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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mas Harrison"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mas Harrison")') 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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491 results for: Keyword - Mas. Harrison
We found 381 matches on Performance Comments, 151 matches on Performance Title, 59 matches on Event Comments, 13 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
27 May 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Mas. Besford

Afterpiece Title: Coronation

Dance: II: A New Tambourine-Mas. Blurton, as17670427 III: by Desire, A Serious Dance-Miss Capon, as17670427

102
26 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End: Pantomime Dance-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

103
14 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance call'd The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Ford

104
01 March 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of Opera: A New Comic Dance, call'd the Provenzales-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford 1st time

105
16 April 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fishar (Ballet Master) and Sga Manesiere. Charges #64 10s. Balance due to Dancers #27 1s. 6d. To Fishar #13 10s. 9d. To Sga Manesiere #13 10s. 9d. In Addition Fishar gained #39 18s. from Tickets (47 Box; 105 Pit; 124 Gallery). Sga Manesiere gained #22 3s. from Tickets (45 Box; 44 Pit; 43 Gallery) (Account Book). Receipts: #91 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17671231, but Sally-Mrs Mattocks; After the Original dance a Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, 1st time.
Cast
Role: After the Original dance a Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, 1st time.

Dance: End I: Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon apprentice to Fishar; End Act II: By Particular Desire, The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114; End Act III: A New Grand Ballet, that night only, call'd The Tartarians-Fishar, Sga Manesiere (with New Dresses); End Act IV: a New Pantomime Dance, call'd The Spanish Coal@Heaver-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, both apprentices of Fishar

Related Works
Related Work: Squire Oldsapp; or, The Night-Adventurers Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. Jack in Distress-Fishar; Landlady-Miles; Milk@woman-Sga Manesiere; A Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

106
23 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: Edgar; or, The English Merchant Author(s): Thomas Rymer

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17680319 but Music Master-Lings.
Cast
Role: Music Master Actor: Lings.

Dance: II: Double Hornpipe-Mas. Cape, Miss Taylor; End: The Medley, as17680416

107
24 September 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Dance: A Dance-incidental to the Opera; II: Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton (apprentice to Fishar)

108
28 September 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Ford. [See17671114.

109
14 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Gardeners-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford

110
12 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: A Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Hamilton (both apprentices to Fishar); End: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Besford

111
11 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17671114.

112
14 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Loyal Brother; or, The Persian Prince Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Lady Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: III: A Dance-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford; End: The Whim, as17691123

113
30 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford[, as17691111

114
24 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: II: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford , as17691111; End Opera: The Lamplighters, as17691005

115
01 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Jones

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: I: By Desire, a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; II: [Not performed this season, The Tambourine-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere [see17671119]; End Opera: [A New Pantomime Dance call'd, The Old Ground Young-Aldridge, Master Lion, (his scholar) Miss Twist; [with, By Particular Desire, an Allemande-Aldridge, Miss Twist

Song: I of the Farce: In the Shady Blest Retreat-Mas. Lion

116
04 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: II: As17700428 I of the Farce: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Ward

Entertainment: V: Bucks Have At Ye All-Mas Cape

117
16 May 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: The Pedlar-Mas. and Miss West, apprentices to Grimaldi

118
22 August 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Chamont-Sheridan; Acasto-Gardner; Chaplain-Dancer; Castalio-Ross; Ernesto-Farrell; Page-Mas. Saunders; Polydore-Fleetwood; Serina-Miss Hamilton; Florella-Miss Trowel; Monimia-Miss Hayward, (who performed Calista) being her 1st appearance .
Cast
Role: Page Actor: Mas. Saunders
Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers

Dance: End of Play: The Pedlar by Mas. and Miss West

119
05 September 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lame Lover

Afterpiece Title: hay The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: hay II: The Nosegay, as17700611 End of Play: Double Hornpipe by Mas. and Miss West

120
24 September 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Chaplet Author(s): Thomas Shaw

Dance: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford. [See17691111.

121
27 September 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner Tricked

Entertainment: IV: Tragical Imitations-Miss Rose (By Particular Desire); End of Play: Imitations of Mr and Mrs Cadwallader-Mas. Frank, Miss Rose; Between the Acts of the Farce: The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at ye all-Death

122
28 September 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Related Works
Related Work: The Guardian Outwitted Author(s): Thomas Arne
Related Work: Love Finds the Way Author(s): Thomas HullThomas Murphy
Related Work: The School for Guardians Author(s): Thomas Murphy

Dance: End of Opera: The Provenzales-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford. [See17680301.

123
05 October 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Vandermere; Sir Jealous Traffick-Lloyd; Butler-Griffith; Charles-Smith; Whisper-Dancer; Sir George Airy-Robson; Drawer-Mas. Lapper; Servant-Ledwith; Sir Francis Gripe-Brownsmith; Isabinda-Miss Trowell; Scentwell-Miss Vincent; Patch-Miss Fairlamb; Miranda-Miss Ogilvie.
Cast
Role: Drawer Actor: Mas. Lapper

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: IV: Hornpipe-Mas. Lapper; End of Play: Hornpipe-Mrs Cope

124
23 November 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Dance: II: The Old ground Young-Aldridge, Mas. Harris, Miss Twist. [See17700501.

125
05 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Loyal Brother; or, The Persian Prince Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Dance: III: A Pastoral Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton; End of Play: The Old ground Young, as17701123