SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs West"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs West")') 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 23342 matches on Performance Comments, 4381 matches on Performance Title, 4318 matches on Event Comments, 35 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Monk

Cast
Role: Betsy Blossom Actor: Mrs Harlowe.

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: As17970715 but Rosina-Mrs Atkins (from the Theatre-Royal Bath; 1st appearance on this stage); with The Nightingale-Mrs Atkins; accompanied on the hautboy-Foster; Rustic-_; Irishmen-_.

Song: 1st piece: General Chorus, as17970815, but _Dibble, _Kenrick, _Caulfield Jun., Mrs _Gaudry, Mrs _Brown

Performance Comment: , Mrs _Gaudry, Mrs _Brown.
Event Comment: Mrs Pepys attended a play, but the theatre and the play are not named by Pepys

Performances

Event Comment: Mrs Pepys attended a play, but the theatre and the title of the play are not known

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Event Comment: Mrs John Evelyn to Mr Terryll: The censure of our plays comes to ee at the second hand. There has not been any new lately revived and reformed, as Catiline, well set out with clothes and scenes; Horace, with a farce and dances between every act composed by Lacy and played by him and Nell, which takes; one of my Lord of Newcastle's, for which printed apologies are scattered in the assembly by Briden's order, either for himself who had some hand in it, or for the author most; I think both had right to them (The Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, ed. Bray, IV, 14)

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Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Dance: deBarques, Mrs Elford, Mlle de Noisy, others; A new Chacone-Mrs Bruce; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell

Song: As17051011.Mrs Hodgson, Cook

Performance Comment: Mrs Hodgson, Cook.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe Queen Of Cyprus

Performance Comment: Mrs Tofts performing her own part.

Dance: As17060325

Event Comment: Mrs Moore's tickets for 3 March taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song:

Dance:

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Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Performance Comment: Mrs Tofts performing her own part, but See17081214.
Event Comment: Mrs Pendarves, 27 April: Yesterday morning [26] at the rehearsal of a most delightful opera at Mr Handel's called Sosarme. Delany, Autobiography, I, 463

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarme

Event Comment: Mrs Pendarves, 30 April: I go to-night... to Sosarmes, an opera of Mr Handel's, a charming one, and yet I dare say it will be almost empty!

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarmes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two Anthems

Afterpiece Title: Davids Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan

Performance Comment: Mrs Arne, Beard, Russel, Rheinhold.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Womans Oratory

Performance Comment: Mrs Midnight's Concert and Oratory. See17530327 but Prologue-Hallet; Epilogue-Miss Midnight on a Jack Ass.

Song: TThe Dust Cart-Toe; accompanied-, Bombasto; Grand Dance in the Old British Taste-; Hornpipe-Timertoe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Womans Oratory

Performance Comment: Mrs Midnight's Concert and Oratory. See17530327.

Song: MMason's song, Several Scots Songs-Lauder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Mrs Cole, Smirk, Shift, Squintum-Foote; Baron-Costollo; Loader-Tindal; Sir George-Davis; Transfer-Parsons; Sir Richard-Gardner; Dick-Johnson; Lucy-Miss Reynolds.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Tagg Actor: Mrs Granger

Dance: I: The Dutchman, as17650719 End: The English Sailor at Marseilles-Mas. Clinton, Miss Street; New Hornpipe-Mas. Clinton

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Company. At the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket [repeated in all bills] will be performed, by particular Desire, a Comedy...Places to be taken of Mr Jewel, at the Theatre. 7 p.m. [Repeated in the bills.] The house has been altered, as there was formerly but one gallery. [Miss Ogilvie was the young gentlewoman.] Went at 5:30 (before ye doors were open) to Foote's new Theatre in ye Haymarket which was open for ye first time tonight, and is very neatly fitted up. Got a good place in ye Pit...a very humorous Prologue in Prose by J. Palmer as Snarl a writer of Political Letters for the newspapers. Weston as Laconic a newspaper poet--Foote as Manager and Scaffold ye Builder (ye real one of ye house as some said)...in Smirk (Foote) took off Langford to a hair, not forgetting his son's affair with Dr Chauncey. Shift and ye Epilogue as Dr Squintum by Bannister, who took off Holland, Dodd, Moody, and Champneys surprisingly well...The house pretty full. York there awhile (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Mrs Cole, Smirk-Foote; The Minor-Davis; Shift (with Imitations), Squintum-Bannister; Sir William Wealthy-Castle; Transfer-Weston; Loader-Palmer; Sir Richard Wealthy-Gardner; Dick-Quick; Tally-Pynn; Lucy-a young Gentlewoman, first appearance on any stage; Occasional Prologue in Prose-Laconic-J. Palmer; Scaffold the Builder-Bannister; Snarl-Weston; Manager-Foote-London Magazine.
Cast
Role: Transfer Actor: Weston
Role: Snarl Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Mrs Cole, Smirk-Foote; Sir Wm Wealthy-Castle; Richard Wealthy-Gardner; Minor-Aickin; Dick-Morgan; Shift, Squintum-Bannister; Loader-Davis; Tally-Jacobs; Transfer-Weston.
Cast
Role: Transfer Actor: Weston.

Afterpiece Title: The Statesman Foild

Dance: As17680530

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Mrs Cole, Smirk-Foote; Sir William Wealthy-Castle; Richard Wealthy-Aickin; The Minor-Forde (from Dublin, his first appearance on this stage); Dick-Morgan; Shift (with Imitations), Dr Squintum-Bannister; Loader-Davis; Tally-Jacobs; Transfer-Weston; Lucy-Miss Ogilvie.
Cast
Role: Transfer Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Foote; Heeltap-Davis; Matthew Mugg-Bannister; Jerry Sneak-Weston; Lint-Castle; Bruin-Kearny; Roger-Jacobs; Snuffle-Pierce; Mob-Vandermere, Summers, Sharpless, Wheeler, Farrell; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Gardner; Sir Jacob Jallop-Sowdon.
Cast
Role: Jerry Sneak Actor: Weston
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Gardner

Dance: As17690515

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Squire-Philips, from Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, his first appearance upon this Stage (a Scholar of Dr Arne's); Thomas-DuBellamy; Dorcas-Saunders; Sally-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Dance: TThe Cowkeeper-Master West, Miss West

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: Commissary-Foote; Young Loveit-Didier; Gruel-Knowles; Old Catgut-Dancer; Paduasoy-Castle; Simon-Robson; Bridoun-Vowell; Harpy-Farrell; Coachman-Vandermere; Fungus-Fearon; Mrs Loveit-Weston; Dolly-Mrs Collet; Jenny-Mrs Granger; Mrs Mechlin-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Weston
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Collet
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Granger
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Coupee-Hamilton; Quaver-Dancer; Goodwill-Farrell; Blister-Fearon; Lucy-Mrs Didier.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Didier.

Dance: Master West, Miss West (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Catharine And Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Woodward; Baptista-Farrell; Hortensio-Miller; Music Master-Lings; Pedro-Vowell; Biondello-Didier; Taylor-Vandermere; Grumio-Hamilton; Bianca-Mrs Collet; Curtis-Mrs White; Catherine-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Bianca Actor: Mrs Collet
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs White
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Citizen-Woodward; Young Wilding-Davis; Sir Jasper Wilding-Farrell; Beaufort-Dancer; Dapper-Vowell; Quildrive-Cornelys; Old Philpot-Weston; Carmine-Mrs Granger; Maria-Mrs Gardner; Original Epilogue-Woodward, Weston.
Cast
Role: Old Philpot Actor: Weston
Role: Carmine Actor: Mrs Granger
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Original Epilogue Actor: Woodward, Weston.

Dance: The Nosegay-Master West, Miss West

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Weston
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Collet
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Granger
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Afterpiece Title: Taste

Cast
Role: Caleb Actor: Weston

Dance: II: Double Hornpipe-Master West, Miss West; End of Play: Comic Dance-Castiglione

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Rovewell-Robson; Argus-Dancer; Heartwell-Farrell; Mob-Cornelys, Miller, Vowell; Robin-Vandermere; Betty-Mrs White; Arethusa-Mrs Didier.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs White
Role: Arethusa Actor: Mrs Didier.

Dance: End of Play: New Pantomime Dance-Master West, Miss West

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Gardner.
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Collett

Dance: Master West, Miss West

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: Taste

Cast
Role: Caleb Actor: Weston

Dance: Master West, Miss West

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Cast
Role: Abel Drugger Actor: Weston
Role: Miss Rantipole Actor: Mrs Didier
Role: Doll Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: A new Pantomime Dance-Master West, Miss West