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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "W Purser"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "W Purser")') 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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1534 results for: Keyword - W. Purser
We found 1293 matches on Performance Comments, 268 matches on Event Comments, 32 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1451
16 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau; Or, Our Way In France

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End of mainpiece The Belle of the Village, as17840917

1452
07 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: Comus

1453
05 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17841116

Song: In afterpiece From tyrant Laws and Customs free by Johnstone and Mrs Martyr; Live and love by Johnstone, Mrs Morton, Mrs Martyr

1454
15 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17850409

Song: As17850405

1455
22 April 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: As17850405

1456
23 September 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Comus

1457
21 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene, with Dancing by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir, and Singing by Miss Field; End of Act III The Market-Day, as17851024

1458
30 May 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End of mainpiece Rural Merriment by Jackson and Mrs Ratchford

1459
10 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing: A Dramatic Proverb

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Rosin a

1460
28 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady, as17870131, but Miss _Cranfield, Miss Rowson

1461
26 December 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Cake; or, The Regions of Fancy

Dance: [not listed on playbill]. "A dance based on a print entitled The Long Minuet (by H. W. Bunbury) was well attempted" (World, 27 Dec.)

1462
25 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In The East; Or, Adventures Of Twelve Hours

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

1463
29 March 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Regent

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

1464
14 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: As17880328

1465
02 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner; or, Quality Binding

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

1466
28 February 1789 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Disertore

Dance: As17890214

1467
07 May 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Dance: End IV: Fortune's Favor-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Ratchford

1468
03 June 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Afterpiece Title: Ut Pictura Poesis

Afterpiece Title: As It Should Be

Dance: As17890525

1469
25 August 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club

Afterpiece Title: Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Entertainment: Monologue End 3rd piece: As17890617

1470
19 November 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: End: As17891113; Afterpiece to conclude: Grand Dance. Chief of the Bostanges-Byrne, Principal Female Dancers-Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

1471
29 May 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

1472
03 January 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

1473
21 March 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

1474
18 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Union; or, St

Dance: Afterpiece conclude: Highland Fling-the Scotch Characters

Song: End II: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

Music: In afterpiece: will be introduced the Highland Competition Prizeexactly as represented annually in the City of Edinburgh,-McLane, McGregor, McTavish; several Strathpays, Laments, Pebruchs-several other celebrated Pipers

Entertainment: Monologue End: Epilogue (riding on an Ass,)-Wilson

1475
24 November 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prussian Festival

Afterpiece Title: The First Part of King Henry the Fourth

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina

Music: As17911122