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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Cross"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Cross")') 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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24319 results for: Keyword - Mrs Cross
We found 23450 matches on Performance Comments, 6585 matches on Event Comments, 4316 matches on Performance Title, 2139 matches on Roles/Actors, and 119 matches on Author.

1776
23 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Player Queen Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Smith, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Cast
Role: Miss Harlow Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Harlow Actor: Miss Pope.

1777
26 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Cast
Role: Albina Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Elfrida Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Chorus of British Virgins Actor: Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist, Miss Brown, Miss Valois, Miss Wewitzer, Miss Catley, others.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: End II Comedy: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17720925

1778
29 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Robinson, first time
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: Mask-Dodd; Old Mask-Baddeley; Musical Lady-Miss Pope; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Scrape-Mrs Johnston; Laundress-Mrs Bradshaw; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Lady Scrape Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Laundress Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: IV: Comic Dance, as17720922

1779
09 February 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: As17730208; End II Comedy: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17720925

1780
01 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzuma

Performance Comment: As17730223, but Prologue-Bensley; Epilogue-Mrs Hartley (Edition of 1773).
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Mrs Hartley Alzuma Actor: Smith
Role: Orellana Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Virgins of the Sun Actor: Miss Pearce, Mrs Willems

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

1781
03 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Timanthes-Smith; Demophoon-Bensley; Mathusius-Clarke; Cherinthus-Wroughton; Adrastus-Gardner; Orcanes-Morris; Cephisa-Mrs Bulkley; Ismena-Mrs Hartley, first time; In Act III a Procession-; the vocal parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Miss Valois, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Ismena Actor: Mrs Hartley, first time
Role: the vocal parts Actor: Reinhold, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Miss Valois, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: End: The Bird Catchers, as17721207

1782
13 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Cast
Role: Mrs Bridgemore Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Miss Bridgemore Actor: Mrs Egerton
Role: Mrs Macintosh Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Mrs Highman Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Abington, for that night only.

Entertainment: After: (For that Night only) An Apology for Apologies-King

Dance: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

1783
19 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Earl of Warwick-Smith; King Edward-Bensley; Pembroke-Perry; Buckingham-Wignel; Officer-Thompson; Messenger-R. Smith; Suffolk-Gardner; Lady Eliz Grey-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Clifford-Miss Pearce; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates; The Original Epilogue by Garrick-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Lady Eliz Grey Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Margaret of Anjou Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: The Original Epilogue by Garrick Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

1784
26 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

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

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: I: New Dance, as17730206; II: A New Comic Dance-Mas. Harris (Scholar to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; End Opera: (By particular desire) will be reviv'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sg Manesiere; End II of Farce: A New Dance-Mas. Langrish (Scholar to Aldridge) his first appearance, Miss Besford

1785
14 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Hartley, first appearance this stage.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028; End II of Comedy: A Double Hornpipe-Blurton, Miss Besford

1786
25 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Song Actor: Mrs Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Egerton

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker; V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

1787
09 December 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Millidge
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Jefferson, first appearance on this stage.

Dance: IV: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

1788
29 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Gypsy Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Moody; Friendly-Davies; Sir ThomasTesty-Hurst; Old Hob-Parsons; Dick-Burton; Roger-Keen; Hob's Mother-Mrs Bradshaw; Flora-Mrs Scott; Betty-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Scott

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17740917

1789
05 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Gypsy Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Miss Titup Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: V: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

1790
01 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Smith.

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1791
23 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Love

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17751003

1792
05 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Cast
Role: Mrs Upstart Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Greville

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Women Passengers Actor: Miss Platt, Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End I: The Merry Lasses, as17780529; End II: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

1793
18 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Cast
Role: Mrs Upstart Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Greville

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Women Passengers Actor: Miss Platt, Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End I: The Gardeners-Master and Miss Byrn; End II afterpiece: As17780529

1794
30 June 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Chevalier

Cast
Role: Mrs Upstart Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Greville

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Women Passengers Actor: Miss Platt, Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End I: As17780624 End II: Provencalle Dance, as17780518

1795
13 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Cast
Role: Mrs Grogram Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Women Passengers Actor: Miss Platt, Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End: The Gardeners, as17780623 End II afterpiece: As17780624

1796
15 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Cast
Role: Daughters Actor: Mrs Greville, Mrs Massey

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Women Passengers Actor: Miss Platt, Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End II afterpiece: As17780624

1797
29 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Widow And No Widow

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Peg Pennyworth Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Splash Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Pin Actor: Mrs W. Palmer
Role: Mrs Sharp Actor: Mrs Montague

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Jewell
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb.

Dance: End: The Country Wake, as17790609 End II afterpiece: As17790531

1798
21 June 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Madge Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Housemaid Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Grogram Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Nancy Lovel Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Mr Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Passenger Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: As17830611

1799
25 June 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Madge Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Housemaid Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Grogram Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Nancy Lovel Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Mr Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Passenger Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: As17830611

1800
03 July 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: In A Village

Cast
Role: Madge Actor: Mrs Wells
Role: Housemaid Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Grogram Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Nancy Lovel Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Mr Cross Actor: Parsons
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Passenger Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17830702