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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Weston has some Requisites may in Time be a tolerable Actor in low Comedy "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Weston has some Requisites may in Time be a tolerable Actor in low Comedy ")') 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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7799 results for: Keyword - Weston</i>, has some Requisites, may in Time be a tolerable Actor in low Comedy--<span class=
We found 4810 matches on Event Comments, 3422 matches on Performance Comments, 607 matches on Performance Title, 1 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3376
11 June 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 14 May, with Stage one guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Narcissus

3377
15 June 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 14 May, with Stage one guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Narcissus

3378
18 June 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 14 May, with Stage one guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Narcissus

3379
22 June 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 14 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Radamistus

3380
25 June 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 14 May, with Stage one guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Numitor

3381
30 May 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Widow Leigh and May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Music: As17201019

Dance:

3382
04 May 1722 @ Clafton

Event Comment: London Journal, 12 May: Was acted at Mr Newcomb's School, formerly Mr Morland's School, at Clapton, near Hackney, the late Mr Hugh's Play...with great Applause, they having the proper Habits and Decorations. Tis said, the Lad that acted the Lady was adorned with Jewels to the Value of Six Thousand Pounds; there was a great Number of Gentry to see the Performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

3383
29 May 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Symmons and May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Dance: Shaw, Denoye, Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe; Myrtillo-; Swedish Dal Karle-

3384
08 June 1722 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Admission as 25 May. The reason of this Delay is occasion'd by the changing some of the Parts, as well as by the illness of two of the Chief Characters in the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Music:

3385
24 May 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Brett and Mrs Campbell. Written by Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat. Daily Journal, 25 May: Yesterday Morning died Mrs Bicknell (an eminent Actress in the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane) of a Consumption. Her Parts will be very well supply'd by her Sister Mrs Younger, a Person of a very promising Genius

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

3386
29 May 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Randall, Tubman, Fletcher. Receipts: money #7 9s.; tickets #131 17s. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 25 May: This is esteem'd Mr Dryden's best Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

3387
09 April 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Pit and Boxes together at 5s. Tickets may be had at Leveridge's House in Tavistock Street. Receipts: money #19 19s. 6d.; tickets #120 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: The Beau Demolished

Dance: Nivelons

Song: Mrs Barbier

3388
15 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks, the Officekeeper. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Ben. Johnson. Afterpeice: As 6 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Foresters-

3389
18 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Lindar and May. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mianpiece: Written by Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond, Boval, Topham, Mrs Younger, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe; particularly Foresters-

Song: Miss Lindar

3390
05 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Griffith, Dancing Master. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Admission as 4 May. Receipts: money #20 16s. 6d.; tickets: #174 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: IIrish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Serious Dance-Mrs Wall, Mrs Griffith, who never appear'd on this Stage before; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; Flag Dance-Nivelon

3391
14 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Ray, May, Mrs Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: As17250511

3392
13 April 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Tickets may be had at Mr Leveridge's in Tavistock Street. Receipts: money #54 12s. 6d.; tickets #82 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: End I: The Play of Love-Leveridge; II: The Wheel Turn'd To Some Tune (new)-Leveridge; III: Singing-Mrs Chambers; V: A Piece of Musick between a Fop and a Toper: In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; III: French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; IV: French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

3393
05 May 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Text by Rolli. Music by Handel.] At 7 p.m. Daily Journal, 7 May: On Thursday Night, Signiora Faustina, the famous Roman Songstress, performed his Majesty, their Royal Highnesses, and great Numbers of the Nobility and Quality, in...Alexander...with great Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Related Works
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston

3394
12 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Cast
Role: Squire Somebody Actor: Miller

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

3395
21 October 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. N.B. For the better Information of those who do not thoroughly understand the Italian Language, a Book with the Argument and Explanations in English, of what is transacted in every Scenes, may be had...at the usual Places in the Opera-House. Price 6d. [The King, Prince, and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Enchanted Island Of Arcadia Or The Magician Doctor With Harlequin King Of The Woods Flights Decorations And Transformations Of Harlequin Cupid Pantalon Venus And Brighella Jupiter And The Sacrifice Of Harlequin

Dance: Furies, Nymphs, Shepherds, Statues-; , the latter performing the Labours of Hercules-Statues , after the Manner of the Venetian Gondaliers at Venice: The whole full of Variety

3396
23 March 1727 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Sig Victoria and the Doctor. By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Being a particular Fatigue of Argentina, with her Comical Affectation of her New Title; wherein the Doctor will perform by the Name of Tabarin , a New Character, very Comical and Jocose, never yet seen on the Stage, which has been reserved for that Day, and may be continued hereafter, if he has the Happiness of pleasing his most Noble Spectators better than by his former

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina Ortolana Contessa Per Forza

Dance: new Scaramouch , lately arriv'd from Italy; Serious and Grotesque Dancing particularly-M deCamp, Mlle Mimi l'Post , first Dancers of the Opera at Brussels, just arrived

3397
19 May 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit May and Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: TThe Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

3398
27 November 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. To which will be added the Coronation Scene of Anna Bullen , and the Ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hallv; with several additional Decorations. Daily Post, 27 Nov.: The Coronation of Anna Bullenv having met with such extraordinary Success...the Players have been encouraged to give the Town and additional and different View of that Solemnity, by shewing the whole Magnificence at one, with the Ceremony of the Champion in Westminster Hall, &c. And we hear that several Persons of Quality being unwilling to lose their usual Variety of Plays, have desired the Comedians to add the Coronation, &c. as a separate Entertainment, to any other Play the Town may be inclin'd to see

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Gloster-Cibber; Hastings-Booth; Jane Shore-Mrs Oldfield; Alicia-Mrs Porter; Dumont-Williams; Bellmour-Wm. Mills.
Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Booth

3399
23 April 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Dance: End II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; IV: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock

Song: I: Hey Ho Who's Above?-Salway, Miss Warren; III: Si Caro Cara Si, In the Pleasant Month of May-Miss Warren; V: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End at Last-Leveridge

Performance Comment: -Salway, Miss Warren; III: Si Caro Cara Si, In the Pleasant Month of May-Miss Warren; V: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End at Last-Leveridge.
Cast
Role: In the Pleasant Month of May Actor: Miss Warren

3400
17 May 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: With an Addition of an entire New Scene and several Songs. Tickets for 8 May taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Penelope

Dance: Between Acts: Dancing-