SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Claridge"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Claridge")') 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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Event Comment: [By John Mottley.] A new Tragedy. Receipts: #11 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antiochus

Related Works
Related Work: Antiochus Author(s): John Mottley
Event Comment: Benefit Spiller. Afterpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #29 1s.; tickets #38 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

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Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

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Role: Coupler Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Dance: As17211023

Event Comment: Not Acted these Fifteen Years. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. All the Characters being new dress'd. Benefit John Rich. Receipts: money #79 11s. 6d.; tickets #21 7s

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Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Love; Or, The Ladies Satisfaction

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Bower, who never appear'd on the Stage before

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

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Role: Coupler Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

Event Comment: [By John Sturmy.] Receipts: #40 15s

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Mainpiece Title: Love And Duty; Or The Distress'd Bride

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Related Work: Love and Duty Author(s): John Slade
Related Work: Love and Duty; or, The Distress'd Bride Author(s): John Sturmy
Event Comment: [By John Sturmy.] Receipts: #70 1Os. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Compromise; Or, Faults On Both Sides

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Related Work: The Compromise: or, Faults on both Sides Author(s): John Sturmy
Event Comment: Admission as 7 Nov. 1722. See also London Journal, 2 Feb., and John Gay to Jonathan Swift, 3 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: With all the Sinkings, Flyings, and usual Decorations. Receipts: money #99 4s. 6d.; tickets #22 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: Amadis; or, The Lovers of Harlequin and Colombine

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Related Work: Amadis; or, The Loves of Harlequin and Colombine Author(s): John Rich

Dance: As17221030

Event Comment: By Subscription, as 23 March. Benefit John Rich. Receipts: money #72 0s. 6d.; tickets #30 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

Related Works
Related Work: Jupiter and Europa; or, The Intrigues of Harlequin Author(s): John Rich
Event Comment: Benefit Richard Patrick and John Tomkins, Doorkeepers to the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: Scaramouch-a Boy of Nine Years of Age

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #121 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth; Part I

Related Works
Related Work: The Conquest of Granada, Part I Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, Part I Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, Part II Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part II Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: Aesop, Part II Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): John Crowne

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

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Related Work: Jupiter and Europa; or, The Intrigues of Harlequin Author(s): John Rich
Event Comment: Benefit John Rudd, Boxkeeper to the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Dance: As17240309

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #167 10s. 6d. For a long essay on the stage, see Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 23 Jan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: Receipts: #151 15s. 6d. Benefit John Rich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: Benefit John Rudd, Boxkeeper. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Dragon De Muscovie

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Docteur Faustus

Dance: PPierot, Country Dance-Roger; A new Punch-the young Scaramouch lately arrived from France

Event Comment: Benefit John Topham (Topham Sr)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Dance: MMyrtillo-

Event Comment: Benefit John Grano.Tickets 5s. At 5 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By John Thurmond.] With variety of Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Related Works
Related Work: Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be Author(s): John Crowne

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphoses

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond
Event Comment: Benefit Egleton and Mrs Egleton. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #26 7s.; tickets #87 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives' Confederacy

Song: End IV: Chanson a Boire-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: I: French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; II: Running Footman's Dance-Nivelon, Mrs Legare; III: Louvre-Mrs Wall; V: The Burgomaster and his Frow-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: [il Convitato Di Pietra, O sca Don Giovanni Libertino: Viz

Performance Comment: The Stone Guest; or, Don John the Libertine.

Dance: [Grotesque Characters-Poitier, Mrs Anderson, others

Event Comment: Benefit Roger, the Pierot. By His Royal Highness's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Coupler Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph; or, The Miser and Pierot Taken Prisoner by the Lilliputians

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Triumph Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: LLa Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife (new). Cobler-Boval; Wife-Roger; Two Peasant-Essex, Haughton; Wives-Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

Event Comment: Benefit Wood, Treasurer. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #12 18s.; tickets #152. Probable attendance: boxes, 13 by money and 220 by tickets; stage, 3 by money; Pit, 13 by money and 464 by tickets; first gallery, 26 by money and 274 by tickets; second gallery, 23 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Song: TThe Genius of England-Salway; The Lass of Patie's Mill-Mrs Warren

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: PPierot-Nivelon, Poitier; French Sailor and His Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Shakespear. Daily Journal, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also Daily Post, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by John Rich for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-Daily Journal, 31 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Performance Comment: King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Gardiner Actor: Johnson
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Coupler Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation Scene