SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Miss Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Miss Williams")') 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 14633 matches on Performance Comments, 10791 matches on Author, 4432 matches on Performance Title, 2118 matches on Event Comments, and 467 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: The Gamester-Henderson; Lewson-Wroughton; Jarvis-Hull; Bates-Fearon; Dawson-Thompson; Stukely-Aickin; Charlotte-Mrs Inchbald; Lucy-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Beverley-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Mrs Beverley Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Smith; Myrtle (1st time)-Palmer; Cimberton-Parsons; Mr Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Packer; Humphrey-Wrighten; Daniel-Burton; Tom-King; Phillis-Miss Pope; Lucinda-Mrs Sharp; Isabella-Mrs Johnston; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Love; Indiana-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: In afterpiece: Dancing, as17801230

Song: II: song-Du-Bellamy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17800925, but Polly-Miss Satchell.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Satchell.
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt.
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Dance: As17801025

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir G. Airy-Wroughton; Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Miss Ambrose; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Miss Ambrose

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: As17801111, but Artaxerxes-Miss Collett (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Artaxerxes Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Arbaces Actor: Miss Prudom
Role: Semira Actor: Miss Wright

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Dance: End: The Countryman Deceiv'd, as17810102; End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour, as17800919

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Performance Comment: As17801117, but Miss Hoyden-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Abington.
Role: Berinthia Actor: Miss Farren

Dance: As17810131

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex; Or, The Unhappy Favorite

Performance Comment: Essex-Smith; Burleigh-Packer; Raleigh-R. Palmer; Lieutenant-Phillimore; Southampton-Brereton; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Hopkins; Nottingham-Miss Sherry; Rutland-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Nottingham Actor: Miss Sherry

Dance: As17810131

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17801025, but Clara-Miss Kirby; Maid-Mr Waldron.
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Margaretta Actor: Miss Sherry

Dance: As17810203

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Performance Comment: As17810126, but Lady Lambert-Miss Sherry.
Cast
Role: Lady Lambert Actor: Miss Sherry.

Dance: As17810131

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: See17800916, but Ophelia-Miss Field? (see17810524, and for Mrs Baddeley see17801202).
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Miss Field?

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Smith; Pylades-Farren; Phoenix-Wrighten; Pyrrhus-Palmer; Andromache (for that night only)-Mrs Yates; Cleone-Miss Sherry; Cephisa-Mrs Johnston; Hermione-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Cleone Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Sukey Chitterlin Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: Miss Ogle Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Letitia Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: SCENE I. A Forest. The Death of the Stag-; Overture by Dr Arne-; Hunting song, Give round the word-Doyle; Foresters' Dance-; SCENE II. The Cave of Echo; The Vauxhall Echo Catch, They say there is an echo here-Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Doyle; SCENE III. Mount Ida; Venus and the Graces, to whom she complains of the loss of her son She that will but now discover-; Venus-Mrs Morton; The music by Dr Fisher-; SCENE IV. A Camp Scene, and Dance of Warriors-; SCENE V. A Cottage. Auld Robin Grey-Mrs Kennedy; SCENE VI. The Cavern of Despair. Mad Tom-Reinhold; The music by Purcell-; SCENE VII. A Palace and Banquet. Come honest Friends and jovial Souls-; To conclude Chorus-; Dance-; Attendant Genius-Miss Langrish.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Lewis; Manly-Hull; Squire Richard-Wewitzer; John Moody-Thompson; Count Basset-Lee Lewes; Sir Francis Wronghead-Wilson; Lady Grace-Mrs Lessingham; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Lady Townly-Mrs Mahon.
Cast
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Cast
Role: Lady Lambert Actor: Miss Sherry.

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: SCENE I. A Church Yard by Moon Light. Poor Thomas Day-Bannister, Gaudry, Suett; [SCENE II. A Forest. Tally ho!-Mrs Wrighten; [SCENE III. A View of the Grand Fleet at Spithead. Blow high-Bannister; [with a Dance of Sailors-Blurton; [SCENE IV. A Venetian Carnival. Beviamo tuttre [recte Beviamo tutti tre] -Delpini, Gaudry, Du-Bellamy; Italian Laughing song-Delpini; [A Dance of Anticks-; [SCDNE THE LAST. A Rural Prospect. A Dance of Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Armstrong; [To conclude with How merrily we live-Bannister, Gaudry, Mrs Cargill; Hecate-Holcroft.

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Gymp Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Miss Farren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Lady Sneerwell Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: Irishman-Moody; Capt. Le Brush-Palmer; Scotchman-Parsons; Frenchman-Baddeley; Mrs Doggerel-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Mrs Doggerel Actor: Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: As17810427, but in SCENE I The Going out in the Morning, The Huntsman's sweet Hollo-Miss Catley; in place of The Death of the Stag-_; and Give round the word-_; in SCENE III We be three poor Mariners-Cubitt, _Davies.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer's Return From London

Afterpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Don Diego-Reinhold; Leander-Davies; Mungo-Dighton (2nd appearance on any stage); Ursula-Mrs Webb; Leonora-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Catley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17801110, but Violante-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Violante Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Inis Actor: Miss Kirby

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Wright
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Field

Dance: End: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Song: End II: Kate of Aberdeen-; End IV: Bessy Bell, Mary Gray-DuBellamy

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield and Miss Ambrose. Receipts: #192 17s. (69.10; tickets: 123.7) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Lady Sadlife Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: As17810210, but Lady Betty Modish-Miss Farren (of dl; 1st appearance in that character). 1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Prosser, Simpkinson, Jackson, J. Wilson, Smith, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Hamilton, Miss Willis, the Widow Wise, the Widow of the late Dr Arne will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #169 (50.14.6; 5.2.6; tickets: 113.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Milliner Actor: Miss Stewart

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: End II: The Rakes of Mallow, as17810501; End IV: Hornpipe-Prosser

Ballet: End: St. David's Day. As17810501

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17801103, but Wellbred-Phillimore; Bridget-Miss Kirby.
Cast
Role: Bridget Actor: Miss Kirby.

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Dance: End: Hornpipe, as17800921; End I afterpiece: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End IV: The Early Horn-Groves (1st appearance in public)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar

Performance Comment: Dominick-Digges; Gomez-Edwin; Lorenzo-Palmer; Elvira-Miss Farren; occasional Prologue-Palmer.
Cast
Role: Elvira Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'omaggio

Dance: Incident to the piece: Ballets by Vestris Sen.-Vestris Sen., Vestris Jun., Simonet, Slingsby, Traffieri, Zuchelli, Henry, Mme Simonet, Mlle Baccelli, Sga Crespi, Sga Zuchelli, Miss Stageldoir, Miss Armstrong

Performance Comment: =-Vestris Sen., Vestris Jun., Simonet, Slingsby, Traffieri, Zuchelli, Henry, Mme Simonet, Mlle Baccelli, Sga Crespi, Sga Zuchelli, Miss Stageldoir, Miss Armstrong.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Performance Comment: As17810604 but Ballad Singer-Miss Lyon.
Cast
Role: Ballad Singer Actor: Miss Lyon.
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Wood