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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "MMr Lee"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "MMr Lee")') 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 824 matches on Performance Comments, 606 matches on Author, 329 matches on Event Comments, 33 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: MMrs Green went to Bath to play & left us-O fool. Mr Mossop from Ireland play'd Richd -the House was crowded in ten Minutes, he was receiv'd with great Applause but happening to crack towards the end a few hiss'd. but were overpower'd by the Claps--he is very young has been upon ye Irish Stage but two years--his performance was so well, that we cou'd find no want but--Garrick (Cross). Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Mossop his 1st appearance on the English stage; Buckingham-Lee; Tressel-Blakes; Queen-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Anne-Mrs Ward; Richmond-Havard; Lieut.-Ray; King Edward V-Miss Minors; Duke of York-Miss Yates; Stanley-Winstone; Catesby-Marr; Duchess of York-Mrs Bennet; King Henry-Berry.
Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Dexter (first appearance on any stage); Aboan-Lee; Blandford-Palmer; Daniel-Shuter; Imonida-Miss Bellamy; Widow-Mrs James; Charlot Weldon-Mrs Willoughby; Lucy-Miss Minors; Governor-Burton; Capt. Driver-Taswell; Stanmore-Winstone; Jack Stanmore-Mozeen; Hotman-Blakes.
Cast
Role: Aboan Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: As17511010, but Don Carlos-Lee.
Cast
Role: Don Carlos Actor: Lee.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: Lear-Garrick; Bastard-Lee; Cordelia-Mrs Bellamy; Gloster-Berry; Edgar-Havard; Albany-Mozeen; Gent Usher-Shuter; Burgundy-Marr; Cornwall-Blakes; Kent-Winstone; Goneril-Mrs Bennet; Regan-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Bastard Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Performance Comment: Theseus-Mossop; Hippolitus-Dexter; Lycon-Lee; Phaedra-Mrs Pritchard; Ismena-Miss Bellamy; Cratander-Burton; Attendant-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Lycon Actor: Lee

Ballet: SSavoyard Travellers. As17511105

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: As17510914, but Young Fashion-Lee.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Lee.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Mossop(, 1st time); Duncan-Burton; Macduff-Havard; Ross-Lee; Malcolm-Blakes; Banquo-Sowdon; Angus-Simson; Lenox-Scrase; Seyward-Winstone; Donalbain-Mattocks; Witches-W. Vaughan, Yates, Shuter; Hecate-Berry; Lady Macduff-Mrs Mills; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Pritchard; Vocal Parts-Beard, Wilder, Vernon, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Clive; Furies-Shawford, Pelling, Harrison, Roger.
Cast
Role: Ross Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: King-Sowdon; Wolsey-Mossop, 1st time; Buckingham-Ross, 1st time; Norfolk-Palmer; Suffolk-Blakes; Surrey-Lee; Cranmer-Havard; Gardiner-Taswell; Sandys-Shuter; Lord Chamberlain-Winstone; Anne Bullen-Mrs Mills; Queen-Mrs Pritchard; Cornwell-Mozeen; Patience (with a proper song)-Miss Norris. Exact representation of the Coronation.
Cast
Role: Surrey Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Cast
Role: Don Quixote Actor: Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Smith; Aimwell-Ridout; Sullen-Sparks; Foigard-Barrington; Scrub-Shuter; Dorinda-Mrs Lee, 1st on that stage; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Hamilton.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Florenz-Ross, 1st time; Clause-Ridout; Woolfort-Sparks; Hubert-Clarke; Hemskirk-Gibson; Orator Higgen-Dunstall; Vandunck-Marten; Prince Prigg-Shuter; Jaqueline-Mrs Baker; Bertha-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Lee.

Dance: TThe Dutch Skipper-Poitier

Entertainment: E+Extravaganza. Shuter will entertain the audience in an Oratorical, Poetical, Operatical Method (never befoer attempted) with a Comic Extravaganza call'd A Day of Taste; or, London Raree Show-Shuter being a Ranelagh Breakfast, a Coffee House Conversation, An Auction at Noon, and the Choice Spirits at Night; conclude with: The Cries of London-. *uó‘cg To which will (By Desire) be added (for this Night only) Mr Shuter's Droll that was perform'd at Bartholomew Fair, call'd The English Sailors in America. Mackfinnen (the Irish Volunteer)-Shuter; Princess-Miss Dawson, her first Time of speaking on the stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Lee.

Afterpiece Title: The Siege of Quebec; or, Harlequin Engineer

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Weller 1st time; Pantaloon-Buck; Clown-Gibbs; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Britannia (The Genius of England)-Mrs Lee; Song in character of English Officer -Andrews 1st appearance on the stage; to conclude with an Emblematical Representation of General Wolfe 's Monument. to conclude with an Emblematical Representation of General Wolfe 's Monument.
Cast
Role: Britannia Actor: Mrs Lee

Entertainment: M+Monologue. An Epilogue in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stage of Human Life=-Cresswickas17600508

Dance: II: The Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet; IV: The Fingalian Dance, as17591102

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Smith; Aimwell-Ridout; Sullen-Sparks; Foigard-Barrington; Gibbet-Bencraft; Scrub-Shuter; Boniface-Marten; Sir Charles-Anderson; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Ferguson; Cherry-Mrs Green; Dorinda-Mrs Lee; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Sparks; Copper Capt.-Smith, 1st time; Don Juan-Hull; Duke-Anderson; Cacafogo-Marten; Alonzo-Perry; Sanchio-Davies; Old Woman-Shuter; Maid-Weller; Lorenzo-Holtom; 1st Lady-Mrs Copin; 2nd Lady-Mrs Ferguson; 3rd Lady-Miss Davies; Altea-Mrs Pitt; Clara-Mrs Lee; Margaretta-Mrs Vincent; Estifania-Mrs Hamilton; New Epilogue in the character of Estifania-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17601216

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter. Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. Receipts: #171 15s. 6d. plus #112 17s. from tickets (Box 272; Pit 299). Paid Hughes and Batten for 4 1!2 yds muslin for sleeves for women dancers 18s. 9d. (Account Book). [Shuter's Interlude is Larpent MS 188, a verse monologue with songs, giving the geneology of Bucks from Nimrod's heirs-hunters who now seek ladies in Boxes rather than foxes. A patriotic song on successes at Minden, Quebec, Cape Breton, &c. ending]: @We wish as we ought that Great Britain may thrive@That freedom and friendship may faction survive@On sea and on shore, as we have may we shine@And this year sixty-one equal fam'd forty-nine.@ Charges: #63 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Performance Comment: Young Cash-Shuter; Riot-Smith; Volatil-Dyer; Horatio-Davis; Valentine-Perry; Sir Tristram Cash-Bennet; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-Anderson; Cynthia-Mrs Elmy; Aurelia-Mrs Lee; Arabella-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: II: (By Desire) Hornpipe-Poitier Jr

Entertainment: End: A Comic Lecture; or, Tea a-la-Mode, in the manner of Foote-Wilkinson; The Cries of London-Shuter; End Afterpiece: the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the Order of British Bucks-Mr Shuter; with the whimsical behaviour of Choice Spirits, and Mons Thurot's Trip to Carrickfergus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The English Tars in America; or, The Good Woman Without a Head

Performance Comment: Oflarty Macfinnan-Shuter; Indian King-Wignel; Capt. Briton-Davis; Beau Bowling-Buck; Jack Ratling-Weller; Black@moor Lady-Miss Sledge; Princess Sachema-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Princess Sachema Actor: Mrs Lee.

