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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr and Master Burton"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr and Master Burton")') 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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8684 results for: Keyword - Mr and Master Burton
We found 4596 matches on Event Comments, 3810 matches on Performance Comments, 1500 matches on Performance Title, 21 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6101
02 December 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule

6102
15 January 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: Italian sonatas-Gasperini; particularly The Echo-Gasperini, duRuel

Song: Henry Purcell songs-Leveridge

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell

6103
21 April 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Evening's Love; Or, The Mock Astrologer

Song: As17050104

Dance: As17041118

6104
18 May 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Song: As17050516

Dance: Mrs Cross, others

6105
24 May 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Music: Vocal music set by Henry Purcell-

Dance:

6106
28 May 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

Song:

Dance:

6107
29 May 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

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Dance:

6108
20 July 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Song: Between the Acts: Singing-

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

6109
07 August 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cares Of Love

Song: Mrs Hodgson

Dance: The little Girl, Mrs Elford's scholar

6110
01 May 1706 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: The most famous Rope/Dancers of Europe, who perform such strange and surprizing things as were never before seen, and which are almost incredible to relate

6111
28 November 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Platonick Lady

6112
16 April 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Lovelace and King. Written by the famous Mr Shakespear. With the Original Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations, and the Witches' Musick, both Vocal and Instrumental

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

6113
21 May 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

6114
26 July 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Martin Marall; Or, The Feign'd Innocence

6115
01 August 1707 @ Hampstead

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; with several diverting Dialogues and Comical Dancing-delaHay, Newhouse; Sword Dancing-the Original Mistress in that Art

6116
12 February 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [by Richard Estcourt]: Mr Bayes's Practice of an Interlude, call'd, Prunella, done from the Italian. Benefit Estcourt. And at the Request of many of the Nobility (who have taken Tickets) 2 Benches of the Pit will be Rail'd in, for more Conveniency. And to prevent any Disappointment, by coming late, 'tis desire'd that their Servants may be sent by 2 a Clock with the Tickets to keep Places

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Prunella

6117
01 March 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: Booth
Role: Trapland Actor: Norris

6118
20 April 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

6119
26 April 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit of a Young Orphan-Child of the late Mr Verbruggen and Mrs Verbruggen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

6120
07 September 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

6121
07 January 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

Cast
Role: Orbellan Actor: Husbands

6122
07 April 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Betterton. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Boxes to be open'd to the Pit, and No Person to be admitted but by printed Tickets at half a Guinea each. Note, That the Tickets deliver'd out for the Moor of Venice, and Great Mogul, will be taken at this Play. [Receipts: possibly #154 6s. 7 1!2d., according to Baggs.] For a comment on this occasion, see Tatler, 12 April. Whincop (pp. 175-76) states: But Mr Betterton being new past Seventy Years of Age, and lame with the Gout, seemed but to burlesque the Part of youthful Valentine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: See17090312 but Valentine-Betterton; Ben-Dogget; Angelica-Mrs Bracegirdle; Mrs Frail-Mrs Barry; Prologue written by Congreve-Mrs Bracegirdle; An Epilogue written by Rowe,-Mrs Barry, having Betterton on her Right Hand, between herself, Mrs Bracegirdle.
Cast
Role: , Actor: Mrs Barry, having Betterton on her Right Hand, between herself, Mrs Bracegirdle.

6123
06 June 1709 @ Greenwich

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies in Greenwich and from London. At Mr Penkethman's New Theatre in Greenwich. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fine Ladies Airs

6124
20 June 1709 @ Greenwich

Event Comment: Written by the famous Mr Lee, Author of Alexander the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates, King Of Pontus

6125
31 January 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Successful Strangers

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: Miss Santlow; particularly a French Peasant-; Scaramouch-Layfield