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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Joseph Miller"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Joseph Miller")') 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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7871 results for: Keyword - Mr Joseph Miller
We found 4373 matches on Event Comments, 2396 matches on Performance Comments, 1029 matches on Author, 955 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

201
05 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Lady Townly-Mrs Furnival; Townly-Mills; Manly-Berry; Lady Grace-Miss Holliday; Basset-Macklin; Sir Francis-Griffin; Richard-Cross; Moody-Miller; Poundage-Turbutt; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Thurmond; Jenny-Mrs Clive; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Myrtilla-Mrs Villeneuve; Trusty-Miss Bennet.
Cast
Role: Moody Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Miller

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

202
21 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Petulant Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Miller

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

203
06 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Petulant Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Miller

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

204
26 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Ben Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Miller.

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

205
22 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a young Gentlewoman in Distress thro' ye Bankrupcy of her Guardian (Cross). [Treasurer's Book lists Miller of Mansfield as the Afterpiece, and indicates the ready cash for Mrs Crokatt, the young gentlewoman, was #63 2s.] Paid 1!2 year's Poor rate due Xmas #17 13s. 4d.; Paid Mrs Reynolds for wax & Brick dust 3s. 11d. (Treasurer's Book). [Winston MS 7 lists Intriguing Chambermaid as afterpiece.] Tickets to be had at Mr Owen's at Temple Bar; Batson's Coffee House in Cornhill, and of Hobson at the stage door. Receipts: #210 (Cross); charges #80 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Berry

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17500221; IV: Swedish Gardeners, as17491219

206
05 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Dance: Whimsical Dance between a Miller, his Wife, and a Town Miss-; Chest Dance, after the Italian Manner, between Scaramouch, Punchanello, Coachman, and Cookmaid-; French Peasant and his Wife-; Ladder Dance-a famous Master; Scaramouch-LeSac; Dance by a Flemming in Wooden Shoes-; Dance by a Switzer-; Night Scene of Scaramouch, Harlequin, Cooper, Wife, and others-

207
01 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: The Noontide Air-Beard; V: Ellen@a@Roon (by Particular Desire)-Mrs Clive

Dance: II: Running Footman's Dance, as17420428 IV: a Dutch Dance-Phillips

208
05 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Shepard

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

209
29 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Neale and Desse. Tickets to be had of Neale, a Silk Dyer in David St., Moor's in the Playhouse Passage; and at Mr Desse'd, at Gresham's, Shoemaker, in York St., Covent Garden. London Daily Post and General Advertiser announced Chrononhotonthologos as afterpiece by Rylands has The King and Miller, Receipts: #140

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: By particular desire, a Chacone-Desse; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17420428

Song: IV: Song-Lowe

210
03 May 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: I. Sparks

Dance: II: Pastoral Dance, as17480326 III: Les Characteres de La Dance-Ann Auretti; V: Dutch Dance, as17471128

211
26 September 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Berry

212
24 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Berry

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

213
21 November 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Berry

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-Mathews

214
22 April 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Miller Actor: Marten

Dance: I: Fingalian Dance-Miss Hilliard; II: Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Hilliard; III: The Milk Maid's Holiday-Miles, Miss Hilliard; End: By Desire, a Minuet-Leppie, Miss Hilliard

215
07 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue; or, The Devil in the Wine Cellar

Dance: Irish Trot-; Harlequin Dance-; French Peasant-; Dutch Skipper-; Flemming in Wooden Shoes-; Dance between a Miller his Wife and a Town Miss-; Ladder Dance-a famous Master; Night Scene between a Harlequin, a Cooper, his Wife, and others-

216
05 September 1720 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of The Famous Fryer Bacon; With The Comical Humours Of Justice Want-brains, Hopper The Miller, And His Son Ralph

Song: Mrs Boman

Dance: Italian Shadows-

217
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

218
17 January 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: TTambourine, as17400115; Miller and His Wife, as17400115; End Afterpiece: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

219
10 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; II: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

220
22 April 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: Concert Air from Alexander's Feast: War he sung is Toil and Trouble-Mrs Bishop; III: Can Love be controul'd by Advice-Miss Medina

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge; who never perform'd on that Stage before ending with Handel's celebrated Water Musick-; And to conclude: the Concert, the Coronation Anthem Long Live the King (never perform'd there before) by Mr Handel-an Additional Band

Dance: I: David apShenkin; II: Welsh Buffoon, as17420406 IV: Two Millers and Courtezan, as17420315 End I Afterpiece: New Scots Dance-Master and Miss Granier

221
28 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; II: Sweet Bird from Milton-Mrs Arne; III: A Ballad-Lowe; IV: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Mrs Clive

Dance: V: A New Running Footman's Dance-Phillips

222
11 May 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: CComic Dance, as17420510; Rigadone Provencale, as17420226; Minuet-Villeneuve, Mlle Fabres

223
25 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: IV: Celladon and Phyllis-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; V: The Medley of Jokes-Master Matthews, Miss Wright

224
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

225
30 March 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Miller Outwitted; or, Harlequin Statue

Dance: GGrand Dutch Dance, as17511021