Dance: III: A Comic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville; After Play: An Epilogue on the Humours of tne Age in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stage-Cresswick

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abegg, Miss Fielding, Miss Lee. Tickets deliver'd out by Dumai, Dufour, Jarvis, Mrs Crawford, Hitchcock, Miss Brooks, and Miss Davis will be taken. [For tickets see below.] Paid Mr Day for fireworks used in the Rape from 1 March 1759 to 4 April 1761, 56 nights at 3s. per night #8 8s. (Account Book). @Name Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value@Jarvis 11 72 54 #18 19s. #9 9s. 6d.@Dumay 7 40 16 #16 9s. 7d. #4 13s. 6d.@Dufour 14 37 17 #10 15s. #5 7s. 6d.@Mrs Abegg 51 206 77 #51 7s. #25 13s. 6d.@Miss Lee 6 59 67 #17 1s. #8 10s. 6d.@Miss Fielding 41 2 5 #11 1s. #5 10s. 6d.@Miss Brooks 4 34 16 #7 14s. #3 17s.@Mrs Crawford 14 17 28 #8 17s. #4 8s. 6d.@Miss Davis 32 30 33 #15 16s. #7 15s.@Mrs Hitchcock 40 71 18 #22 9s. Gratis@Total 220 568 331 #173 6s. #75 8s. 6d.@ Receipts: #30 18s. plus #75 8s. 6d. the half value of tickets (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: HHornpipe-Mrs Crawford; The Waggoners, as17610228

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: As17610107, but Woolfort-Anderson; Bertha-Mrs Lee; Hemskirk-Gibson; Merchants-Wignel, Holtom, R. Smith.
Cast
Role: Bertha Actor: Mrs Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Office

Performance Comment: Plume-Smith; Ballance-Sparks; Worthy-Hull; Kite-Anderson; Brazen-Cresswick, 1st time; Bullock-Dunstall; Welch Collier-Collins; Recruits-Bencraft, Costollo; Melinda-Mrs Barrington; Rose-Mrs Dyer; Lucy-Miss Lee[, 1st appearance on the Stage; Sylvia-Mrs Burden. [See17601025].See17601025].
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Lee

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: I: The Cries of London-Shuter

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Mlle Capdeville, 1st time; a Minuet-a young Gentleman, a Young Lady (a Child of 5 years) scholar of Desse Jr; III: The Provincial Sailors-Maranesi, Miss Twist; IV: The Painter in Love with his Picture-Balthazar, Hussey, Mad Marianne; End: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Holland; Pierre-Lee, first appearance here for 10 years; Belvidera-Mrs Yates; Duke-Bransby; Priuli-Havard; Renault-Burton; Bedamor-Blakes.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Song: I: Hearts of Oak-as17620209 but no cast listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Holland; Mercutio-Palmer; Paris-Lee; Tibalt-Blakes; Capulet-Burton; Fryar Lawrence-Havard; Lady Capulet-Mrs Bennet; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Juliet-Mrs Cibber; With the Funeral Procession. The Vocal Parts-Lowe, Champnes, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young, Others; In Act I, a Masquerade Danceproper to the Play,-Vincent, Sga Giorgi.
Cast
Role: Paris Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: As17620925, but Glendower-Lee; Northumberland-_.
Cast
Role: Glendower Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Holland; King Henry-Havard; Prince Edward-Master Burton; Duke of York-Miss Rogers; Buckingham-Lee; Richmond-Palmer; Stanley-Bransby; Tressel-Ackman; Lord Mayor-Philips; Lady Anne-Mrs Davies; Duchess of York-Mrs Bennet; Queen-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Garrick; King-Packer; Ghost-Bransby; Horatio-Havard; Polonius-Blakes; Laertes-Lee; Ostrick-Palmer; Rosencraus-Parsons; Guildenstern-Castle; Bernardo-Marr; Marcellus-Ackman; Player King-Burton; Player Queen-Mrs Bennet; Gravediggers-Yates, Vaughan; Ophelia-Mrs Cibber; Queen-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Laertes Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Don Carlos-Garrick; Lorenzo-Palmer; Metaphrastus-Philips; Lopez-Yates; Sancho-King; Felix-Burton; Alvarez-Bransby; Toledo-Blakes; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Jacintha-Mrs Clive; Camilla-Mrs Lee; Leonora-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Camilla Actor: Mrs Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: By CommandSga Fiorentini. [The name of the dance unspecified.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17620930, but Jacintha-Mrs Lee, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Lee, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: The Spring

Dance: I: The Irish Lilt, as17621023