SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Lady Augusta"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Lady Augusta")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Afterpiece Title: Venus and Adonis (Second Interlude)

Dance: As17151029

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry (By Desire)-Cibber Jr; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Horton; Angelica-Mrs Booth; Standard-Mills; Smugler-Johnson; Clincher Sr-Miller; Clincher Jr-Oates; Vizard-W. Mills; Dicky-Jones; Lady Darling-Mrs Mullart; Parly-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Darling Actor: Mrs Mullart

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Officer; or, The Captain's Lady

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth, Essex, Miss Robinson, Haughton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cur'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Performance Comment: Worthy (the English Officer)-Mattocks; Sea Lieutenant-Dunstall; Major Hearty-Perry; Ensign-R. Smith; Soldiers, Sailors-Buck, Weller, Murden; Anna-Miss Valois, 1st time in a singing character; Duenna-Mrs White; Elvira (the Spanish Lady)-Mrs Mattocks; New Prologue-Shuter.

Dance: IV: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17641101

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Performance Comment: Theseus-Barry; Hippolitus-Reddish; Lycon-Palmer; Cratander-Davies; Guards-Wheeler, Everard; Lady-Miss Platt; Ismena-Young Gentlewoman, first appearance on the stage; Phaedra-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Benefit for Dickinson (First-gallery Office-keeper). Paid Mr Wegg half yrs. rent to Lady Day last #57 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #287 2s. Charges: #84. Profits to Dickinson: #203 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: End: A Hornpipe-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Hidou. Paid 1 yrs. Poor's Rate for Covent Garden parish to Lady Day last #2 16s. 8d.; one yrs. ditto for St Martin's to Xmas last #60 6s. 7d. (Treasurer's Book). Main characters in the New Ballet New Dressed. Receipts: #170 3s. 6d. Charges: #66 4s. 6d. Profits to Sga Hidou: #103 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Cast
Role: Lady Rachel Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: I: A New Ballet (for that Night Only) call'd The Force of Love-M LaRavier (his first appearance on that stage), Sga Hidou, Como, Sga Como, Two Children, first appearance; End: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for the Widow of a Baronet [Sir Richard Perrott], and a large Infant Family. Tickets to be had of Lady Perrott, No. 28, Spring-street, Portman-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Palmer Jun.; Glenalvon-Berry; Lord Randolph-Stewart; Old Norval-Franklin; Anna-Mrs Harvey; Matilda-Lady Perrott.
Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Lady Perrott.

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African

Entertainment: Monologue An Occasional Address-a Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentifield])

Event Comment: Both pieces by Command of their Royal Highnesses Prince George, Prince William, Lady Augusta. Afterpiece: For last time this season. Present the Princes George & William, and the Lady Augusta. Paid Mr LaCourt in full for painting for the Fair #21. Receipts: #161 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amelia

Performance Comment: Casimir-Sullivan; Osmyn-Messing; Amelia-Mrs Lampe; Augusta-Miss Young; Rodolpho-Bennet.
Cast
Role: Augusta Actor: Miss Young
Event Comment: Paid Mr Dibdin's draft on Managers, #50; Mrs Weston 4 nights in the Garter in full, 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Mr Daigueville, First Dancer and Ballet Master at Drury Lane House, gives notice to the Nobility and Gentry, that he has an elegant dancing room, No. 38 Cow Lane, Snowhill; where he continues to teach every day the Dauphin's Minuet and others...Teaches abroad also when required; and at the request of his scholars, he will give a Ball on the 10th instant. The Gentlemen are desired to call at his house for the tickets 10s. 6d. each, to admit one Gentleman and a Lady. If any Gentleman wants the Ballroom for private assembly or concert they may have it for one or two nights in the week. Receipts: #159 6s. (Treasurer Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Performance Comment: As17720204, but Aubrey-Jefferson; Augusta Aubrey-Miss Younge; Mrs Bridgmore-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Augusta Aubrey Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Event Comment: Benefit for Quin. Play By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Prince Edward, Prince William, the Lady Augusta, and Lady Elizabeth. In which will be reviv'd a scene not acted these 30 years. Five rows of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes, and for the better Accomodation of the Ladies the Stage will be enclos'd and formed into an Amphitheatre, where servants will be allowed to keep places. Ladies are desired to send servants to keep places at three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Cast
Role: Lady Piercy Actor: Mrs Woffington
Event Comment: By Command. Present the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince George, Prince Edward, and Prince William, with the Lady Augusta and Lady Elizabeth (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Receipts: #87 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Old Lady Actor: Mrs James

Dance: The English Boy and Girl

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #115 18s. 6d. Present Prince of Wales at #5 5s., with Duke of York; Princess of Wales at #5 5s., with Lady Augusta, Lady Caroline, Lady Louisa. Paid Woodfall for printing #46 18s. 6d. and another printing bill #31 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Lady Augusta. Benefit Lalauze. There will be no Building on the Stage. Receipts: money #97 5s.; seals #63 6s. (Account Book); #160 (Rylands MS.). [Lalauze was charged #50 for his benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: (by Cby Command)The Jealous Farmer Outwitted; Harlequin a Statue

Dance: Mechel, Mlle Mechel, Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Event Comment: Both pieces by Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Prince Edward and the Lady Augusta

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Old Lady Actor: Mrs Mullart

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Cooke, Mlle Domitilla

Event Comment: 1 By Command (General Advertiser). Present the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princes George and Edward, and The Lady Augusta (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Receipts: #171 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv

Cast
Role: Lady Piercy Actor: Mrs Vincent
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Prince Edward, the Lady Augusta and the Lady Elizabeth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Prince Edward, Lady Elizabeth, and Lady Augusta

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Play by Command of their Royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Prince Edward, Prince William, Lady Augusta and Lady Elizabeth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Event Comment: Benefit for Quin. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses Prince George, Prince Edward, Prince William, Prince Henry, Lady Augusta and the Lady Elizabeth. Six rows of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Stage will be Enclosed and form'd into an Amphitheatre. Paid Quin in full of his agreement #122; Advanced Servandoni #5 5s. [The Account Book itemizes the income this night as #93 15s. in money; #99 5s. in tickets, a total of #193 without stage (i.e., presumably without counting money to Quin gained from friends invited to sit in the Amphitheatre on stage.) This was also a "Free Benefit," i.e., clear of costumary house charges.] Receipts: #193

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of his Majesty. The Comedy Love for Love design'd to be perform'd this day, is deferr'd till further notice. Present His Majesty and Princess of Wales, Lady Augusta, Princess Louisa, Prince William and Prince Frederick. Boxes #94 7s. 6d. [about 384 persons, nearly the capacity of the Boxes, which was about 560]. Paid Macklin one fifth part of #179 being the surplus after #63 allow'd for the charge as per agreement...#35 16s. Gave the Yeomen of the King and Princess's Guard #2 2s., and the King's Footmen and Chairmen #1 1s. (Account Book). Receipts: #242 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Cast
Role: Lady Piercy Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: [Unspecified]

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command. Ladies and Gentlemen who have taken places are desired to send their servants before 3 o'clock. No persons can possibly be admitted behind the scenes or into the Orchestra. Present their Majesties the Duke of York, Prince William Henry, Prince Henry Frederick, and Lady Augusta. [The Winston Theatrical Record lists the customary night's expenses as follows]: @Renters #12 1s.@Barber 5s. 4d.@Music #4 19s. 5d.@Tallow Candles #2 10s.@Wax Candles #1 6s.@Coals 10s.@Lamps #1 12s. 3d.@1 days Billstickers 11s. 6d.@1 days Bills #1 7s.@1 days Advertising 5s.@Wardrobe Bill (a day) #1 7s.@Property Bill (a day) #1 6d.@Extras (for Opera and Rape) #1 6s. 6d.@J. Rich #5 5s.@C. Rich #1@Guards (18) and a Serjeant #1@#36 6s. 5d.@ Extras that night: @Yeomen of His Majesties' guard #1 1s.@Yeomen of Her Majesties' guard #1 1s.@His Majesties' Footmen #1 1s.@Her Majesties' Footmen #1 1s.@Princess of Wales' Attendant #1 1s.@Their Majesties' Coachman 6s.@Total #5 11s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: As17610907

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Income from Boxes #83 10s. Present Their Majesties, Lady Augusta; Prince William Henry, Prince Henry Frederick, Paid Vincent in full for 10 Lac'd Coats...8 Trumpet Banners and 2 Kettle drum banners #73 10s. Receipts: #232 11s. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, and the Lady Augusta. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Dance: I: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Les Egyptiens-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment; IV: Serious Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf