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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Pelling"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Pelling")') 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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Event Comment: Benefit Glover and Mrs Pelling. Receipts: money #27 14s.; tickets #118 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Dance: End I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mrs Pelling; V: Grand Dance-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, St.Luce; End of Opera: Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain-Salle

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre and Mrs Pelling. Receipts: money #17 10s.; tickets #91 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; III: Clown-Nivelon; IV: Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; V: Grand Dance, as17310503

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks; Or, The Yeoman Of Kent

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Sanderson; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs LaTour, Mrs LaFoy, Mrs Ogden; Pluto-Leveridge; Daemons-Poitier, Dupre, Newhouse, Pelling, Glover; Yeoman-Nivelon; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss LaTour; Countrymen and Lasses-Newhouse, Delagarde Jr, Pelling, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Chapman; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Smith, Delagarde; Earth-Dupre; Air-Glover; Fire-Poitier; Water-LeSac; Females-Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Laguerre.
Event Comment: Benefit Pelling, Dukes. Tickets for Villeneuve, Master Green also taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Wooden Shoes-Livier, Villeneuve; II: Two Pierrots-Livier, Pelling; III: Hornpipe-a Seafaring Gentleman for his Diversion; IV: Turkish Dance-Muilment, Villeneuve, Livier; V: A new Scotch Dance-Dupre, Mrs Pelling

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

Performance Comment: Burgomaster-Nivelon; Burgomaster's Wife-Mrs Younger; Boor Servant-Ray; Highlander-Salle; Highlander's Wife-Mrs Laguerre; Scots Servant-Laguerre; others-DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour, Mrs Hill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: End I: Saraband-Delagarde, Miss Wherrit; Scholar to Newhouse, being the first Time of her appearing in that Character on the Stage. II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon

Performance Comment: II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

Performance Comment: Burgomaster and Wife-Nivelon, Mrs Younger; Boor Servant-Ray; Highlander and Wife-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Scots Servant-Laguerre; other parts-DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Clown-Nivelon; Servant-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Laguerre; Witches-Leveridge, Salway, Papillion; Bird Catchers-Hippisley, Pelling; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Seedo; Sysiphus-Dupre Jr; Prometheus-Glover; Ixion-Delagarde Jr; Clotho-Mrs Ogden; Lachesis-Miss LaTour; Atropos-Mrs Pelling; Furies-Dupre, Newhouse, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Bird Catchers Actor: Hippisley, Pelling
Role: Atropos Actor: Mrs Pelling
Role: Furies Actor: Dupre, Newhouse, Pelling.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Music: New Grand Overture by Dr Pepusch-; III: Mr Handel's celebrated Water Musick-; Kettle Drums-Poitier

Dance: I: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: Footing Dance with Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden; V: Scottish Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

Song: IV: The Hunting Song in Admetus-Mrs Wright; accompanyed with Trumpets and French Horns-. *uoÅcg II: A New Masque of Vocal and Instrumental Musick by Mr Rosengrave, in Honour of Flora, the Goddess of the Spring. Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Salway; Dances-Nivelon, Glover, Miss Rogers, Pelling, Delagarde, Newhouse, Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden

Performance Comment: *uoÅcg II: A New Masque of Vocal and Instrumental Musick by Mr Rosengrave, in Honour of Flora, the Goddess of the Spring. Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Salway; Dances-Nivelon, Glover, Miss Rogers, Pelling, Delagarde, Newhouse, Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Music: IV: Kettle Drums by Poitier

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. III: The Double Jealousy: Miller-Poitier; His Wife-Mlle Roland; Coquet-Mrs Walter; Followers-Villeneuve, Pelling, Duke, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett (with New Habits)

Performance Comment: III: The Double Jealousy: Miller-Poitier; His Wife-Mlle Roland; Coquet-Mrs Walter; Followers-Villeneuve, Pelling, Duke, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett (with New Habits) .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Performance Comment: As17370412 but concluding with a Grand Ballet-Mrs Walter, Pelling, Dukes, Rector, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.

Song: III: The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino-Mrs Clive

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Walter and Pelling. Mainpiece: Taken from Plautus and Moliere. [Tickets of Mrs Walter at her House in back of Mr Acton's, Fishmonger, in Bridge Street, and of Pelling at Mr Dailey's, Jeweller, in dl.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; II: Black Joke-Pelling, Mrs Walter; III: Russian Sailor-Denoyer; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter

Song: IV: The Early Horn-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse, Sandham, Pelling, Cook Jr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Dance: Newhouse, Sandham, Pelling, Cook Jr, delaGarde's Two Sons, Miss Francis; Four Scaramouches-

Event Comment: Benefit Pelling, Giles, and Widow Rackstraw. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #9; tickets #58 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: Lally, Lally Jr, Pelling, Mrs Rogeir, Miss Bullock; particularly Myrtillo-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer: With The Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Witches-Leveridge, Salway, Harrison, Mrs Chambers; 1st Bird@Catcher-Nivelon; 2d Bird@Catcher-Spiller; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Barbier; Sysiphus-DuPre Jr; Prometheus-Newhouse; Ixion-Lanyon; Clotho-Mrs Bullock; Lachesis-Mrs Pelling; Atropos-Mrs Anderson; Furies-DuPre, Lally, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Lachesis Actor: Mrs Pelling
Role: Furies Actor: DuPre, Lally, Pelling.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With The Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Witches-Leveridge, Salway, Harrison; Mrs Chambers; 1st Birdcatcher-Nivelon; 2d Birdcatcher-Spiller; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Seedo (late Mrs Fletcher); Sysiphus-Dupre Jr; Prometheus-Newhouse; Ixion-Lanyon; Clotho-Mrs Laguerre; Lachesis-Miss Bullock; Atropos-Mrs Pelling; Furies-Dupre, Poitier, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Atropos Actor: Mrs Pelling
Role: Furies Actor: Dupre, Poitier, Pelling.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer; With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Clown-Nivelon; Servant-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Laguerre; Witches-Leveridge, Salway, Harrison, Mrs Chambers; Birdcatchers-Hippisley, Pelling; Petit Maitre-Legar; Italian-Rochetti; Pluto-Leveridge; Proserpine-Mrs Barbier; Sysiphus-Dupre Jr; Prometheus-Newhouse; Ixion-Lanyon; Clotho-Mrs Ogden; Lachesis-Mrs Hill; Atropos-Miss LaTour; Furies-Poitier, Dupre, Pelling.
Cast
Role: Birdcatchers Actor: Hippisley, Pelling
Role: Furies Actor: Poitier, Dupre, Pelling.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country House

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted

Performance Comment: Perseus-Mrs Barbier; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Stheno-Salway; Cassiope-Mrs Seedo; Andromeda-Mrs Chambers; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Euryale-Papillion; Ethiopians-Thompson, Harrison; Cyclops-Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, St.Luce, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour; Infernals-Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Spanish Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Spaniard-Nivelon.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; Or, Vulcan's Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Rochetti; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Cassiope-Mrs Seedo; Andromeda-Mrs Carter; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Stheno-Salway; Euryale-Papillion; Ethiopians-Thompson, Harrison; Cyclops-Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrell, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Clamchin, Miss LeTour; Infernals-Papillon, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Glover, Newhouse; Hussar-Nivelon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger.

Dance: GGrand Dance of Momus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Rochetti; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Cassiope-Mrs Seedo; Andromeda-Mrs Carter; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Stheno-Salway; Euryale-Papillion; 1st Ethiopian-Thompson; 2d Ethiopian-Salway; Cyclops-Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour; Infernals-Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Glover, Newhouse; Hussar-Nivelon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger concluding with Grand Dance of Momus.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Rochetti; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Cassiope-Mrs Sanderson; Andromeda-Mrs Carter; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Stheno-Salway; Euryale-Papillion; 1st Ethiopian-Thompson; 2d Ethiopian-Salway; Cyclops-Hall; Delagarde, DuPre Jr, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden; Infernals-Papillion, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Glover, Newhouse; Hussar-Nivelon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger; with the Grand Dance of Momus-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Pelling, LeSac; II: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; IV: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; V: Scotch Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, DuPre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

Song: III: Mrs Wright

Music: W+Water Musick, As17330507; A Grand Overture by Dr Pepusch-

Ballet: End Afterpiece: The Amorous Clowns; or, the Courtesans. Clowns-Nivelon, Mrs Pelling; Wives-Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling

Performance Comment: Clowns-Nivelon, Mrs Pelling; Wives-Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling.
Cast
Role: Clowns Actor: Nivelon, Mrs Pelling
Role: Courtezan Actor: Mrs Pelling.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Cupid and Psyche; or, Colombine Courtezan

Performance Comment: Cupid-Master Arne; Venus-Mrs Cantrell; Psyche-Mrs Cibber; Jupiter-Roberts; Bacchus-Topham; Sylvan-Essex; Pan-Thurmond; Swains-Chose, Pelling, Davenport; Pierot-Poitier; Spaniard-Salway; Nymphs-Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Davenport; Harlequin-Le Brun; Mynheer Bassoon-Rain ton; Trebelino-Roberts; Quadrille-Este; Plumb-Cross; Colombine-Mrs Clive; Colombine's Maid-Mrs Pritchard; Old Woman-Topham .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Performance Comment: Prospero-Mills; Ferdinand-W. Mills; Hippolito-Miss Holliday; Trincalo-Miller; Alonzo-Hewitt; Antonio-Turbutt; Ventoso-Oates; Gonzalo-Winstone; Stephano-Shepard; Mustacho-Mecklin; Caliban-Johnson; Ariel-Master Arne; Dorinda-Mrs Clive (with the song of Dear, Pretty Youth); Miranda-Mrs Walter; Sycorax-Jones; Neptune-Salway; Milcha-Roberts; Amphitrite-Mrs Cantrel; Earthy Spirit-Rainton; Chief Spirit in Grand Dance-Le Brun; Winds-Thurmond, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport; Watermen-Harper, Pelling, Davenport, Wright .

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Fingalians Actor: Davenport, Mrs Pelling
Role: Pierot Actor: Pelling

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Orpheus

Performance Comment: As17350426 but Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Davenport, Miss Brett .

Music: Select Pieces. II: Solo on the Violin performed on the Stage by Charke

Dance: II: A new Serious Dance by Mlle Roland. IV: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland