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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "New Theatre in Lincolns Inn Fields"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "New Theatre in Lincolns Inn Fields")') 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 5160 matches on Event Comments, 2740 matches on Performance Title, 1829 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Performance Comment: See17201217, but With a new Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Performance Comment: See17201217, but With a new Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor:
Event Comment: [Edward Young.] A new Tragedy. All the persons being new drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Performance Comment: With a new Prologue-Mrs Giffard; Epilogue-Spiller.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats; or, The Tavern Bilkers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: As17201013, but Elvira-Mrs Bullock; Pedro-_; Laura-_; With a new Epilogue-to the Town.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: As17211127, but Provost-_; Clown-_; Constable-_; With a new Prologue-; Epilogue-to the Town.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor:

Dance: Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Hutton, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Ryan; Bookseller-Egleton; Blunt-Quin; Day-Spiller; Abel-Bullock Sr; Obadiah-Morgan; Ruth-Mrs Bullock; Arabella-Mrs Seymour; Mrs Day-Mrs Egleton; Teague-Aston; after the Manner of the late Mr Estcourt. With a New Epilogue-Mr Aston , in the Character of Teague riding on an Ass.

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Song: As17220210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: First Entertainment: 1. Concerto with Trumpets composed, performed-Grano; 2. A new Italian Concerto by Albinoni-; 3. Singing-Mrs Barbier; 4. Concerto by Carbonelli-; Second Entertainment: Concerto with Two Hautboys and Two Flutes by Dieupart-; 2. Concerto on Bass Viol composed and performed by-Pippo; 3. Singing-Mrs Barbier; 4. Eighth Concerto of Corelli-; Third Entertainment: 1. Concerto by Carbonelli-; 2. Solo on Arch Lute composed, performed-Viebar; 3. Singing-Mrs Barbier; 4. A New Concerto on Little Flute by Woodcocke-John Baston; Solo-Carbonelli; 6. Concerto on Two Trumpets-Grano

Performance Comment: Concerto with Trumpets composed, performed-Grano; 2. A new Italian Concerto by Albinoni-; 3. Singing-Mrs Barbier; 4. Concerto by Carbonelli-; Second Entertainment: Concerto with Two Hautboys and Two Flutes by Dieupart-; 2. Concerto on Bass Viol composed and performed by-Pippo; 3. Singing-Mrs Barbier; 4. Eighth Concerto of Corelli-; Third Entertainment: 1. Concerto by Carbonelli-; 2. Solo on Arch Lute composed, performed-Viebar; 3. Singing-Mrs Barbier; 4. A New Concerto on Little Flute by Woodcocke-John Baston; Solo-Carbonelli; 6. Concerto on Two Trumpets-Grano.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17220110, but With a New Prologue-; Epilogue by Mr Beckingham-.
Cast
Role: With a New Prologue Actor:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Parts-Persons who never appeared on any Stage before; With a new Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor:

Music: The best Masters

Event Comment: [By Sir Richard Steele.] With new Scenes, and all the Characters new drest. Daily Journal, 8 Nov.: Where a greater Concourse of People was never known to be assembled. [See also Cibber, Apology, II, 206; Dennis, Remarks on a Play call'd The Conscious Lovers; and British Journal, 10 Nov. and 8 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Performance Comment: Phaedra-Mrs Seymour; Hippolitus-Ryan; Theseus-Boheme; Lycon-Quin; Cretander-Diggs; Ismena-Mrs Bullock; With a new Prologue-.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor: .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Performance Comment: As17230118, but With the New Prologue-.
Cast
Role: With the New Prologue Actor: .
Event Comment: Benefit Signora Francesca Cuzzoni. With an Addition of three new Songs, and an entire new Scene. Whereas this Benefit for Signora Cuzzoni is part of her Contract, the Directors...resolve not to make use of the Liberty of the House for this Night. And particular Care will be taken to place Benches on the Stage for the Accomodation of the Company. London Journal, 30 March: On Tuesday last was perform'd...Otho...for the Benefit fo Mrs Cuzzoni; and a considerable Benefit it was to her indeed, for, we hear, that some of the Nobility gave her 50 Guineas a Tickets. Daily Journal, 29 March: The Benefit of the famous Seignora Francesca Cuzzoni...we hear amounted to upwards of 700l

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho, King Of Germany

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Performance Comment: As17230118, but Phaedra-Mrs Boheme; With a new Prologue-Walker.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor: Walker.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Performance Comment: Charles-Mills; Sir George-Wilks Jr; Marplot-Miller; Sir Francis Francis-Norris; Sir Jealous-Shepard; Miranda-Mrs Booth; Isabinda-Mrs Younger; A new Epilogue-Miss Lindar.
Cast
Role: A new Epilogue Actor: Miss Lindar.

Song: Singing in Italian-Miss Lindar

Dance:

Event Comment: With an Addition of three new Songs, and an intire New Scene. N.B. The Directors of the Royal Academy of Musick resolve not to make use of their Tickets for the Liberty of the House for this Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho; King Of Germany

Event Comment: With an Addition of three new Songs, and an intire New Scene. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Mrs Eliza Haywood.] By Reason of the Indisposition of an Actress, the Part of the Wife is to be perform'd by Mrs Haywood, the Author. Afterpiece (Daily Post, 10 Aug.): A new Dramatic Entertainment...design'd by Mr Theo. Cibber, with new Music compos'd and adapt'd by Mr Jones, which proper Judges allow to be the best of the kind now extant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Wife To Be Let

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By John Thurmond.] A new Grotesque Entertainment...in the Character of Harlequin, Mephostophilus, Scaramouch, Pierrot, Punch, and the Spirit of Helen. The whole concluding with a grand Masque of the Heathen Deities, (viz), Apollo, Mars, Bacchus, Mercury, Diana, Ceres, Flora, and Iris. All the Scenes, Machines, Habits, and other Decorations being entirely New. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. N.B. No Money (under the full Price) will be taken during the Time of the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Performance Comment: With a new Prologue-.
Cast
Role: With a new Prologue Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Half an Hour

Afterpiece Title: The Plots of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: All new Scenes-Tony Aston.
Cast
Role: All new Scenes Actor: Tony Aston.
Related Works
Related Work: The Triumphant Widow; or, The Medley of Humours Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: All new Scenes of his Medley-Tony Aston.
Related Works
Related Work: The Triumphant Widow; or, The Medley of Humours Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Performance Comment: Sebastian-Walker; Moloch-Boheme; Dorax-Quin; Benducar-Ogden; Mufti-Bullock; Mustapha-Spiller; Antonio-Egleton; Almeyda-Mrs Parker; Morayma-Mrs Sterling; Johayma-Mrs Egleton; A New Epilogue-Mrs Brett.
Cast
Role: A New Epilogue Actor: Mrs Brett.

Dance: Nivelon Sr, Mrs Brett; Flag Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon Sr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: As17231202. A New Epilogue-Quin in the Character of a Fryar.

Dance: Dupre, Glover, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; particularly Tollet's Grounds, Myrtillo-