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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr and Mrs L Hallam"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr and Mrs L Hallam")') 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 23705 matches on Performance Comments, 8017 matches on Event Comments, 4645 matches on Performance Title, 39 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Cast
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Galatea Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Bellario Actor: Mrs Melmoth

Afterpiece Title: No One's Enemy but His Own

Performance Comment: The Characters-Woodward, Shuter, Hull, Wroughton, Booth, Lee Lewes, Quick, Cushing, Mrs Lesingham, Miss Barsanti.

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; III: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge [See17731007]; End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

Event Comment: Mainpiece [tragedy by Arthur Murphy]: Never acted there. New Dresses, Scenery, and Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Performance Comment: Evander-Barry; Philotas-Bensley; Dionysius-Clinch; Melanthon-Hull; Phocion-Wroughton; Arcas-Fearon; Herald-L'Estrange; Greek Officer-Booth; Calippus-Whitefield; Erixene-Miss Sherman; Euphrasia-Mrs Barry, first appearance that stage.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Cast
Role: Mindora Actor: Mrs Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Performance Comment: As17741024, but Rosamond-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Rosamond Actor: Mrs Hartley.
Role: Queen Eleanor Actor: Mrs Melmoth

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End tragedy: The Reel, as17741028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Performance Comment: As17741031, but Advocate-Mrs Johnston.

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Event Comment: Paid Tabor and Pipe 4 nights (this incl.) #2 2s. Receipts: #254 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Performance Comment: Prattle-King; Old Tamper-Palmer; Major Belford-Packer; Mlle Florival-Mrs Davies; Bell-Miss Hopkins; Emily-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Mlle Florival Actor: Mrs Davies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17741018, but Margery-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Dance: II: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Player Queen Actor: Mrs Johnston.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Guttle-Griffiths; Cook-Wright; Kitty Pry-Mrs Davies; Melissa-Miss Hopkins; Sharp-Dodd; Gayless-Davies.
Cast
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Davies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: Clodio-Woodward; Carlos-Bensley; Don Luis-Shuter; Antonio-Dunstall; Charino-Cushing; Sancho-Quick; Don Duart-Booth; Governor-Fearon; Don Manuel-Davis; Monsieur-Wewitzer; Elvira-Miss Macklin; Louisa-Miss Barsanti; Angelina-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Performance Comment: As17750119, but Vocal parts-Carpenter, _Griffiths, Mrs _Scott in the +Fete.
Cast
Role: Vocal parts Actor: Carpenter, _Griffiths, Mrs _Scott in the +Fete.
Role: Shepherds and Shepherdesses Actor: _Messink.
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Lady Bab Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Bradshaw.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17750103, but Hamlet-Melmoth, first time; Queen-Mrs Melmoth, first time; . .
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Melmoth, first time
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain, for one night only. A Scots Musical-Pastoral Comedy. Not acted this season. Benefit Walker and Stewart. [The Hartrys from Theatre Royal, Edingburgh.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Performance Comment: Patie-M'Donald; Roger-Stewart; Symon-Middlemist; Glaud (with the Cries of Edinburgh)-Boyack; Bauldy-Walker; Sir William-Hartry; Peggy-Mrs Hartry (with additional song); Madge-Wilson; Mause-Hamilton; Jenny-A Gentlewoman; New Occasional Prologue-Walker.
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Hartry
Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Entertainment: End I: Song-Hartry; II: Tarewoo-M'Donald; III: Hornpipe-; End: A burlesque Tinker's Travels-Hartry

Event Comment: [From the Westminster Magazine, March, p. 125: "On Mrs Yates's appearance, and declaring upon her honour she was not capable of speaking the Epilogue on Saturday night, the Audience cried, 'Enough, Enough!'"] Receipts: #238 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Norris
Role: Inis Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Duchess Actor: Mrs Yates

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Event Comment: The Tragedy of Cleonice is oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the sudden indisposition of Mrs Hartley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Timanthes-Smith; Demophoon-Palmer; Methusius-Jefferson; Cherinthus-Brereton; Adrastus-Hurst; Orcanes-Wheeler; Officer-Griffiths; Cephisa-A Young Lady; Ismena-Miss Younge; In Act III a procession-; a Solemn Sacrifice-; Vocal Parts-Legg, Fawcett; Kear, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarrat. Kear, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarrat.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Greville.

Dance: End: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202; End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17740917

Event Comment: By Handel. By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Performance Comment: with Coronation Anthems, two Italian Songs-; a Duetto-Mrs Weichsel, Sga Corri.
Cast
Role: a Duetto Actor: Mrs Weichsel, Sga Corri.

Music: I: Bach Concerto-Tacet, Cramer, Cervetto, Fisher; II: Concerto for Two Violins and a Violin@cello by Bach-

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Tickets deliver'd for the Distress'd Mother will be taken. Positively the last time of Miss Catley's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End Opera: The Frolick, as17741214

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: As17750111, but Orsino-Jefferson; Olivia (With Song)-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Abington.
Role: Sir Andrew Actor: Dodd
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Miss Titup Actor: Mrs Abington
Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Mainpiece: Not acted these 14 years. [See 22 Nov. 1760.] Last time of the Company's performing till Easter Holidays. On Easter Monday, the Tragedy of Jane Shore, with the (fifty-fourth Time) Druids. [In original text Douglas is call'd Norval and Norval is called Stranger, or Prisoner.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Lewis; Glenalvon-Bensley; Randolph-Wroughton; Officers-Davis, Thompson; Norval-Clarke; Anna-Miss Dayes; Lady Randolph-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Randolph Actor: Wroughton
Role: Lady Randolph Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue, as17750401

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Baker.

Dance: End Interlude: The Merry Sailors, as17741026

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: As17741129, but Arbaces-Leoni (for that night only), first appearance; Mandane-Mrs Mattocks, 2nd time in that character.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Cast
Role: Termagant Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: End Opera: The Merry Sailors, as17741026

Event Comment: Benefit for Daguville (ballet master) and Helme (principal dancer). The Englishman in Paris deferr'd on account of Woodward's Indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: As17741207, but Fanny-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Lady Sycamore Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Patty Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Mrs Grub Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: A New Comic Dance call'dThe Country Macaroni Assembly-Daguville, Daguville's Scholar; in which (by Desire) Minuet-Helme, Sga Vidini; End Opera: A New Dance call'd The British Bacchanalian , or The Hop-Pickers, an Interlude of Singing and Dancing,-Helme, Sga Vidini; in which The Wooden Shoe Dance- introduced by Daguville

Ballet: II: A New Grand Historical Dance of Warriors, call'd Boadicea Queen of Britain. Queen-Mrs Daguville; her Two Daughters-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong (Scholars to Daguville); Helme, Daguville

Performance Comment: Queen-Mrs Daguville; her Two Daughters-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong (Scholars to Daguville); Helme, Daguville. Helme, Daguville.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Daguville
Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Performance Comment: As17750515, but a new listing: Characters-Foote, Aickin, Davis, Williams, Wilson, Eagan, Jacobs, Griffiths, Jones, Chaplin, Lloyd, Everard, Walker, Weston, Mrs Gardner, Miss Weller.

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: As17750515

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox, Fearon and Davis. Doors open at half past 4. To begin at half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: As17741230, but Duart-Davis; Louisa-Mrs Baker; Jaques-Fox; Governor-Fearon; Monsieur-Wewitzer.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Dance: End: The Humours of Blackwall, as17750429

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant (Box-book and House-keeper). Doors open half past 5. To Begin at half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Performance Comment: As17741105, but Queen Eleanor-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Queen Eleanor Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Rosamond Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Dance: End: The Humours of Blackwall, as17750429

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17750418 but Lady Ann-Miss Macklin; Richard-Macklin, first time; Queen-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Dunchess of York Actor: Mrs Hull

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Cast
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Pitt