SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Arthur Manwayring"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Arthur Manwayring")') 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 4289 matches on Event Comments, 1735 matches on Performance Comments, 1339 matches on Author, 671 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

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Related Work: The Way to Keep Him Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

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Related Work: The Citizen Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Dance: End I: The Russian Minuet-Master D'Egville, Miss DeCamp

Song: As17901027

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

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Related Work: The Grecian Daughter Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17961108, but Glaude-Grimaldi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stranger

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

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Related Work: The Citizen Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Music: Vocal Parts-Mrs Bland, Miss Leak; their songs: To welcome mirth and harmless glee-Mrs Bland, Miss Leak; I have a silent sorrow here-Mrs Bland

Dance: Principal Dancer-Sga Bossi DelCaro

Event Comment: [Comedies of three acts and two acts respectively, by Arthur Murphy never acted before.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: No One's Enemy But His Own

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Related Work: No One's Enemy but His Own Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: What We Must all Come To

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Related Work: What We Must All Come To Author(s): Arthur Murphy
Event Comment: By Arthur Murphy from 3 Moliere Plays (Genest, V, 131). Receipts: #195 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Guardians

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Related Work: The School for Guardians Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Dance: End: The Village Romps, as17661008

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Mrs Abington. Part of Pit laid into boxes. House Charges #64 4s. [Profit to Mrs Abington #166 2s. 6d.] [The Farce-2 acts all from the comedy 'What we must all Come to' by Arthur Murphy, The airs by Hook.] Paid Blake (hosier) bill #3 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #230 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

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Related Work: The Way to Keep Him Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: Marriage a la Mode; or, Conjugal Douceurs

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Related Work: Marriage a-la-mode; or, Conjugal Douceurs Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17670212

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Tragedy [by Arthur Murphy] never performed The Music by Dr Arne. The Characters New Dress'd. [Long account and generally unfavorable review of Alzuma in the Westminster Magazine for March.] Receipts: #206 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzuma

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Related Work: Alzuma Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Event Comment: Mainpiece [tragedy by Arthur Murphy]: Never acted there. New Dresses, Scenery, and Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

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Related Work: The Grecian Daughter Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Last Night of performing before the Holidays. [See first version of this afterpiece under title What We Must All Come To, 9 Jan. 1764. It was damned then but now met with success. A Comedy by Arthur Murphy. The reviewer for the Westminster Magazine for April stamped the afterpiece with his approval.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks After Marriage

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Related Work: Three Weeks After Marriage Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Entertainment: End: (By Particular Desire) Bucks Have At Ye All, with alterations, spoken-Lewis

Dance: Before Farce: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Barsanti. Mainpiece [a comedy by Arthur Murphy]: Never acted there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

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Related Work: All in the Wrong Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: End: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

Monologue: Before: The Occasional Prelude. Manager-Wroughton; Young Actress-Miss Barsanti. [See 10 May 1773.

Event Comment: Prelude [1st time; PREL 1, by Arthur Murphy]. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Afterpiece: Not acted these 5 years [acted 21 Nov. 1772]. The Doors to be opened at 5:3O. To begin at 6:3O [see 11 Nov.]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Sarjant (only) at the Stage-door. No persons admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #214 17s. 6d. (214.15.O; O.2.6.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

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Related Work: News from Parnassus Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Arthur Murphy, based on L'Irresolu, by Philippe Nericault, dit Destouches. Prologue by the author. Epilogue by David Garrick (see text)]: A new Scene and New Dresses. Public Advertiser, 2 May 1778: This Day is published Know Your Own Mind (1s 6d.). Receipts: #246 7s. 6d. (245.7.0; 1.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

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Related Work: Know Your Own Mind Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: As17761123

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted there. With Alterations and Additions by the Author [Arthur Murphy. London Chronicle, 7 Nov., prints a detailed synopsis of the alterations.]. The Characters entirely new dressed; with New Scenery and Decorations. [Morning Chronicle, 7 Nov.: Mrs Barry entered into the character of Mandane with all that strength of conception which characterizes her acting in general. Many of the passages received additional force from the judicious breaks and sudden transitions in her manner of giving them.] Receipts: #200 3s. (199.6; 0.17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

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Related Work: The Orphan of China Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: As17771104

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Thomas Hull, altered from The School for Guardians by Arthur Murphy. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of plot in Public Advertiser 19 Nov.]: With New Dresses, &c. The Music chiefly compiled; the rest composed by Dr Arne, Sacchini and Fisher. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 18 Nov. 1777: This Day is published the Airs in Love Finds the Way (6d.). [Miss Courtenay is identified in the Airs.] Receipts: #233 8s. 6d. (232.5.0; 1.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Related Works
Related Work: The Upholsterer Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Dance: End II: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111; End: The Enchantress, as17771104

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of King Arthur; afterpiece of The Lyar, both announced on playbill of 30 Oct.] Receipts: #202 12s. (155/7/0; 47/0/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

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Related Work: The Way to Keep Him Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Event Comment: Benefit for Booth. Mainpiece: Banquetv, Processionv, Christeningv as 26 Mar. [Afterpiece: Epilogue by Arthur Murphy.] Receipts: #262 10s. (140.14.6; 2.3.6; tickets: 119.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

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Related Work: The Citizen Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Song: As17870326

Event Comment: 2nd piece: Not acted these 8 years [acted 1 Dec. 1784]. With some Alterations and Additions by the Author [Arthur Murphy]. Receipts: #241 1s. 6d. (237.8.6; 3.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Malabar

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Related Works
Related Work: The Upholsterer Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mr Anthony

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mr Turbulent; Or, The Melanchollicks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Mr Abell; having had the Honour lately, to Sing to the Nobility and Gentry of Richmond and the Neighbouring Towns, thinks himself bound in Gratitude...to return his most Humble Thanks with a Performance of New Musick, in English, Latin, Italian, French-Mr Abell; &c....being Honour'd and Accompany'd-the Greatest Masters of Europe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Britain's Happiness

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mad Tom Of Bedlam; Or, The Distress'd Lovers: With The Comical Humours Of squire Numscul

Song: Mr Corse, age 12

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Sandham; Drunken Man-Wilcox; (On 8 Aug. and there after:) Mad Dance, Pierrot-Le Sieur Labisle, from France

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd The Hunters-Mas. Clinton, Miss Street, Miss Ford; II: The Faggot Binders-Aldridge, Miss Baker; End Opera: A Dance-Grimaldi, Lauchery, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: The Sheep Shearers, as17640308 II: The Shepherdesses, as17640113; End Opera: Dance, as17640301