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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Summers"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Summers")') 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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292 results for: Keyword - Summers
We found 149 matches on Event Comments, 92 matches on Performance Title, 55 matches on Roles/Actors, 24 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

1
07 September 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: Carlos-Davis; Clodio-Kennedy; Sancho-Weston; Don Choleric-Lewis; Antonio-Johnson; Charino-Jackson; Monsieur-Summers; Page-Master Summers; Don Duart-Murden; Jaques-Wallis; Louisa-Mrs Daly; Angelina-Miss Read; Elvira-Mrs Osborne; Honoria-Mrs Johnson.
Cast
Role: Monsieur Actor: Summers
Role: Page Actor: Master Summers

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance:

Entertainment: I: Comic Dance-Rogier, Miss Street; III: Serious Dance-Miss Street; IV: Comic Dance-Master Clinton, Miss Street; End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston; a Hornpipe in Taste-

2
10 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Afterpiece Title: Cupid and Bacchus

3
05 September 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Kennedy; Aimwell-Davis; Bonniface-Johnson; Foigard-Lewis; Sullen-Brown; Gibbet-Murden; Sir Charles Freeman-Wallis; Hounslow-Summers; Bagshot-Pierce; Scrub-Weston; Cherry-Miss Read; Dorinda-Mrs Osborne; Gipsey-Mrs Johnson; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Daly.
Cast
Role: Hounslow Actor: Summers

Afterpiece Title: The Contented Cuckold

Performance Comment: Principal parts-Weston, Murden, Brown, Summers, Mrs Daly.
Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Weston, Murden, Brown, Summers, Mrs Daly.

Dance: Master Clinton, Miss Street

4
22 May 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Jobson-Arthur; Sir John Loverule (with the Early Horn)-Du Bellamy; Butler-Summers; Cook-Jacobs; Coachman-Farrell; Conjurer-Strange; Lady Loverule-Mrs Reade; Lucy-Mrs Tisdale; Lettice-Mrs White; Nell-Mrs Arthur.
Cast
Role: Butler Actor: Summers

Dance: As17690515

5
24 May 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: Commissary-Foote; Gruel-Aickin; Young Loveit-Davis; Dr Catgut-Summers; Simon-Vandermere; Coachman-Weston; Isaac Fungus-Sowdon; Mrs Mechlin-Mrs Gardner; Dolly-Miss Ogilvie; Jenny-Mrs Reade; Mrs Loveit-Sparks.
Cast
Role: Dr Catgut Actor: Summers

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: As17690515

6
26 May 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Performance Comment: Filbert-Arthur; Sir Roger-Vandermere; Steward-Bannister; Peter Nettle-Hamilton; Sir Humphrey-Sharpless; Justice Statue-Summers; Corporal-Farrell; Soldier-Strange; Constable-Kearny; Ghost (with a song in character)-DuBellamy; Stave-Pierce; Countrymen-Jacobs, Wheeler, Lings; Embrio-Master Palmer; Timothy Peascod-Sparks; Dorcas-Miss Ogilvie; Aunt-Mrs Reade; Grandmother-Mrs White; Kitty Carrott-Mrs Arthur.
Cast
Role: Justice Statue Actor: Summers

Dance: As17690515

7
07 June 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner Trick'd

Performance Comment: Mixum-Sparks; Vizard-Hamilton; Solomon-Jacobs; Padwell-Kearny; Thieves-Summers, Wheeler; Mrs Mixum-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Thieves Actor: Summers, Wheeler

Dance: As17690515

8
07 August 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Sheridan (being his first appearance in this Kingdom these six Years); King-Bannister; Laertes-Aickin; Horatio-DuBellamy; Rosencrantz-Strange; Marcellus-Wheeler; Bernardo-Jacobs; Ghost-Sowdon; Gravediggers-Sparks, Castle; Polonius-Arthur; Ostrick-Hamilton; Guildenstern-Kearny; Player King-Vandermere; Priest-Sharpless; Lucianus-Summers; Queen-Mrs DuBellamy; Player Queen-Mrs White; Ophelia-Mr Jewell.
Cast
Role: Lucianus Actor: Summers

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Miss Rose; King-Bannister; Noodle-Hamilton; Foodle-Wheeler; Bailiff-Vandermere; Grizzle-Arthur; Ghost-DuBellamy; Doodle-Summers; Follower-Jacobs; Queen of the Giants-Sparks; Huncamunca-Mrs DuBellamy; Queen-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Doodle Actor: Summers

9
14 August 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Sheridan; King Henry-Bannister; Richmond-Aickin; Buckingham-Sowdon; Tressel-Wheeler; Catesby-Strange; Lord Mayor-Sparks; Oxford-Sharpless; Lord Stanley-DuBellamy; Ratcliff-Jacobs; Lt of Tower-Kearny; Blunt-Summers; Prince Edward-Master Cape; Duke of York-Miss Rose; Lady Anne-Mrs DuBellamy; Dutchess of York-Mrs Dyer; Queen-Mrs Jefferies.
Cast
Role: Blunt Actor: Summers

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: Doodle Actor: Summers

Dance: TThe Sailor's Return-Tassoni, Miss Street

10
11 September 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: Brutus-Sheridan; Octavius-DuBellamy; Caska-Bannister; Lepidus-Lings; Decius-Jacobs; Antony-Young Gentleman, first appearance on any Stage; Pindarus-Vandermere; Metullus-Kearney; Trebonius-Wheeler; Cerina-Summers; Julius Caesar-Aickin; Artemidorus-Sharpless; Popilius-Farrell; Plebians-Sparks, Castle, Hamilton; Cassius-Sowdon; Calphurnia-Mrs DuBellamy; Portia-Mrs Dyer.
Cast
Role: Cerina Actor: Summers

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

11
18 September 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Digges; Manly-Usher; Count Basset-Taylor; Squire Richard-Everard; John Moody-Massey; James-Davis; Poundage-Brownsmith; Constable-Summers; Sir Francis Wronghead-Blissett; Lady Grace-Mrs Hitchcock; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Standen; Miss Jenny-A Young Lady (5th appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Motherly-Mrs Everard; Trusty-Mrs W?. Palmer; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Constable Actor: Summers

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

12
18 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair American

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Suett, Parsons, Du-Bellamy, Wright, Burton, Griffiths, Chaplin, Phillimore, Helme, Bannister; Mrs Wrighten, Miss Wheeler, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Sherry, Miss Simson, Miss Phillips. [Cast from text (J. Almon, 1785), and Public Advertiser, 20 May: Colonel Montford-Palmer; Carbine-Suett; Bale-Parsons; Summers-Du-Bellamy; Splinter-Wright; Swiss-Burton; Coachman-Griffiths; Boreas-Chaplin; Servants-Phillimore, Helme; Admiral Dreadnought-Bannister; Rachel-Mrs Wrighten; Charlotte-Miss Wheeler; Kitty Dreadnought-Mrs Hopkins; Mrs Wilmot-Miss Sherry; Miss Melcomb-Miss Simson; Angelica-Miss Phillips.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Summers Actor: Du-Bellamy

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

13
07 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair American

Performance Comment: Admiral Dreadnought-King (1st appearance in that character); Bale-Parsons; Carbine-Suett; Summers-Barrymore; Boreas-Chapman; Col. Mountfort-Palmer; Rachael-Mrs Wrighten; Miss Bale-Miss Wheeler; Miss Kitty Dreadnought-Mrs Hopkins; Mrs Bentley [in subsequent bills called Mrs Wilmot]-Mrs Hedges; Miss Melcomb-Miss Simson; Angelica-Miss Phillips .
Cast
Role: Summers Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

14
08 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair American

Performance Comment: As17830208, but Summers (1st time)-Williames .
Cast
Role: Summers Actor: Williames

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17820920

15
16 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Summer's Tale

Dance: As17651209

16
29 January 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Summer's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: I: Rural Love, as17651115; II: The Garland, as17651003

17
11 August 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: As17630801, but Physician-Castle; Amaryllis-Miss Read; Chloris-Mrs Osborne; Lightning-Master Summers; [?-] Pearce. Pearce.
Cast
Role: Lightning Actor: Master Summers

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: VVenetian Gardeners, as17630808; Provincial Dance-Master Clinton, Miss Street

18
29 May 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Foote; Heeltap-Davis; Matthew Mugg-Bannister; Jerry Sneak-Weston; Lint-Castle; Bruin-Kearny; Roger-Jacobs; Snuffle-Pierce; Mob-Vandermere, Summers, Sharpless, Wheeler, Farrell; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Gardner; Sir Jacob Jallop-Sowdon.
Cast
Role: Mob Actor: Vandermere, Summers, Sharpless, Wheeler, Farrell

Dance: As17690515

19
02 June 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Wheeler, Hamilton, Jacobs, Vandermere, Summers, Davis, Bannister, Sharpless, Kearny, Strange, Pearce, Aickin, Weston.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Foote, Wheeler, Hamilton, Jacobs, Vandermere, Summers, Davis, Bannister, Sharpless, Kearny, Strange, Pearce, Aickin, Weston.

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Cast
Role: Justice Statue Actor: Summers

Dance: As17690515

20
01 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Dance: Mainpiece: With Two New Dances-(see17790705

21
02 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: As17790701

22
05 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: WithTwo New Dances-Master and Miss Byrn. [These were danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.

23
06 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

24
07 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

25
08 July 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail