SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mons de Voltaire"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mons de Voltaire")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: The Red-Cross Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Purse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Dance: End I: Telasco and Amgahi ; or, The Peruvian Nuptials. Principal Characters-Didelot, Laborie, Deshayes, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mme Hilligsberg; Pas de Quatre-Deshayes, Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot

Ballet: End Opera: Atalante and Hyppomenus; or, The Foot Race. Grecian Princes Hyppomenus-Deshayes; Pelus-Didelot; Adrastus-Laborie; Atalante-Mlle Parisot; Sererine (nymph of the Woods)-Mlle J. Hilligsberg; Zelie (nymph of the Woods)-Mlle J. Hilligsberg; Zelie (nymph of the Woods)-Mme Laborie; Clitie (nymph of the Woods)-Mme Hilligsberg; Shepherdesses Mlles D'Egville, Denis, B.? Denis, Lupini, Cranfield; Nymphs of the Woods, Fauns, Shepherds-The whole corps de Ballet; In which the favourite Skipping@rope Pas de Deux-Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Afterpiece Title: 'Tis All a Farce

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. In which will be seen two New Scenes, one representing a most Magnificent Palace, containing above a Thousand Yards of Painting. The other a Room adorn'd with Tapestry, representing the famous Battles of Alexander by Mons leBrun; both (in their kind) exceeding any Scenes that has been seen in England. Admission as 8 Dec. 1716

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleartes

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with Solos on Violin-Castrucci

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years. Taken from the Cid of Mons Corneille. All the Habits being entirely New. With new Scenes and other Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ximena; Or, The Heroick Daughter

Event Comment: Taken from the Cid of Mons Corneille

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ximena

Event Comment: Benefit the French Comedians [Bullock paid #40]. Written by Mons le Noble

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux Arlequins

Entertainment:

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Mons le Noble. Receipts: #86 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux Arlequins

Dance: Drunken Dance-; Proper Entertainments-

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Mons. At 7 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the famous Molliere. Daily Courant, 2 May: Monsieur deGrimbergue, Director of the French Comedians, hereby gives Notice, that he is extreamly sorry he could not give on Friday last all the Entertainment he had promised in his Publick Bills, by reason that Signora Violenta unluckily fell sick that very day; and Mons Dangeville refused to Dance, being puft up by the Applause he had the good Fortune to meet with; fancying he hath a Right to do so whenever he pleases

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Entertainment: The Great Turkish Ceremony-; Dancing-Danjeville; Tumbling-; particularly a lame tumbler (who never performed before in England); The Flourishing of the Colors-Signora Violenta

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle desChaliez. Written by the Famous Mons Molliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Malade Imaginaire

Dance: As17200509

Entertainment: Tumbling-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Jacobs, the new Colombine, lately arrived from France. Mainpiece: The only Master-Piece that the famous Mons d'Noble ever writ. Afterpiece: Written by M Moliere. Pit and Boxes to be laid together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux D'arlequin

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor against His Will

Dance: Roger, new Colombine

Event Comment: Benefit W. Bullock, Houghton, and Mons Montigny. Receipts: money #17 5s. 6d.; tickets #134 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 5 by money and 145 by tickets; stage, 4 by money; pit, 38 by money and 412 by tickets; slips, 2 by money; first gallery, 35 by money and 368 by tickets; second gallery, 67 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Peasant-Poitier, Mrs Bullock; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Composed by Mons Roger. With New Scenes and proper Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy and Poor Pierrot Married

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: Composed by Mons Roger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy and Poor Pierrot Married

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear, by the late Mr Betterton. Afterpiece: Composed by Mons Roger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth, Part Ii; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff And Justice Shallow

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy and Poor Pierrot Married

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth. Daily Post, 4 Sept.: We hear...that there have been such frequent Calls for Copies of that favourite Duetto of Sweet If You Love Me Smiling Turn. (sung by Salway and Mrs Pritchard) that they have been provided printed Copies of it be given Gratis daily at their Booth...and that further to entertain...Hippisley, at the End of the last Time of Acting every Night, will divert the Audience with his Comic Scene call'd the Drunken Man, as will also Mons LeBrun with his Drunken Peasant

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit Vallois and Mrs Vallois. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Afterpiece: Compos'd by Mons Roger, the late famous Pierrot of Drury-Lane. Taken from Ovid's Metamorphosis. With a new Scene

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Diana and Acteon

Dance: II: Minuet and a new Rigadoon by Vallois and Mrs Vallois. III: Scots Dance by Vallois and Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Britannia; or, Love and Glory

Music: Select Pieces. IV: By particular Desire, Mons Charle will perform a Solo on the French Horn, the first time of his Appearance on this Stage, and the last of his Performance in Publick during his Stay in England

Performance Comment: IV: By particular Desire, Mons Charle will perform a Solo on the French Horn, the first time of his Appearance on this Stage, and the last of his Performance in Publick during his Stay in England .

Dance: I: The Pierrots by Poitier and Nivelon. II: English Maggot by S. Lally and Mrs Walter. III: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: English Maggot by S. Lally and Mrs Walter. II: French Peasant. III: Le Rostand Sabotier, both by Mons DensengencracolasVilliers, the first time of his appearance upon the English stage

Performance Comment: Lally and Mrs Walter. II: French Peasant. III: Le Rostand Sabotier, both by Mons DensengencracolasVilliers, the first time of his appearance upon the English stage .
Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 22 May: We hear that Mons Poitier and Mademoiselle Roland made their Submission last Night on the Stage, and ask'd Pardon of the Town, and afterwards danc'd with universal Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Orpheus

Event Comment: Benefit Master Ferg, who performs the Punch and Burgomaster, Scholar to Mons Livier. 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of several Select Pieces by Mr Handel and other Eminent Masters, and taken from the most favourite Operas-; The Vocal Parts-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; being several Favourite Songs in Italian and English-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; A Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Master Ferg; with two New Minuets-; Chorus out of Atalanta for French@Horns and Trumpets-, the two French-Horns two little Negro-Boys (Scholars to Mr Charles, who never perform'd before); Concluding with the Anthem, God save the King-

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Master Ferg; Shepherd's Mount (a ballet)-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The She Gallant; Or, Once A Lover And Always A Lover

Performance Comment: Sir John Airy-Macklin; Sir Toby Tickle-Yates; Vaunter-Neale; Monsieur-Blakes; Lady Dorimen-Mrs Macklin; Lucinda-Mrs Clive; Constantia with a New occasional Epilogue, in men's Clothes-Mrs Woffington; Miranda-Miss Edwards; Bellamour-Havard; Philabel-Mills; Frederick-Winstone; Courtall-Usher; Mons. Frisure-Blakes; Angelica-Mrs Bennet; Diana-Miss Minors; Melissa-Miss Pitt; Dorinda-Miss Cole; Placket-Mrs Cross; Mrs Japan-Mrs King; Mrs Lawn-Miss Royer.
Cast
Role: Monsieur Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Three Hours after Marriage

Dance: Muilment, the Mechels