SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sisters of the deceasd Mr Gay"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sisters of the deceasd Mr Gay")') 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: Benefit Williams. At the desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Mr Southern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Song: Purcell's From Rosy Bowers-Leveridge

Dance: A French Peasant and his Wife-duRuel, Mrs duRuel; Punchanello-Cherrier

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Allison and Mrs Cox. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Ingenious Mr Shadwell

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Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song: The Enthustiastick Song composed and-Leveridge

Dance: Chacone-Mrs duRuel; Punchanello-Cherrier

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills and Mrs Shaw. Written by the late Great Poet Mr Dryden

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Mainpiece Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen

Performance Comment: Celadon-Wilks; a new Prologue-Pinkeman representing a French Officer (in the Service of the Elector of Bavaria) just before the Engagement at Donawert; and an Epilogue-Pinkeman personating the same Officer after the Battle.

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Event Comment: Mainpiece: that celebrated and diverting Comedy. Afterpiece: that so much admir'd Farce written by Monsieur Molliere, and translated by the Ingenious Mr Otway. For the Entertainment of several Foreign Ministers of State. With other Entertainments too long to be incerted here. All which will be perform'd without Omission. Note, We shall not dismiss, let the Audience be what it will, and to begin punctually at half an hour after six at the furthest

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Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Mrs Clark

Dance: Blousabella-Prince, Mrs Clark; Scotch Whim, Irish Trot-Mrs Evans

Event Comment: Benefit Phillips. Writ by the Ingenious Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat

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Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Bellamour-Phillips; who play'd Chamont amongst the Oxford Gentlemen see17040707 and who speaks a new Prologue to the Town-Phillips.

Song: A gentleman, his first on the stage

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Dance: Harlequin Man and Woman-Laforest, Devonshire Girl; Quaker's Dance, Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl

Event Comment: Not Acted there these Five Years. Written by the late Great Poet, Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Martin Marall

Dance: As17031007

Event Comment: Written by the late Great Poet Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen

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Mainpiece Title: Titus Andronicus

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Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule

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Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: Italian sonatas-Gasperini; particularly The Echo-Gasperini, duRuel

Song: Henry Purcell songs-Leveridge

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell

Event Comment: Not Acted these six Years. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Evening's Love; Or, The Mock Astrologer

Song: As17050104

Dance: As17041118

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Song: As17050516

Dance: Mrs Cross, others

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Music: Vocal music set by Henry Purcell-

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Event Comment: Not Acted these Five Years. Written by Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

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Event Comment: Not Acted these Five Years [but see 28 May]. Written by Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

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Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Song: Between the Acts: Singing-

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-

Event Comment: For the Benefit of the Author, Mr Chaves. Never acted but twice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cares Of Love

Song: Mrs Hodgson

Dance: The little Girl, Mrs Elford's scholar

Event Comment: At the Widow Barnes-Evans-Finley Booth. Be pleas'd to take notice, that there is no Rope-Dancing at Mr Penkethman's Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: The most famous Rope/Dancers of Europe, who perform such strange and surprizing things as were never before seen, and which are almost incredible to relate

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Platonick Lady

Event Comment: Benefit Lovelace and King. Written by the famous Mr Shakespear. With the Original Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations, and the Witches' Musick, both Vocal and Instrumental

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Event Comment: For the Relief of an Ancient Gentleman, who has been long under Confinement for Debt. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Martin Marall; Or, The Feign'd Innocence

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; with several diverting Dialogues and Comical Dancing-delaHay, Newhouse; Sword Dancing-the Original Mistress in that Art

Event Comment: Afterpiece [by Richard Estcourt]: Mr Bayes's Practice of an Interlude, call'd, Prunella, done from the Italian. Benefit Estcourt. And at the Request of many of the Nobility (who have taken Tickets) 2 Benches of the Pit will be Rail'd in, for more Conveniency. And to prevent any Disappointment, by coming late, 'tis desire'd that their Servants may be sent by 2 a Clock with the Tickets to keep Places

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Prunella

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love