SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "King and "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "King and ")') 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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We found 10005 matches on Roles/Actors, 2634 matches on Performance Title, 2610 matches on Performance Comments, 1593 matches on Event Comments, and 23 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

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

Event Comment: Benefit Legare and Mrs Legare. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: money #36 15s.; tickets #83 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: Nivelon, Glover, Mrs Legare; Saraband, Minuet-Glover, Mrs Legare; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare; Louvre-Glover

Song: LLove and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Event Comment: Benefit Milward, Mrs Moffett, and Mrs Smithies. Receipts: money #7 9s. 6d.; tickets #98 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Song: TThe Play of Love-Leveridge

Dance: FFrench Sailor and Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer: With The Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Witches-Leveridge, Salway, Harrison, Mrs Chambers; 1st Bird@Catcher-Nivelon; 2d Bird@Catcher-Spiller; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Barbier; Sysiphus-DuPre Jr; Prometheus-Newhouse; Ixion-Lanyon; Clotho-Mrs Bullock; Lachesis-Mrs Pelling; Atropos-Mrs Anderson; Furies-DuPre, Lally, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Atropos Actor: Mrs Anderson
Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #41 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #18 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 13 paid and 8 orders; pit, 35 paid and 21 orders; slips, 10 paid and 11 orders; first gallery, 86 paid and 56 orders; second gallery, 60 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates, King Of Pontus

Performance Comment: Mithridates-Mills; Ziphares-Wilks; Semandra-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Semandra Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #38 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 14 paid and 4 orders; pit, 69 paid and 16 orders; slips, 22 paid and 13 orders; first gallery, 225 paid and 15 orders; second gallery, 151 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph

Performance Comment: Miser-Cibber Jr; Pierot-Roger; Harlequin-Clark; Clown-Harper; Harlequin's Attendant Spirit-Miss Robinson Jr; Miller's Wife and Daughter-Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe; Rural Lass-Miss Robinson; Country Lads-Young Rainton, Young Sandham; Countrymen-Boval, Haughton, Duplessis; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Miss Young; Pomona-Mrs Booth; Statues-Thurmond, Roger, Lally, Essex.
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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates, King Of Pontus

Cast
Role: Semandra Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph

Event Comment: Receipts: #59 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 63 paid and 11 orders; stage, 12 paid; pit, 113 paid and 27 orders; slips, 11 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 161 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 81 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #28 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 34 paid and 15 orders; pit, 60 paid and 20 orders; slips, 6 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 113 paid and 50 orders; second gallery, 88 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: #41 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 31 paid and 9 orders; stage, 3 paid; pit, 118 paid and 24 orders; slips, 4 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 141 paid and 46 orders; second gallery, 147 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Event Comment: [Text by P. A. Rolli. Music by Handel.] Admission by Ticket only (not more than 400) at half a guinea. Gallery 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England