SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "James Byrne"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "James Byrne")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber Or The Fruitless Precaution

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: End of mainpicce a new dance, The Medley, by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne and others (their 1st appearance)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Dance by Byrne and Mrs Goodwin; End of Act IV Dance by Harris and Miss Besford

Song: In afterpiece Sweet Echo, as17840323but accompanied by Foster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Dance: End of mainpiece The Rivals by Byrne, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Foote Weston and Shuter in the Shades

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Performance Comment: Creon (in the Character of Punch)-Swords; Prince de la Cour (as a Running Footman)-Byrne; Captain of the Guard-Master Sestini; Jason (in the Character of Pierrot)-Delpini; Creusa (en dishabille Francoise)-Mrs Goodwin; Nurse-Mr Painter; Medea (in the Character of Mother Shipton)-Mme Dagueville .
Cast
Role: Prince de la Cour Actor: Byrne

Dance: In Act III of 2nd piece Hornpipe by Byrne

Monologue: 1784 08 26 As 10 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

Dance: End of mainpiece Recreation by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Rival Nympbs by Harris, Byrne, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin, Miss Matthews

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: End of mainpiece The Rival Nymphs, as17841006, but omitted: Byrne, Ratchford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Related Works
Related Work: The Fortune-Hunters; or, Two Fools Well Met Author(s): James Carlile

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale or The Descent of the Balloon

Dance: End of mainpiece, by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne, and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement Or An Adventure At Margate

Performance Comment: Characters by Bannister, Wilson, Edwin, Davies, R. Palmer, Baddeley, Palmer; Mrs Webb, Miss Hale, Mrs Bannister. [Cast adjusted from text (T. Cadell, 1781): Surat-Bannister; Sir James Juniper-Wilson, Etiquette-Edwin; Melville-Davies; Spruce-R. Palmer; Cathartic-Baddeley; Shuffle-Palmer; Lady Juniper-Mrs Webb; Fidget-Miss Hale; Amelia-Mrs Bannister.] hathi. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, by Giorgi's Scholars; End of Act I of afterpiece New Dance by the two Miss Simonets, Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne, and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: A Beggar on Horseback

Cast
Role: James Actor: Burton

Dance: End of mainpiece The Merry Lasses by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Dance: End of mainpiece The Lover in Disguise by Byrne and the two Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

Dance: End of mainpiece The Female Balloonists; or, The Ladies in the Air by Byrne and the two Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague or The Giants Causeway

Dance: Afterpiece: To conclude with a Grand Ballet by Byrne and the two Miss Simonets, &c. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alls Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Dance: End of mainpiece Horn sweet's the Love that meets Return by Byrne, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Afterpiece Title: Here and There and Every Where

Performance Comment: Skip Harlequin (Pantomime Author)-R. Palmer; Harlequin Skip-Milbourn; Saunter-Booth; Pantaloon-Burton; Abbe-Byrne; Running Footman-Master Goostree; Pierrot-Delpini; Bird-Catcher-Meadows; Hum-Bug-All-o-Wewitzer; Housemaid-Miss Hale; Colombine-Mrs Goodwin; Genius of the Mine-Miss Painter. Other Characters by Gardner, Usher, Swords, Riley, Barrett, Ledger, Gaudry, Nicolini, Lyons, Painter, Besford, Master Farley; Mrs Love, Miss Brangin, Mrs Morris, Mrs Lefevre . Mrs Love, Miss Brangin, Mrs Morris, Mrs Lefevre .
Cast
Role: Abbe Actor: Byrne

Dance: In afterpiece, by Byrne, Ratchford, Giorgi Jun., Miss Francis, Miss Rowson, Mrs Invill, Giorgi's Scholars, the two Miss Simonets. [The dances were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: After Monologue: The Shepherds-Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne

Entertainment: Monologue As17870516

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Song: V: a Roman Ovation-; Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Bonville, Rock, Janson, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Gray, Miss Rowson, Miss Paye, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great; or, The Conquest of Persia Author(s): James D'Egville

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Song: the Grand Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon, as17871022; Vocal Parts, as17871022, but Bonville, +Janson, Mrs +Gray, Miss +Rowson, Miss +Paye, Mrs +Byrne, _Brown, Mrs _Morton, Miss _Blower

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Cake

Song: As17870924, but Vocal Parts-Bonville, +Janson, Mrs +Gray, Miss +Rowson, Mrs +Byrne, _Brown, Miss _Blower

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King And No King

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Cake

Song: II: a Grand Chorus-Johnstone, Davies, Darley, Cubitt, Blurton, Janson, Bonville, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Mrs Byrne, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Miss Paye, Miss Blower, Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End IV: a New Divertisement-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Dance: End II: Leap Year-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

Song: In afterpiece: (for that Night only) Sweet Bird-, from L'Allegro il Penseroso by Handel Mrs Billington; accompanied on the flute-W. Parke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: End: As17880124; I afterpiece: a Dance-Byrne, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

Song: II: a song-Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia

Song: End IV: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; with the Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Bannister, Johnstone, Cubitt, Darley, Bonville, Lee, Rock, Janson, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Gray, Miss Rowson, Miss Paye, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Dance: End II: a new Negro Dance-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin