SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Weston but changed Winston MS Paid Mr "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Weston but changed Winston MS Paid Mr ")') 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: Paid Stephens (mason) #13 3s., and Wilford (painter) #9 4s. 6d. as per bills (Account Book). Receipts: #202 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performance Comment: As17730106, but Colombine-Miss Willems; Pluto-Burton.

Monologue: Before: By particular desire, New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct. 1772, but Author-Hamilton

Performance Comment: As 27 Oct. 1772, but Author-Hamilton.
Event Comment: Paid Whitefield quarter year's salary due Xmas last #25, and Sarjant quarter year's salary due same time, #10. Advanc'd cash to Lee Lewes as per note #50 (Account Book). Receipts: #215 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17721117, but Lucy-Mrs Baker; Hornpipe-Miss Besford.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Paid Buxton & Enderby (oyl merchants) #180 11s. (Account Book). Receipts: #218 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17730122, but add Recruits-Quick, Lewes.

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17720925

Event Comment: Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) #33 7s. Rec'd from Condell on acct of Fruit Rent this season #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #243 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquor

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: Paid half year's water rate, due Mids. last #4. Receipts: #190 18s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: King Henry-Moody (from Drury Lane); Wolsey-Bensley; Norfolk-Davis; Suffolk-Owenson; Surrey-Dyer; Lord Chamberlain-Lewes; Campeius-DuBellamy; Sands-Kniveton; Buckingham-Wroughton; Cranmer-Gardner; Cromwell-Hull; Gardiner-Shuter; Anne Bullen-Mrs Baker; Patience (with a Song)-Miss Twist; Queen Catherine-Mrs Hartley; In Act I, The Banquet with dancing-Fishar, Miss Twist; Act IV, the Procession from the Abbey at the Coronation of Anne Bullen-; With the New Occasional Prologue (spoken but once)-Woodward.

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Event Comment: Paid for an Index Balance for the Office #1 1s. Receipts: #182 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Event Comment: Paid Housekeeper's Bill #11 7s. 6d.; Properties 19s. 8d. Receipts: #144 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Event Comment: Paid Burkinyoung (smith) #5 9s. 6d. Receipts: #88 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Paid Noble for an India Japan Screen #6 10s. Receipts: #146 16s. 6d. [Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Rich andCo. one year's rent for House in Bow Passage due Mich. last #40. Receipts: #140 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Paid half year's Land tax and Window lights for Cov't Garden to Mich Last #2 18s. 6d. Receipts: #133 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Abram Actor: Weston
Event Comment: Paid Buxton and Enderby (oyl merchants) #116, and Brown (coal merchant) #44 9s. Receipts: #190 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: Paid Shropshire (stationer) for brushes #4 10s. Receipts: #130. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: Paid Cooper (printer) #42 11s. Receipts: #125 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17731007, but Rosetta-Miss Catley, first time this season.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Dance: II: Aldridge, Miss Capon

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s. Receipts: #199 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Event Comment: Paid Housekeeper's Bill #4 9s. 3d. Receipts: #244 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Weston

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Paid 2 extra flutes this night 10s. Receipts: #160 8s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s.; half year's Land & Window Tax for St. Martin's to Mich. last #38 4s. 4d. Receipts: #165 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Cast
Role: a New Sea Character Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Paid 1 year's Assurance on #3,000 in the Royal Exchange Office to 15 Dec. 1774, #6 (Account Book). [Query: The insurance policy probably extended to 15 Dec. 1775?] Receipts: #105 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Event Comment: Paid Dall on Account of his salary this season #42. Receipts: #137 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Event Comment: Paid half year's paving &c. to Mich. last, #17 13s. 6d. Receipts: #138 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Cast
Role: a New Sea Character Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 4 nights (4th inst. incl.) #7 2s. Receipts: #219 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Cast
Role: Torrington Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Event Comment: Paid Mackmillen (shoemaker) #21 17s.; Simpson for new Music for 1773 as per Bill #10 10s.; Connelly (woolen draper) #8 10s. Receipts: #172 13s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Dance: III: A Dance, as17731014

Event Comment: Paid Palmer (wax chandler) #165 6s. Receipts: #217 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Scott (copper laceman) #98 5s. Receipts: #217 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs