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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Young Gentleman"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Young Gentleman")') 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 3825 matches on Performance Comments, 1343 matches on Event Comments, 1139 matches on Author, 848 matches on Performance Title, and 308 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: Captain Ironsides (1st time)-Wilson; Young Belfield-Farren; Elder Belfield-Davies; Old Goodwin-Hull; Paterson-Macready; Philip-Evatt; Francis-Thompson; Jonathan-Powel; Skiff-Rock; Sir Benjamin Dove-Quick; Lady Dove-Mrs Webb; Violetta-Mrs Wells; Fanny Goodwin-Miss Francis; Lucy Waters-Miss Stuart; Sophia-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Young Belfield Actor: Farren
Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): Edward Young

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Little; or, The Rival Queans

Dance: End: The Jockies-Ratchford, Platt, Jackson, Mrs Goodwin

Song: End II: song-Incledon; Afterpiece: The Tragedy will be interspersed with Airs, Duets, Glees, composed by Arne, Arnold, Fischer, Dibdin, with a Grand Overture(A Finale, composed by Shield), Triumphal Entry of Alexander-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Union; or, St

Performance Comment: Andrew's Day. Old Quiz-Quick; Easy-Johnstone; Taffy-Blanchard; Scotch Cobler [Archey McNab]-Wilson; Young Quiz-Munden; Helm-Incledon; Quotations-Bernard; Plausible-Macready; Long Cork-Bannister; English Girl Nancy]-Miss Broadhurst; Scotch Girl [Jeannet]-Mrs Mountain; Scotch Cobler's Wife [Mrs McNab]-Mrs Webb; Irish Girl [Peggy]-Mrs Martyr; [The names in brackets are as specified in the cast listed in Larpent MS.] Prologue-Wilson; [PART I A Cruel fate-Williamson, Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr; I sit on my sunkie-Mrs Mountain; The passion of Love I never felt-Miss Broadhurst; To be sure she don't like a brisk Irish lad-Mrs Martyr; We bipeds made up of frail clay-Quick; My Joe Jannet-Wilson, Mrs Webb; When Bibo went down-Bannister; A Sailor's life's the life for me-Incledon; [PART II The charms of my Peggy-Johnstone; Farili bo boo-Wilson; On the lake of Killarney-Mrs Martyr; The bells of Aberdovey-Blanchard; Scotch Song-Incledon; Sigh no more Ladies-Bannister, Johnstone, Incledon, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr; And their aw nodding at our house at hame-; [PART III The Stranger's at Home. President-Bannister; The Prince and Old England for ever-Johnstone; Comic Constitutional Song-Bernard; A Stammering Glee [Goody Groaner]-Incledon, Reeve, Blanchard; Come come all noble souls, Beviamo tutti tre-Bannister, Incledon, Blanchard, Reeve, Williamson, Johnstone.
Cast
Role: Young Quiz Actor: Munden

Dance: Afterpiece conclude: Highland Fling-the Scotch Characters

Song: End II: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

Music: In afterpiece: will be introduced the Highland Competition Prizeexactly as represented annually in the City of Edinburgh,-McLane, McGregor, McTavish; several Strathpays, Laments, Pebruchs-several other celebrated Pipers

Entertainment: Monologue End: Epilogue (riding on an Ass,)-Wilson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performance Comment: As17910126, but Young Wrongward-Evatt.
Cast
Role: Young Wrongward Actor: Evatt.

Dance: As17910507

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Governor Cape-Usher; Young Cape-R. Palmer; Sprightly-Iliff; Cadwallader-Bannister; Printer's Devil-Burton; Robin-Chapman; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Wells; Arabella-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

Cast
Role: Young Random Actor: Palmer
Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Next Door Neighbours

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Don Diego-Bannister; Leander-Davies; Mungo-Cornellys; Scholars-Evatt, Farley; Leonora-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Ursula-Mrs Webb.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: A Young Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in Spain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Malabar

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Farren, Thompson, Powel, Evatt, Harley, Mrs Rock, Mrs Merry. Cast from text (William Lane, 1791): Young Bramin-Holman; Raymond-Farren; Narrain-Thompson; 2nd Bramin-Powel; Albert-Evatt; Chief Bramin-Harley; Fatima-Mrs Rock; Indamora-Mrs Merry.
Cast
Role: Young Bramin Actor: Holman

Afterpiece Title: The Little Hunchback

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: In 3rd piece: Sweet Echo-Miss Broadhurst; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Poor Old Drury

Afterpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: Sir James Elliot-R. Palmer; Old Wilding-Aickin; Young Wilding-Palmer; Papilion-Burton; Miss Grantham-Mrs Kemble; Miss Godfrey-Miss Collins; Kitty-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Poor Old Drury

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scarborough

Performance Comment: Lord Foppington-Dodd; Young Fashion-Palmer; Loveless-Wroughton; Col. Townly-Barrymore; Sir Tunbelly Clumsey-Moody; Probe-Waldron; Lory-Baddeley; Le Varole-Maddocks; Berinthia-Miss Farren; Amanda-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Coupler-Mrs Booth; Nurse-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Jordan.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Performance Comment: Whimsey-Baddeley; Monford-Whitfield; Young Whimsey-R. Palmer; Tim Tartlet-Bannister Jun.; Furnish-Suett; Simon-Burton; Frank-Banks; Snap-Jones; Landlord-Maddocks; Postboy-Alfred; Mrs Pattypan-Mrs Booth; Charlotte-Miss Collins; Nancy-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Young Whimsey Actor: R. Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Performance Comment: Old Mirable-Aickin; Young Mirable-Wroughton; Captain Duretete-Dodd; Dugard-Whitfield; Petit-R. Palmer; Bravoes-Phillimore, Maddocks, Alfred, Webb; Oriana-Miss Collins; Bisarre-Miss Farren; Lamorce-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Young Mirable Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performance Comment: Meadows-R. Palmer; Young Wrongward-Bland; Old Wrongward-Waldron; Canteen-Benson; Sternhold-Maddocks; Groom-Fawcett; Sophia-Miss Collins; Betsey Blossom-Mrs Bland; Maid-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Young Wrongward Actor: Bland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magician No Conjurer

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performance Comment: Meadows-Munden; Groom-Blanchard; Young Wrongward-Macready [Public Advertiser: Evatt]; Canteen-Cubitt; John-Thompson; Sternhold-Powel; William-Cross; Old Wrongward-Wilson; Sophia-Miss Chapman; Maid-Mrs Rock; Betsey Blossom-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Young Wrongward Actor: Macready

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Governor Cape-Packer; Young Cape-Whitfield; Sprightly-R. Palmer; Cadwallader-Bannister; Poet-Waldron; Printer's Devil-Burton; Robin-Maddocks; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Goodall; Miss Arabella-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Whitfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro Ed Il Pensieroso 0

Afterpiece Title: L'Alegro ed il Pensieroso 1

Performance Comment: First Grand Concerto-; Hence! loathed melancholy-Harrison; Hence! vain deluding joys-Mrs Billington; Come thou Goddess fair and free-Harrison; Come rather Goddess sage and holy-Mrs Billington; Haste thee nymph-Page, Chorus; Come and trip it as you go-Mrs Addison, Chorus; Come pensive nun, Come but keep thy wonted state-Mrs Billington; Join with thee calm peace-Chorus; Mirth admit me of thy crew-Mrs Second; Sweet bird-Mrs Billington; accompanied on the violin-G. Ashley; Mirth admit me of thy crew [repeated]-Bartleman; Oft on a plat of rising ground-Harrison; Let me wander not unseen-Mrs Billington; And young and old-Chorus.
Cast
Role: And young and old Actor: Chorus.

Afterpiece Title: L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso

Afterpiece Title: Grand Miscellaneous Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0, Composed By g

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Performance Comment: Second Oboe Concerto-; The soldier tir'd-Miss Barclay (Arne); Shake the dome-Chorus (Solomon); Let me wander not unseen, Or let the merry bells-Master Welsh; And young and old-Chorus (L'Allegro); Serbo in petto-Mrs Bland (Attwood); I come not, Honour and arms, Canst thou for this, Go baffled coward-Incledon, Reinhold (Samson); Softly sweet-Mrs Crouch (Alexander's Feast); Hallelujah for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth-Chorus (The Messiah).
Cast
Role: And young and old Actor: Chorus

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0principally From The Works Of handel; Redemption 0

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Performance Comment: Overture (Esther)-; Tyrants-Mrs Crouch, Chorus [Athalia]; How willing-Sedgwick (Samson); What's sweeter-Miss Hagley, Dignum (Joseph); Let me wander, Or let the merry bells-Master Welsh; And young and old-Chorus (L'Allegro); The Prince-Mrs Bland (Alexander's Feast); Deeper and-Kelly; Waft her angels-Chorus (Jephtha); Lord in thee-Incledon, Chorus (Te Deum).
Cast
Role: And young and old Actor: Chorus

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Song: End II: Mad Bess-Mrs Crouch (Purcell)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus; Or, The Roman Matron

Performance Comment: Caius Marcius Coriolanus-Kemble; Attius Tullus Aufidius-Wroughton; Menenius Agrippa-Baddeley; Cominius-Aickin; Sicinius Velutus-Barrymore; Junius Brutus-Whitfield; Volusius-Benson; Young Marcius-Master Chatterley; Roman Officer-Caulfield; Volscian Officer-Alfred; Citizens-Suett, Maddocks, Fawcett, Jones; Volumnia-Mrs Siddons; Virgilia-Mrs Powell; Valeria-Mrs Ward; Gentlewoman-Miss Tidswell.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fugitive

Performance Comment: Characters by Dodd, Bensley, King, Wroughton, Parsons, Palmer, Barrymore, Maddocks, Wewitzer, Phillimore, Benson, Banks, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Farren, Mrs Jordan, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Ward, Miss Pope. [Cast from text (J. Debrett, 1792): Lord Dartford-Dodd; Sir William Wingrove-Bensley; Admiral Cleveland-King; Mr Wingrove-Wroughton; Old Manly-Parsons; Young Manly-Palmer; Mr Welford-Barrymore; Jenkins-Maddocks; Larron-Wewitzer; O'Donnel-Phillimore; William-Benson; Servant-Banks; Mrs Manly-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Herbert-Miss Farren; Miss Julia Wingrove-Mrs Jordan; Miss Manly-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Rachel Cleveland-Mrs Ward; Mrs Larron-Miss Pope; Prologue-Bannister Jun; Epilogue-Mrs Jordan. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 14 and 16 May.]These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 14 and 16 May.]
Cast
Role: Young Manly Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: Sir James Elliot-R. Palmer; Old Wilding-Aickin; Young Wilding-Palmer; Papillion-Wewitzer; Waiter-Ledger; Miss Godfrey-Miss Heard; Miss Grantham-Mrs Brooks; Kitty-Miss Hale.
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Afterpiece Title: The Liar

Performance Comment: Sir James Elliot-R. Palmer; Old Wilding-Aickin; Young Wilding-Palmer; Papillion-Wewitzer; Miss Grantham-Mrs Kemble; Miss Godfrey-Miss Collins; Kitty-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Performance Comment: Old Mirable-Aickin; Young Mirable-Wroughton; Captain Duretete-Dodd; Dugard-Whitfield; Petit-R. Palmer; Bravoes-Phillimore, Maddocks, Alfred, Webb; Oriana-Mrs Goodall; Bisarre-Miss Farren; Lamorce-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Young Mirable Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Fugitive

Performance Comment: Lord Dartford-Dodd; Sir William Wingrove-Packer; Mr Wingrove-Wroughton; Old Manly-Suett; Young Manly-Palmer; Admiral Cleveland-King; Mr Welford-Barrymore; Jenkins-Maddocks; Larron-Wewitzer; O'Donnel-Phillimore; William-Benson; Servant-Banks; Mrs Manly-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Herbert-Miss Farren; Miss Julia Wingrove-Mrs Goodall; Miss Manly-Mrs Kemble; Mrs Larron-Miss Pope; Mrs Rachel Cleveland-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Young Manly Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur De Lion

Dance: In afterpiece: Master L. D'Egville, Miss Menage, Miss S. D'Egville. [Danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Holman (1st appearance in that character); Justice Balance-Hull; Worthy-Davies; Serjeant Kite-Cubitt; Bullock-Fawcett; Recruits-Munden, Blanchard; Welsh Collier-Farley; Captain Brazen-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); Melinda-Miss Chapman; Rose-Mrs Wells; Lucy-Miss Stuart; Sylvia-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Miss Morris]).Miss Morris]).
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: A Young Lady

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Pirates

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: As17921027, but Sir Jasper Wilding-Hollingsworth; Young Wilding-Benson; Quildrive-_.
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Benson
Role: Young Philpot Actor: Bannister Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Performance Comment: Edgar-Holman; Organ [recte Orgar ]-Farren; Edwin-Harley; Ardulph-Macready; Athelwold-Pope; Elfrida-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Mrs Pollock]); Albina (with the Odes)-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Elfrida Actor: A Young Lady

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Dance: End: A New Divertisement-Byrn, Holland, Mme Rossi

Song: In: the Principal Vocal Parts-Miss Broadhurst, Mrs Blanchard, Miss Barnett, Mrs Martyr