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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "The Grand Jury of London"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "The Grand Jury of London")') 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 Griffin. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Revis'd and alter'd by the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Whig And Tory; Or, The Double Deceit

Performance Comment: Sir John-Griffin; Cobblecause-Harper. With the Original Prologue and Epilogue.

Music: II: A Solo on the Violin-Charke

Dance: III: The Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; IV: Pierraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; V: A Grand Spanish Dance-Lally, Essex, Thurmond, Haughton, Rainton

Song: The usual Song-Miss Raftor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Cast
Role: Bromia Actor: Mrs Wetherilt.

Music: Select Pieces-; In III: Concerto on Little Flute-John Bastor

Dance: End I: Polonese-Miss Brett; II: Sultaness-Miss Robinson; IV: Dutch Man and Woman-Roger, Rainton; V: A new Grand Dance-Essex, Thurmond, Lally, Haughton, Boval, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Hollyday. By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #35 4s. 6d.; tickets #70 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals

Cast
Role: Stheno Actor: Salway

Dance: End V: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour; End I of School Boy: French Peasant-Poitier; End of Farce: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timoleon

Performance Comment: See17300126 With the last new Prologue, address'd to the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free Masons.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Dance: End II: Dutch Man and Woman-Roger, Rainton; III: Sultana-Miss Robinson; IV: Grand Dance of Moors-

Music: End Act V: (by Desire) Handel's Water Music-; with a preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Porter

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: new Comic Dance-Rainton, Mrs Walter; Sultana-Miss Robinson; The last new Grand Dance-Essex, Lally, Rainton, Thurmond, Boval, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Williams; Dutchman and Dutchwoman-Roger, Rainton

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park; Or, The Merry Citizens

Performance Comment: Sir Thomas-Harper; Young Reveller-Cibber; Raison-Johnson; Worthy-Bridgwater; Dorinda-Mrs Horton; Florella-Mrs Booth; Violante-Mrs Butler; Mrs Raison-Mrs Mills; Lady Hazard-Mrs Grace; Sasaphras-Shepard; Aunt-Mrs Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Wetherilt.

Dance: Roger, Thurmond, Essex, Lally, Rainton, Houghton, Mlle Delorme, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson; Particularly a Grand Chacone, a new Comic Dance-

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Receipts: #163 2s. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Their Majesties, the Duke, and Princesses Amelia and Carolina present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin (Comic Part of The Rape of Proserpine)

Dance: Salle, Poitier, Mlle Salle; particularly a New Ballad, with New Habits-; In afterpiece (by Command): the Grand Dance of Momus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris: With Harlequin Grand Volgi (a New Pantomime Interlude)

Performance Comment: See17301103, but Neptune-Fielding; Cephalus-Mrs Roberts; Aurora-Mrs Heron; Procris-Miss Raftor; Deities of Pleasure-Essex, Mrs Booth; Followers of Pleasure-Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams; Foresters-Excell, Tenoe, Wright, Rainton Sr; Amphitrite-Mrs Booth; Sea Gods-Essex, Lally; Tritons-Thurmond, Rainton Jr, Houghton, Evans; Syrens-Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams; Noble Venetian-Cibber Jr; Colombine-Mrs Cibber; Pierot-Roger; Harlequin-Rainton Jr; Italian Bravo-Harper; Miller-Oates; Gormogons-Thurmond, Lally, Houghton, Essex; Chinese Guards-Wetherilt, Wright, Gray, Burnet; Gardeners and Wives-Tench, Lally Jr, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett.
Event Comment: Benefit Nivelon. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Tickets for The Recruiting Officer taken. Receipts: money #81 2s. 6d.; tickets #47 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Music: Music Proper to the Play-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: I: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Scating Dance-Nivelon; III: Flag Dance-Nivelon; IV: Salle, Mlle Salle; V: Grand Dance of Momus-; The Sailor's Mistress-Mlle A-la-mode de Paris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: Mrs Carter

Music: IV: Kettle@Drums-Poitier

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; II: New Dance-Poitier, Salle, Mlle Salle; III: Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Pastoral-Mrs Clamakin being the first time of her appearing on the Stage; V: A new Grand Peasant Dance a@la@mode de l'Opera-Poitier, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Dance: III: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; V: Grand Dance of Momus-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre, Salle, Dupre, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

Dance: II: A Dialogue of Ballad@Tunes-Leveridge, Mrs Wright; IV: Chancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre; Black@Ey'd Susan, in the Character of a Sailor,-Laguerre (by Desire)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: SSince Times are so Bad (Henry Purcell)-Leveridge, Salway

Dance: SSaraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; Louvre, Minuet-Glover, Mlle Salle; A new Grand Dance-Glover, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Miss Pelling, Mrs Ogden; in which Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; III: Clown-Nivelon; IV: Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; V: Grand Dance, as17310503

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

Performance Comment: As17310127, but Odmar-Roberts; Guyomar-A. Hallam; Orbellan-Berry; Pizarro-R. Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Pizarro Actor: R. Wetherilt.

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Opera

Performance Comment: Feeble-Griffin; Landlord-Harper; Sir Jolly Heartfree-Paget; Squire Tawdry-Oates; Young Heartfree-Berry; 1st Sailor-Wetherilt; Susan-Miss Vaughan; Pert-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: 1st Sailor Actor: Wetherilt

Song: Original Song set to Musick by Henry Purcell, perform'd in the Character of Kalid-Miss Raftor

Dance: In I: Tambour Dance of Moors-; In IV: A Grand Spanish Entry-; In afterpiece: A new Sailor's Dance-Rainton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: I: Fingalian-; V: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Song: III: Mrs Wright

Music: II: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, Harpsichord-Short's Daughter, it being the first Time of her Performing in Public; IV: Suit of Mr Handel's Lessons on Harpsichord-Short's Daughter; V: Preamble on Kettle Drums-Job Baker; Mr Handel's Grand Water Musick-, perform'd With Trumpets, French Horns, Kettle Drums, and other Instruments

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: With new Scenes, Habits, Machines, and other Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Performance Comment: Thorowgood-Bridgwater; Barnwell Sr-Roberts; George Barnwell-Cibber Jr; Trueman-W. Mills; Blunt-R. Wetherilt; Maria-Mrs Cibber; Millwood-Mrs Butler; Lucy-Mrs Charke.
Cast
Role: Blunt Actor: R. Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris; With Harlequin Grand-Volgi

Performance Comment: Neptune-Paget; Cephalus-Stoppelaer; Aurora-Mrs Charke; Procris-Miss Raftor; Deities of Pleasure-Essex, Mrs Booth; Tritons-Thurmond, Rainton Jr, Houghton, Evans; Syrens-Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams; Amphitrite-Mrs Booth; Sea Gods-Essex, Lally; Noble Venetian-A. Hallam; Colombine-Mrs Walter; Pierrot-Cibber Jr; Harlequin-Rainton Jr; Italian Bravo-Harper; Miller-Oates; Mandarin Gormogons-Thurmond, Lally, Houghton, Charke; Chinese Guards-Wetherilt, Wright, Grey, Burnet; Gardeners and Wives-Tench, Lally Jr, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett.

Song: Miss Raftor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: A Grand Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. [The Prince and Duke present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: new Grand Ballad D'Amour by Monsieur Denoyer Dancing-Master to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales-Denoyer, Mrs Booth, others, being the first Time of his Dancing since his Arrival in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Cast
Role: Blunt Actor: R. Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Dance: In: Grand Ballad D'Amour, as17311222

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: Miss Raftor

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. [The Dances also by Command of the Prince.] Receipts: #82 9s. 6d. [Prince and two eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: In afterpiece: Grand Dance of Momus (from Perseus and Andromeda)-; Hornpipe-Jones in Character of a Sailor; Tambourine-Miss Rogers

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. With all New Habits. Receipts: #41 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: In: The Grand Agee and his Sultana new-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; The Baulk a new Comic Dance, composed to Country Dance Tunes-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Not Acted [there] these Seven Years. With all New Habits. Receipts: #49 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: TThe Grand Aga and his Sultana-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; The Baulk-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: II: Highlander and Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; III: Pastoral-Master Weeks, Miss Rogers, both Scholars to Salle; IV: A new Tambourine-Miss Rogers; V: The Baulk-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; End of Farce: Grand Dance of Momus-; Sailors-Salle, on account of Nivelon's Indisposition

Event Comment: Benefit Laguerre and Mr Laguerre. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #26 17s. 6d.; tickets #129 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or Hob's Wedding

Cast
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Dance: TThe Baulk-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Grand Dance in Momus-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling; III: French Peasant Dance-Poitier; IV: Grand Dance of Ethiopians-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; V: Ball Dance called The Marie-; Also a Minuet-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; In Afterpiece: Hornpipe-Jones