SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "G G J and J Robinson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "G G J and J Robinson")') 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 1255 matches on Performance Comments, 752 matches on Event Comments, 585 matches on Performance Title, 73 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: New Tambourine, as17640929

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: A Tambourine, as17641015

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Queens or Death of Alexander the Little

Performance Comment: Alexander-Dyer; Clytus-Dunstall; Lysimachus-Davis; Roxana-Wignell; Statira-Shuter; Hephestion-R. Smith; Cassander-Perry; Perdiccas-Holtom; Aristander-Gardner; Parisatis-Mas. Morgan; Sysigambis-Lewis.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Dyer
Role: Cassander Actor: Perry
Role: Aristander Actor: Gardner

Dance: II: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17650108, but Macheath-Lowe, 1st appearance on this stage in two years, and for this night only.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: II: The Medley, as17641120

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003

Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi (Ballet Master) and Aldridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Havard; Caliban-Love; Ariel-Miss Young; Hymen-Kear; Ceres-Mrs Vincent; Ferdinand (with proper songs adapted to the character)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Tricalo-Yates; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; in Act I, a Dance of Spirits-; In Act III, a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; In Act IV, a Pastoral Dance-Giorgi, Miss Baker.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: Hearts of Oak, as17650420

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Baddeley,Tickets deliver'd by Kear for An Opera will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Entertainment: II: By Desire, Bucks Have at ye All-Baddeley

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Lilt, as17641011

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places may be taken from Johnson at the Stage Door. No money will be taken at the stage door. None will be refunded after Curtain is drawn up. To begin at 6 o'clock. [Footnote not further noted. Garrick on his return from the continent first introduced a method of illumination by lights not visible to the audience, thus replacing the huge chandeliers (Genest, V, 86). Published this season, A Critical Balance of the Performers at Drury Lane last Season, a broadside sheet at 1s., printed for C. Moran. This scale of the following twelve values war applied to 43 actors and actresses: (A score of 20 under each heading was perfect.) Figure; Grace; Spirit & Ease, Sensibility & Truth; Dignity & Manners; Expression & Pantomime; Low Humor; Genteel Humor; Elocution and voice; Dress; Dumb show; Noise. Beside each actor was listed his outstanding parts. (See Copy in Huntington Library.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Holtom; Player-Anderson; Beggar-Bennet; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Lucy-Mrs Baker; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copen; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Brent; Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; Country Dance-characters in the opera.
Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Apprentice-Woodward; Wingate-Dunstall; Gargle-Anderson; Scotchman-Bennet; Irishman-Barrington; Catchpole-Buck; Simon-Cushing; Watchman-Weller; Porter-Gardner; President-Perry; Three members-Holtom, Murden, Mas. Morgan; Charlotte-Mrs Evans.
Cast
Role: Gargle Actor: Anderson

Dance: II: The Venetian Gardeners, as17650925

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Havard; Stephano-King; Caliban-Love; Ferdinand (with song)-Vernon; Trinculo-Yates; Ariel (with song)-Miss Young; Ceres-Mrs Vincent; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; Hymen-Kear; Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; The other Dances-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17660311 End: Rural Love, as17651115

Song: A New Duet will be introduc'd between-Shuter, Miss Brent

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London-Shuter

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wright. Part of Pit laid into the boxes. [Prologue and Epilogue to Falstaff's Wedding as spoken by Dodd and Mrs Pritchard printed in the Public Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: End: A Comic Dance -Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, as17660207

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-Miss Tetley

Event Comment: Benefitfor Holtom, Hallam and Buck

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: The Fingalian Dance-Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson and West. Tickets deliver'd for Rule a Wife (which is oblidg'd on account of Palmer's Indisposition) will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17660207

Event Comment: [M$Mrs King was formerly Miss Baker (Genest, V, 115).] Paid Watson and Smith (Box Office Keepers) #20 (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book). [This was operating cash, returned 4 June 1767.] Receipts: #135 14s. 6d. (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted this season. Benefit for the Increase of a Fund Establish'd by the Performers at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, for the support of such actors, and their families, who from age or infirmities shall be incapable of their business. Such of the Nobility, Gentry, &c., who are pleased to favour this undertaking, are desir'd to send for places, Box or Pit tickets to Mr Sarjant at the Stage-Door. Charges #65. Profits to the Fund #13617s., plus #22 6s. from tickets (Box 82, Pit 12). Paid Mr Weller as per bills for property and machinery in Faustus #14 13s. (Account Book). Receipts: #201 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Player-Anderson; Beggar-Bennet; Lucy-Mrs Baker; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copin; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Mrs Pinto; Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; A Country Dance-the characters of the opera.
Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17661008

Entertainment: OOccasional Prologue-Ross; The London Cries-Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17661215

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera. With grand Chorusses. New Dances, new Cloaths, and new Decorations painted by Biggari and Conti. Music composed by Giovan S. Bach. By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Carattaco

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Carattaco

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Carattaco

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Carattaco