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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr John Stephens"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr John Stephens")') 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 10393 matches on Author, 5176 matches on Event Comments, 3072 matches on Performance Comments, 855 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Jobson-Love; Loverule-Vernon; Lady Loverule-Mrs Johnston; Nell-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: IV: The Rabbit Sellers, as17691228

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Stephens
Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Tickets to be had and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr Johnston at the Stage Door of the Theatre, at Half a Guinea. Pit 5s. First Gallery 3s. 6d. Second Gallery 2s. The doors to be opened at 5 o'clock. To begin at Half past six. [Stanley and Smith carried their Royal Prerogative over to Drury Lane this season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: FFirst Violin-Barthelemon; Concerto on Hautboy-Fischer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: FFirst Violin, a Solo-Giardini; Concerto on French Horns-Sg Rodolpho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Stephens
Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Resurrection

Music: As17700302

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert Of Catches And Glees

Afterpiece Title: Capochio and Dorinna

Music: After Interlude: Concerto on Violin-Barthelemon. *u¶Ãhay Between the acts: an Interlude. Parts-Mas. Brown, Miss Weller

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Stephens
Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Melville Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Glib-King; Sir Toby Fuz-Love; Patent-Packer; Carpenter-Moody; Sir Macaroni-Dodd; Wilson-Palmer; Prompter-Bannister; Housekeeper-Johnston; Shepherds-Dodd, Parsons, Hartry, Fawcett, Kear, Messink; Orpheus-Vernon; Rhodope-Mrs Baddeley; Sweepers-Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love; Miss Fuz-Miss Burton; Lady Fuz-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Housekeeper Actor: Johnston

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17690926

Entertainment: LLinco's Travels-King (with considerable alterations and additions) His remarks on England and the Jubilees

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Falsehood

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: Hearts of Oak-Giorgi, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Related Works
Related Work: Cyrus the Great; or, The Tragedy of Love Author(s): John Banks
Related Work: Cyrus Author(s): John Hoole

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere. [See17670921.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: IV: The Whim, as17691123; End: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Melville Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17690926

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Clown-Ackman; Witch-Moody; Farmer-Johnston; Squire-J. Burton; Farmer's Daughters-Mrs King, Miss Tetley; To conclude with a Masquerade-.
Cast
Role: Farmer Actor: Johnston

Song: End: The Albion Song-Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: The Pedlar-Mas. and Miss West, apprentices to Grimaldi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Disertore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Madman

Related Works
Related Work: The Nice Valour Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: marly (By particular desire that night only) Hornpipe by Mrs Thompson. music, 1st Violin and Solo by Barthelemon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: hay The Author

Dance: hay IV: The Nosegay, as17700611

Song: hay IV: By Mrs Jewell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford. [See17691111.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Jubilee Author(s): John A. Fisher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: IV: Hornpipe-Mas. Lapper; End of Play: Hornpipe-Mrs Cope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End Opera: The Reel, as17701103

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait