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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Widow of the late Dr Arne"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Widow of the late Dr Arne")') 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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We found 2524 matches on Event Comments, 1134 matches on Performance Comments, 913 matches on Performance Title, 819 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: At Warner's Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Widow Bewitched

Afterpiece Title: The Taking of Cape Breton

Song: As17580918

Event Comment: No Building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: With alterations and an additional scene acted but once these 9 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman Is A Riddle; Or, The Way To Win A Widow

Afterpiece Title: Bayes in Petticoats

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Dance: II: New Hornpipe-Miss Baker; IV: The Cow Keepers, as17611215

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten and Miss Rogers. Music and words by author and composer of Padlock [I. Bickerstaffe]. Book of the Entertainment to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Ephesian Matron; or, The Widow's Tears

Performance Comment: Parts-Bannister, Davis, Mrs Dorman, Mrs Wrighten. Centurian [?]-Bannister; Father [?]-Davies; Maid [?]-Mrs Dorman; Matron [?]-Mrs Wrighten (MacMillan).

Song: I: The Sycamore Shade-Mrs Wrighten; IV: The Soldier Tir'd-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: End: A Minuet, Louvre-Noverre, Miss Rogers, his scholar

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Frederick Pilon, altered from his The Device (see 27 Sept. 1779); incidental music by William Shield; Prologue by the author (see text)]. Account-Book, 16 June: Paid Pilon for the Deaf Lover #100. Receipts: #192 3s. (190.0.6; 2.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Delphi

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Delphi

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Delphi

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Delphi

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receips: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Delphi

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle; Or, The Way To Win A Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Performance Comment: Vulcan-Quick; The Squire-Mattocks; Serjeant-Reinhold; Joe-Leoni; Grace-Mrs Morton; Maudlin-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: The Squire Actor: Mattocks

Dance: As17800401

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. [In mainpiece Genest, who remarks that "this play was very well acted," does not assign Freelove, but it is the only other male part in the play.] Morning Chronicle, 11 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Baddeley, No. 2, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #248 16s. (99/13/0; 25/12/6; 2/15/6; tickets: 122/15/0) (charge: #105 17s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Bewitch'd

Afterpiece Title: (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: In Act V of mainpiece a Masquerade and Dance [performers not listed]

Song: In Act IV of mainpiece a song in character by Mrs Crouch

Monologue: 1786 04 26 End of mainpiece John Gilpin's Ride by Baddeley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece The Polonoise by Master Degville and Miss De Camp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

Performance Comment: Russel-Palmer; Cavendish-Bannister Jun.; Charles the Second-Aickin; Duke of York-Williamson; Spencer-Davies; Lieutenant-Usher; Bedford-Bensley; Lady Margaret Russel-Mrs Inchbald; Lady Russel-Miss Woollery .
Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece How sweet's the Love that meets Return by Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Merry Gardeners by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrn, and others; End of mainpiece, as17860622

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17860621

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece The Merry Gardeners, by Giorgi's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Cast
Role: Giles Actor: Mathews
Role: Theodosia Actor: Miss Burnett
Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece Dance by Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Monologue: 1786 07 07 Before mainpiece an Occasional Address spoken by Bannister Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: As17860706

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Curzola

Cast
Role: Weatherbang Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Dance, The Spanish Serenade; or, The Old Lover Outwitted, by the two Master Degvilles and Miss De Camp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End: Jamie's Return, as17870629

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Related Works
Related Work: The Manager in Distress Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: End 2nd piece: a new dance, The Capricious Lovers-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: As17870806

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Dance: As17870806