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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Atkinson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Atkinson")') 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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14670 results for: Keyword - Miss Atkinson
We found 13748 matches on Performance Comments, 4402 matches on Performance Title, 1727 matches on Event Comments, 51 matches on Author, and 33 matches on Roles/Actors.

12726
01 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17771027, but Lucy-Mrs Morton; Polly-A Young Lady (pupil of the late Dr Arne; 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]). 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]).

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: The Poney Races, as17780421

12727
07 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Miss Ambrose, Sga Tinte and Branson will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #201 11s. (127.6.6; 2.9.6; tickets: 71.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End: The Poney Races, as17780421

12728
09 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Peile [1st appearance in that character]; Governor-Whitfield; Blandford-Hull; Captain Driver-Dunstall; Stanmore-Robson; Jack Stanmore-Booth; Hotman-L'Estrange; Daniel-Quick; Aboan-Aickin; Charlotte Weldon-Miss Ambrose; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Weldon Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End II: new dance, The Arts and Sciences-Dagueville, Dagueville's pupils; End: new pantomimical dance, The Russian Light Infantry and Cossack Camp-Dagueville, Sga Tinte, Sga Vidini (1st appearance this season), fifty more performers

Song: End IV: a song-Mrs Farrell

12729
11 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Performance Comment: King Henry (1st time)-Wroughton; Archbishop of Canterbury-Hull; Exeter-L'Estrange; Gower-Bowles; Williams-Booth; Capt. Fluellin-Wilson; Burgundy-Robson; French Soldier-Wewitzer; Capt. Jamy-Dunstall; Bishop of Ely-Thompson; Salisbury-Cushing; Capt. MacMorris-Mahon; Bardolph-Fox; Nym-Jones; Pistol-Quick; King of France-Fearon; Dauphin-Whitfield; Boy-Miss Francis; Mountjoy-Baker; High Constable-Clarke; Westmoreland-Smith; Q. of France-Mrs Poussin; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks; Original Chorus-Hull.
Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Miss Francis

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Grace Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Maudlin Actor: Miss Brown

Song: End I: new song, The Cottage on the lawn (composed by Michael? Arne)-Mrs Farrell

Ballet: End Procession: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

Cast
Role: Molly Topknot Actor: Miss Besford
Role: Susan Constant Actor: Miss Valois

12730
12 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17780312but Julia-Miss Hopkins.
Cast
Role: 780312but Julia Actor: Miss Hopkins.
Role: Lydis Languish Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Miss Walpole

Dance: End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

12731
15 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Gaudry, Griffiths, Norris & Miss Armstrong. Receipts: #211 12s. (31.15; 11.11; 0.10; tickets: 167.16) (charge: #67 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Field

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: IV: New Dance, as17771125; End I afterpiece: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111

Song: In: He's Aye Kissing Me, as17780428

12732
16 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: As17770923, but Simkin-Fawcett; Louisa-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Collett.

12733
19 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17780228, but Archer-Wroughton (1st appearance in that character); Aimwell-Whitfield; Dorinda-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: As17780507

12734
23 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: As17780422, but Statira-Miss Moore (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Statira Actor: Miss Moore

Afterpiece Title: True-Blue

Cast
Role: 780330but Characters Actor: Mrs Morton, late Miss _Dayes
Role: Characters Actor: Reinhold, Mahon, Baker, Miss Dayes.
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Dayes.
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Dayes, Miss Ambrose
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Brown

12735
01 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Lord Hastings-Cooke; Gloster-Newton; Dumont-Bowles; Bellmour-Russell; Ratcliffe-Massey; Catesby-Bailey; Alicia-Mrs Burden; Jane Shore-Miss Glassington.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Miss Glassington.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Everard

Song: End II: Master Nelson

12736
03 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: Mr Honeycombe-Parsons; Scribble-R. Palmer; Ledger-Gardner; Mrs Honeycombe-Miss Platt; Nurse-Mrs Love; Polly Honeycombe-Mrs Hitchcock.
Cast
Role: Mrs Honeycombe Actor: Miss Platt

Dance: As17780529

12737
03 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Sir George Airy-West; Charles-Cooke; Sir Francis Gripe-Newton; Sir Jealous Traffick-Bailey; Whisper-Everard; Butler-Massey; Marplot-Russell; Isabinda-Miss Brown; Patch-Mrs Russell; Scentwell-Mrs Heard; Miranda-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed

Song: End: Master Nelson

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Address to the Town, in the character of Marplot-Russell

12738
08 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-Russell; Sir John Melville-West; Sterling-Burnett; Canton-Everard; Brush-Bailey; Serjeant Flower-Newton; Miss Sterling-Mrs Burden; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Russell; Betty-Mrs West; Chambermaid-Mrs Bailey; Housekeeper-Mrs Newby.
Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Mrs Burden

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady Cured

Dance: As17780601

Song: II: Master Nelson

12739
09 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Russell; Mr Harlow-Cooke; Captain Cape-West; Servant-Massey; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Burden; Mademoiselle Florival-Mrs West; Miss Harlow (the Old Maid)-Mrs Russell.
Cast
Role: Miss Harlow Actor: Mrs Russell.

