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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Thomas Farmer"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Thomas Farmer")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Dutchman

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Dutchman Author(s): Thomas Bridges

Dance: The Medley-

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. [Authors and speakers of Prologues and Epilogue unknown; they are printed in Public Advertiser, 30 Nov. Ryder was not Thomas Ryder, who at this time was acting at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.] The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Performance Comment: Francisco (with an occasional Prologue in the character of Harlequin)-Pressley; Abrahamides-Cross; the other Characters by Marks, Bailey, Singer, Thomas, Sparrows, Middleton, Stephens, Jones, Browne, Goodman, James, Barnet, Newton, Hunt, Jackson, Hurst, Bulls, Crowther; Tailors' Ladies-Mrs Burden, Miss Nash, Miss Jameson, Miss Hemet .
Related Works
Related Work: Buxom Joan Author(s): Thomas Willet

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe (over 12 eggs blindfold) by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Coxe; End of Act IV a favourite song by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 11 25 After the Hornpipe John Bull, Half Seas Over (a new Scene) by Ryder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation; Or, The Manager An Actor In Spite Of Himself

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil of a Wife; or, A Comical Transformation Author(s): Thomas Jevon

Afterpiece Title: The Strangers at Home

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Phillimore
Related Works
Related Work: The Strangers at Home Author(s): Thomas Linley Sr.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Song: End 2nd piece: Stand to your Guns-Bannister

Entertainment: After Singing: various Imitations, Vocal and Rhetorical, -Bannister Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Ten Thousand Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Ten Thousand Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Ten Thousand Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Ten Thousand Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Ten Thousand Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Ten Thousand

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Maddocks
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Ten Thousand Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Rees
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Related Works
Related Work: Artaxerxes Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Doldrum

Song: In 1st piece: Sweet Echo (1st time)-Mme Mara; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke; End I 1st piece: Mad Bess (in character)-Mme Mara (1st time); In 2nd piece: a new song [High rolling seas that bear afar]-Mme Mara [written for the Occasion, and set to music by Herself

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Raft

Afterpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Return

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Raft

Afterpiece Title: Secrets Worth Knowing

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Farmer Ashfield Actor: Knight
Related Works
Related Work: Speed the Plough Author(s): Thomas Morton

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17991210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Cast
Role: Farmer Ashfield Actor: Knight
Related Works
Related Work: Speed the Plough Author(s): Thomas Morton

Afterpiece Title: St

Related Works
Related Work: The Island of St. Marguerite Author(s): Thomas Shaw Jr.
Related Work: Tarugo's Wiles; or, The Coffee House Author(s): Sir Thomas St. Serfe
Related Work: Britain's Brave Tars!!; or, All for St. Paul's Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermione; or, Valour's Triumph Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Related Works
Related Work: The Camp Author(s): Thomas Linley Sr.

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermione; or, Valour's Triumph Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Song: End: A Chapter of Fashions (never performed; written by T. Dibdin Jun.)-Munden; The Tight Little Lads of the Ocean (never performed; written by the Author of The Bundle of Proverbs)-Fawcett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were, And Maids As They Are

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Virtuous Wife; or, Good Luck at Last Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Devil of a Wife; or, A Comical Transformation Author(s): Thomas Jevon
Related Work: The Fair Maid of the West Author(s): Thomas Heywood

Afterpiece Title: St

Related Works
Related Work: The Island of St. Marguerite Author(s): Thomas Shaw Jr.
Related Work: Tarugo's Wiles; or, The Coffee House Author(s): Sir Thomas St. Serfe
Related Work: Britain's Brave Tars!!; or, All for St. Paul's Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermione; or, Valour's Triumph Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Song: End I 1st piece: a Song-Master Gray; End II: The Muffin Man (Written by T. Dibdin, and composed by Moorehead)-Dighton (1st appearance on this stage); End 1st piece: the celebrated Laughing Song-Dighton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Street

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Related Works
Related Work: The Hermione; or, Valour's Triumph Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Song: End IV: Old Towler-Incledon; End: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; The Fight off Camperdown-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bacchus Festival; Or, A New Medley

Related Works
Related Work: Bacchus Festival; or, A New Medley Author(s): Thomas Jordan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Hath Found Out His Eyes; Or, Distractions

Related Works
Related Work: Love Hath Found Out His Eyes; or, Distractions Author(s): Thomas Jordan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Widow of Delphi; or, The Descent of the Deities Author(s): Thomas Butler
Related Work: The Widow Author(s): Thomas Middleton
Related Work: The Counterfeit Bridegroom; or, The Defeated Widow Author(s): Thomas Middleton
Related Work: A True Widow Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Puritan; or, Widow of Watling Street Author(s): Thomas Middleton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Claricilla

Related Works
Related Work: Claricilla Author(s): Thomas Killigrew

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Widow of Delphi; or, The Descent of the Deities Author(s): Thomas Butler
Related Work: The Widow Author(s): Thomas Middleton
Related Work: The Counterfeit Bridegroom; or, The Defeated Widow Author(s): Thomas Middleton
Related Work: A True Widow Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Puritan; or, Widow of Watling Street Author(s): Thomas Middleton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Changeling

Related Works
Related Work: The Changeling Author(s): Thomas Middleton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Queen's Mask

Related Works
Related Work: The Queen's Mask Author(s): Thomas Heywood
Related Work: Love's Mistress; or, The Queen's Mask Author(s): Thomas Heywood
Related Work: Love's Mistress Author(s): Thomas Heywood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Mistress

Related Works
Related Work: Love's Mistress Author(s): Thomas Heywood
Related Work: Love's Mistress; or, The Queen's Mask Author(s): Thomas Heywood
Related Work: Love's Mistress; or, the Queen's Masque Author(s): Thomas Heywood
Related Work: Psyche; or, Love's Mistress Author(s): Thomas Heywood
Related Work: The Queen's Mask Author(s): Thomas Heywood