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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr J Palmer"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr J Palmer")') 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 5044 matches on Performance Comments, 4754 matches on Event Comments, 667 matches on Performance Title, 30 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Olympus in an Uproar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Palmer-Johnson who never perform'd it before.

Song: As17151028

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell; particularly The Original Dance of Linkmen-

Event Comment: Palmer and Parsons Sal[ar]y raised #1 per full week [of 6 nights]. Receipts: #235 18s. 6d. (207.18.0; 26.11.0; 1.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Ghost Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Event Comment: "Palmer's Stukely was exactly infamous, his Scene with Mrs Beverley was just on both hands, each seemed to gain Spirit by the Nature and Exactness of the other-it was inimitable. Kemble's Beverley was all we could wish; his Manner, peculiar as it is, gave us home Sensations" (Public Advertiser, 9 Dec). Receipts: #226 13s. 6d. (202/6/0; 23/10/0; 0/2/6; tickets not come in: 0/15/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Bates Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Stukely Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Event Comment: Palmer having relapsed, and being incapable of performing, The School for Scandal [announced on playbill of 10 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred. [Afterpiece in place of The First Floor, announced as above.] Receipts: #152 2s. 6d. (118.7.0; 26.16.0; 5.9.6; tickets not come in: 1.10.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Corporal Bounce Actor: R. Palmer

Song: As17861226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Polite Conversation: Morning, or Tea-chat; Noon, or Table-Talk a-la-mode

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: A Will and No Will

Dance: II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Comic Dance, as17480314 III: Dutch Dance, as17471128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Mirabel Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jacket; or, The New Year's Gift

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Cast
Role: Tamper Actor: Palmer

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760410

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: In II: [but postponed until end of Act III (see following note)]a new grand Ballet, Demie Caractere, composed by Gallet, The Double Festival-Gallet, Mlle Dupre (their 1st appearance upon the English stage), Helme, Slingsby, Sga Vidini, Sga Crespi, Sga Ricci; In V: [a new grand serious Ballet, composed by Gallet, The Triumph of Love-Gallet, Helme, Sga Crespi, Miss Armstrong, Mlle Dupre

Song: In: a Fete Champetre[. The vocal parts-Vernon, Davies, Miss Abrams, Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten. [This was included, as here assigned (except on 20 Feb. 1777), in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: As17761031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: King Richard the Third

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Dance: As17820927

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Belle of the Village by Harris and Miss Matthews

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: End of mainpiece Edwin's favorite song in The Castle of Andalusia, A Master I have, by Master Sestini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Tristram Shandy

Dance: End of mainpiece The Charms of a Camp; or, The Female Volunteer (composed by Harris) by Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Davenett, Harris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of Bath

Dance: As17870425

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Man

Performance Comment: Lord Lovemore-R. Palmer; Sir John Classick-Bannister Jun.; Mr Classick-Aickin; Mr Tradewell Classick-Kemble; Dorimant-Williamson; William-Barrett; Lady Classick-Mrs Kemble; Emily-Mrs Brooks; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield.
Cast
Role: Lord Lovemore Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Shift, Smirk, Mrs Cole-Bannister Jun.; Sir William Wealthy-Baddeley; Loader-R. Palmer; Mr Richard Wealthy-Usher; Dick-Burton; The Minor-Iliff; Lucy-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Loader Actor: R. Palmer

Entertainment: Monologue. Before: Occasional Address-Bensley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Cast
Role: Captain Berry Actor: Palmer Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Song: As17930823

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: HEIGHO FOR A HUSBAND

Afterpiece Title: NO SONG NO SUPPER