Palmer .

Dance: As17820611

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: . As17820914, but Mrs Wilson in place of Mrs Wells; Miss Morris of Miss Harper .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Dance: As17820826

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wilson

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene, and a Minuet by Harris and Miss Matthews

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession, with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Brett, Mahon, J. Wilson, Darley, Doyle; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Brett, Mahon, J. Wilson, Darley, Doyle; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth; or, Harlequin's Wedding

Performance Comment: Characters of the Pantomime by Wright, Grimaldi, Delpini, Suett, Fawcett, Waldron, Wrighten, Burton, R. Palmer, Chaplin, Norris, Spencer, Alfred, Mister Wilson; Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Granger, Miss Simson, Miss Barnes, Miss Collett. Vocal Parts by Chapman, Barrymore, Williames, Phillimore; Miss Field, Miss Wright, Mrs Wrighten. [Partial cast from European Magazine, Jan. 1783, p. 67, and Town and Country Magazine, Supp. 1782, p. 716: Harlequin-Wright; Clown-Grimaldi; Pantaloon-Delpini; Magician-Chaplin; Columbine-Miss Collett; Mirth-Miss Field; Diana-Mrs Wrighten.] hathi. hathi.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Performance Comment: As17821226, but omitted: Spencer, Alfred, Master Wilson; Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Granger, Miss Simson, Miss Barnes .

Dance: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade and Dance proper to the Play

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Miss Barnes, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Heard, Miss Richards, Dale, Stageldoir, Daglish, Kenny, Brigg, Master Wilson will be taken. Receipts: #211 14s. 6d. (27/5/0; 14/16/0; 0/7/6; tickets: 169/6/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17820917; End of Act iv Hornpipe by a Young Lady [unidentified] (Scholar of Brigg)

Song: End of mainpiece Tally Ho! by Miss Barnes

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Carleton Jun., Wilson, Hicks & Palmer Sen. Receipts: #267 3s (14/17; 7/6; 0/14; tickets: 244/6) (charge: #105 8s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: As17830505

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performance Comment: As17830531, but Wilson in place of Gaudrey; Kenny in place of Ledger .

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17830611

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Green Room

Performance Comment: Characters by Wilson, Wewitzer, Egan, Blissett, Stevens, Williamson; Miss Morris. [Larpent MS lists certain performers as appearing in this piece in their own persons, but their names do not correspond with the names printed on the playbill.] hathi.

Afterpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece a favourite song by Miss George; End of Act IV Admiral Benbow by Bannister

Monologue: 1783 08 27 As 13 Aug. IMITATIONS. As 20 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Lucianus Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth; or, Harlequin's Wedding

Performance Comment: Characters by Wright, Grimaldi, Burton, Suett, Fawcett, Ferrere, Wrighten, Williamson, R. Palmer, Chaplin, Wilson, Kenny, Spencer, Alfred; Mrs Burnett, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Miss M. Stageldoir. Cast not known .

Song: In afterpiece the vocal Parts by Chapman, Barrymore, Williames, Phillimore; Miss Field, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Wrighten

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Peachum to Wilson, and Lockit to Booth, but on the Kemble playbill MS annotations substitute Booth and Thompson.] Receipts: #140 6s. (139/2; 1/4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I) The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford