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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Legg"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Legg")') 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
5776 results for: Keyword - Mr Legg
We found 4246 matches on Event Comments, 1292 matches on Performance Comments, 545 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

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11 November 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

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18 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Ballet: II: Savoyard Travellers. Principal Savoyards-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison; Children Savoyards-Little Swiss, Miss Popling; Peasants-M'Neil, Mlle delaContri; see17491110

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16 December 1754 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Writ Of Inquiry Will Be Executed On The Inquisitor General

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28 April 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

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03 May 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Bennet, and White, Mr Barry's sudden indisposition rendering him incapable of performing, Mr Ross will do his part [i.e., Essex]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: III, V: Legg

Dance: IV: Comic Ballet, as17580502

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10 May 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Marten, Legg, Desse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: III: Alcides Name by Handel-Legg; V: Since the Race of Time Began by Handel-Legg

Dance: I: Two Pierrots, as17530501; II: New Peasant Dance-Gardiner; IV: Les Chasseurs Allemandes, as17521207

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03 May 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg and Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: Isabella Young, who sang in the Oratorio Alfred; III: Honour and Arms out of the Oratorio Samson-Legg; V: By Particular Desire, a Bacchanal Song-Legg

Dance: IV: Italian Peasants, as17531120

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08 May 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg and Crudge (Housekeeper)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Lady Moore; or, The Dragoness

Song: III: Arm Arm ye Brave-Legg; IV: School of Anacreon-Legg

Dance: As17550420

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14 May 1756 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for White and Legg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: II: Pantomime Dance, as17560511

Song: II: School of Anacreon-Legg; End: Roast Beef of Old England-Legg

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13 May 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennet, White and Legg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: I: Country Lass, as17570512; III: Drunken Peasant, as17570512; V: Lamplighters, as17570429

Song: II: Mrs Chambers; IV: Honour and Arms-Legg; After the Farce: By Desire, Roast Beef of Old England-Legg

36
11 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennett and Legg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: The Cudgell'd Husband, as17631101

Song: III: O ruddier than the Cherry-Legg; End: Mirth Admit me of the Crew-Legg

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01 May 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg and Bennet. Receipts: #34 13s. 6d. plus income from tickets: Bennet #102 19s. (Box 37; Pit 418; Gallery 310); Legg #64 10s. (Box 34; Pit 248; Gallery 188) (Account Book). Charges: #63 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: III: Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville; End: By Desire Heart of Oak (the Song)-Legg; with a Hornpipe in character-Poitier Jr

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15 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennet and Legg. No Building on Stage. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: III: A Song-Legg

Dance: IV: The Drunken Peasant, as17590430 V: The Threshers, as17581016

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06 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast, With Coronation Anthems

Music: First Violin-Mr Ximene; with a Solo on the Violincello-Mr Janson, lately arrived from Paris, (Who has never performed in Public in England)

40
29 March 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Particularly a Sonata for a Flute and a Violin-Signior Gasperini, Mr Paisable; And likewise a Sonata for two Flutes-Mr Paisable, Mr Banister; the whole being entirely New. Margaretta Gallia mention'd in my former Bills, has since got a Cold, and is very much indispos'd, therefore will not venture to Sing; but in her room Several Pieces of the late Mr Henry Purcell-Mrs Lindsey, Mrs Hudson, Mr Hughes, Mr Laroone

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13 July 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Several Comical Dialogues-Mr Dogget, Mr Leveridge; And other Entertainments of Ballad/Singing after the true English manner. Compos'd by Mr Estcourt-Mr Estcourt, in Honour of the Great and Glorious Successes of her Majesty over her proud French Foes

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28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

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10 May 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of Church Musick- for six or eight Voices, by Mr DeFesch; Several Songs in Italian-Mrs De Fesch, the first Time of he performing in publick since her Arrival in England; a new Concert on the Violon-Mr DeFesch; a Solo , composed, and perform'd on the Bass Viol-Mr St.Helene; Solo on the Violoncello-Mr St.Helene the first Time of his performing in Publick

44
27 July 1702 @ Hampstead Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: An Extraordinary Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick-; Particularly, the Instrumental Musick, Composed by Mr John Eccles for the Coronation-; With several of Mr Weldon's Songs made for his Consort in York-Buildings. To be Perform'd-Mr Hughs, the Boy; Entertainment on the Violin-Mr Deane (not perform'd there before)

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18 January 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Music: Wherein several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; with several select Pieces of Musick- compos'd by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell; And a comical Dialogue sung originally in The Island Princess,-Mr Leveridge, Mr Doggett

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers

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30 April 1703 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; or, The School Boy

Music: As17030423

Dance: The Devonshire Girl, being now upon her Return to the City of Exeter, will perform three several Dances, particularly her last New Entry in Imitation of Mademoiselle Subligni, Whip of Dunboyn by Mr Claxton, her Master-The Devonshire Girl; ...And at the desire of several Persons of Quality (hearing that Mr Pinkeman hath hired the two famous French Girls lately arriv'd from the Emperor's Court), They will perform several Dances on the Rope upon the Stage, being improv'd to that Degree, far exceeding all others in that Art.-two famous French Girls; Newest Humours of Harlequin , as perform'd by him before the Grand Signior at Constantinople-father of two famous French Girls; Also the Famous Mr Evans, lately arriv'd from Vienna, will shew you Wonders of another kind, Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, being the greatest Master of that kind in the World-Mr Evans

47
25 July 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca; Or, The British General

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Music: Mainpiece: With the Original Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcell-

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17 March 1732 @ Chancery Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: When the fine Overture compos'd by the late ingenious Mr William Babell, for St. Cecilia's Day, will be perform'd with Trumpets, Hautboys, Violins, and Bassoons, with several other Pieces of Mr Handel's Composition, for Trumpets, French Horns by the best Masters. I: Mr Wm. Babell's Overture-; Overture Ptolomy-; Concerto Violin-; Hautboys Solo-; Concerto French Horns-; II: Overture Siroe-; Solo Flute-; Concerto Hautbois-; Seventh Concerto Corelli-; Concerto French Horns-; Several flute Pieces-Mr John Baston

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11 July 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bury Fair

Music: The last New Entertainment compos'd for Flutes on the Stage,-Mr Bannister, Mr Bannister's Son

Song: Mrs Lyndsey

Dance:

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16 May 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Song: All the Songs set by the late Mr Henry Purcell-Mr Leveridge, Mrs Lyndsey, the new Boy