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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Widow Legg"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Widow Legg")') 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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1250 results for: Keyword - Widow Legg
We found 582 matches on Performance Comments, 447 matches on Performance Title, 333 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1051
28 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Widow Redfern, Boxkeepers. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #19 13s.; tickets #126 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Song: As17300527

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Chacone-Delagarde, Miss Wherrit; Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour

1052
13 May 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Cooper, Beaw, Widow Cook

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance:

1053
25 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilcocks, Mines, and Widow Gardiner. Receipts: money #6 6s., tickets #103 11s. Daily Post, 25 May: We hear, that when His Majesty removes to Hampton-Court, the Theatre in that Palace will be open'd, and Plays acted by the King's Company of Comedians

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Last new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit

1054
28 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson, Aston, Widow Atkins. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #22 12s.; tickets #94 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: I: Peggy O-Tony Aston; III: The Medley Hodge@Podge-Aston; V: Hold John-Aston; I afterpiece: Mrs Wright

Dance: II: French Clown-Nivelon; IV: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; End of Farce: Drunken Man-Aston

1055
31 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Widow Redfern, Boxkeeper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #7 12s.; tickets #100 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: PPeasant-Nivelon; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit

1056
10 February 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow Gentlewoman in Distress. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

1057
10 March 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. Receipts: money #4 11s.; tickets: #17 14s. 6:30 P.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: I: A Concerto for Two Trumpets-; Overture of Siroe-; Two Songs-Montier; Concerto Corelli-; Concerto for the Flute-; A Solo for the Hautboy-; A Concerto for Two French Horns-; II: Overture of Porus-; Concerto Corelli-; Two Songs-Salway; Violin Solo-Petit; Sonata for a German Flute and Violin-; Concerto for Trumpets-

1058
10 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Beaw, Cooper, Widow Cook (Boxkeeper). Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: TThe Hussars-Essex, Mrs Booth; Saraband-Lally, Miss Mears

1059
18 April 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: HHornpipe-Jones; Dutch Skippers-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

1060
04 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ford and Salle's Widow. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #20 4s.; tickets #154 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Scottish Dance-Master Weeks; II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: Dutch Skipper-Jones, Mrs Ogden; V: Clown-Nivelon; End of Afterpiece: Scottish Dance, as17330501

Song: III: Chanson a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

1061
23 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Beau, Cooper, Widow Cook [Rich's Register)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

1062
28 May 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Vallois and Mrs Vallois (late Widow to Monsieur Roger, the Pierrot in Drury Lane, Deceas'd). Acted by the Comedians form the Theatre in Goodman's Fields. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. 6:30 p.m. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Minuet, a new Ragadoon-De Vallois, Madam De Vallois; II: French Peasant-; III: Pierrot and Pierroress-De Vallois and Madam De Vallois; IV: Pastoral-De Vallois and Madam De Vallois; V: Wooden Shoe Dance-De Vallois, Bowford, Pawlet

1063
02 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Davis. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

1064
07 May 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cantrell and Salle's Widow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Dance: II: A Single Dance by Mlle Salle. III: French Peasant by Malter. V: Pigmalion by Malter, Mlle Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Duke, Le Sac, Newhouse, De la Garde. End Afterpiece: Bacchus and Ariadne: Bacchus-Malter; Ariadne-Mlle Salle

1065
12 October 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow. For the Entertainment of Tomo Chachi . . .Senauki . . . John Tooanohowi, and the rest of the Indians, being positively the last Time but one of their appearing in Publick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: Hippisley's Drunken Man

1066
05 December 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit an Officers Widow and Six Children

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: By Glover, Le Sac, De la Garde, Mrs Ogden, Miss Rogers, Miss Baston, particularly Tambourine, Richmond Maggot, Glover's Scottish Dance

1067
18 March 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mons Salle's Widow. N.B. Whereas it has been reported that the Box-Keepers . . . were to have their Benefit Night [Wednesday 19] ... it is false ... Witness our Hands. M. Mason. W. Cossins. J. Skinner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'embarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: La Sylphide

Dance:

1068
19 May 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow and her Children in Distress. Mainpiece: Written by Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tartuffe

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Scaramouch Deserteurs

Dance:

1069
19 November 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow and Child of Mr Hulett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: I: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. III: A new dance by Haughton and Mrs Bullock. V: A new French Peasant by Vallois and Mrs Woodward

Song: II: Rosy Morning by Miss Jones. IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

1070
07 September 1736 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History Of King John

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. The Amorous Old Widow. Cast not listed .

Music: By a Band of Neopolitans

Song:

Dance:

1071
06 December 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow, who has met with great Losses in Trade

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Two Misses Scott; Scholars of Nivelon. Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; Glover's Scot's Dance-

1072
13 December 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Dupre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: FFrench Peasant, as17361109; Glover's Scotch Dance-; The last new Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun

1073
17 January 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Robinson in Catherine Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Impostor

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: FFrench Peasant, as17361109; Clown-Nivelon; Comic Dance, as17361213

1074
09 February 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Burley and her Three Small Children. By the Original Company who performed Pasquin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Milliners

Entertainment:

1075
29 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow Gentlewoman and her Children under Misfortune

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: I: The Early Horn-Miss Jones

Dance: V: Two Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde