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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.

3951
19 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: CComic Dance-Tench, Miss Cantrel; French Peasant-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; Grecian Sailors (by Desire)-Glover

Song: A Cantata-Roberts; A Dialogue-Leveridge, Laguerre

3952
21 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Miss Horsington

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: CComic Dance-Tench, Miss Cantrel; Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Nivelon; Grecian Sailors-Glover

3953
28 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: PPantomime Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover

3954
29 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Sciolto-Wright; Horatio-Quin; Lothario-Milward; Altamont-Mills; Calista-Mrs Giffard; Lavinia-Mrs Butler; Lucilla-Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Lucilla Actor: Miss Brett.

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Music: III: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter; IV: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

3955
29 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Cast
Role: Mauxlinda Actor: Miss
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Isabella

Dance: SSerious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; Grecian Sailors-Glover

3956
02 May 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Second

Dance: I: Je ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; III: French Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Song: II: The Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge; IV: Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

3957
03 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; Ford-Milward; Evans-Macklin; Shallow-Johnson; Caius-Miller; Slender-Woodward; Host-Harper; Bardolph-Ray; Nym-Raftor; Pistol-Cross; Rugby-Leigh; Simple-Master Green; Robin-Miss Cole; Fenton-Hill; Page-Winstone; Anne Page-Miss Brett; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Grace; Mrs Ford-Mrs Roberts; Mrs Page-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Robin Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Anne Page Actor: Miss Brett

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

Song: II: The Early Horn-Beard

3958
06 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; II: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Mrs Thompson; III: Polish Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Scots Dance-Haughton, Vallois, Rector, Mrs Walter, Miss Thompson, Mrs Vallois

3959
08 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Mirabel-Milward; Fainall-Mills; Sir Wilful-Harper; Witwoud-Woodward; Petulant-Macklin; Waitwell-Turbutt; Millamant-Mrs Furnival; Mrs Marwood-Mrs Butler; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Wishfort-Mrs Grace; Foible-Mrs Bennet; Mincing-Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Mincing Actor: Miss Brett.

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

3960
09 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Polish Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Song: III: Beard

3961
10 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: A new Hornpipe-Philips; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

Music: III: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

3962
11 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: La Pieraite-Livier, Mrs Thompson; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

3963
13 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste; Or, The Guardians

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Song: In: the usual Songs-Mrs Clive, Beard; particularly The Life of a Beau-Mrs Clive, Beard; The Beaux Lamentation-Mrs Clive, Beard for the Loss of Faranelli; The Provident Damsel-Mrs Clive, Beard

Dance: III: Two Pierrots-Pelling, Vallois; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

3964
15 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Hillaria Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Song: I: Sweet Echoby Arne in Comus-Mrs Arne; III: Dove Spiega (an Italian Song by Arne)-Mrs Arne

3965
24 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Dance: I: La Pieraite-Leviez, Mrs Thompson; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

3966
27 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: I: Punch-Master Ferg; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

3967
29 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Brett

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Performance Comment: See17380525, but Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Epilogue-Miss Wright, as17380519.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Miss Wright, as17380519.
Role: Esq Actor: Miss Wright

Dance: I: Minuet-Master Ferg, Miss Harwood; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; V: Grand Ballet, in Comic Characters, -the Lilliputians

Song: IV: See from the Silent Groves-Beard; End Afterpiece: The Life of a Beau-

Music: II: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

3968
27 June 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Performance Comment: See17380314 but Gaylove-Salway; Sapscull-Stoppelaer; Muckworm-Penkethman; Slango-Stevens; Blunder-W. Hallam; Arabella-Miss Hillyard; Combrush-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Hillyard

Dance: Master and Miss Oates

3969
22 September 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Performance Comment: Flip-Rosco; Mizen-Neale; Worthy-Ryan; Rovewell-Hallam; Sir Charles-Hale; Cribidge-Salway; Fair Quaker-Mrs Bellamy; Arabella-Mrs Vincent; Belinda-Mrs Ware; Jenny-Mrs Mullart; Jiltup-Mrs James; Advocate-Miss Brunette.
Cast
Role: Advocate Actor: Miss Brunette.

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Cast
Role: Mauxalinda and Margerinia Actor: Two Misses Young

Dance: Villeneuve, Miss Oates

3970
27 September 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Villeneuve, Miss Oates

3971
05 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Wives Actor: Rector, Carney, Mrs Vallois, Miss Wilson

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

3972
07 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Wives Actor: Rector, Carney, Mrs Vallois, Miss Wilson

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Punch-Master Ferg; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

3973
20 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Song: Vocal Parts [for Macbeth]-Beard, Mrs Clive, Miss Wilson, Ray

3974
21 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Wilson
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Thynne
Role: Ladies of Pleasure Actor: Mrs Bennet, Miss Wilson, Miss Thynne
Role: with Masquerade Dance Actor: Leviez, Woodward, Pelling, Rector, Carney, Mrs Clive, Mrs Chetwood, Miss Mann, Mrs Bennet, Miss Wilson.

Dance: I: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann; III: A new dance-Baudouin, Mrs Walter; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

3975
30 November 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Wilson.

Dance: II: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; IV: Grand Dance-Mlle Roland