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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "William Milward"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "William Milward")') 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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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina; or, The Hall of Fingal

Related Works
Related Work: Oscar and Malvina; or, The Hall of Fingal Author(s): William Shield

Song: In afterpiece: Come every jovial fellow-Mrs Chapman, Gray, Mrs Atkins; O ever in my bosom live-Mrs Chapman, Mrs Atkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Jew and the Doctor

Cast
Role: William Actor: Farley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Five Thousand A Year

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: In 2nd piece: Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Related Works
Related Work: The Flitch of Bacon Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Five Thousand a Year

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: Chorus of Witches and Spirits, as17980918, but Miss _Arne, Mrs Crouch, Miss _Wentworth, Mrs +Bland, added: +Kelly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Song: V: song-Miss Leak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Oak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Related Works
Related Work: Abroad and at Home Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Afterpiece Title: Fun and Frolic; or, Sailors' Revels

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Munden, Fawcett, Incledon, Townsend, Linton, Street; With a jolly full bottle- [see17990528]; Boxing the Compass-Fawcett; Young William-, the melody by Incledon [and see17990606; Four and Twenty Fidlers-Munden; Brave Betty was a maiden Queen-Johnstone; Song-Townsend; The New Mariners-Chorus.

Song: In course Evening: The Storm-Incledon; Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Mad Tom of Bedlam (in character)-Incledon; Together let us range (composed by Boyce)-Incledon, Miss Poole

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Twins; or, Is It He, or his Brother

Related Works
Related Work: The Twins; or, A Comedy of Errors Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: By permission of Dibdin End I: Advice; or, Old Mary and John-Bannister Jun; End II: The Country Club-Bannister Jun; III: Tom Tough-Bannister Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure; or, Beauty the Best Advocate Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

Song: II: the Grand Truimphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Incledon, Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Lee, Little, Sawyer, Tett, Miss Waters, Mrs Atkins, Mrs Chapman, Miss Mitchell, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Iliff, Miss Sims, Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follet, Miss Leserve, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Martyr; End: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; End I afterpiece: The Death of Admiral Benbow-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Burgundy

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Related Works
Related Work: Netley Abbey Author(s): William PearceWilliam Shield

Song: End: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; End 2nd piece: The Mid Watch-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Divertisement

Afterpiece Title: The Birth Day

Cast
Role: William Actor: Abbot

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes; or, The Castle of Lindenbergh

Related Works
Related Work: Raymond and Agnes; or, The Castle of Lindenbergh Author(s): William Reeve

Dance: In: As17990316

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: Sunshine after Rain

Related Works
Related Work: Sunshine after Rain Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Jolly Crew; or, Tars at Anchor

Song: In Course Evening: a new Comic Song (never sung in London), A Bundle of Proverbs; or, Odds and Ends, in the Character of Ephraim Smooth-Munden; A new Comic Song (never performed), A Touch at Old Times; or, No Days better than our Own-Munden; The Barber's Petition, with a song in character, Wigs, including His Own Wig, the Lover's Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig, Councellor's Wig,-Fawcett

Entertainment: Monologue The Barber's Petition-Fawcett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Related Works
Related Work: The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African Author(s): William Macready

Entertainment: End: Her much admired Imitations-Mrs Sumbel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Cast
Role: William Actor: Abbot
Related Works
Related Work: Raymond and Agnes; or, The Castle of Lindenbergh Author(s): William Reeve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End: a new Scotch Ballet, The Highland Lovers (under the direction of Bologna Jun.)-Bologna Jun., Hawtin, King, Mrs Watts, Miss Brugier (1st appearance)

Song: In course Evening: Sally in our Alley-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Related Works
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Song: V: a song, as17990214

Entertainment: Monologue End: The Picture of a Play House; or, Bucks have at ye all-R. Palmer; Vaudeville II 3rd piece: Military Manoeuvres-; The Dead March-; the Ceremony Shooting a Deserter-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Married

Afterpiece Title: British Fortitude

Related Works
Related Work: British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship; or, An Escape from France Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Related Works
Related Work: Lock and Key Author(s): William Shield

Song: End IV: Boxing the Compass-Fawcett; End Monologue: The Group of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden; 2nd piece: I was called knowing Joey-Simmons; At dawn of life our Vows were plighted-Miss Wheatley; The turban'd Turk who scorns the world-Johnstone; Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; The Land of Potatoes-Johnstone; Fa la la-Incledon, Johnstone, Street, Linton

Entertainment: Monologue. End 1st piece: A Fig for the Fellows (Introductive of some Comic Reasons, which it is hoped will pass Current)-Mrs Mattocks, in the character of Miss Allspice, the Grocer's Daughter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Related Works
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Entertainment: Vaudeville. In II afterpiece: Military Manoeuvres, as17990425; The Dead March, as17990425; Shooting a Deserter, as17990425