SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "PPrince and Princess of Wales"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "PPrince and Princess of Wales")') 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 969 matches on Event Comments, 260 matches on Performance Comments, 165 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. With Magnificent New Scenes, Particularly one in Perspective of a Royal Palacev, which exceeds any that has been seen in England, containing about One Thousand Yards of Painting by Sig Roberto Clerici, and to be seen again this Year. Admission as 1 Feb. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Music: As17160502

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. With all the Decorations proper to the Play. [Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. By Their Royal Highness's Command. The tickets given out for The Orphan taken this day. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Dance: Dupre, Mrs Santlow

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre. By Command. For the Entertainment of the Young Princesses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Song: As17161004

Dance: As17161009

Event Comment: Benefit the Orphan Children of the late Mr Farquhar the Author. By Command. For the Entertainment of the Young Princesses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: As17170204

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Miss Younger, Mrs Willis

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. [The Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Little French Lawyer

Song: As17180414

Dance: Fairbank's Maggot-Topham, Miss Tenoe; Spanish Entry-Miss Lindar

Event Comment: By Her Royal Highness's Command. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [The Prince and Princess present.] St. James's Evening Post, 29 July: And there was a very great Appearance of Quality and Gentry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Cook, Pelham

Event Comment: Steele wrote a Prologue for the opening, but the Lord Chamberlain had already engaged one by Tickell. For Steele's Prologue, see Blanchard, Occasional Verse of Richard Steele, p. 49: for Tickell's, see R. E. Tickell, pp. 231-32. Original Weekly Journal, 27 Sept.: His Majesty beheld the Performance with much Satisfaction. The young Princesses were present, and a very great Concourse of Nobility and Gentry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Event Comment: Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 4 Oct.: His Majesty, and their Highnesses the Young Princesses were at the Play...the House being very full

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Event Comment: Original Weekly Journal, 21 Feb.: The Prince made a Present of Princess hath made him a present of fifty more

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat

Event Comment: Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 8 Aug.: On Monday last the young Princesses were at the Consort of Musick at the Theatre at Richmond, where were present a large Number of Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Original Weekly Journal, 9 April: His Majesty was present; as were also their Highnesses the young Princesses, all in Black Velvet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Numitor

Event Comment: Admission as 19 April. Original Weekly Journal, 14 May: His Majesty, the Prince and Princess, and a prodigious Number of the Nobility were at the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Radamistus

Event Comment: Benefit Francisque. By Their Royal Highness's Command. The Diary of Mary Countess Cowper, p. 172: In the Afternoon the Prince and Princess went to the French Play. A most dismal Performance. No Wonder People are Slaves who can entertain themselves with such Stuff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux Arlequins

Afterpiece Title: La Baron de la Crasse

Dance: Dangeville

Entertainment: Tumbling=-Francisque

Event Comment: At Mr Penkethman's Theatre, before their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing the Famous-Signor Beneditte

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Shakespear. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Event Comment: Admission as 19 Nov. 1720. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten years [but see 22 Dec. 1713]. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Ben Johnson. [Prince and Princess present. The Epilogue is in Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 16 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Event Comment: Admission as 9 Dec. 1721. The King, Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Griselda

Event Comment: Admission as 7 Nov. 1722. The King, Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Event Comment: Benefit Legare. By His Royal Highness's Command. Mainpiece: Written by Abraham Cowley. Receipts: money #118 9s.; tickets #4 5s. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cutter Of Coleman Street

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

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Role: Leander Actor: Lally
Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Dance: The Hussars-Shaw, Mrs Booth; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Younger, Miss Tenoe; Highland Lilt-Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses's command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Event Comment: King, Prince, and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pharnaces

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. By Their Royal Highnesses's command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captives