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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Polly Capitani"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Polly Capitani")') 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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14810 results for: Keyword - Miss Polly Capitani
We found 13870 matches on Performance Comments, 4559 matches on Performance Title, 1744 matches on Event Comments, 1 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

3601
11 April 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Jones; IV: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Miss Laguerre

3602
14 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: new Scotch Dance-Burney, Miss Wherrit

3603
15 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Tollett

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Burney, Miss Wherrit

3604
17 April 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Ephesian Matron

Performance Comment: Bridgwater, Stoppelaer, Miss Raftor, Berry, Mrs Grace.

Dance: HHighland Lass-Miss Robinson

Ballet: TThe Masques. Harlequin Petit Maitre-Essex; Mademoiselle-Mrs Walter; Punches-Thurmond, F. Tench; French Peasant-Houghton; French Peasant Woman-Mrs Delorme

3605
18 April 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Servants Actor: Berry, Oates, Fielding, Miss Williams, Miss Oates.

Dance: II: Muzette-Lally Jr, Miss Robinson; III: Coquette-Lally, Mrs Booth; V: Myrtillo-Lally, Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Mrs Mills, Lally Jr, Mrs Walter

Ballet: IV: The Masques. See17320417

3606
18 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Serina Actor: Miss Tollett

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: See17320412 but Hob-Miller; Flora-Mrs Roberts; Betty-Miss Tollet.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tollet.

Dance: TThe Merry Lass-Miss Wherrit

3607
21 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Contrivance; or, The Jealous Yeoman Defeated

Performance Comment: Colombine-Mrs Roberts; Harlequin-Young Woodward; Beau Gamester-Bullock; Dame Gigogne-Miss Wherrit; Genius-Excell; Yeoman-a Gentleman; Pierrot-Burney.
Cast
Role: Dame Gigogne Actor: Miss Wherrit

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-John Wade, the only Time of his appearing on this Stage, Burney; III: Sailor's Dance-a Gentleman belonging to the Sea; IV: A new Pastoral Dance-Burney, Miss Wherrit

Song: I: Bacchanalian Song-Excell

3608
22 April 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Music: Between the acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Miss Robinson; V: Chacone-Mrs Booth

3609
22 April 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Jones; II: Moors-Dupre, Delagarde, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour; III: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Bullock; IV: Spanish Entry-Dupre, Mrs Bullock; End Afterpiece: The Baulk-

Ballet: V: A new Comic Dance. Harlequin-Dupre; Punch-Pelling; Pierot-Delagarde; Scaramouch-Dupre Jr; Harlequin Woman-Mrs Pelling; Dame Gigogne-Miss LaTour; Pierot Woman-Mrs Bullock; Scaramouch Woman-Mrs Ogden

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Dupre; Punch-Pelling; Pierot-Delagarde; Scaramouch-Dupre Jr; Harlequin Woman-Mrs Pelling; Dame Gigogne-Miss LaTour; Pierot Woman-Mrs Bullock; Scaramouch Woman-Mrs Ogden.
Cast
Role: Dame Gigogne Actor: Miss LaTour

3610
24 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Burney, Miss Tollet

Song: MMad Tom-Platt

3611
24 April 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing-Miss Young, Hull; Violoncello-Sig Pasquale (appearing in public for the first time); The rest of the Instruments-the performers of Germiniani's Concert

3612
25 April 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Hollyday

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling; III: French Peasant Dance-Poitier; IV: Grand Dance of Ethiopians-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; V: Ball Dance called The Marie-; Also a Minuet-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; In Afterpiece: Hornpipe-Jones

3613
26 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: new French Peasant-Burny, Miss Wherrit

3614
27 April 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Servants Actor: Berry, Oates, Fielding, Miss Williams, Miss Oates.

Dance: SScotch Dance-Miss Robinson; Myrtillo-Lally, Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Mrs DeLorme, Lally Jr, Mrs Walter

3615
28 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Tollet

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: SSmug Upon Tuesday in the Character of a Country Girl-Mrs Roberts

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Burny, Miss Wherrit

3616
29 April 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Ephesian Matron

Dance: Essex, Thurmond, Lally, Houghton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

3617
01 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: II: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit

Song: I: Song in Character of a Butcher's Wife-Mrs Palmer; IV: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

3618
02 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Tollet

Song: II: The Wheedler-Excel; III: The Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit; IV: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

3619
04 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Cast
Role: Tom Thumb Actor: Miss S. Rogers, the Lilliputian Lucy

Dance: II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; V: The Medley ; or, Hippisley's Drunken Man, attempted-Salway; with several Drunken Songs-; After Afterpiece: Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden

Song: III: Fond Echo Forbear, Thomasand Henry-Mrs Cantrel

3620
04 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Wedding; or, The Humours of Wapping

Music: II: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumouth; IV: Solo on German Flute-Thumouth

Song: IV: Favourite Cantata of Mr Hayden's-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit

3621
09 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Argus-Griffin; Robin-Cibber Jr; Rovewell-Stoppelaer; Arethusa-Miss Raftor.
Cast
Role: Arethusa Actor: Miss Raftor.

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: SScotch Dance-Miss Robinson; The Masqueraders-

3622
09 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Quin; Fondlewife-Hippisley; Bellmour-Walker; Sharper-Milward; Vainlove-Ryan; Sir Joseph-Ray; Bluff-Hall; Setter-Chapman; Laetitia-Mrs Bullock; Araminta-Mrs Cantrell; Belinda-Mrs Younger; Silvia-Miss Holliday; Lucy-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Silvia Actor: Miss Holliday

Music: Instead of Act Tunes will be perform'd Select Pieces of Musick adapted to various Instruments, Being deisgn'd as a Concert Intermix'd with the Play. For theOverture: a Grand Concerto- by Dr Pepusch, in which the Kettle Drums are principal,; accompanied with Trumpets Hautboys Violin-; The Kettle Drums-Mr Benj. Baker; V: That celebrated Piece, The Water Musick-; by Mr Handel, for Trumpets, French Horns, Kettle-Drums, Hautboys. Concluding with a Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Benj. Baker

Dance: II: Tambourin-Miss Rogers; In III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; III: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; IV: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling; V: Comic Dance in the Footing Manner-Jones, Mrs Ogden, with some Additions to it, never performed before

Song: I: Mrs Wright

3623
10 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Servants Actor: Berry, Oates, Fielding, Miss Williams, Miss Oates.

Dance: TThe Hussars-Essex, Mrs Booth; Saraband-Lally, Miss Mears

3624
10 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden; II: Peasant-Poitier; IV: Tambourin-Miss Rogers; V: The Medley, as17320504

Music: II: Concert on the Stage- , never perform'd in England; the principal Violin-Petit; III: Music on the Stage-Eversman; V: A Grand Concerto Favorito di Vivaldi-; never perform'd in England, the Violino Principal, with Finale,-Petit on the Stage

3625
11 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Music: II: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Joab Bakeron the Stage; Mr Handel's Water Musick-; V: Tollet's Grounds-Mr Baker on a Side Drum, accompanied with a Violin, the like having never been attempted by any Person before

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit