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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Jefferson and Wife"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Jefferson and Wife")') 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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8273 results for: Keyword - Mr Jefferson and Wife
We found 4541 matches on Event Comments, 2818 matches on Performance Title, 1792 matches on Performance Comments, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6101
04 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Quin; Bellmour-Walker; Vainlove-Ryan; Fondlewife-Hippisley; Sir Joseph-Egleton; Sharper-Diggs; Bluff-Hall; Setter-Spiller; Laetitia-Mrs Bullock; Belinda-Mrs Younger; Araminta-Mrs Moffet; Syliva-Mrs Legar; Lucia-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Fondlewife Actor: Hippisley

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Song: SSee From the Silent Groves by Dr Pepusch-Mrs Chambers; The Play of Love made and sung-Leveridge

6102
10 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman and Lanyon.Written by Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #9 6s.; tickets #60 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; Scottish Dance-

Ballet: GGrand Dance. As17260430

6103
16 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Moore. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: Lally, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

6104
18 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Walter and Sandham's Children. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Dance: SShepherd and Shepherdess-Young Sandham, Young Sandham's Sister; Scaramouch-Young Sandham; Serious Dance-Lally, Mrs Walter

6105
19 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Roger, Lally, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

6106
03 June 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood and Widow Bowen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Performance Comment: And (by Desire) the last New Prologue spoke in Boy's Cloaths, Epilogue by Mr Welstead;-Miss Robinson Jr.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Dance: Miss Robinson

6107
03 August 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

6108
07 September 1726 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At Mr Gibbin's and Mrs Violante's Great Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

6109
10 September 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Harper; Fondlewife-Cibber; Bellmour-Wilks; Sharper-Mills; Vainlove-Watson; Sir Joseph-Miller; Bluff-Johnson; Setter-Oates; Laetitia-Mrs Oldfield; Belinda-Mrs Horton; Araminta-Mrs Butler; Sylvia-Miss Lindar; Lucy-Miss Tenoe.
Cast
Role: Fondlewife Actor: Cibber

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance:

6110
30 September 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

6111
11 October 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Sir Sampson-Shepard; Valentine-Wilks; Ben-Miller; Scandal-W. Mills; Tattle-Cibber; Foresight-Johnson; Trapland-Norris; Jeremy-Oates; Angelica-Mrs Thurmond; Mrs Frail-Mrs Porter; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton; Prue-Miss Tynte; Nurse-Mrs Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Mills
Role: Trapland Actor: Norris

Dance: Thurmond, Roger, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

6112
12 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Roger, Lally, Essex, Boval, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; The Pierraite-; The Fawns-

6113
17 December 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Boval, Lally, Mrs Booth, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; Myrtillo-

6114
24 January 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As it was altered from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. [The Rural Modes intended, but deferred by the indisposition of a player.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

6115
04 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

6116
08 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: Roger, Lally, Essex, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; particularly Fawns-; Pieraite-

6117
21 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff And Justice Shallow

Performance Comment: King Henry-Booth; Prince of Wales-Williams; Prince John of Lancaster-Wm. Mills; Gloucester-Oats; Westmoreland-Bridgwater; Hastings-Watson; Lord Chief Justice-Boman; Falstaff-Harper; Shallow-Cibber; Silence-Miller; Feeble-Griffin; Bardolfe-Shepard; Pistol-Th. Cibber; Falstaff's Boy-Miss Robinson Jr; Hostess-Mrs Wetherilt; Dol-Miss Lindar.
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Bridgwater

6118
23 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe; Or, The Great Mogul

6119
25 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Bridgwater

6120
28 February 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Triumph

Cast
Role: Miller's Wife and Daughter Actor: Mrs Wetherilt, Miss Tenoe
Role: Country Lads Actor: Young Rainton, Young Sandham

6121
20 March 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: CCoquet Shepherdess-Lally, Mrs Booth; Harlequin-Mrs Booth

6122
23 March 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Dance: End II: Pierrot's Dance-Roger, Mrs Brett; III: Polonese-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; IV: The Grand Flower Dance call'd La Badinage Champetre-Roger, Mrs Booth, Lally, Miss Tenoe, Boval, Mrs Walter, Haughton, Mrs Brett, Duplessis, Mrs Young

6123
07 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Not Acted these Five Years. Written by Mr Otway. Receipts: money #27 2s. 6d.; tickets #70 9s. Probable attendance: boxes, 27 by money and 103 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit; 56 by money and 184 by tickets; slips, 3 by money; first galleygallery, 67 by money and 171 by tickets; second gallery, 50 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Song: TThe Lass of Patie's Mill-Miss Warren

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; The Humours of Marriage-Salle, Mlle Salle

6124
08 April 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: Roger, Boval, Young Rainton, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Miss Robinson

6125
12 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Receipts: money #33 17s.; tickets #58 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 66 by moeny and 106 by tickets; P1t, 69 by money and 167 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 33 by money and 68 by tickets; second gallery 13 by money. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 15 April: Wednesday died Mr Diggs, a noted Actor at the New Play-House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier