SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Professor G H Jones"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Professor G H Jones")') 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 1349 matches on Performance Comments, 452 matches on Event Comments, 255 matches on Performance Title, 176 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Escape

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Malabar

Afterpiece Title: Reformed in Time

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Song: In course: Old Towler, Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

Monologue: Monologue. End 1st piece: (for that night only) a humourous, satirical Recitation, Kraniographon; selected from the favourite parts of G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads. in which: The Head of Alexander the Great-; The Head of a Lawyer-; The Head of a Cherokee-; Every Body's Coat of Arms-; The Head of a Quack Doctor-; The Head of Flattery-; Girdle of Venus-; The Quack Doctor's Coat of Arms-; The Head of Nobody-Mrs Mountain in the Character of a Student

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: In afterpiece: New Dance (composed by Bologna Jun.)-Bologna Jun., King, Mrs Watts, Mrs Parker (1st appearance these 2 years)

Song: The Songs written or selected for the afterpiece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; When Britain first her Flag uprear'd-Incledon, Johnstone, Linton; An hungry Fox one day did spy (Old Welsh tune)-Munden; When Peace smiles around-Mrs Martyr; Sir Sydney Smith-Fawcett; When a Tar returns home-Fawcett, Munden, Mrs Martyr; Mr Speaker tho' 'tis late--Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton; A Bundle of Proverbs-Munden; In praise of the Pars who have leathered the World-Johnstone; +The Navy and Army of Britain forever-Townsend; The Embarkation-Incledon; Glee and Chorus [We come, ye guardians of our isle]-Mrs Martyr, Miss Sims, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Sydney; Recitative and Finale [Britons, your country's gratitude behold]-Mrs Chapman, Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton

Opera: End IV: Solemn Dirge. The Funeral Procession of Juliet-; Vocal Parts-Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Hill, Linton, Gardner, Denman, Blurton, King, Street, Lee, Little, Thomas, Sawyer, Tett, Dyke, Whitmore, Ms Waters, Ms Chapman, Ms Atkins, Ms Litchfield, Ms Mills, Ms Dibdin, Ms Wheatley, Ms Iliff, Ms Sims, Ms Whitmore, Ms Follett, Ms Watts, Ms Castelle, Ms Norton, Ms Gilbert, Ms Leserve, Ms Lloyd, Ms Masters, Ms Blurton, Ms Sydney, Ms Burnett, Ms Martyr

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Diggs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: As17170102; particularly Genius of England-Turner

Dance: As17161204

Event Comment: Benefit Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: Shaw, Topham, Mrs Younger, Miss Lindar

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Numberer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Dancing, as17190521, but Mrs _Santlow, Mrs Bicknell

Event Comment: Benefit Cross and Jones. Tickets for The Rehearsal taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Boval, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Tenoe, Miss Smith

Event Comment: Benefit Shaftoe, Jones, and Maine, Gallery Keepers. Receipts: money #5 6s. 6d.; tickets #102 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Dance: As17201214

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Maine, Tillman. Gallery Keepers. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #6 16s; tickets #76 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Tillman, Tyefer. Receipts: money #9 13s. 6d.; tickets #72 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Dance:

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Mrs Eliza Haywood.] By Reason of the Indisposition of an Actress, the Part of the Wife is to be perform'd by Mrs Haywood, the Author. Afterpiece (Daily Post, 10 Aug.): A new Dramatic Entertainment...design'd by Mr Theo. Cibber, with new Music compos'd and adapt'd by Mr Jones, which proper Judges allow to be the best of the kind now extant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Wife To Be Let

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): Richard Jones
Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Tillman, and Teyfer, Gallery Doorkeepers. Receipts: money #21 17s. 6d.; tickets #84 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Louvre-Mrs Wall; Entry-Glover; Peasant-Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks, Office Keeper, and Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: As17250508

Dance: new Passacaile-Miss Robinson; A new Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Young Rainton

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Tillman, Teyfey (Gallery Doorkeepers). Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #13 3s. 6d.; tickets #101 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Bullock; Dutch Burgomaster-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): Richard Jones
Related Work: The Miser; or, Wagner and Abericock Author(s): Richard Jones
Event Comment: Benefit May and Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: TThe Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Numberer; Taylor, First Gallery Keeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Dance: End I: Harlequin Dance-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: Miss Brett; Comic Dance-Rainton, Miss Robinson Sr; III: Turks Dance-Thurmond; IV: Rainton, Miss Robinson; Miss Brett; V: Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; Drunken Man-Harper

Event Comment: Benefit Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Song: Nicholls

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, Numberer; and Taylor, Boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Event Comment: Benefit Gallant, Rowland, Mrs Shaftoe, Jones. Afterpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #10 12s. 6d.; tickets #103 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: SScotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; French Peasant-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Love; Or, The Degenerate Brother

Performance Comment: Principal parts by Wells, Mullart, Lacy, Fielding, Jones, Mrs Mullart, Mrs Martin, Mrs Lindsey, Mrs Nokes, Miss Wood; but edition of 1730 lists: Don Manuel-Wells Sr; Alonzo-Stopler; Pizarro-Wells Jr; Pedro-Fielding; Alvarez-Mullart; Rinaldo-Lacy; Diego-Dove; Hermit-Reynolds; Page-Achurch; Servants-Hicks, Richards; Ismena-Mrs Mullart; Lucina-Mrs Martin; Cleone-Mrs Lindsey; Julia-Mrs Newman; Florella-Mrs Nokes; Prologue, Epilogue-Charles Coffey.
Event Comment: Benefit Jones, the Numberer, and Taylor and Cooper, Boxkeepers. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Event Comment: Benefit Jones (Numberer) and Little (Gallery Boxkeeper). At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With the Original Musick, Songs, and Dances, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: As17310427

Dance: EEnglish Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Excell. At the Sun Tavern behind the Royal Exchange. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Allen (Numberers), Little (Gallery Boxkeeper)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: SScotch Dance-Miss Robinson; The Masqueraders-