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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sloper"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sloper")') 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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86 results for: Keyword - Sloper
We found 59 matches on Roles/Actors, 28 matches on Event Comments, 7 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

1
13 June 1794 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Follet, Sloper & Farley. By Particular Desire of His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador [see 7 May). 2nd piece: To conclude with a Representation of the Engagement and Defeat of the French Navy, by the British Fleet under the Command of Lord Howe, on the Glorious First of June (1794); with the bringing in La Juste, Sans Pareille, L'America, L'Achille, Northumberland, et L'Eupeteux; and the Sinking of Le Vengeur; with Rule Britannia. Receipts: #357 10s. (66/2/6; 3/16/6; tickets: 287/11/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: A LOYAL EFFUSION

Afterpiece Title: HARLEQUIN AND FAUSTUS

Performance Comment: As17940213, but added: In the course of the Pantomime (for that night only) Harlequin will leap through a Blazing Star of Fireworks, and a Hogshead of Real Water; The Peacock-Sloper; omitted from I: all characters; from III: Harlequin, Miller, Bridemen, Miller's Wife, Bridemaids; from V: Playhouse Glee; VII entire; IX entire . omitted from I: all characters; from III: Harlequin, Miller, Bridemen, Miller's Wife, Bridemaids; from V: Playhouse Glee; VII entire; IX entire .
Cast
Role: ; The Peacock Actor: Sloper

2
21 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Werter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Boyce; Clown-Delpini; Pantaloon-Ratchford; Lover-Farley; Barber (with A Twiggle and a Friz)-Edwin; Farmer (with Come Roger and Nell)-Bannister; Shepherd, Shepherdess (with Cast my Love, thine Eyes around)-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; Lawyers-Davies, Reeve, Cubitt; Serjeant-W. Powel; 1st Recruit-C. Powell; 2nd Recruit-Cubitt; Artist-Letteney; Carpenter-Lee; Bricklayers-Thompson, Evatt; Doctor-Jackson; Woodcutter-Rock; Monkey-Rayner; Peacock-Sloper; Principal Witches-Darley, Duffey, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr; Fishwomen-Mrs Gray, Mrs Lefevre, Mrs Masters, Mrs White; Colombine-Miss L. Simonet.
Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: In afterpiece: Byrne, the two Miss Simonets

Song: In III: Epithalamium. Vocal Parts-Darley, Cubitt, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr

3
23 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Performance Comment: [and see17891221] Harlequin-Boyce; Clown-Delpini; Pantaloon-Ratchford; Lover-Farley; Farmer (with Come Roger and Nell)-Bannister; Shepherd, Shepherdess (with Cast my Love, thine Eyes around)-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; Serjeant-W. Powel; Recruit-C. Powell; Bricklayers-Letteney, Thompson; Carpenter-Lee; Gardener-Ledger; Woodcutter-Rock; Lover's Servant-Platt; Monkey-Rayner; Peacock-Sloper; Principal Witches-Darley, Duffey, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr; Fishwomen-Mrs Gray, Mrs Lefevre, Mrs Masters, Mrs White; Colombine-Mrs Watts.
Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

4
15 November 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Boyce; Clown-Follett; Pantaloon-Ratchford; Lover-Farley; Farmer (with Come Roger and Nell)-Cubitt; Shepherd, Shepherdess (with Cast, my Love, thine Eyes around)-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; Serjeant-W. Powel; Recruit-C. Powell; Bricklayers-Letteney, Thompson; Carpenter-Lee; Sportsmen-Cross, Evatt; Gardener-Ledger; Woodcutter-Rock; Lover's Servant-Master Simmons; Monkey-Rayner; Peacock-Sloper; Principal Witches-Davies, Reeve [Public Advertiser: Linton], Miss Williams, Mrs Mountain; Colombine-Mrs Watts.
Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17901020

5
15 November 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Boyce; Clown-Follett; Pantaloon-Ratchford; Lover-Farley; Farmer (with Come Roger and Nell)-Cubitt; Shepherd, Shepherdess (with Cast, my Love, thine Eyes around)-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; Serjeant-W. Powel; Recruit-C. Powell; Bricklayers-Letteney, Thompson; Carpenter-Lee; Sportsmen-Cross, Evatt; Gardener-Ledger; Woodcutter-Rock; Lover's Servant-Master Simmons; Monkey-Rayner; Peacock-Sloper; Principal Witches-Davies, Reeve [Public Advertiser: Linton], Miss Williams, Mrs Mountain; Colombine-Mrs Watts.
Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17931020

6
04 June 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Farley, Sloper & Mrs Watts. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1]: Consisting of Song, Catch, Glee, and Dance. With appropriate Scenery analogous to the different subjects. [3rd piece in place of Harlequin and Faustus, advertised on playbill of 2 June.] Receipts: #292 6s. 6d. (51.10.0; 5.1.0; tickets: 235.15.6, of which Farley took #55 9s. 6d.; Sloper #117 13s.; Mrs Watts #62 13s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: Unanimity; or, War, Love, and Loyalty

Performance Comment: SCENE I. Cottage and Sea View. The sailor's Pledge of Love[, as17980515-Incledon, Mrs Mountain; [SCENE II. View of the Tower. The Wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend; [SCENE III. Rural View. Lowland Festivity. In which will be introduced the celebrated piece of machinery, The Peacockv, by Sloper. Jamie-Bologna Jun.; Croudy-Bologna; Jenny-Miss Cranfield; Moggy-Mrs Watts; [SCENE IV. Romantic View. Duetto-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; [SCENE V. Mess-house. With a jolly full bottle-Incledon, Townsend, Gray, Linton; Young William was a seaman true-Incledon; Great Britain still her Charter boasts-Incledon, full Chorus; [Conclude with Allegory-; [in honour of his Majesty's Birth-Day [celebrated on this day] [in which a Nautic and Tactic Procession, with Rule Britannia-; God save the King-.

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Dance: 3rd piece to conclude with: Dance of Savoyards, as17980430; Ascension of the Bleeding Nun-

7
22 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: In afterpiece: As17891221; End II: Negro Dance, as17891013

8
23 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891221

9
26 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891221

10
28 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891221

Song: As17891109

11
29 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891221

12
30 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891221

13
31 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: In afterpiece: Byrne, Miss Simonet

14
01 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

15
02 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

16
04 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

17
05 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

18
06 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

19
07 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

20
08 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

21
09 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

22
11 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

23
12 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

24
13 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231

Song: In III: song-Duffey

25
14 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Cast
Role: Peacock Actor: Sloper

Dance: As17891231