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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.

1101
13 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: III: La Matelote-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17410102

Ballet: II: The Enchanted Garden. As17401226

1102
14 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: II: Diane a la Chasse, as17401229; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17410102

1103
16 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

1104
27 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part Ii

Cast
Role: Falstaff's Boy Actor: Miss Cole

Dance: LLes Matelotes-Fausan, Signora Fausan

Ballet: TThe Enchanted Garden. As17410108

1105
28 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: LLes Jardiniers Suedois-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Mlle Chateauneuf, Muilment; Les Masons & Les Sabotiers-Fausan, Signora Fausan

1106
29 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Cast
Role: Colombine's Father Actor: Leigh
Role: Mother Actor: Jones

Dance: I: Desse; III: French Peasants-Nivelon, Mlle Duval; V: La Tambourin Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

1107
06 February 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: LLes Jardiniers Suedois, as17401229; Les Matelotes-Fausan, Signora Fausan

1108
10 February 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

1109
10 March 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Quin. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: I: L'Arlequine deux visages-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf

1110
14 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

1111
21 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #133 12s. 6d. (Account Book); #160 (Rylands MS.). London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 23 March: On Saturday Night last, in the Entertainment of Orpheus and Eurydice, the Audience were aggreably surpriz'd with the Representation of a new Machine, in Imitation of the Travelling Chaise without Horses, the Performance of which was so extraordinary, and gave such a general Satisfaction, that the Spectators would not be contented 'till they saw it a second Time pass round the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

1112
31 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17410224, but In which will be introduced the new Traveling Machine that moves without Horses; Country Lasses-Miss _Oates, Mrs Delagarde.
Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

Dance: TTyrolean Dance-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

1113
04 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

1114
14 April 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: II: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Les Caprices des Rebelles-Mlle Maltere; IV: La Terpsichore-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Miss Scott

1115
14 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

Dance: TTambourine, Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

1116
15 April 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: LLes Masons & Les Sabotiers, Les Jardiniers Suedois-Fausan, Signora Fausan

1117
15 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

Dance: TTambourine-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; Louvre and Minuet-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

1118
25 April 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: SSerious Dance-Signora Fausan; Les Masons & Les Sabotiers-Fausan, Muilment, Desse

1119
29 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy

Dance: LLouvre, Minuet-Signora Barberini; Italian Peasants-Signora Barberini, Desnoyer

1120
11 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: LLes Matelots-Fausan, Signora Fausan; The Peasants' Triumph-Fausan, Signora Fausan

1121
20 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Jaquez de Boys Actor: Turbutt

Dance: LLe Boufon-Fausan, Signora Fausan; Les Jardiniers Suedois-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Desse, Mlle Chateauneuf

1122
26 October 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: a French Boy

1123
28 October 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: a French Boy

Dance: TThe Italian Peasants, as17411024

1124
07 November 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17411028, but the Villagers-Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime; Country Lads-_; Country Lasses-_; 1st Nymph-Signora Domitella replaces Sga Barberina; 2nd Nymph-Mrs Wright; 3rd Nymph-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Nymph-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Nymph-_; Smith, Davis, Stoppalaer, Miss Dodson omitted from Villagers. Smith, Davis, Stoppalaer, Miss Dodson omitted from Villagers.
Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: a French Boy

1125
09 November 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: a French Boy