SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Princess Caroline Elizabeth"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Princess Caroline Elizabeth")') 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: TThe King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ptolemy

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King, Queen, Princess Royal and Princesses Amelia and Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Congreve. [Prince Frederick, Princess Amelia, and Princess Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Prince Frederick, Princess Amelia, and Princess Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy

Event Comment: [T+The Necromancer, not advertised, may have been given as an afterpiece, as the Daily Journal, 12 Feb., states that the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina saw it as part of the program.] Receipts: #68 15s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 113 paid and 30 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 164 paid and 17 orders; slips, 7 paid and 12 orders; first gallery, 117 paid and 4 orders; second, 123 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Princess Royal and Princess Amelia present. Receipts: money #92 19s.; tickets #38 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 117 by money and 154 by tickets; stage, 18 by money; pit, 244 by money; slips, 12 by money; first gallery, 151 by money; second gallery, 127 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

Event Comment: By Their Majesties Command. Benefit Mrs Oldfield. Daily Journal, 7 March: Last Night the King, Queen, Prince of Wales, and the Princesses were all at the Theatre in Drury-Lane....But before the Play began, a Gentlewoman presented a Book, address'd to Princess Amelia, intitled, The Ladies Preservative, in the Three Chief Characteristicks of Beauty; the Hair, Complexion, and Teeth, which was very graciously received. Universal Spectator, 8 March: And supposing the Tickets which came in at the usual Rates, there was about 240 1. in the House. But her Benefit is generally reckoned at 500 1. several Persons of Quality, &c. giving five, ten, and twenty Guineas each. There was the greatest Appearance of Ladies of Quality at her Benefit that ever was known, and the House so excessive full, Stage and all, that the Actors had scarce Room to perform

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 8 Aug.: On Wednesday last in the Evening her Majesty, the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina, were entertained in the Gardens at Richmond by the Comedians of the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Unknown

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Receipts: #116 16s. [Prince, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: With an Addition of some New Songs. [Prince, Princess Royal, Duke, and five Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Edition of 1730 lists: King Arthur-Mullart; Tom Thumb-Miss Jones; Lord Grizzle-Jones; Noodle-Marshall; Doodle-Reynolds; 1st Physician-Hallam; 2d-Dove; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Mullart; Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Jones; Prologue-Jones; Epilogue-Miss Jones.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Miss Jones; King Arthur-Mullart; Lord Grizzle-Jones; Noodle-Reynolds; Doodle-Marshall; Dr Churchyard-Hallam; Dr Fillgrave-Dove; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Mullart; Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Martin; Cleora-Mrs Smith; Mustacha-Mrs Clarke. With a New Prologue and Epilogue to the Tragedy; but see also 24 April. but see also 24 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: As17300501, but Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Jones; With a New Prologue, Epilogue-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Miss Jones; King Arthur-Mullart; Lord Grizzle-Jones; Noodle-Rosco; Doodle-Wathen; Churchyard-Wells; Fillgrave-Dove; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Mullart; Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Williamson; Mustacha-Mrs Clarke.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Contrivance; or, The Plague of a Wanton Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: King Arthur-Mullart; Grizzle-Jones; Noodle-Achurch; Doodle-Wathen; Churchyard-Wells; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Newstead; Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Jones; Tom Thumb-Miss Jones.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Contrivance; or, The Plague of a Wanton Wife

Song: Mrs Nokes

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Afterpiece: a new Dramatic Masque. [By Roger.] The Habits, Scenes, Machines, and the other Decorations entirely new. King, Queen, Prince of Wales, Princess Amelia and Princess Mary present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris; With The Mistakes

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Mistake Author(s): Elizabeth Griffith
Event Comment: By Command of the Princess Royal. [Prince of Wales and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: King Arthur-Mullart; Tom Thumb-Young Verhuyck; Ghost of Gaffer Thumb-Lacy; Lord Grizzle-Jones; Merline-Hallam; Noodle-Reynolds; Doodle-Wathan; Foodle-Ayres; Bailiff-Peterson; Follower-Hicks; Parson-Watson; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Mullart; Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Jones; Glumdalca-Mrs Dove.

Afterpiece Title: The Letter Writers; or, A New Way to Keep a Wife at Home

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, Prince William, Princess Royal, the young Princesses, and Duke of Lorrain present. See also Lord Hervey and his Friends, p. 115.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: Benefit Denoyer. By Command of His Royal Highness. [Prince, Duke of Cumberland, three eldest Princesses, and Princess Mary present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: II: Le Chasseur Royal-Denoyer, Mrs Booth, others; III: Comic Dance-Denoyer, Mrs Walter; IV: Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Booth; V: Serious Dance-Denoyer

Event Comment: As 5 Dec. [King, Princess Royal, and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas; or, Tom Thumb the Great

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Young Master Arne; Princess-Miss Arne; King Arthur-Kelly; Dollalolla-Miss Jones; Grizzle-Charke; Noodle-Ellis Roberts; Glumdalca-Corse; Merlin-Cropponi; Doodle-F. Tench; Bailiff-Davies; Cleora-Mrs Pritchard; Mustacha-Miss Oates .
Cast
Role: Princess Actor: Miss Arne

Dance: V: Les Amants Constants, as17331025 In Afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17331027

Event Comment: The Princess Royal's Marriage, being deferr'd, the Opera will be perform'd that Day as usual. Daily Courant, 14 Nov.: Last Night their Majesties, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the three eldest Princesses . . . saw . . . Otho; but his Highness the Prince of Orange was not there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Master Arne; Princess-Miss Arne; King Arthur-Kelly; Dolalolla-Jones; Grizzle-Cropponi; Doodle-Ellis Roberts; Glumdalca-Corse .
Cast
Role: Princess Actor: Miss Arne

Dance: By Nivelon, Miss Robinson, Miss Mann