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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.

451
02 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Manuel Actor: Diggs

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Bullock; Pasacaille-Mrs Bullock; Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock

Ballet: GGrand Dance. As17260430

Cast
Role: Harlequin Woman Actor: Mrs Wall.

452
15 July 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's The Master

Song: Salway

Dance: Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson; Chacone-Mrs Anderson; Two Pierrots-Newhouse, Pelling

453
19 July 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's The Master

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

Song: Salway

Dance: Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson

454
12 October 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Ryan; Lorenzo-Walker; Bertran-Diggs; Raymond-Milward; Dominic-Quin; Gomez-Hippisley; Queen-Mrs Berriman; Elvira-Mrs Bullock.

Dance: HHarlequin Man and Woman-Burny, Mrs Anderson; Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Polonese-Lally, Mrs Pelling

455
13 October 1726 @ 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; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Oldfield; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Belinda-Mrs Cibber; Emilia-Mrs Heron; Pert-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Song: As17261001

Dance: As17261006

456
05 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Diana's Madness; Or, Fatime, A Favourite Slave In The Seraglio, Mad For Love, And Crown'd Empress By The Grand Signior: With Pantlon And Harlequin Eunuchs Elected Kaimcan And Ciguir, The One Impaled And The Other Sawed Asunder, The Bashas Selim And Achmet Ript Open, Rabca Strangled, And Chistar Beheaded

Entertainment: Carneval-after the Venetian Manner; Dancing-Masqueraders in divers Characters, Madmen, Turks Men and Women being the Invention of Mr Poictiers

457
09 November 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

Dance: As17260929

458
19 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Furbarie Per Vendetta; Or, Brighella's Revenge Thwarted By Argentina: With Divers Transformations Of Harlequin, Viz

Dance: Turkish Men and Women, being the Invention of Mr Poitier

459
10 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Song: As17261001

Dance: Essex, Mrs Booth, others

460
13 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

461
02 March 1727 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Pantalon and Cintio. By His Majesty's Command. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Book of the Comedy 1s. 6d., including a large Print of Pantalon's own Picture, the Argument and Explanation of the Plot

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Comedy Within A Comedy; Or, The Foppish Merchant Turn'd Comedian For Love By Pantalon

Entertainment: Singing Dancing and Serenading after the Venetian Manner-; To which is added, A most noble Concert of Musical French Horns-; Songs-; accompany'd-the said Concert; Dance-Turkish Men, Turkish Women; at the Sound of Trumpets and Kettle Drums-; Dance call'd the King of Morocco's Diversions-Signor Grimaldo Francolino of Malta; and his most surprizing Activity and Strength in a Dance on his Knees with a wonderful heavy Machine upon his Head, never yet attempted by any one before-Signor Grimaldo Francolino

462
24 April 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virtue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: TThe Fawns-; La Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; Polonese-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Drunken Man-Harper

463
03 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Strolers

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: TTurkish Dance-Lally, Essex; Country Lass-Miss Robinson; Pastoral-Boval, Mrs Brett

464
15 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wright and Penkethman's Widow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: MMatlose-Lally, Miss Tenoe; La Jeunesse-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Turkish Dance-Lally, Essex, others; Drunken Man-Harper

Music: Select Pieces-; particularly a Trumpet Sonata on the Stage-; Concerto on Little Flute-John Baston

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife. As17270505

465
17 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: End I: Comic Dance-Duplessy, Mrs Walter; III: La Matlotte-Lally, Miss Tenoe; IV: French Peasant-a Gentleman just arrived from Paris; V: Serious Dance-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

466
21 August 1727 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore: Containing The Death Of King Edward Iv, The Penance Of Jane Shore, And Her Miserable Fall Under Richard The Protector

Afterpiece Title: With The Comical Humours of Anthony Noodle, His Man Weazle, and Captain Blunderbuss

Afterpiece Title: The Wheel of Life; or, Harlequin's Death

467
22 August 1727 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of The Unnatural Parents; Or, The Fair Maid Of The West: Giving An Account How They Had Two Daughters, One Of Which They Fondly Lov'd, And The Other They Could Not Endure; So By Their Barbarity She Was Forced To Leave Her Father's House And Seek Her Fortune: With The Comical Humours Of Trusty, Her Father's Man, That Was Sent In Pursuit After Her, Who, In His Travels, Met With Three Witches That Hoisted Him Upon A Distaff, And Sent Him Flying Home Over The Houses

Dance: DDance-Wild Cats of the Woods

468
18 November 1727 @ 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; Loveit-Mrs Oldfield; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Belinda-Mrs Cibber; Emilia-Mrs Heron; Lady Townly-Mrs Butler; Pert-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Dance: Essex, Mrs Booth, Lally's Son, Little Girl

469
14 February 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

470
29 February 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Dance: Lally, Essex, Mrs Booth

471
28 March 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: Cholerick-Spiller; Antonio-Bullock; Charino-Hippisley; Clodio-Chapman; Carlos-Walker; Duart-Ryan; Manuel-Milward; Louisa-Mrs Bullock; Elvira-Mrs Berriman.
Cast
Role: Manuel Actor: Milward

Song: End I: Si Caro, Lass of Patie's Mill-Miss Warren; III: Plain Truth, Wheel of Life-Leveridge; IV: Ballad written, set to music by Leveridge-Miss Fenton; V: Merry Cobler's Tragical End At Last-

Dance: II: Peasant-Nivelon; III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock

472
25 April 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Dorimant Actor: Wilks

Dance: Thurmond, Lally, Boval, Haughton, Rainton, Miss Robinson

473
29 April 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humourous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: King-Bridgwater; Demetrius-Wilks; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Miller; Lysimachus-Watson; Selecus-Boman; Ptolemy-Cory; Menippus-Shepard; Charinthus-Norris; Bawd-Harper; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield.

Dance: DDrunken Man-Harper

474
03 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Eversman. Receipts: money #44 13s.; tickets #94 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 33 by money and 177 by tickets; stage, 10 by money; pit, 76 by money and 262 by tickets; slips, 11 by money; first gallery, 119 by money and 107 by tickets; second gallery, 111 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Song: The Ballad Margaret's Ghost Appearing to William-Mrs Barbier , with the Original Scotch Tune; The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; The Cobler's Lamentation Warning Every Soul Against Love telling it will bring them All to an End at the Last-Leveridge

Music: Concerto-the French Boy and Girl

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Dance of Milk Maids-

475
10 May 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Castelman, Treasurer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Performance Comment: Manuel-Cibber; Rosara-Mrs Booth; Philip-Bridgwater; Octavio-Cibber Jr; Diego-Norris; Soto-Harper; Hypolita-Mrs Thurmond; Flora-Mrs Cibber; Valetta-Mrs Mills; Trappanti-Miller.
Cast
Role: Manuel Actor: Cibber

Dance: End I: Pastoral Dance-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: Comic Dance-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson Sr; III: Turks Dance-Thurmond, others; IV: Miss Brett; V: Fawns-Lally, Essex; Drunken Man-Harper