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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Maria Isabella Nossiter"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Maria Isabella Nossiter")') 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 1256 matches on Performance Comments, 123 matches on Performance Title, 74 matches on Event Comments, 1 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Women Pleas'd

Performance Comment: Silvio-Wroughton; Soto-Quick; Claudio-Farren; Duke-Davies; Lopez-Booth; Bartello-Fearon; Penurio-Edwin; Duchess-Mrs Inchbald; Isabella-Mrs T. Kennedy; Rodophe-Mrs Webb; Belvidere-Mrs Bates .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs T. Kennedy

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: In Act IV of mainpiece a song by Mrs Martyr; End of Mainpiece Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row by Edwin

Monologue: 1785 04 11 End of Act II of mainpiece A Description of the Curiosities of the Tower of London by Edwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Babbini (1st appearance in the Comic), Morigi, Schinotti, Tasca; Sga Schinotti, Sga Catenacci, Sga Pollone, Sga Ferrarese (1st appearance in the Comic). [Cast from libretto Q. Jarvis, 1785): Giannetto-Babbini; Patterio-Morigi; Pasquino-Schinotti; Don Gastone-Tasca; Isabella-Sga Schinotti; Lauretta-Sga Pollone; Bettina-Sga Ferrarese. The listing of Sga Catenacci appears to be a misprint; in this opera there are only 3 female parts. And see17850614]. in this opera there are only 3 female parts. And see17850614].
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Schinotti

Dance: End of Act i Divertissement, as17850224; End of Opera Don Juan, as17850407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Benson; Colonel Briton-Payne; Lissardo-Banister; Don Lopez-Wellman; Don Pedro-Wright; Frederick-Francis; Vasquez-Stevenson; Alguazil-Newbold; Soldier-Oldmeadow; Servant-Master Payne; Gibby-Waldron; Flora-Mrs Benson; Isabella-Mrs Wellman; Inis-Miss Cranford; Violante-Miss Francis .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Wellman

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: After the Monologue, by Miss Cranford

Monologue: 1785 06 17 End of mainpiece an Occasional Address to the Audience by Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: Duke-Smith; Angelo-Palmer; Claudio-Barrymore; Escalus-Aickin; Clown-Parsons; Provost-Wrighten; Elbow-Wright; Fryar Peter-Chaplin; Barnardine-Fawcett; Abhorson-Alfred; Lucio-Bannister Jun.; Mariana-Mrs Ward; Juliet-Miss Barnes; Isabella-Mrs Siddons .
Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Col. Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Wrighten; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Carlos-Lewis; Lorenzo-Farren; Don Alvarez-Wilson; Don Felix-Thompson; Lopez-Edwin; Sancho-Quick; Camillo-Mrs Bates; Jacintha-Mrs Wilson; Isabella-Mrs Morton; Leonora-Mrs T. Kennedy .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Morton

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Bevil-Holman (1st appearance in that character); Myrtle-Wroughton; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Wewitzer; Tom-Lewis; Indiana-Mrs Warren (1st appearance in that character); Lucinda-Mrs Inchbald; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Miss Platt; Phillis-Mrs Abington (1st appearance in that character at this theatre) .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude as17851123

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a song by Mrs Kennedy [Public Advertiser: Brett]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici; Or, The Happy Travellers

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Babbini, Tasca, Morigi, Schinotti; Sga Sestini, Miss Wheeler, Sga Ferrarese del Bene. [Cast adjusted from libretto Q. Jarvis, 1785): Giannetto-Babbini; Don Gastone-Tasca; Patterio-Morigi; Pasquino-Schinotti; Isabella-Sga Sestini; Lauretta-Miss Wheeler; Bettina-Sga Ferrarese del Bene.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Sestini

Dance: End of Act I New Divertissement, as17860311but omitted: Mlle Mozon, Fabiani; End of Opera Divertissement Villageois, as17860218, but omitted: Mlle Mozon

Song: Sga Sestini will introduce some favourite songs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Parsons, Bannister Jun., R. Palmer, Lyons, Edwin; Mrs Bates, Mrs Riley, Mrs Edwin, Miss Brangin, Mrs Wells. [Cast from text (G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786): Don Antonio-Parsons; Marquis-Bannister Jun.; Carlos-R. Palmer; Servant-Lyons; Jerome-Edwin; Countess-Mrs Bates; Donna Isabella-Mrs Riley; Ursula-Mrs Edwin; Inis-Miss Brangin; Flora-Mrs Wells.] Prologue spoken by Bannister Jun. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi. Prologue spoken by Bannister Jun. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi.
Cast
Role: Donna Isabella Actor: Mrs Riley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Bevil-Williamson; Myrtle-Davies; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Usher; Cimberton-Parsons; Humphrey-Gardner; Daniel-Wewitzer; Tom-Palmer; Phillis-Mrs Smith (from the Theatre Royal, York [on playbill of 12 July: 1st appearance in London]); Lucinda-Miss Brangin; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Love; Isabella-Mrs Poussin; Indiana-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Poussin

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Song: In Act II of mainpiece song by Miss Burnett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Palmer; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Performance Comment: Sifroy-Kemble; Beaufort Sen-Aickin; Beaufort Jun-Barrymore; Paulet-Whitfield; Child-Miss Granger; Glanville-Bensley; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Cleone-Mrs Siddons.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Performance Comment: Ferdinand [later called: Fernando]-Johnstone; Spado-Quick; Pedrillo-Edwin; Ramirez-Davies; Sanguino-Darley; Scipio-Booth; Philippo-King; Rapino-Cubitt; Don Juan-Fearon; Alphonso-Mrs Kennedy; Victoria-Miss Wilkinson; Isabella-Miss Platt; Catalina-Mrs Brown; Lorenza-Mrs Billington.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Colonel Briton-Farren; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Booth; Gibby-Fearon; Soldier-Helme; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Ryder; Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora-Mrs T. Kennedy; Inis-Mrs Morton; Violante-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanted Castle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Bevil-Holman; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Kennedy; Tom (for that night only)-Ryder; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Miss Wilkinson; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Webb; Isabella-Miss Platt; Indiana-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: Lady Pentweazle in Town

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: a song-King

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Isabella, with Mrs Siddons as Isabella. But she was indisposed, and "the play was changed into The Winter's Tale" (World, 4 May).] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Charles Stuart. Prologue by the author (Public Advertiser, 17 May)]. Receipts: #137 17s. 6d. (93.2.0; 43.7.6; 1.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Distress'd Baronet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Performance Comment: Don Antonio-Parsons; Marquis-Bannister Jun.; Carlos-Johnson; Jerome-Edwin; Countess-Mrs Whitfield; Isabella-Miss Woollery; Ursula-Mrs Edwin; Iris [recte Inis]-Miss Brangin; Flora-Mrs Brown.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Woollery

Dance: End: Jamie's Return, as17870629

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Col. Briton-Wroughton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Jones; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton; Or, Follies Of Fashion

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Quick, Aickin, Johnstone, Pope, Farren, Wewitzer, Bernard, Fearon, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Wells, Miss Brunton, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Morton, Mrs Pope. [Cast from text (T. Hookham, 1788): Captain Daffodil-Lewis; Ben Levy-Quick; Villiers-Aickin; Macpharo-Johnstone; Lord Ormond-Pope; Lord Raymond-Farren; Lord Bonton-Wewitzer; Pink-Bernard; Trusty-Fearon; Lady Bonton-Mrs Mattocks; Clara-Mrs Wells; Lady Clairville-Miss Brunton; Mrs Tender-Mrs Bernard; Mademoiselle-Mrs Morton; Lady Raymond-Mrs Pope; Prologue-Farren; Epilogue-Mrs Wells ["who, at the end of the epilogue, after a proper preparation, favoured the house with an imitation of Mrs Siddons in a passage of Isabella" (London Chronicle, 9 Apr.)]."who, at the end of the epilogue, after a proper preparation, favoured the house with an imitation of Mrs Siddons in a passage of Isabella" (London Chronicle, 9 Apr.)].

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Stone Eater

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin-Palmer; Brunetto-R. Palmer; Barbarino-Wilson; Alberto-Phillimore; Mago-Fawcett; Puritan-Suett; Lavinio-Williames; Flametta-Miss Barnes; Prudentia-Miss Tidswell; Isabella-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Cuyler.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Ryder; Don Carlos-Macready; Don Alvarez-Gardner; Don Manuel-Evatt; Don Alonzo-Farren; Isabella-Miss Stuart; Leonora-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17880924

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Parsons, Kelly, Bannister Jun., Suett, Sedgwick, Burton, Dodd, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Booth, Mrs Crouch. Cast from text (C. Dilly, 1788): Thomaso-Parsons; Carlos-Kelly; Juan-Bannister Jun.; Dr Bilioso-Suett; Guzman-Sedgwick; Perez-Burton; Sturmwald-Dodd; Isabella-Miss Romanzini; Theresa-Mrs Booth; Anna-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Romanzini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Pope; Myrtle-Farren; Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Quick; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Wewitzer; Tom-Lewis; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; Lucinda-Miss Tweedale; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Webb; Isabella-Mrs Platt; Indiana-Miss Brunton.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Platt

Afterpiece Title: Marian

Song: In II: a song-Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Lewis; Colonel Briton-Farren; Don Pedro-Quick; Frederick-Macready; Don Lopez-Booth; Gibby-Fearon; Soldier-Bonville; Alguazil-Thompson; Lissardo-Ryder; Isabella-Mrs Lewis; Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Inis-Mrs Rock; Violante-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Kemble; Col. Briton-Palmer; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Waldron; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Jones; Vasquez-Phillimore; Lissardo-Bannister Jun.; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Miss Collins; Violante-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe