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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Frank Roberts"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Frank Roberts")') 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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7552 results for: Keyword - Mr Frank Roberts
We found 4459 matches on Event Comments, 2258 matches on Performance Comments, 942 matches on Author, 619 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
03 November 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

27
13 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: The Savage Hunters, as17760210

28
10 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Cast
Role: Frank Furrow Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

29
08 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit E. Roberts and Mrs Chambers. Receipts: money #20 11s.; tickets #149 2s. (Account Book); #170 (Rylands MS.). [For pit, box, and gallery Roberts had 125, 407, and 177 tickets; Mrs Chambers, 93, 91, and 22 tickets. Each received half the value of his tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: MMuzette-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Song: Roberts, Mrs Chambers

30
22 January 1722 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Menteur

Afterpiece Title: L'Epreuve Recriproque

31
14 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: English Maggot by S. Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. II: Grand Pastoral Dance by Lally, Mlle Salle, Miss Rogers, S. Lally, Le Sac, Delagarde, Duke, Mrs De l'Orme, Miss Baston, Miss Norsa. III: Glover's Scotch Dance. IV: Minuet by Lally and Mlle Salle. V: Pigmalion by Lally and Mlle Salle

32
24 January 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: A Serious Dance-the eldest Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-eldest Miss Scott's Sister; III: French Peasant-Lalauze; accompanied-others; IV: A new dance-two Misses Scott; V: A new Comic Dance-Nivelon, the Misses Scott

33
05 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; In III: Muilment; V: Denoyer

34
10 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

35
16 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

36
22 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; In III: Muilment; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

37
17 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

38
02 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Serious Dance-Muilment; III: Grand Dance of Sailors-Mlle Roland; IV: Turkish Dance-Muilment, Villeneuve, Livier; End Afterpiece: Harlequin-Mlle Roland

Music: II: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

39
25 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: As17370411

40
05 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; IV: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Anderson

41
21 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Flanderkins, as17380120 III: Russian Sailor=-Denoyer; V: Ballet, as17380120

42
06 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Flanderkins, as17380120 II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Russian Sailor-Denoyer; V: Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter, Livier, Miss Thompson, Pelling

43
28 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg; with two new Minuets for Trumpets and other Instruments-

Dance: II: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

44
13 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Lilliputian Punch-Master Ferg; II: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; III: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Turkish Dance, as17380412 V: French Peasants-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

45
26 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: A new dance-Miss Wright, Miss Morrison; II: Punch-Master Ferg; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; V: A new Sailor's Dance-Phillips

46
05 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Punches Dances-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

47
09 April 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: LLe Paisan-LaPierre; II: La Provan Sale (Sailor's Dance)-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; III: Indian Dance (never in England before)-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; IV: Les Caprices des Rebelles-Mlle Maltere; V: La Rose Boree and Ziphirs-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

48
20 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fine Lady's Airs; Or, An Equipage Of Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: By particular Desire, Arrah my Judy-Barrington

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's Son

49
14 September 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: III: The School of Anacreon-Beard

50
24 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: The Running Footmen-Morris, Walker; III: The Minuet, Louvre-Dennison, Mrs Addison; IV: Comic Dance by Three Sabatinis, as17550203

Song: V: Rule Britanniaby Beard, as17550402 concluding with a Hornpipe-Morris