SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Opera House in the Hay Market"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Opera House in the Hay Market")') 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 3321 matches on Event Comments, 2723 matches on Performance Title, 341 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: Duke of Venice-Maddocks; Priuli-Aickin; Bedamar-R. Palmer; Jaffier-Kemble; Pierre-Bensley; Renault-Packer; Elliot-Fawcett; Spinosa-Benson; Theodore-Alfred; Durande-Cooke; Mezzano-Caulfield; Officer-Phillimore; Belvidera-Mrs Siddons.
Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Alfred

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. Receipts: #144 6s. (141.15; 2.1.2.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Count Of Narbonne

Performance Comment: Raymond-Kemble; Austin-Bensley; Theodore-Barrymore; Fabian-Packer; Officers-Phillimore, Benson; Hortensia-Mrs Siddons; Adelaide-Miss DeCamp (1st appearance in that character); Jaquelin-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Jessica to Mrs Bland, but "an apology was made stating the indisposition of Mrs Bland, and requesting that Miss Heard might be permitted to perform Jessica, which was agreed to" (Thespian Magazine, Apr. 1793, p. 243). In afterpiece the playbill assigns Mrs Matadore to Mrs Hopkins, but "Benson informed the audience that owing to a mistake in the bills, Mrs Hopkins's Name had been inserted instead of Mrs Booth's (ibid).] Receipts: #139 11s. (136.12; 2.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: Ozmyn and Daraxa

Dance: As17930307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Ozmyn and Daraxa

Dance: As17930307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Rival Sisters

Cast
Role: Theseus Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Rival Sisters

Cast
Role: Theseus Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Rival Sisters

Cast
Role: Theseus Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. [In afterpiece the playbill assings Lazarillo to R. Palmer, but "Bland appeared in Lazarillo instead of R. Palmer" (Thespian Magazine, May 1793, p. 266).] Morning Herald, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bensley, No. 21, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #201 10s. (93.4; 16.1; tickets: 92.5) (charge: #94 19s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Rival Sisters

Cast
Role: Theseus Actor: Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Song: The Original Music, as17921226, but _Caulfield, _Maddocks, _Alfred, _Lyons

Event Comment: ["We were sorry to see such an actor as Dodd descend into Buffoonery; in the dying scene of Roderigo he reminded us of the death of the Clown in Harlequin Skeleton" (Thespian Magazine, June 1793, p. 1).] Receipts #164 1s. (156.4; 7. 17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Horatio to Kemble, but he "being indisposed, Harley was the Horatio" (Thespian Magazine, June 1793, p. 1).] Receipts: #129 7s. (123.0; 6.7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Packer as Melanthon and Mrs Siddon as Euphrasia , but "Mrs Powell was the substitute for Mrs Siddons, and acquitted herself very ably. Melanthon was read by Maddocks [which part can be doubled with Greek Herald ]" (Thespian Magazine, June 1793, p. 3).] Receipts: #109 5s. (101.0; 8.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Prize, advertised on playbill of 29 Apr.] Receipts: #81 19s. (75.10; 6.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Isabella

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Song: As17921217

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Bland as Ariel , but "Ariel was, on account of the sudden indisposition of Mrs Bland, read by Miss Heard" (Diary, 8 May). Miss Heard may also have substituted for Mrs Bland in the afterpiece.] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by James Cobb, for whose authorship see Kemble Mem. Larpent MS 982; not published]. Public Advertiser, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing Cross. Receipts: #227 8s. (95.17; 7.5; tickets: 124.6) (charge: #90 2s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Wheel

Performance Comment: Characters-Bannister Jun., Caulfield, Suett, Dignum, Bland, Wewitzer, Waldron, Fawcett, Phillimore, Hollingsworth, Maddocks, Alfred, Webb, Lyons, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Bland, Miss Heard. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Harry Harebrain , Lord George , Mr Curl , Hawser , Papillot , Ishmael , Pillage , Balance , John , Clinker , Scoredouble , Clod , Mrs Curl , Sophia Curl , Miss Broadhem .]Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Harry Harebrain , Lord George , Mr Curl , Hawser , Papillot , Ishmael , Pillage , Balance , John , Clinker , Scoredouble , Clod , Mrs Curl , Sophia Curl , Miss Broadhem .]

Song: In: Vocal Parts, as17921213, Sedgwick, _Kelly, Mrs +Crouch; Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, as17930102 In course of Evening: +The Little Farthing Rushlight-Bannister Jun

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Feudal Times; or, The Banquet Gallery Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Event Comment: Mainpiece: In Act I the Cardinal's Banquet. In Act II the Court for the Trial of Queen Katharine . In Act V a Grand Procession to the Christening of Princess Elizabeth . Receipts: #115 10s. (105.0; 10.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: In IV: a song-Master Welsh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay Coriolanus

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Event Comment: Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of those whose Infirmities oblige them to retire from the Stage. The Last Time of Mrs Siddons's performing this Season. Receipts: #170 13s. (122.8; 0.0; tickets: 48.5) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton, Fawcett [his last appearance on the stage] and Phillimore. Receipts: #231 18s. (28.18; 4.3; tickets: 198.17) (charge: #95 0s. 2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: Minuet de la Cour and Gavot-Master and Miss D'Egville

Song: As17921030

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Song: End II: When on board our trim vessel (composed by Carter)-Bannister; End: The Waggoner (composed by Dibdin)-Wathen; End I 2nd piece: When Bibo went down-Bannister; End 2nd piece: The Cobler (composed by Reeve)-Wathen; End I 3rd piece: The Ship@wreck'd Sailors (composed by an Amateur for the Thespian Panorama [see hay, 4 Mar.])-Mrs Bland, Master Welsh, Dignum, Suett, Caulfield, Bannister