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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Lady Betty Frisk"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Lady Betty Frisk")') 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 Manager In Distress

Performance Comment: Bustleton-Powell; Manager-Aickin; Easy-Iliff; Gentleman in the Balcony-Rees; Irishman in the Pit-R. Palmer; Prompter-Gardner; Actresses-Miss Brangin, Mrs Poussin, Miss Francis, Miss Palmer; Lady in the Balcony-Mrs Webb.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performance Comment: Peeping Tom-Edwin; Mayor-Moss (1st appearance in that character); Crazy-Barrett; Earl of Mercia-Gardner; Count Louis-Lyons; Harold-Davies; Maud-Mrs Kemble; Mayoress-Mrs Webb; Lady Godina [sic]-Miss Brangin; Emma-Mrs Bannister.

Afterpiece Title: The Swop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Performance Comment: Captain Surat-Bannister; Lord Random-R. Palmer; Sir James Juniper-Moss; Melvil-Davies; Doctor Cathartic-Baddeley; Spruce-Iliff; Sir Dilberry-Painter; Kit Crab-Barret; Etiquette-Edwin; Lady Juniper-Mrs Webb; Fidget-Miss Hale; Amelia-Mrs Bannister.
Cast
Role: Lady Juniper Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Man

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Bannister Jun., R. Palmer, Williamson, Kemble, Barrett, Aickin, Mrs Brooks, Mrs Whitfield, Mrs Kemble. [Cast fro text (G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789): Sir John Classick-Bannister Jun.; Lord Lovemore-R. Palmer [in text: Palmer]; Dorimant-Williamson; Mr Tradewell Classick-Kemble; William-Barrett; Mr Classick-Aickin; Emily-Mrs Brooks; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield; Lady Classick-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Lady Classick Actor: Mrs Kemble.

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Dance: As17890708

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance on this stage); Beau Clincher-Bannister Jun.; Young Clincher-R. Palmer; Alderman Smuggler-Moss; Vizard-Iliff; Dicky-Burton; Tom Errand-Chapman; Constable-Johnson; Colonel Standard-Williamson; Angelica-Mrs Brooks; Parley-Mrs Edwards; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Rivers.
Cast
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Rivers.

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club [i

Afterpiece Title: The Comet; or, How to Come at Her

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Bannister Jun., Williamson, Burton, Baddeley, Mrs Taylor, Miss Brangin, Mrs Webb. Cast from European Magazine, Aug. 1789, p. 135: Kicksey-Bannister Jun.; Belmont-Williamson; Stitch-Burton; Sir Credulous Testy-Baddeley; Emily-Mrs Taylor; Maid-Miss Brangin; Lady Testy-Mrs Webb.
Cast
Role: Lady Testy Actor: Mrs Webb.

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Afterpiece Title: The Benevolent Planters

Dance: As17890805

Entertainment: Monologue As17890617

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Wife Well Managed

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Edwin, Kemble, Burton, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Whitfield. [Cast suggested by Genest, VI, 570: Don Pisalto-Edwin; Father Bernardo-Kemble; Teague-Burton; Inis-Mrs Edwards; Lady Pisalto-Mrs Whitfield.]
Cast
Role: Lady Pisalto Actor: Mrs Whitfield.

Afterpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-Bannister Jun.; Chronicle (1st time)-Baddeley; Spatterdash-R. Palmer; Captain Ambush-Williamson; Shadrach-Barrett; Old Sadboy-Gardner; Clod-Edwin; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Webb; Araminta-Miss George; Dinah Primrose-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Lady Rounceval Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke; or, Trappolin's Vagaries

Song: End 2nd piece: Four@and@twenty Perriwigs all on a Row-; In 3rd piece: Quoz-Edwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: King Richard-Kemble; Richmond-Wroughton; Buckingham-Barrymore; Lord Stanley-Aickin; Tressel-Whitfield; Norfolk-Williames; Catesby-Packer; Ratcliff-Phillimore; Prince Edward-Miss Stageldoir; Duke of York-Miss Gawdry; King Henry-Bensley; Lady Anne-Mrs Powell (late Mrs Farmer); Dutchess of York-Mrs Hopkins; Queen-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Farren; Father Foigard-Johnstone; Boniface-Powel; Sullen-Davies; Gibbet-Cubitt; Sir Charles Freeman-Evatt; Scrub-Quick; Cherry-Mrs Martyr; Dorinda-Mrs Mountain; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Platt; Gipsey-Miss Stuart; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroyed

Dance: In afterpiece: Byrne, Jackson, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Haymes (1st appearance on that stage); Stockwell-Aickin; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Captain Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Barrymore; Fulmer-Suett; Varland-Baddeley; Lady Rusport-Mrs Booth [Public Advertiser: Mrs Hopkins]; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Tidswell; Lucy-Mrs Heard; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Lady Rusport Actor: Mrs Booth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Harley (from the Theatre Royal, Norwich; 1st appearance on this stage); King Henry-Aickin; Buckingham-Farren; Stanley-Powel; Tressel-Egan; Pr. Edw.-Mrs Byrne; D. of York-Master Simmons; Norfolk-Macready; Lieut.-Cubitt; Catesby-Davies; Ratcliffe-Thompson; Lord Mayor-Gardner; Oxford-Evatt; Richmond-Holman; Lady Anne-Miss Brunton; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Mrs Pope. [Playbill of 23 Sept.: Holman's, Miss Brunton's, Mrs Pope's 1st appearance in those characters.]Playbill of 23 Sept.: Holman's, Miss Brunton's, Mrs Pope's 1st appearance in those characters.]
Cast
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Miss Brunton

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Performance Comment: Sir Clement Flint-Bensley; Lord Gayville-Barrymore; Alscrip-Suett; Chignon-Baddeley; Mr Blandish-Whitfield; Mr Rightly-Aickin; Prompt-R. Palmer; Clifford-Wroughton; Miss Alscrip-Miss Pope; Miss Alton-Mrs Crouch; Mrs Blandish-Mrs Wilson; Lady Emily-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Lady Emily Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Wroughton; Bacchanals-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick; Spirit-Lamash; Brothers-Benson, Banks; The Lady-Mrs Ward; Pastoral Nymph (1st time)-Miss Hagley; Sabrina-Miss Romanzini; Principal Bacchant-Mrs Edwards; Bacchants-Mrs Fox, Miss Barnes, Mrs Shaw; Euphrosyne-Mrs Crouch; Sweet Echo-Mrs Crouch; accompanied-Forster.
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward

Song: II: song in character-Mrs Crouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Bensley; Lord Trinket-Dodd; Sir Harry Beagle-R. Palmer; Charles-Barrymore; Russet-Aickin; Captain O'Cutter-Moody; William-Phillimore; John-Wilson; Tom-Alfred; Major Oakly-Baddeley; Lady Freelove-Mrs Hopkins; Harriet-Mrs Kemble; Toilet-Miss Tidswell; Chambermaid-Mrs Heard; Mrs Oakly-Miss Farren. [Edition of 1792 (John Bell) adds: Paris-Maddocks; Servant-Lyons.]
Cast
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau; Or, Our Way In France

Performance Comment: Lackland-Lewis; Lepoche-Quick; Squire Tally@ho-Edwin; Sir John Bull-Powel; Lord Winlove-Davies; Col. Epaulette-Cubitt; Henry-Johnstone; Rosa-Mrs Mountain; Celia-Mrs Martyr; Mrs Casey-Mrs Bernard; Lady Bull-Mrs Webb; Nannette-Miss Stuart; Miss Dolly Bull-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Lady Bull Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Dance: End: Divertissement-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist; Or, Stop Him Who Can

Performance Comment: Characters by Lewis, Quick, Edwin, Blanchard, Thompson, Macready, Holman, Mrs Wells, Mrs Webb, Miss Brangin, Miss Brunton. [Cast form text (T. N. Longman, 1793), and Genest, VI, 551-52: Vapid-Lewis; Lord Scratch-Quick; Ennui-Edwin; Floriville-Blanchard; Peter-Thompson; Willoughby-Macready; Harry Neville-Holman; Servant-Evatt; Marianne-Mrs Wells; Lady Waitfor't-Mrs Webb; Letty-Miss Brangin; Louisa Courtney-Miss Brunton; Prologue-Bernard; [This was spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 17 performances only (see17900202).] Epilogue-Lewis. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]
Cast
Role: Lady Waitfor't Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Holman; Macduff-Aickin; Banquo-Farren; Duncan-Hull; Malcolm-Macready; Ross-Davies; Donalbaine-Egan; Seyward-Gardner; Seyton-Thompson; Doctor-Powel; Hecate-Bannister; Witches-Blanchard, Bernard, Reeve; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Duffey, Cubitt, Darley, Rock, Blurton, Letteney, Lee, C. Powell, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Davenett, Miss M'George, Mrs Powell, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Mrs Lefevre, Mrs Gray, Mrs Masters, Mrs Martyr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Performance Comment: Lionel-Kelly; Colonel Oldboy-Suett; Sir John Flowerdale-Aickin; Jenkins (1st time)-Sedgwick; Harman (1st time)-Dignum; Jessamy-Dodd; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Hopkins; Diana (1st time)-Miss Romanzini; Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Clarissa-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Lady Mary Oldboy Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist; or, Who's Who

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Lady Darling Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Miss Chapman.

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Performance Comment: Sir Toby Tacet-Quick; Bellcamp-Davies; Lake-Macready; Grog-Blanchard; Maurice-Rock; Sam Stern-Bernard; Cable-Darley; Rupee-Edwin; Cornelia-Mrs Martyr; Florimel-Miss Chapman; Nancy-Miss Stuart; Lady Tacet-Mrs Webb.
Cast
Role: Lady Tacet Actor: Mrs Webb.

Dance: As17890930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff-Ryder; King-Aickin; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Farren; Worcester-Powel; Poins-Davies; Francis-Edwin; Sir Walter Blount-Macready; Bardolph-Rock; Douglas-Egan; Carriers-Bernard, Blanchard; Hotspur-Fennell (1st appearance in that character); Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Lady Percy-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Lady Percy Actor: Miss Chapman.

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17890916

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Performance Comment: Chrononhotonthologos-Tunstall; Bombardinian-Blandford; Aldiborontiphoscophornio-Jones; Rigdumfunnidos-Frimbley; Captain of the Guards-Randall; Cupid-Brooke; Herald-Banks; Cook-Harris; Doctor-Hatton; King of the Antipodes-Wilson; Amoamassedicianstotowramulantic, King of the Fidlers-George; Fadladinida, Queen of Queerumania-Mrs Tunstall; Lady-Mrs Banks; Venus-Mrs Taylor; Tatlanthe-Miss Brooke.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Banks

Entertainment: Monologue. End: the tale of Edwin and Emma-Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Performance Comment: Sir Charles Racket-Lewis; Lovelace-Evatt; Woodley-Macready; Drugget-Quick; Dimity-Mrs Rock; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Davenett; Nancy-Miss Rowson; Lady Racket-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Abington.

Dance: As17891021

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: As17890919, but Belcour-Bannister Jun.; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Lucy-Miss Barnes.
Cast
Role: Lady Rusport Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Cast
Role: Lady Waitfor't Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir J. Restless-Ryder; Sir W. Belmont-Thompson; Young Belmont-Davies; Blandford-Hull; Robert-Cubitt; Brush-Farley; Beverley-Lewis; Lady Restless-Mrs Mattocks; Clarissa-Mrs Mountain; Marmalet-Miss Stuart; Tattle-Mrs Davenett; Tipper-Mrs Platt; Belinda-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: End: As17891113; Afterpiece to conclude: Grand Dance. Chief of the Bostanges-Byrne, Principal Female Dancers-Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Performance Comment: Sir John Trotley (with the original Prologue)-King; Lord Minikin-Bernard; Colonel Tivy-Davies; Jessamy-Macready; Mignon-C. Powell; Davy-Quick; Lady Minikin-Miss Chapman; Gymp-Mrs Platt; Miss Tittup-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Chapman

Dance: End I: Divertissement-[See17891002]; End: Tamborine Dance, as17891021

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: [Characters-Kelly, Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Dignum, Sedgwick, Whitfield, Williames, Bannister Jun.; Sga Storace (1st appearance on the English stage i.e. in a speaking part]), Miss Romanzini, Mrs Booth, Mrs Crouch. [Cast from Songs (J. Jarvis, 1789): Lord William-Kelly; Baron of Oakland-Baddeley; Hugo-Moody; Lewis-Suett; Robert-Dignum; Charles-Sedgwick; De Courcy-Whitfield; Martin-Williames; Edward-Bannister Jun.; Hubert-Webb; Servant-Lyons; Adela-Sga Storace; Cicely-Miss Romanzini; Maud-Mrs Booth; Lady Elinor-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Lady Elinor Actor: Mrs Crouch.

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield