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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Mitchell"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Mitchell")') 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 13751 matches on Performance Comments, 4402 matches on Performance Title, 1725 matches on Event Comments, 48 matches on Roles/Actors, and 37 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah, Preceded By god Save The King(coronation Anthems)

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Parts-Reinhold, Kelly, Dignum, Mrs Crouch, Miss Hagley, Sga Storace; 1st Violin-Shaw; Conductor-Dr Arnold.

Music: End II: concerto on the violin-Master Bridgtower, Son to the African Prince

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17891003, but Foresight-Waldron; Trapland-Burton; Miss Prue-Mrs Jordan; song-Bannister Jun. (as Ben); Snap-_.
Cast
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Farm-House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Lewis; Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Davies; Serjeant Kite-Cubitt; Bullock-Edwin; Recruits-Bernard, Blanchard; Welch Collier-Farley; Captain Brazen-Ryder; Melinda-Mrs Bernard; Rose-Mrs Wells; Lucy-Miss Stuart; Sylvia-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Dance: As17900129

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption, A Sacred Oratorio Selected From The Great And Favourite Works Of handel That Were Performed At His Commemoration, In westminster-abbey And At The pantheon On 26 And 27 May 1784 0; Messiah

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 1

Performance Comment: Overture (Occasional Oratorio)-; Oh! first created Beam-Chorus (Samson); He layeth the Beams-Reinhold (Ezio); When his loud Voice-Chorus (Jephtha); Where e'er you walk-Mrs Crouch (Semele); How excellent thy Name-Chorus (Saul); Speak ye who best can tell-Kelly (Ptolomy); Abraham enough-Mrs Crouch (Susanna); Jehovah is my shield-Miss Hagley (Occasional Oratorio); Blest be the Man-Chorus (Joseph); Pious Orgies-Sga Storace (Judas Maccabaeus); He gave them Hail@stones-Double Chorus; The Lord is a Man of War-Reinhold, Dignum; Moses and the Children of Israel-Chorus; Sing ye to the Lord-Sga Storace; The Horse and his Rider-Double Chorus (Israel in Egypt).

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 2

Performance Comment: Ye Sons of Israel-Chorus; Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre-Miss Hagley (Joshua); Jehovah crowned-Reinhold; He comes!-Chorus (Esther); Angels ever bright and fair-Sga Storace (Theodora); Welcome mighty King-Chorus (Saul); March (Judas Maccabaeus)-; In sweetest harmony-Mrs Crouch (Saul); Their Bodies are buried in Peace-Chorus (Funeral Anthem); Dead March (Saul)-; Lord remember David-Kelly (Sosarme); The Sword that's drawn-Reinhold (Occasional Oratorio); God save the King-Chorus (Coronation Anthems).

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 3

Performance Comment: Where is this stupendous stranger?-Mrs Crouch (Alcina); There beneath a lowly shade-Miss Hagley (Alexander Balus); He was Eyes unto the Blind-Sga Storace (Siroe); Hosannah to the Son of David-Chorus (Athalia); He was brought as a Lamb-Reinhold (Deidamia); He sitteth at the Right Hand of God-Chorus (Te Deum); Holy Lord God Almighty-Mrs Crouch (Rodelinda); Glory be to the Father-Chorus (Jubilate).

Music: As17900219

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea; Messiah

Afterpiece Title: A Grand Selection

Performance Comment: Break his Bands of Sleep asunder-Chorus (Alexander's Feast); What sweeter than the new blown Rose-Miss Hagley [World: Sga Storace], Kelly (Joseph); The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms-Mrs Crouch (Artaxerxes, by Dr Arne); Shake the Dome-Chorus (Solomon); Dove sei amato bene-Sga Storace (Rodelinda); The good we wish for, Thy glorious deeds-Reinhold (Samson); Worthy is the Lamb-Grand Chorus (The Messiah).

Music: End II oratorio: concerto on the violoncello-Mason

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Miss Barnes

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performance Comment: As17900227, but Nurse-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Dance: As17900210

Song: As17890922

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Performance Comment: As17891208, but Lady Elinor-Miss Hagley.
Cast
Role: Lady Elinor Actor: Miss Hagley.
Role: Cicely Actor: Miss Romanzini

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Farren.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection From The Works Of handel 0; Messiah

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: As17900224, but Concerto violin-Weichsel; Pleasure my former ways resigning-_; My arms against this Gorgias, Sound an alarm-Kelly (Judas Maccabaeus); For unto us a Child is born-_; We hear the pleasing dreadful call-Chorus (Judas Maccabaeus); O! had I Jubal's lyre-Miss Hagley.

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performance Comment: As17900224, but Gentle airs-_; Rendi il sereno al ciglio-Kelly (Sosarme); Cease ah! cease-Sga Storace; The Flocks shall leave-Miss _Romanzini, Sga Storace.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Czar

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Egan; Biondello-Rock; Pedro-Evatt; Taylor-Bernard; Music@master-C. Powell; Grumio-Quick; Bianca-Miss Brangin; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Bianca Actor: Miss Brangin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music 0

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: As17900226, but Overture and Dead March (Saul)-; I feel the Deity within-Sale; Arm arm ye brave-Sale; We come in bright array-Chorus; Come ever smiling Liberty-Miss Dall; My Arms-Saville; Sound an alarm-Saville; We hear the dreadful call-Chorus (Judas Maccabaeus); Funeral Anthem-_; Search round the World-_.

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performance Comment: As17900226, but The Prince unable-Miss Poole (Alexander's Feast); For joys so vast-_; Happy they-_.

Music: End II: As17900224; End Part I: Miserere Mei Deus, as17900317

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; with an Address in character-Lewis; Sir George Airy (1st time)-Holman; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; Charles Gripe-Davies; Whisper-Farley; Footman-Ledger; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Isabinda-Mrs Lewis; Patch-Miss Stuart; Scentwell-Mrs Platt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Patch Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Glib (for that night only)-Lewis; Sir Toby Fuz-Powel; Sir Macaroni Virtu-Bernard; Patent-Thompson; Wilson-Macready; Mervin-Evatt; Prompter-Farley; Carpenter-Rock; Miss Fuz-Mrs Lewis; Sweepers-Mrs Powell, Mrs Davenett; Lady Fuz-Mrs Webb; Characters in the Burletta: Orpheus-Davies; Shepherds-Darley, Reeve, Blurton, Lee, Cubitt; Old Shepherd-Blanchard; Rhodope-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Mrs Lewis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: Dromio of Syracuse-Edwin; Antipholis of Syracuse-Macready; Antipholis of Ephesus-Bernard; Dromio of Ephesus-Quick; Abbess-Miss Chapman; Luciana-Mrs Mountain; Adriana-Mrs Bernard.
Cast
Role: Abbess Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Song: End I 2nd piece: The Old Four and Twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologues. End: a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody, Lingo the Butler's Opinion on Men and Manners-Edwin; End 2nd piece: a Dissertation upon Law (from the Lecture on Heads)-Lee Lewes

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. [Mrs Wells had 1st acted Macheath at the hay, 14 Sept. 1781; Bannister had acted Polly at the same theatre, 16 Sept. 1785.] Gazetteer, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Haymarket. "There is now a most vehement rage of innovation in language, government, religion, and everything else...On the British stage, with infinite applause, young and beautiful actresses perform sometimes the Parts of highwaymen; and some singing actors squall in an affected voice resembling, and intended to imitate, that of women; the most humourous dramatic pieces are frittered away into songs; and I should not be surprised to hear that henceforth Miranda and Juliet are to be personated by grim-visaged grenadiers seven feet high, and Falstaff by a slender miss just entered her teens" (Universal Magazine, Mar. 1795, p. 171). Receipts: #285 14s. (162.4.6; 5.9.6; tickets: 118.0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Francis
Role: Dolly Trull Actor: Miss Rowson
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Miss Brangin

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: As17891024

Song: In course of Evening: The Wolf-Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17891112, but Leon (for that night only)-Ryder (1st appearance in that character); Maid-Mr Rock; Estifania-Miss Ryder (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Estifania Actor: Miss Ryder
Role: Altea Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Leander-Johnstone; Mungo-Blanchard; Diego-Bannister; Ursula-Mrs Webb; Leonora-Miss R. Ryder (1st appearance on any stage).
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss R. Ryder

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady; or, The Sailor in Distress-

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: fable, The Old Man Son and Ass-Ryder; End afterpiece: Bucks have at ye All-Ryder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Performance Comment: As17900218, but Celia (1st time)-Mrs Mountain; Miss Dolly Bull (for that night only)-Mrs Martyr (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Miss Dolly Bull Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Nannette Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: As17900323

Song: End I afterpiece: The Knife Grinder's Song, composed and to be sung in character-Reeve

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: A New Occasional Prologue-Bernard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Performance Comment: Villamour-Bannister Jun.; Old Meanwell-Packer; Young Meanwell-Whitfield; Skipwell-R. Palmer; Florinda-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance in that character); Letty-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Letty Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Cast
Role: Matilda Actor: Miss Collins
Role: Emmeline Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Philidel Actor: Miss Hagley
Role: Spirit of Light Actor: Miss Romanzini

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17891107, but Page (with song omitted)-Mrs Wilson; Countess-Mrs Goodall (1st appearance in that character); Agnes-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Heard.
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Farren.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: True Blue; Or, A Bang At The Dons

Afterpiece Title: King Henry the Fifth

Cast
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Miss Romanzini.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17891107, but Countess-Mrs Wilson; Agnes-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Heard.
Role: Page Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Farren.

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: (for this night only) The Monster Discovered-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Performance Comment: Deputy Dimity-Quick; Mr Vermilion-Davies; Alderman Tokay-Blanchard; with Old Sly Hodge-Blanchard; Mrs Tokay-Mrs Mountain; Mrs Dimity-Miss Stuart; Mrs Vermilion-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Mrs Dimity Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Female Adventure [The Female Pursuit]

Afterpiece Title: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House

Entertainment: Monologue. End I 2nd piece: A Dissertation on Hobby@Horses (The Stateman's Hobby, The Soldier's Hobby, The Fidler's Hobby, The Beaux Hobby, The Ladies' Hobby, The Monster's Hobby [see under dl, 11 May], His own Hobby)-Bernard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Ursula Actor: Miss Barnes.
Role: Beatrice Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Performance Comment: Butler-Bannister Jun.; Squire-Whitfield; Candy-Miss Tidswell; Polly Pattens-Mrs Crouch; with a song-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Candy Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: As17891107, but Marcelina-Mrs Booth; Agnes-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Heard.
Role: Page Actor: Miss Romanzini
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Farren.

Dance: As17891209

Song: As17891209

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Lamorce Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Bisarre Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Apollo [i

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17891021, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Blanchard; Gayless-Davies; Justice Guttle-Powel; Melissa-Miss Chapman; Kitty Pry-Mrs Delpini (2nd appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Dance: Preceding: As17891113

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17891121, but Hounslow-Alfred; Bagshot-Webb; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Hopkins; Gipsey-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Collins

Dance: As17891121

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Performance Comment: Justice Clack-Quick; Oliver-Blanchard; Springlove-Bernard; Vincent-Warrell (1st appearance on this stage); Hilliard-Davies; Oldrents-Powel; Hearty-Darley; Meriel-Mrs Martyr; Amie-Miss Rowson; Rachel-Mrs Warrell.
Cast
Role: Amie Actor: Miss Rowson

Afterpiece Title: The Comedy of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End I: Crutch Dance-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

Song: In course: Dr Hayes's New Highland Laddie-Mrs Warrell; Between the acts 2nd piece: Alone by the Light of the Moon-Darley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham; Or, Days Of Old

Performance Comment: Marquis of Montague-Cubitt; Duke of Somerset-Evatt; Egbert-Iliff; La Varenne-Williamson; Prince of Wales-Miss Gaudry; Gondibert-Bannister Jun.; Barton-Aickin; Gregory Gubbins-Edwin; Fool-R. Palmer; Corporal-Baddeley; Drummer-Moss; Fifer-Barrett; Soldiers-Usher, Ledger, Vincent, Shaw; Robbers-Bannister, Davies, Chapman, Abbott; Villagers-Burton, Painter, Lyons, Mrs Bannister, Mrs Iliff, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Edwards; Queen Margaret-Mrs Kemble; Adeline-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Prince of Wales Actor: Miss Gaudry

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Entertainment: Monologue. End: As17900614