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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "R Collett"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "R Collett")') 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 1942 matches on Performance Comments, 239 matches on Event Comments, 49 matches on Performance Title, 5 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Collett

Song: Afterpiece: As17780917; With the original Music by Matthew Locke with full Chorusses and Additional Accompaniments,-Bannister, Gaudry, Legg, Chaplin, Fawcett, Carpenter,Holcroft, Philimore, Kenny, Miss Simson, Miss Abrams, Mrs Love, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Smith, Miss Kirby, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: As17780922

Song: In III: an Epithalamium-; with Singing-Miss Collett, Miss Abrams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Selima And Azor

Performance Comment: Azor-Vernon; Ali-Dodd; Scander-Bannister; Fatima-Miss Collett; Lesbia-Miss Abrams; Selima-Miss Wright (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Fatima Actor: Miss Collett

Song: With the original Music composed by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and additional accompaniments,-Bannister, Gaudry, Chaplin, Fawcett, Holcroft, Philimore, Kenny, Miss Simson, Miss Abrams, Mrs Love, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Smith, Miss Kirby, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Collett; End I: song-Miss Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Song: With the original Music composed by Matthew Locke, will full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments, -Bannister, Gaudry, Chaplin, Fawcett, Holcroft, Phillimore, Edwards, Miss Simson, Miss Kirby, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Smith, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: a Masquerade, Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: Mainpiece: the Funeral Procession-; Vocal Parts-Gaudry, Edwards, Fawcett, Holcroft, Chaplin, Shaw, Miss Field, Miss Collett, Miss Kirby, Mrs Granger, Mrs Booth, Mrs Smith, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Simson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Young Actor

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Classic-Packer; Subtle-Waldron; Sir John Buck-Wrighten; Lucinda (with a song)-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Collett.

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Butterfly, as17800921; In 3rd piece: The Minuet de la Cour-Henry, Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: Mainpiece: With the original Music composed by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments, by Bannister, Williams, Chaplin, Fawcett, Holcroft, Phillimore, Helme; Miss Simson, Miss Barnes, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Granger, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Palmer; Classic-Packer; Subtle-Waldron; Sir John Buck-Wrighten; Luanda (with a song)-Miss Collett .
Cast
Role: Luanda Actor: Miss Collett

Dance: In mainpiece, as17811217 In afterpiece a Minuet by Zuchelli and Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Luanda Actor: Miss Collett

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820223; In afterpiece the Minuet de la Cour by Zuchelli and Miss Collett

Song: In Act I of mainpiece a song by Williames

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: Afterpiece: With a Postilion Dance incident to the Piece. [This was danced in all subsequent performances.]

Song: In Act III of mainpiece an Epithalamium, with singing by Miss Collett and Miss Wright. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 6 Nov. 1782, 15 Mar., 6 May, 5 June 1783.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Luanda Actor: Miss Collett

Dance: In afterpiece a Minuet by Williamson and Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Song: Singing, as17870419, but Miss Collett, Miss +Romanzini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: As17871101

Song: Mainpiece: With the original Music-; composed by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments-Suett, Barrymore, Dignum, Danby, Fawcett, Chaplin, Mrs Forster, Miss Collett, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Crouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Song: In: Original Music by Matthew Locke-; with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments-Suett, Sedgwick, Dignum, Danby, Fawcett, Mrs Forster, Miss Romanzini, Miss Collett, Mrs Crouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Song: As17881117, but Vocal Parts-Miss Hagley, Miss _Collett

Entertainment: Monologue. End afterpiece: An Ode on the Recovery of His Majesty-Mrs Siddons; in the Character of Britannia. Conclude with: God save the King!-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Song: As17881016, but Chorusses and Accompaniments-Miss _Collett, Mrs _Crouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Song: Original Music-; Chorusses and Accompaniments, as17881016, but _Fawcett, Miss _Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lady; Or, Harlequin's Opera: In The Manner Of A Rehearsal

Dance: Burny, Sandham, Eaton, R. Williams as Harlequin, Scaramouch, Punch, Pantalon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: HHornpipe-R. Jones , from gf

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Son; or, The Maiden's Second Slip

Dance: I: Dutch Skipper-Sandham; III: Scaramouch-Sandham; V: Hornpipe-R. Jones

Song: II: Singing in Italian-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Song: End II: several of the newest and most approved Catches and Glees (selected from the invaluable Collection of the Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Catch-Club)-Reinhold, Vernon, Champness, R.? Smith, Webb, Reynoldson, Simpkinson, Leoni, assisted by several other of the most eminent Performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Vestale

Dance: End I: Divertissement, as17870428; End Opera: Le Cossac Jaloux-Mme Perignon, Goyon, Laborie, Henry, Mlle R. Simonet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: In afterpiece: a Mock Minuet-R. Palmer, Miss Pope. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: End: The Slave in Love-the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp; In afterpiece: Mock Minuet-R. Palmer, Miss Pope [which was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: In afterpiece: a Mock Minuet-R. Palmer, Miss Pope