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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "P A Motteux"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "P A Motteux")') 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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2251 results for: Keyword - P. A. Motteux
We found 1654 matches on Event Comments, 313 matches on Performance Comments, 143 matches on Author, 18 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

251
22 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: A new Entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental Musick (after the manner of an Opera...the vocal part being compos'd by Mr Weldon, and the Instrumental by Mr Dieuport. [Text by Pierre Motteux.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Britains Happiness

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl

252
18 January 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Pierre Motteux. Premiere.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Farewell Folly Or The Younger The Wiser

253
27 December 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Edition of 1706 lists: Don Alvarez-Betterton; Don Felix-Bright; Don Carlos-Booth; Don Lorenzo-Husbands; Metaphrastus-Freeman; Sancho-Dogget; Lopez-Pack; Leonora-Mrs Bowman; Camillo-Mrs Harcourt; Isabella-Mrs Porter; Jacinta-Mrs Baker; Prologue by Steele-Booth; Epilogue by Motteux and apparently spoken by-Mrs Porter.

254
07 March 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By Pierre Motteux.] By Subscription. Admission to boxes and pit by subscribers' tickets only; first gallery 5s., upper gallery 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Temple Of Love

255
14 December 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fine Ladys Airs Or An Equipage Of Lovers

Performance Comment: Edition of 1709 lists: Sir Harry Sprightly-Mills; Brigadier Blenheim-Wilks; Nicknack-Cibber; Major Bramble-Johnson; Master Totty-Bullock; Knapsack-Pinkethman; Shrimp-Norris; Lady Rodomont-Mrs Oldfield; Lady Tossup-Mrs Porter; Mrs Lovejoy-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Flimsey-Mrs Saunders; Orangewoman-Pack; Prologue written by Motteux. Epilogue-Mrs Bradshaw.

256
22 March 1744 @ Temple Bar

Event Comment: TTony Aston's program as 26 Feb., but Widow Motteux as Widow as in scene from Plain Dealer. Benefit Widow Motteaux

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257
04 February 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; burl 2, by Charles Dibdin, based on The Loves of Mars and Venus, by Peter Anthony Motteux]: With New Scenes and Dresses. The Music chiefly composed by Dibdin. [Dr Arne and Dr Arnold each wrote one air.] Books of the Burletta to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 5 Feb. 1778: This Day at Noon is published Poor Vulcan! (1s.). [The playbill lists Reinhold in place of Mahon, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Mahon's.] Receipts: #232 5s. 6d. (230.2.6; 2.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

258
30 March 1674 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariadne Or The Marriage Of Bacchus

259
18 December 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Catilines Conspiracy

260
30 April 1690 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

261
16 May 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Cook, Anne Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison

262
08 October 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

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263
09 March 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hannibal

264
17 December 1672 @ Whitehall or St. James's

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265
18 February 1673 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

266
21 April 1673 @ no theater listed

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267
09 August 1673 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mans The Master

268
25 May 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virtuoso

269
08 June 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos Prince Of Spain

270
17 March 1677 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

271
18 July 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

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272
24 August 1682 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Irish Evidence The Humours Of Tiege Or The Mercenary Whore

273
April 1683 @ no theater listed

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274
10 June 1684 @ Whitehall or St. James's

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275
03 June 1685 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albion And Albanius