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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Gentlemen of the Choir"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Gentlemen of the Choir")') 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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2273 results for: Keyword - Gentlemen of the Choir
We found 989 matches on Performance Comments, 864 matches on Event Comments, 390 matches on Author, 200 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

401
09 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Dance: TTambourine-Mlle Auguste; Tyrolean Dance, as17420206

402
11 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

403
17 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

404
19 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

405
25 February 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

406
08 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Dance: Desnoyer, Sga Barberina

407
16 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

408
20 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

Cast
Role: Nymph of the Plain Actor: Sga Barberina

409
23 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

Cast
Role: Nymph of the Plain Actor: Sga Barberina

410
03 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: NNew Scots Dance, as17420401

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

Cast
Role: Nymph of the Plain Actor: Sga Barberina

411
08 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: concluding: Loncluding: +La Provencale, as17420212

412
10 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420121

Cast
Role: Nymph of the Plain Actor: Sga Barberina

413
19 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Song: OOld England forever , with chorus-Leveridge

Dance: New Comic Dance between Pantaloon and his Enamorata,-Picq, Mlle Bonneval; Chacone, as17411230; concluding with: La Provencale, as17420212

414
24 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Dance: Sga Barbarina

415
27 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance-Richardson, Delagarde, Mrs Jackson; IV: Sailor's Dance-Richardson

416
29 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Dance: LLouvre, Minuet-Dupre, a scholar of his

417
13 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the particular desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420508, By particular desire

Cast
Role: Nymph of the Plain Actor: Sga Barberina

418
14 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: Orpheus-Beard; Rhodope-Mrs Clive; Eurydice-Miss Young; Nymphs follower of Eurydice-1, Mlle Domitilla; 2, Mrs Fabres; 3, Mrs LaFont; 4, Mrs LeBrun; 5, Mrs Villeneuve; Pluto-Leveridge; Ascalax-Reinhold; Demons-Picq, Villeneuve, Delagarde; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Pantaloon-Rosco; Squire Gawkey-Bencraft; Mrs Mannerly-Mrs Martin; Goody Gurton-Marten; Drudge-Hippisley; Woman dwarf-Young Ferg; Country Lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country Lasses-Mrs Fabres, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont; A Rural Swain, Nymph-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; Villagers-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Fabres, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont; Intermix'd with a new Pantomime in Grotesque Characters, call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin-.
Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

419
16 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

420
18 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

421
20 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

422
21 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

423
23 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Performance Comment: Distress'd Mother-Mrs Pritchard; Orestes-Ryan; Pylades-Hale; Phoenix-Rosco; Hermione-Mrs Horton; Cephisa-Mrs Hale; Cleone-Mrs Mullart; Pyrrhus-Quin.
Cast
Role: Distress'd Mother Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

424
25 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .

425
27 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin Actor: .