Dance: As17780601

Song: As17780608

12740
10 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17780603 but Lucinda-Mrs Hitchcock; Rosetta-Miss Harper. Prologue as17780518.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Harper. Prologue as17780518.
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail: A Dramatic Proverb

Dance: As17780518

12741
10 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-West; Mercutio-Russell; Tibalt-Cooke; Capulet-Newton; Benvolio-Glassington; Prince-Massey; Peter-Bailey; Paris-Everard; Friar Laurence-Burnett (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh); Lady Capulet-Mrs Newby; Nurse-Mrs Russell; Juliet-Miss Glassington.
Cast
Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Glassington.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17780601

Song: Between Acts: Master Nelson; End IV: Solemn Dirge and the Funeral Procession of Juliet to the Monument of the Capulets. Vocal Parts-Master Nelson, Mrs Russell, Mrs Fowler

12742
12 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: Midas-Edwin; Apollo-Brett; Sileno-Massey; Jupiter-Legg; Damaetas-Blissett; Pan-Bannister; Daphne-Mrs Hitchcock; Juno-Mrs Poussin; Mysis-Mrs Love; Nysa-Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: End II: The Merry Lasses, as17780518; End afterpiece: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

12743
21 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Maid of the Mill [announced on playbill of 20 July] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Miss Harper. [Afterpiece in place of Tony Lumpkin in Town, announced as above.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Buxom Joan

Cast
Role: Buxom Joan Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: As17780623

12744
22 July 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Leander-Brett; Pantaloon-Edwin; Colombine-Mrs Hitchcock; Isabel-Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: Isabel Actor: Miss Twist.

Dance: As17780624

12745
30 July 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Machin; Launcelot-Everard; Jessica-Mrs Nost; Portia-Miss Taylor.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Taylor.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

12746
06 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Patty Actor: Miss Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Bannister; Sir Jacob Jollup-Massey; Bruin-Webb; Heel@tap-Davis; Lint-Kenny; Roger-Stevens; Snuffle-Peirce; Jerry Sneal-Parsons; Mrs Bruin-Miss Platt; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Webb.
Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Platt

Dance: End I: As17780624 End: The Gardeners, as17780618

12747
27 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: Dick (with the original Prologue, and a variety of Imitations)-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance on any stage); Gargle-Gardner; Simon (1st time)-Stevens; Irishman-Egan; Scotchman-Walker; Watchman-Jackson; Porter-Silvester; Wingate-Dunstall (of cg); Charlotte-Miss Walton.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Walton.

Dance: As17780615

12748
16 September 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Miss Farren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Cast
Role: Eliza Actor: Miss Harper.

Dance: As17780624

12749
25 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Digges (1st appearance on this stage); Heartfree-Aickin; Col. Bully (with a song)-Mattocks; Razor-Brunsdon; Ld. Rake-Robson; Constant-Wroughton; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Mattocks; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Mademoiselle-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Brute (1st time)-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Leeson

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Cast
Role: Rosara Actor: Miss Leeson
Role: Mrs Dimity Actor: Miss Weller

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge

12750
01 October 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hastings

Performance Comment: Edgar Atheling-Henderson; Earl Edwin-Palmer; Earl Waltheof-Brereton; Earl of Northumberland-Aickin; Earl of Mercia-Norris; Siffric-R. Palmer; Raymond-Wrighten; Reginald-Chaplin; Duncan-Chambers; Harold-Bensley; Matilda-Miss Younge; Sabina-Mrs Colles; Edwina-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Wright; Mercury-Davies; Snip-Parsons; Simon-Moody; Gasconade-Baddeley; Corporal Bounce-Carpenter; Abram-Waldron; Justice-Wrighten; Forge-Griffiths; Bogg-Holcroft; Taffy-Burton; Old Woman-Mr Davies [i.e. doubled Mercury]; Mrs Snip-Mrs Bradshaw; Sukey Chitterlin-Mrs Davies; Dolly Snip-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope.