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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir Edward Deering"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir Edward Deering")') 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 6471 matches on Performance Comments, 2525 matches on Author, 1133 matches on Event Comments, 539 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17390103, but Aimwell-Hale; Sir Charles-Salway.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Salway.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. 1738. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Cast
Role: Sir Polidorus Actor: Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Rosco; Sir Paul-Hippisley; Brisk-Chapman; Touchwood-Bridgwater; Froth-Neale; Mellefont-Hale; Careless-Ryan; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Hallam; Lady Froth-Mrs Horton; Lady Pliant-Mrs James; Cynthia-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Sir Paul Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: Dancing-Glover, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Miss Oates, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun but see17390215

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake; Or, The Wife's Resentment

Performance Comment: Miss Notable-Mrs Clive; Brilliant-Cibber; Wronglove-Mills; Sir Friendly-Milward; Brush-Raftor; Porter-Ray; First Bully-Woodward; 2d Bully-Winstone; Stranger-Woodbourne; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Butler; Lady Gentle-Mills; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Sir Friendly Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard

Dance: IV: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Muilment, Mrs Thompson; V: Aethiopian Dance-Muilment

Event Comment: Benefit Johnson. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: by Ben Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: Subtle-Mills; Face-Macklin; Ananias-Johnson; Tribulation-Griffin; Sir Ep1cure-Shepard; Kastril-Woodward; Surly-Havard; Dapper-Leigh; Lovewit-Turbutt; Doll Common-Mrs Pritchard; Dame Pliant-Mrs Bennet; Abel-Cibber.
Cast
Role: Sir Ep1cure Actor: Shepard

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: III: Grand Ballet, as17390313 V: Aethiopian Dance-Muilment

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Mills; Lady Townly-Mrs Butler; Manly-Milward; Sir Francis-Griffin; Lady Grace-Mrs Mills; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Roberts; Basset-Woodward; Moody-Macklin; Richard-Cross; Poundage-Turbutt; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Marshall; Myrtilla-Mrs Cross; Trusty-Mrs Bennet; Jenny-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard

Dance: II: Punch Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Pierots-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Turkish Dance-Muilment

Song: V: See from the Silent Groves-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17390223, but Sir Sampson-Shepard; Tattle-Cross.
Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Actor: Shepard

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Turkish Dance-Muilment; IV: Comic Dance-Poitier

Song: II: Wou'd You Taste the Noontide Air (from Comus)-Beard; IV: (By Desire,) Oh Happy Pair (out of Alexander's Feast)-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17390122, but Sir Novelty-Woodward; Sly-Ray; Narcissa-Mrs Furnival; Flareit-Mrs Grace; Anne-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Woodward
Role: Sir Novely Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir William Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Moors Dance-Muilment; II: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Muilment, Mrs Thompson; V: Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

Song: TThe Noontide Air, as17390407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Stephens; Ford-Ryan; Page-Hallam; Shallow-Chapman; Sir Hugh-Hippisley; Slender-Neale; Caius-Mullart; Fenton-A. Ryan; Simple-Bencraft; Pistol-James; Nym-Stoppelaer; Bardolph-Dove; Mrs Ford-Mrs Horton; Mrs Page-Mrs Hallam; Anne-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Mullart; Host-Bullock.
Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne sai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Serious Dance-Mlle Roland; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Pinchwife-Quin; Horner-Mills; Sparkish-Woodward; Sir Jasper-Griffin; Harcourt-Wright; Quack-Turbutt; Alithea-Mrs Butler; Lady Fidget-Mrs Furnival; Country Wife-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Dance: I: Serious Dance-Miss Morrison; II: Pierots-Leviez, Pelling; III: Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Russian Sailors-Denoyer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: See17390223, but Archer-Ryan; Aimwell-Walker; Sullen-Bridgwater; Sir Charles-Hale; Bonniface-Mullart; Gibbet-Chapman; Foigard-Rosco; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Horton; Dorinda-Mrs Bellamy; Lady Bountiful-Mrs James; Gipsy-Miss Brunette; Cherry-Mrs Vincent; Scrub-Salway.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Hale

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley.

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Prue-Miss Oates; Valentine-Hale; Sir Sampson-Rosco; Scandal-Walker; Tattle-Chapman; Ben-James; Foresight-Hippisley; Trapland-Arthur; Buckram-Stevens; Angelica-Mrs Bellamy; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton; Mrs Frail-Mrs Stevens; Nurse-Mrs Martin; Jeremy-Oates, the first time of his performing on any theatre these two years.
Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Actor: Rosco

Dance: II: Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; III: Peasant Dance-Master and Miss Oates; IV: Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates

Music: Solo on the Violin-Master Oates

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: By Desire, aHornpipe-Yates

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Walter. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Tickets at Mrs Walter's House, near the Baker's, in Bridges-Street, cg. Tickets for Pelling, Rector, Woodburn taken also.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: I: English Maggot-Rector, Mrs Walter; II: Grand Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter, Rector; IV: Pierots-Pelling, Leviez; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: As17381017, but Sir Joseph-Woodward; Belinda-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: Comic Dance-the younger Miss Scott; V: French Peasants-Poitier, Mlle Roland; In III: Tambourine-the Elder Miss Scott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Doctor-Marten; Leander-Salway; Sir Jasper-Penkethman; Hellebore-Roberts; Dorcas-Mrs Vincent; Davy-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Penkethman

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; III: Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; V: Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; End Afterpiece: Glover's Grecian Sailors-

Song: II: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Roberts; IV: In Praise of the Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality.Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere and Intermingled with Songs. At Common Prices. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Foppington-Cibber; Lady Betty-Mrs Horton; Sir Charles-Ryan; Morelove-Hale; Lady Easy-Mrs Stevens; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Bellamy; Edging-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17390802, but Dorcas-Mrs Vincent; Sir Jasper-Arthur; Leander-Clark; Davy-Yates; Robert-Littleton; James-Yates; Harry-Hale; Hellebore-Marten; Charlotte-Miss Brunette.

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Phillips; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; V: Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Milward; Tattle-Woodward; Ben-Macklin; Foresight-Johnson; Sir Sampson-Shepard; Scandal-Mills; Trapland-Griffin; Jeremy-Yates; Angelica-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Frail-Mrs Butler; Nurse-Mrs Marshall; Prue-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Actor: Shepard

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Aimwell-Milward; Archer-Mills; Scrub-Penkethman; Bonniface-Shepard; Foigard-Macklin; Sullen-Winstone; Gibbet-Woodward; Sir Charles-Ridout; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Giffard; Dorinda-Mrs Pritchard; Cherry-Mrs Clive; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Marshall; Gipsey-Mrs Bennet; Countrywoman-Reed.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Ridout

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Touchwood-Bridgwater; Sir Paul-Hippisley; Maskwell-Rosco; Mellefont-Hale; Careless-Ryan; Froth-Neale; Saygrace-Arthur; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Cross; Lady Plyant-Mrs James; Cynthia-Mrs Vincent; Lady Froth-Mrs Horton; Brisk (new dressed)-Cibber.
Cast
Role: Sir Paul Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: I: Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Bellmour-Gibson; the first time of his performance on a public theatre: Old Batchelor-Bridgwater; Vainlove-Ryan; Sharper-Hale; Sir Joseph-Neale; Bluff-Rosco; Barnaby-Bencraft; Setter-James; Belinda-Mrs Bellamy; Araminta-Mrs Cross; Silvia-Mrs Vincent; Lucy-Mrs Mullart; Fondlewife-Hippisley; Laetitia-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Neale

Afterpiece Title: (BBy Desire)The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: A Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover; End of Afterpiece: Tambourine-Miss Villeneuve, not lately arrived from Paris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Performance Comment: Double Gallant-Cibber; Sir Solomon-Hippisley; Lady Dainty-Mrs Horton; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Bellamy; Clarinda-Mrs Stevens; Clerimont-Hale; Careless-Hallam; Bolus-Roberts; Rhubarb-Neale; Old Atall-Arthur; Finder-James; Supple-Clarke; Old Wilful-Mullart; Situp-Stoppelaer; Sylvia-Mrs Vincent; Wishwell-Mrs Mullart; Situp-Miss Brunette.
Cast
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Hippisley

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: Witwoud-Cibber; Mirabel-Hyde; Millamant-Mrs Horton; Fainall-Hallam; Mrs Marwood-Mrs Cross; Petulant-Neale; Waitwell-James; Lady Wishfort-Mrs James; Mrs Fainall-Mrs Stevens; Mincing-Miss Brunette; Foible-Mrs Kilby; Sir Wilful-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Sir Wilful Actor: Hippisley.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: IV: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Anne Roland

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Nat. Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: See17390917, but Mock Doctor-Cibber; Sir Jasper-Arthur; Leander-Salway; Harry-Mullart; James-Anderson; Welsh Davy-Hippisley; Hellebore-Roberts; Charlotte-Miss Brunette; Dorcas-Miss Burgess.
Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Arthur

Dance: V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Anne Roland