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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Event Comment: Benefit for Wild. 2nd piece: In 3 Acts. 3rd piece [1st time; MF 2, by Leonard Macnally. Larpent MS 778; not published; composer of music unknown]. Morning Herald, 22 May: "[The Cantabs] was not heard out by the audience, nor can we differ from the verdict, as it possessed little to entertain, and less to interest." Receipts: #222 16s. 6d. (113.8.0; 7.6.6; tickets: 102.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Cantabs

Song: II 2nd piece: Come come my good Shepherds-Mrs Martyr; In course Evening: Four@and@Twenty Fidlers-Edwin

Monologue: Vaudeville End 2nd Piece: A Scene in a Masque Ball , with an Illumination. Huntress-Mrs Martyr; Tantivy the welkin resounds-Mrs Martyr; Mad Tom-Darley; song-Johnstone; Highland Lad and Lass-Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr; Say bonny Lass will you carry a Wallet?-Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr; To conclude with a Grand Dance-

Performance Comment: Huntress-Mrs Martyr; Tantivy the welkin resounds-Mrs Martyr; Mad Tom-Darley; song-Johnstone; Highland Lad and Lass-Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr; Say bonny Lass will you carry a Wallet?-Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr; To conclude with a Grand Dance-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Browne; Spirit-R. Palmer; Brothers-Lawrence, Lyons; Bacchanals-Davies, Meadows, Mathews, Chapman; The Lady (with Sweet Echo, accompanied on the hautboy by Forster)-Mrs Bannister; Sabrina-Miss Cranford; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Forster; Bacchants-Mrs Edwards; Euphrosyne, 1st Bacchant-Miss George.
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Lawrence, Lyons
Role: Bacchanals Actor: Davies, Meadows, Mathews, Chapman
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne
Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vimonda

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Lawrence, Lyons
Role: Bacchanals Actor: Davies, Meadows, Mathews, Chapman
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Bannister
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Wroughton; Bacchanals-Kelly, Dignum; Spirit-Barrymore; Brothers-Whitfield, Benson; The Lady-Mrs Brereton; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Forster; Sabrina-Miss Romanzini; Bacchants-Miss Collett, Miss Stageldoir; Euphrosyne (with Sweet Echo, accompanied by Forster)-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: III: Epithalamium Vocal Parts-Mrs Forster, Miss Stageldoir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Widow Belmour Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: II: song in character-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: of the Madhouse Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End I: As17870920 End IV: New Dance, as17871026

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: of the Madhouse Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End IV: a New Dance, as17871026

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Smith; Manly-Bensley; Count Basset-R. Palmer; John Moody-Moody [sic]; Squire Richard-Suett; Sir Francis Wronghead-Parsons; Lady Grace-Mrs Ward; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny (with songs)-Mrs Forster; Trusty-Mrs Heard; Myrtilla-Miss Barnes; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Love; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Brereton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #145 8s. 6d. (114.0.0; 30.17.6; 0.8.6; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: King Richard-Smith; Richmond-Wroughton; Buckingham-Aickin; Tressel-Whitfield; Lord Stanley-Staunton; Norfolk-Fawcett; Catesby-Packer; Lieut. of the Tower-Benson; Ratcliff-Phillimore; Lord Mayor-Chaplin; Prince Edward-Miss Heard; Duke of York-Miss Gaudry; King Henry-Bensley; Lady Anne-Mrs Kemble; Duchess of York-Miss Tidswell; Queen-Mrs Taylor.
Cast
Role: of the Tower Actor: Benson

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17871201, but The Lady-Mrs Kemble [i.e. formerly Mrs Brereton].i.e. formerly Mrs Brereton].
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End III: The Capricious Lovers, as17870920

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fate Of Sparta

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus (with the principal Bacchanal's songs)-Bowden; Brothers-Macready, Evatt; Spirit-Thompson; Bacchanals-Darley, Cubitt, Bonville; The Lady-Mrs Wells; Principal Bacchant-Mrs Kennedy; Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Mountain; Sabrina-Mrs Morton; Euphrosyne-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Macready, Evatt
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Wells
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17880129

Song: In afterpiece: Sweet Echo-Mrs Ambrose (1st time); accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke; II: the celebrated Laughing Song from L'Allegro il Penseroso-Bowden

Performance Comment: Parke; II: the celebrated Laughing Song from L'Allegro il Penseroso-Bowden.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fate Of Sparta

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17880205, but The Lady (for that night only)-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Pope.
Role: Brothers Actor: Macready, Evatt
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17880301

Song: In afterpiece: Sweet Echo-Mrs Billington; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke

Entertainment: Monologue. End: an Occasional Epilogue-Mrs Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. [1st piece in place of Look before You Leap, advertised on playbill of 10 Apr. This new farce was withdrawn from cg, and 1st acted at the hay, 22 Aug. 1788.] 2nd piece: In 3 acts. General Advertiser, 5 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 28, Great Pultney-street. Receipts: #260 17s. (152.9; 3.17; tickets: 104.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: End: The new Four@and@Twenty Fidlers-Edwin; In II 2nd piece: Come come my good Shepherds-Mrs Martyr

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower-Edwin

Performance Comment: End 2nd piece: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower-Edwin.
Event Comment: The New Comedy of Animal Magnetism [advertised on playbill of 23 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred till Tuesday next. [1st piece in place of The Guardian, advertised on playbill of 23 Apr.] Receipts: #159 16s. 6d. (154.1.0; 5.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmer

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Macready, Evatt
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Wells
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Related Works
Related Work: The She Gallant; or, Once a Lover and always a Lover Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: As17880310

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Taylor. Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years. Public Advertiser, 9 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Taylor, No. 10, Charles-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #173 (50.17; 23.17; 0.10; tickets: 97.16) (charge: #109 11s. 11d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne