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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Richard Vincent"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Richard Vincent")') 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 1991 matches on Author, 1892 matches on Performance Comments, 748 matches on Performance Title, 560 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar; With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Brutus-Walker; Cassius-Smith; Antony-Hull; Caesar-Clarke; Caska-Gibson; Cinna-Gardner; Lepidus-Buck; Metellus Cimber-Cushing; Ligarius-Holtom; Octavius-DuBellamy; Trebonius-Perry; Decius Brutus-Davis; Plebians-Barrington, Dunstall, Morgan; Calphurnia-Mrs Vincent; Portia-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Calphurnia Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Female Archer, as17661215

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17661113, but Lavinia-Mrs Vincent; Calista-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: I: A New Tambourine Dance-Master Blurton (apprentice to Fishar, eleven years old, 1st appearance any stage); End I: Rural Love, as17661120; II: A Serious Dance-Miss Capon (Apprentice to Fishar, sixteen years old, 1st appearance any stage); III: A New Pantomime Ballet-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford (Apprentice to Fishar, ten years old, 1st appearance any stage as a dancer); IV: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Capon; Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Ballet: End: A New Grand Ballet call'd The Wapping Landlady. Jack (in Distress)-Fishar; the other Sailors-Petro, Hussey, Martin, Reynald, Curtat, King; Landlady-Miles; Milk Woman-Sga Manesiere; other women-Miss D. Twist, Miss S. Twist, Miss Barrowby, Miss Hilliard, Miss Daw, Mrs Viviez

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17661014, but Elder Worthy-Hull; Narcissa-Mrs Burden; Amanda-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George-Cautherly; Thorowgood-Havard; Uncle-Burton; Trueman-Packer; Blunt-Ackman; Maria-Mrs Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; Millwood-Mrs Hopkins; In Act I, Song-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Song Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End: Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley

Entertainment: BBucks Have at Ye All-J. Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Solomon

Performance Comment: Parts-Lowe, Rennoldson, Webbe, Mrs Vincent, Miss Davis, Mrs Gibbons.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Powell; Pembroke-Davis; Prince Henry-Lewes; Essex-Gardner; Salisbury-Perry; Bastard-Smith; Faulconbridge-Weller; Austria-Morris; Hubert-Bensley, 1st time; King of France-Clarke; Dauphin-Dyer; Chatillon-Hull; Governor of Angiers-Wignell; Pandulph-Gibson; Queen Elinor-Mrs Vincent; Prince Arthur-Miss Ford; Lady Blanch-Mrs DuBellamy; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Ferguson; Constance-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Queen Elinor Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Powell; Iachimo-Smith; Pisanio-Hull; Philario-Morris; Cymbeline-Gibson; Cloten-Yates; Bellarius-Clarke; Guiderius-Bensley; Arviragus-Perry; Queen-Mrs Vincent; Imogen-Yates; In Act II a Masquerade Dance-incident to the Play; Singing-Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: III: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114; IV: The Female Archer, as17671029; End: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17680125, but Nerissa-Mrs Vincent; Solanio-Gardner; Salarino-Davis. [Public Advertiser retains Mrs Lessingham as Nerissa.]Public Advertiser retains Mrs Lessingham as Nerissa.]
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17680229, but Nerissa-Mrs Vincent; Solanio-_; Salarino-_.
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: I: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin; III: The Provenzales, as17680301 IV: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green and Mrs Vincent. Tickets for A Play will be taken. Those sold at Doors will not be admitted. Catherine and Petruchio cannot be perform'd because ff the illness of Woodward. Charges #64 5s. Balance to the nadies #17 18s. Paid Mrs Vincent #8 19s. who also had from Tickets #71 11s. (Box 110; Pit 207; Gallery 100). Paid Mrs Green #8 19s. who also had from Tickets #38 9s. (box 110; Pit 207; Gallery 130). Paid Miss Stede extra dancer for 6 nights #1 (Account Book). Receipts: #82 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17680416

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: Young Mirabel-Smith; Old Mirabel-Shuter; Duretete-Woodward; Dugard-Gardner; Petit-Cushing; Page-Mas. Besford; Maid-Miss Allen; Bravos-Wignel, Quick, Stoppelaer, Bates; Oriana-Mrs Lessingham, 1st time; Lamorce-Mrs Stephens; Bizarre-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Bizarre Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Song: II: A Song-Parsons

Dance: III: A Minuet-Hussey, Miss Madden; IV: Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon, as17680416

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Leonatus-Powell; Iachimo-Smith; Pisanio-Hull; Cymbeline-Gibson; Cloten-Yates; Philario-Morris; Caius Lucius-Gardner; Bellarius-Clarke; Guiderius-Bensley; Arviragus-Perry; Queen-Mrs Vincent; Imogen-Mrs Yates; With a Masquerade Scene-incident to the Play and; Singing-Mrs Thompson.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice, with the Metamorphoses of Harlequin

Dance: III: [See17671009.] The Merry Sailors-Aldridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mahon; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Lucy-Mrs Baker; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Vincent; Jenny Diver-Miss Ogilvie; Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Mrs Pinto; With Hornpipe-Miss Twist; a Country Dance-the characters of the opera.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Example: or the Modish Citizens Author(s): Richard Estcourt

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: King Henry-Smith; Canterbury-Gardner; Exeter-Hull; Gower-DuBellamy; MacMorris-Barrington; Bardolph-Morgan; Boy-Miss Valois; French Soldier-Holtom; Westmorland-Lewis; Gloucester-Lewes; Bedford-R. Smith; Fluellin-Shuter; Pistol-Hamilton[, 1st appearance that stage]; Williams-Morris; Jamy-Dunstall; King of France-Gibson; Dauphin-Davis; Constable-Clarke; Burgundy-Perry; Isabel-Mrs Vincent [Mrs Stephens, Public Advertiser]; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabel Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: Lear-Powell; Edgar-Smith; Albany-Hull; Cornwall-Gardner; Gloster-Gibson; Bastard-Bensley; France-Davis; Burgundy-Lewes; Kent-Clarke; Gentleman Usher-Cushing; Goneril-Mrs Vincent; Regan-Mrs DuBellamy; Cordelia-Mrs Yates; Doctor-Redman; Captain-Wignell; Old Man-Hallam; Herald-Holtom; Cornwall's Servt-T. Smith (1768 edn.).
Cast
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Example: or the Modish Citizens Author(s): Richard Estcourt

Dance: End: The Lamplighters, as17681101

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: As17681216, but Elvira-Mrs Vincent; Manuel-_; Governor-_; Monsieur-_; Sancho-_.
Cast
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): Richard Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: As17681222, but Old Mirabel-Shuter; Oriana-Mrs Vincent (playbill); New Occasional Prologue-_; Old Mirabel-Lewis (Public Advertiser).
Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): Richard Jones

Dance: IV: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to Mrs Vincent #4 2s. 6d. covered by #134 2s. income from tickets (Box 282; Pit 306; Gallery 177). Receipts: #60 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe, as17690408

Event Comment: Account Book: @Receiv'd of Vincent for Music Forfeits this season #21 11s. 10d.@Rece'v'd for stage forfeits this season #14 4s. 2d.@Receiv'd of Mrs Carne for ends of Candles & Oyl #70 6s. 7d.@Receiv'd of Proprietors of Public Advertiser #50@Receiv'd of Proprietors of Daily Gazetteer #50@Paid Vincent for Music Books #4 5s. 2d.@9 June@Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renter's Old Shares at 4s. 10d. each #12 1s. 8d.@Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renter's New Shares at 2s. 6d. each #6 5s.@15 July@Rec'd of His Majesty by Mr Mathias #40@Rec'd of Madam Schellenbergen by Ditto #9@Total Income 1768-69: #30,759 16s. 2 1!2d.@Total Expense 1768-69: #24,035 8s. 3d.@31 May: Paid Arnold Composer #50 13s.@2 June: Paid Kirkman for tuning #20@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: King Henry-Smith; Canterbury-Gardner; Exeter-Hull; Gower-DuBellamy; MacMorris-Barrington; Bardolph-Barnshaw; Fluellin-Shuter; Pistol-Dyer; Williams-Morris; Jamy-Dunstall; King of France-Gibson; Dauphin-Davis; Constable-Clarke; Burgundy-Perry; Isabel-Mrs Vincent; Hostess-Mrs Pitt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Isabel Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: Carlos-Bensley; Clodio-Woodward; Charino-Herbert; Antonio-Dunstall; Duart-Davis; Luis-Shuter; Elvira-Mrs Vincent; Honoria-Miss Mills; Louisa-Mrs DuBellamy; Angelina-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Smith; Duke-Clarke; Don Juan-Hull; Cacagogo-Dunstall; Sanchio-Davis; Alonzo-Perry; Copper Capt.-Woodward; Clara-Miss Mills; Maid-Mrs White; Old Woman-Miss Helme; Altea-Mrs Gardner; Margarite-Mrs Vincent; Estifania-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Margarite Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mattocks; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Holtom; Lucy-Mrs Baker; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Vincent; Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-a Young Gentlewoman, first appearance any stage [Miss Stanmore, according to Kemble note]; [The Hornpipe-Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: II: Dutch Dance-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17671114.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-a Young Gentleman, first appearance any stage; Iachimo-Smith; Pisanio-Hull; Cymbeline-Gibson; Cloten-Yates; Philario-Morris; Caius Lucius-Gardner; Bellarius-Clarke; Guiderius-Bensley; Arviragus-Perry; Queen-Mrs Vincent; Imogen-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: III: The Whim, as17691123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Performance Comment: Tancred-Smith, first time; Siffredi-Gibson; Osmond-Clarke; Rodolpho-Perry; Laura-Mrs Vincent; Sigismunda-Miss Miller, first time.
Cast
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jubilee