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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "James Thompson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "James Thompson")') 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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4873 results for: Keyword - James Thompson
We found 2554 matches on Performance Comments, 2250 matches on Author, 436 matches on Event Comments, 90 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4626
11 July 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Afterpiece Title: Blue Devils

Performance Comment: Megrim-Fawcett; Demisou-Palmer; James-Wathen; Annette-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Wathen

4627
25 November 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Sir Jasper-Maddocks; Leander-Surmont; Gregory-Bannister Jun,; James-Trueman; Harry-Evans; Davy-Hollingsworth; Robert-Wentworth; Helebore-Sparks; Dorcas (1st time)-Miss Mellon; Charlotte-Miss Heard; Maid-Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Trueman

4628
20 December 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17991128, but James-Fisher; Harry-_; Davy-_; Robert-_; Helebore-_.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Fisher

Song: As17991213

4629
14 January 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: Sir James Elliot-Palmer; Old Wilding-Archer; Young Wilding-Powell; Papillion-Wewitzer; Miss Grantham-Miss Mellon; Miss Godfrey-Miss Heard; Kitty-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: Palmer

Song: As17991228

4630
05 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: As18000114, but Sir James Elliot-Trueman; added: Servants-Fisher, Ryder; Waiter-Webb.
Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: Trueman

Song: As17991228

4631
14 June 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Blue Devils

Performance Comment: Megrim-Fawcett; Demisou-Palmer; James-Wathen; Annette-Mrs Gibbs.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Wathen

Afterpiece Title: The Jew

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Song: 3rd piece: Chorus-Kenrick, Little, Willoughby, Dibble, Aylmer

4632
27 August 1800 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: What A Blunder

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Palmer (1st appearance in that character); Old Wilding-Davenport; Papillion-Farley; Waiter-Ledger; Servants-Abbot, Chippendale; Sir James Elliot-Trueman; Miss Godfrey-Miss Gaudry; Kitty-Mrs Hale; Miss Grantham-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: Trueman

4633
27 June 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: With my Lady Batten, Mrs Rebecca Allen, Mrs Thompson, &c., two coaches of us, we went and saw Bartholomew Fayre, acted very well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

4634
28 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson, Aston, Widow Atkins. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #22 12s.; tickets #94 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Song: I: Peggy O-Tony Aston; III: The Medley Hodge@Podge-Aston; V: Hold John-Aston; I afterpiece: Mrs Wright

Dance: II: French Clown-Nivelon; IV: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; End of Farce: Drunken Man-Aston

4635
17 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilcocks, Thompson, and Papillon. Receipts: money #11 18s. 6d.; tickets #131 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden; Drunken Man-Salway

Song: Cantata, with Kdttle Drums and Trumpets,-Papillon

4636
14 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ray, Newhouse, Thompson. Receipts: money #17 7s. 6d.; tickets #123 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: I: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; II: La Folette s'est ravisee-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; III: Musette-LeSac, Miss LaTour; IV: Scottish Dance, as17330507

Ballet: V: The Cobler; or, The Merry Wife Constant (new). Cobler (Punch)-Newhouse; Petir Maitre (Harlequin)-LeSac; Doctor (Scaramouch)-Dupre Jr; Merry Wive-Miss Baston

Song: III: Chancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

4637
19 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson, Le Sac, Miss Rogers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. III: Grecian Sailors by Glover, Le Sac, Dukes, Delagarde, Dupre. IV: A new dance by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c. Mainpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Song: II: As17350422

4638
06 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Aston, A. Ryan, Thompson, Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; IV: Fingalian-Smith, Mrs Ogden; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover; End Afterpiece: Hippisley's Drunken Man-

Song: I: The Lady's Lamentation, as17370414 III: Caelia has a Thousand Charms-Beard

4639
27 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets for Stoppelaer, Thompson, Boman, Miss Horsington, Miss Dancey taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Finder Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Je ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Gates; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun

4640
11 November 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Gipsies-Bride, Green, Rayner, Gray; Gipsey Women-Miss Minors, Mrs Budgell, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Rayner; Young Rustick-Liviez; Colombine-Miss Mann; Colombine's Father-Leigh; Fidler-Gray; Mother-Mrs Phillips; Maid-Miss Story; John Trot-Hough; Concluding with a New Grand Entertainment of Dancing call'd A Voyage to the Island of Cytherea: Adonis-Desse; Venus-Mrs Walter; Pilgrims (men)-Liviez, Dumont, Baudouin, (women) Mrs Thompson, Miss Story, Miss Rayner; Cupid-Constantini.

Song: Between the acts: Beard, Lowe

4641
06 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stede, Thompson, Clarke, Mrs LeBrun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: As17420505

Entertainment: CCries of London-Salway

4642
29 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer, Thompson, Miss Hillyard, Tickets deliver'd out by Gardiner, Miss Morrison, and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: GGrand Ballet, as17421108; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

4643
21 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson and Mrs Rowley. Mainpiece written by the late Mrs Centlivre. Tickets deliver'd out by Taylor and Wright will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

4644
06 May 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Laguerre, Rector, Thompson, Harrington [Prompter] and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Charino Actor: James

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Cooke, Picq, LaLauze; particularly a Minuet-Rector, Delagarde

4645
30 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delagarde, Thompson, Burton. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs LeBrun, Miss Allen, &c will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; being last time of his performing. Also dancing-Cooke, Sga Campioni=

4646
21 March 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clive, Mainpiece: At the Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Part of Pit rail'd into Boxes. Stage form'd into front and side Boxes. Send servants by 3. Tickets and places of Mrs Clive in Great Queen St., Lincolns Inn Fields, and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Cross: Ned Thompson dy'd. Receipts: #220 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel); cash #78; tickets, #94 10s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Song: By Particular Desire, the Irish Song, Ellen a Roon-Mrs Clive

4647
09 January 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: We hear that the Tragedy of Coriolanus, wrote by the late Mr Thompson, has been rehearsed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, and will be perform'd there on Friday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

4648
25 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Thompson for 2 wigs in Faustus as per bill #4 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #166 11s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

4649
03 December 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Accomplishd Maid

Performance Comment: Parts-Mattocks, Shuter, DuBellamy, Dibdin, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Poitier, Mrs Baker, Mrs Pinto. Lord Bellmour-Mattocks; Sir John Lofty-DuBellamy; Kriegsman-Shuter; Robin-Dibdin; Fanny-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Lucy-Mrs Pinto; Finet-Miss Poitier; Susan-Mrs Baker; Genest, V, p. 130. Larpent MS 256 confirms parts and adds Nurse-; Servants-. Edn. of 1767 lists Finet-$Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Servants Actor: . Edn. of 1767 lists Finet-Mrs Thompson.
Role: of 1767 lists Finet Actor: Mrs Thompson.

Dance: I: The Garland, as17661023; II: Rural Love, as17661120

4650
19 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. Afterpiece: Not acted these 7 years. [See 27 Nov. 1760.] Present their Majesties, Dukes of Gloster and Cumberland, Princess of Brunswick and Lady Louisa. Gave Yeomen of the guard #2 2s.; Paid Mr Cousins for hair dressing in the Fairy Favour #1 4s. and Mr Thompson for the same #1 12s. Paid Ellis (scourer) a bill for the Men's Wardrobe, #1 4s. 6d. Paid for the license of Love in the City #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #231 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexities

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113; End: The Female Archer, as17661215

Music: End: By Command, Violin Solo-Linley