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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Hester Davenport"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Hester Davenport")') 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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610 results for: Keyword - Hester Davenport
We found 598 matches on Performance Comments, 83 matches on Performance Title, 29 matches on Event Comments, 1 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

51
16 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fancy'd Queen

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Irish Trot-Bethen

52
17 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Swedish Dal Karl-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

53
21 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tuscan Treaty

Afterpiece Title: The Stage@Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Swedish Dal Karle-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; Irish Trot-Bethen

54
14 January 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Livery Rake

Cast
Role: Syrens Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Mrs Davenport, Miss Anderson
Role: Tritons Actor: Boval, Davenport, Olbeldiston, Topham
Role: Pierot Actor: Davenport
Role: Gardeners' Wives Actor: Mrs Davenport, Mrs Delorme

Dance: A new Scottish Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport

55
16 January 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Scotch Danc e by Mr and Mrs Davenport

56
02 April 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Dance: The Polonese, as17340401 Grand Dance in Momus: Sailor-Nivelon; Lively Lass-Miss Man; Les Plaisirs-Essex, Miss Robinson; Nymphs-Miss Latour, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport

Song: Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

57
09 May 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Select Pieces composed by Lampe

Dance: By Mr and Mrs Davenport

58
19 June 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: V: Pierrot by Davenport. End of Afterpiece: Minuet and Saraband by Miss Brett

Song: In Mainpiece: By Miss Jones

59
21 June 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera, Tragediz'd

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: Pierrot by Davenport. End of Afterpiece: a new Country Dance

60
24 June 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: III: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. V: Harlequin by Miss Brett. End Afterpiece: A new Country Dance

61
10 July 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Oldbeldiston

Song: As17340628

62
31 July 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Election

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: By Davenport and Miss Brett

Song: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Miss Jones

63
07 August 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: The Black and White Joak by Davenport and Miss Brett. Harlequin by Miss Brett

64
07 September 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 7 Love For Love

Dance: By Nivelon, Essex, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, particularly The Black and White Joke and Revellers

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

65
25 October 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Justices Actor: Cross, Dancey, Davenport
Role: Ladies of Pleasure Actor: Mrs Pritchard, Mrs Dancy, Mrs Davenport
Role: Fingalians Actor: Davenport, Mrs Pelling

Dance: IV: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

Song: In II: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Mrs Cibber

66
28 October 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Tricked

Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Pelling, Janno, Davenport
Role: Peasant Women Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Davenport, Miss Oates

Dance: By Mlle Roland, the first time of her performance since her arrival from Paris, Poitier, Castiglion, Livier, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

67
09 December 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: By Nivelon, Essex, Lalauze, Le Brun, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, particularly Drunken Peasant, Pierrots, and Revellers

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

68
17 December 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Merlin

Cast
Role: Shepherds Actor: Pelling, Davenport
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Davenport
Role: Furies Actor: Livier, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport

Dance: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

69
13 February 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: By Essex, Nivelon, Le Brun, Lalause, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, particularly Drunken Peasant, Revellers, and Pierots

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

70
14 February 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17341022, but Watermen-Harper, Davenport, Wright, Oates, Leigh, Janno .
Cast
Role: Watermen Actor: Harper, Davenport, Wright, Oates, Leigh, Janno
Role: Winds Actor: Thurmond, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: By Nivelon, Essex, Lalauze, Le Brun, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann: I: Dutchman and his Frow. III: Pierots. V: Revellers

Related Works
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport

71
14 August 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: By Mr and Mrs Davenport

72
30 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: A new Pantomime Dance called Damon and Phillida: Damon-Phillips; Phillida-Miss Mann; Cimon-Pelling; Mopsus-Davenport. II: Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. III: Drunken Peasant by Phillips. IV: Black and White Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. V: The Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c

73
27 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: By Denoyer's Apprentice. IV: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson

74
28 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Music: Select Pieces, particularly the March in Zara

Dance: I: Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: By Denoyer's Prentice. IV: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson

75
21 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: I: Harlequin-Master Mathews; Scholar to Davenport. II: Harlequin Woman-Mrs LeBrun; III: Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; IV: Glover's Grecian Sailors-