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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Kentish man"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Kentish man")') 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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2326 results for: Keyword - Kentish-man
We found 1421 matches on Performance Title, 539 matches on Performance Comments, 474 matches on Event Comments, 4 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

426
18 May 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Manuel Actor: Diggs

Dance: Nivelon Sr, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Rogier, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; particularly Wooden Shoe Dance, French Peasant-Nivelon Sr, Mrs Rogier; Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Rogier

427
22 June 1724 @ Richmond

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At Mr Penkethman's Theatre in Richmond. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatre Royal. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. In proper Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces- , accompany'd with the Harpsicord, Flutes, and Hautboys

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Dance: The Drunken Man-Harper

428
03 August 1724 @ Richmond

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. N.B. Tickets given out for The Merry Wives of Windsor will be taken at this Play. [See Daily Post, 3 Aug., for Penkethman's celebration at Richmond on 1 Aug., the anniversary of the Hanoverian succession to the throne, and British Journal, 8 Aug., for an account of William Marshall, of lif, as an anti-Hanoverian demonstrator on 1 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Drunken Man-Harper

Song:

429
22 August 1724 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prodigal Son; Or, The Libertine Reclaimed; Wherein Is Represented His Vicious Life, And The Devil Appearing To Him To Go On In His Wickedness; And The Miserable State He Was Brought To Be His Extravagance, Being Reduced To That Extremity, That He Was Forced To Eat Husks With The Swine, To Satisfy His Hunger; Also An Angel Descending, Exhorting Him To Repent, And Return To His Father, Who Receives Him With Great Joy

Performance Comment: With the Comical Humours of his Man Roger. Roger-Harper; Country Farmer-Aston; Lucia-Mrs Spiller.

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Harlequin and Colombine

Entertainment: Drunken Man-Harper

430
22 August 1724 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Mr Penkethman's Theatrical Booth, at the Horns Inn in Smithfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bednal Green; Or, The Woman Never Vex'd; With The Comical Humours Of Sir Timothy Sousecrown And His Man Gudgeon

Entertainment: Vaulting-; Tumbling-; High Rope Walking-

431
05 October 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

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

432
17 November 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man Hater

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

433
21 November 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling-Cibber; Dorimant-Wilks; Medley-Mills; Old Bellair-Harper; Young Bellair-Cibber Jr; ShoeMaker-Miller; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Loveit-Mrs Oldfield; Belinda-Mrs Porter; Emilia-Mrs Heron; Pert-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Song: As17241008

Dance:

434
18 December 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: Three different Characters-Miss Robinson (who never appear'd upon any Stage before), young Rainton, both Scholars of Mr Fairbank

435
11 January 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

436
12 January 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

437
13 January 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

438
23 January 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Song: As17241008

Dance: As17241230

439
07 April 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Dance: Mrs Booth, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Venetian Dance-Essex, Mrs Anderson

440
03 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: End I: Cantata-Salway

Dance: II: The last new Chacone-Mrs Bullock; III: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; IV: Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: Dame Ragonde and her Two Sons-

441
12 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: As17250508

Dance: new Passacaile-Miss Robinson; A new Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Young Rainton

442
19 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Music: S$Signior Archangello Correlli's First Concerto-; Concerto on Little Flute-John Baston

Dance: DDrunken Man-Harper; Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Scaramouch-a Youth of 10 Years Old, who never appeared on any Stage before

443
23 August 1725 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Penkethman's and Norris's Great Theatrical Booth in the George Inn Yard, Smithfield. An excellent new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Famous History Of Semiramis, Queen Of Babylon: Or, The Woman Wears The Breeches, Containing The Distressful Loves Of The Prince Alexis An Ulamia; The Pleasant Adventures Of Sir Solomon Gundy And His Man Spider; And The Comical Humours Of Alderman Doodle, His Wife, And Daughter Hoyden

Performance Comment: King Ninus-Huddy; Semiramus-Mrs Plommer; Alexis-Cibber Jr; Alderman Doodle-Williams; Captain-Roberts; Ulamia-Mrs Houghton; Madame Doodle-Mrs Cook; Sir Solomon Gundy-Bridgwater; Spider-Norris; Hoyden Doodle-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Alderman Doodle Actor: Williams

Song: Platt

Dance: Houghton, Mrs Houghton

444
28 September 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Dance: With the last new Dance, in Comic Characters, call'd La Folette composed by Mons Roger the French Pierot ,-Mons Roger, Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

445
02 November 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By their Royal Highnesses' Command. Written by Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling-Cibber; Dorimant-Wilks; Medley-Mills; Old Bellair-Harper; Young Bellair-Cibber Jr; Shoemaker-Miller; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Belinda-Mrs Cibber; Loveit-Mrs Oldfield; Emilia-Mrs Heron; Lady Townly-Mrs Baker; Pert-Miss Teno.
Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Dance:

446
23 November 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: Choleric-Spiller; Antonio-Bullock; Charino-Hippisley; Charles-Walker; Clodio-Egleton; Duart-Ryan; Manuel-Diggs; Louisa-Mrs Bullock; Elvira-Mrs Parker; Angelina-Mrs Rice, who never appear'd on any Stage before.
Cast
Role: Manuel Actor: Diggs

Dance: As17251117; Peasant-Nivelon

447
26 November 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man Hater

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

448
29 January 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

449
28 February 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: Frenchman Actor: Lally
Role: Spanish Woman Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Polonese Woman Actor: Mrs Wall
Role: Frenchwoman Actor: Mrs Younger

450
15 April 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Dance: End I: Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson; II: La Pierette-Roger, Mrs Brett; III: A new Scaramouch-Sandham's Son; IV: Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Roger, Lally, Boval, Duplessis; V: Passacaille-Mrs Booth

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Related Work: Sir Roger de Coverly; or, The Merry Christmas Author(s): Joseph Dorman