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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "The Boy"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "The Boy")') 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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1780 results for: Keyword - The Boy
We found 1488 matches on Roles/Actors, 330 matches on Performance Title, 312 matches on Performance Comments, 180 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

701
07 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the playbill announces Of Age To-morrow, but "The Publick are most respectfully informed that in consequence of the accident Miss DeCamp met with in Lodoiska yesterday evening, Of Age To-morrow is unavoidably deferred. This Evening will be presented The Lying Valet" (printed slip attached to Kemble playbill). Receipts: #409 16s. (345.11.0; 63.7.6; 0.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: As17991228

702
11 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Cast
Role: Sir Matthew Medley Actor: Maddocks

Song: As17991228

703
14 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [This was James Aickin's last appearance on the stage.] Receipts: #364 10s. 6d. (295.17.0; 67.19.0; 0.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

704
18 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

705
21 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

706
25 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

707
27 February 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

708
01 March 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

709
03 March 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

710
29 March 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

711
05 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Song: As17991228

712
19 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: Vocal Parts, as17991228, but _Sedgwick

713
22 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [As afterpiece the Account-Book lists Of Age To-morrow.] Receipts: #389 14s. 6d. (333.0.0; 55.14.6; 1.0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: As17991228

714
24 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Song: As17991228

715
26 April 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Devil to Pay, advertised on playbill of 25 Apr.] The Doors will be opened at 5:30, and the Play to begin at 6:30, and so continue to the end of the Season. Receipts: #342 17s. (270.0.6; 68.1.0; 4.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: As17991228

716
17 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: Vocal Parts, as17991228, but Mrs Coates, Mrs _Chippendale

717
20 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Cast
Role: Boy Actor: Master Chatterley

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

718
22 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, and Louisa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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

Dance: A French Boy and Girl (the first Time of their appearance on this Stage); Muzette, Tambourine-the Girl; Wooden Shoe Dance-the Boy; French Peasants-the Boy and Girl; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

719
14 January 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: As17051105

Song: Ramondon, the Boy; particularly a 2 Part Song by Henry Purcell-; The Eunuch's Dialogue-Mrs Cross, the Boy

Dance: Cherrier, Lafory, Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss, others

720
11 March 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Song: Ramondon, the Boy; Eunuch's Dialogue-the Boy, Mrs Cross

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Evans

721
07 May 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Dance: A French Boy of 11 Years of Age, lately arrived from Paris, who also will perform; several Pieces of Musick on the Bass Viol-A French Boy

Related Works
Related Work: London's Anniversary Festival, Performed on Monday October the 29th, 1688 Author(s): Matthew Taubman

722
26 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Anderson
Role: Roxana Actor: Mrs Woodward, the first time of her performance on this stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: MMuzette-French Girl; Tambourine-French Girl; Wooden Shoe Dance-French Boy; French Peasants-French Girl and Boy

723
10 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Cibber. [Tickets at Cibber's Lodgings, at Mr Bolney's, Great Piazza, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17391219, but Othello (by Desire)-Cibber; Bianca-Mrs Hale; Duke-_.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Cibber

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; II: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

724
18 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Piece of Musick, with several Additions by the Author. [By Henry Carey. First given on 1 Dec. 1739 as entr'acte piece. Tickets at Ryan's House, the 3d House in Great Queen Street from Drury Lane.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Performance Comment: Nancy's Father-Leveridge; Tom Trueblue-Salway; Dreadnaught-Laguerre; Coxen-Ladd; Nancy-Mrs Lampe.
Cast
Role: Nancy's Father Actor: Leveridge

Dance: I: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Song: II: Leveridge, Salway

725
18 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stephens. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Tickets at Stephen's Lodgings in Paternoster Row.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Peasant-French Boy; Serious Dance-French Girl; IV: Miller and Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

Song: III: Roberts