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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Penkethmans New Theatre in Greenwich"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Penkethmans New Theatre in Greenwich")') 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 8123 matches on Event Comments, 3410 matches on Performance Comments, 3175 matches on Performance Title, 19 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: As17591012 End II: a New Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Hillard; Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: CCountry Dance-Characters of the Opera; A Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; End II: A New Dance call'd The Shepherdess-Miss Wilford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe (With Alterations)

Ballet: II: A New Comic Dance, call'd The May Day Frolic. Country Girl-Miss Dawson; Chimney Sweeper-Mr Baltazar

Dance: End: New Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Song: IV: Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Singing Actor: New Dresses, Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Resurrection

Music: End Part I: Concerto on French Horn, as17720306 End Part II: A New Concerto on Violin by Cirri-Sga Sirmen (Theatrical Review, p. 218)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abimelech

Music: End Part I: Solo on Violincello, as17720311 End II: New Concerto on Violin by Cirri, as17720320(Theatrical Review, p. 219)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Monologue: Preceded: New Occasional Prelude. The Principal characters-Dyer, Kniveton, Younger, Davis, Cushing, Wignell, Saunders, Fox, a Young Lady Miss Barsanti her first appearance on any stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Dance: V: A New Dance call'd The Surprize-Master Holland, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, others, scholars of Daigville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End Opera: New Dance, as17730206

Cast
Role: A New Dance Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon
Event Comment: Mrs King was put in the Bills in the following manner: Rosalind By Command by Mrs King. A Circumstance I never knew before, nor do I know by what accident it happened. I'm Sure it's a particular Honour, which her acting cannot deserve (Hopkins Diary). By Command. [Macmillan's note form Kemble comments on Hopkins' astonishment at the command procedure: "This circumstance was a contrivance of Mr Garrick's in order to mortify Mrs Yates, Mrs Abington, and Miss Younge."] Paid Mr Loutherbourg on acct. #31 13s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). [This payment occured monthly, and was made up to #261 10s. 4d. by a final payment of #8 on 29 June 1776. No further itemization of it will be made.] Receipts: #260 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I: A New Dance call'd The Merry Peasants-M Fontaine (from the Opera at Paris), Mrs Sutton, Others; End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance call'd The Gardeners-Sg Martini, first appearance on the English Stage, and Sga Paccini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding; or, The Roving Shepherd

Dance: CComic Ballet for Bride-Men and Bride-Maids-DelaGrange, Mlle DelaGrange, LeBrune, Mlle LeBrune, Bencraft, Mrs Penkethman

Music: An extraordinary Band

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Performance Comment: As17241113, but Pedro-Thurmond; With a new Prologue, Epilogue-Miss Robinson Jr , who acted the Part of Princess Elizabeth by Anna Bullen , and the Duke of York in Richard the Third.

Dance: End I: Polonese-Miss Robinson, Rainton; III: A new Passacaille-Miss Robinson; V: A New Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Rainton

Music: II: 2d Concerto of Corelli-; IV: Select Piece with Hautboys and Flutes-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: End I: Pastoral-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: A new Spanish Entry-Lally, others; III: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; IV: The Pierraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; V: A new Muzette-Lally, Mrs Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: I: new Scottish Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Legarde, Mrs Ogden; II: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; III: new Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Newhouse, Legarde, Lesac, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden, Miss Baston; V: The Judgment of Paris-Poitier, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lesac, Legarde, Mrs Laguerre, Miss Latour, Miss Rogers

Music: IV: (at the Desire of several Persons of Quality) Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: A Serious Dance-the eldest Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-eldest Miss Scott's Sister; III: French Peasant-Lalauze; accompanied-others; IV: A new dance-two Misses Scott; V: A new Comic Dance-Nivelon, the Misses Scott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17380505; End Afterpiece, but a New Epilogue-Miss Wright, as17380519.

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato

Music: With two new Concertos for several Instruments-; And a New Concerto on the Organ-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: LLes Sabotiers-Fausan, Signora Fausan; Les Egyptiens (new)-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment; L'Hydropique Amoreux (new)-Fausan, Signora Fausan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: A new Tambourine-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; Les Savoyards (new)-Villeneuve, Signora Barberini; By particular Desire, Louvre, Minuet-Denoyer, Signora Barberini; Glover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: La Terpsichore (new)-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; III: La Sabotiere-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: L'Allemande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: A new Tambourine-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: I: Italian Gardeners, as17421231; III: a New Serious Dance-Sga Aquilanti; V: A New Sicilian Peasant-Checo, Chiaretta

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: I: A New Dance-Mlle Auguste; II: A Masquerade Dance-M Gerard first appearance from Paris, never appeared in England; III: A New Pierrot Dance-Devisse, Mlle Auguste; IV: The Matelot Basque-Ferrere; after the Country Dance-; The Louvre and Minuet-Devisse, Mlle Auguste

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester (comedy)

Dance: II: A New Serious Dance, call'd The Shipwreck; or +The Distressed Lovers-Gardiner (1st appearance that stage), Mrs Vernon; IV: A new Comic Dance call'd The Press Gang; or +The Sailor's Farewell-Gardiner, Mrs Vernon

Song: III: Miss Young

Event Comment: Music entirely new by Giovanni Christiano Bach [1765 libretto]. By Command of their Majesties. A new Opera by Mr Back [sic]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adriano In Syria

Dance: Between the acts: As17650105; New Dances-