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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales")') 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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4052 results for: Keyword - His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
We found 1695 matches on Event Comments, 1196 matches on Performance Title, 1009 matches on Performance Comments, 402 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1851
01 June 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

1852
05 June 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The bill was inserted in London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 4 June, but not repeated on 5 June

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

1853
23 August 1739 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Top Of The Tree; Or, A Tit Bit For A Nice Palate

Performance Comment: In which will be introduced the famous Dog Scene-; which was perfbrm'd upwards of Sixty Nights with Great Applause, in the Entertainment of Perseus and Andromeda. Harlequin-Signor Yaterini; Hussar-Hale; Colombine-Mrs Talbot; Petit Maitre-Legar; Mons Sham Suit-Chapman; Clown-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: In which will be introduced the famous Dog Scene Actor:

Afterpiece Title: that Athat Amazing, Surprizing, and Astonishing Scene of The Skeleton in The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave

1854
20 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; IV: La Badinage de Provence-Poitier, Mlle Roland

1855
30 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

1856
27 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: As17391226

1857
18 February 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

1858
26 December 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

1859
22 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Southerne. Receipts: #96 3s. 6d. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410121

1860
23 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410121

1861
24 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410121

1862
26 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410121

1863
31 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

1864
02 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: FFrench Peasants, The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

1865
03 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

1866
07 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: A new Chaconne-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; The Matelots-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

1867
09 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410207

1868
17 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Pyrrhus-Delane; Orestes-Ryan; Pylades-Hale; Phoenix-Rosco; Andromache-Mrs Horton; Cleone-Mrs Mullart; Cephisa-Mrs Cross; Hermione-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: LLes Savoyards-Villeneuve, Signora Barberini; Tambourine-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

1869
19 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

1870
23 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: TTyrolean-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

1871
26 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By particular Desire. Receipts: #129 14s. 6d. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.). [Mrs Porter received #20 for acting this night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410223

1872
05 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #105 1s. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.). [Mrs Porter received #20 for acting this night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Music: For Macbeth, As17400926, but Vocal Parts-_Stoppelaer

Dance: For Macbeth, Dancing, as17400926, but Desse; +Tyrolean Dance-Haughton, Signora Barberini; The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

1873
19 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #112 3s. (Account Book); #120 (Rylands MS.). Mrs Porter received #20 for this performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: A new Tambourine-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

1874
01 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Southerne. Receipts: money #40 14s. 6d.; seals #71 3s. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.). [According to the Account Book, tickets for Dan French and the late Farquhar's Daughter were accepted this night; French in box, pit, and gallery had 20, 150, and 85 tickets; Farquhar's Daughter, 15, 118, and 137. Each received half value of the tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: IV: The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell

1875
15 October 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Never acted there before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave