SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "her Royal Highness"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "her Royal Highness")') 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 1227 matches on Event Comments, 689 matches on Performance Title, 323 matches on Performance Comments, 3 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Mr Congreve. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Event Comment: Benefit Pierrot. By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Maitre Etourdi

Afterpiece Title: Crapignant; or, The French Lawyer

Related Works
Related Work: The Little French Lawyer Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The French Lawyer Author(s): John Fletcher

Entertainment: The Person who performs Octave in the Farce will Leap over a Man upon a large Coach@Horse-the person whe performs Octave; Pierrot Scene of the Monkey which has never been perform'd in England before-

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Balourd

Song: Mrs Aubert, being the first time of her Appearance on this Stage this Season

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Mr Congreve. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17181111

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Otway. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Dance: Pastoral Dance of Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

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

Event Comment: Benefit Norris. By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: Serious Dance-Shaw, Mrs Santlow; Comic Dance-Topham, Mrs Bicknell

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

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Mainpiece Title: Circe

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command at the Opening of Mr Penkethman's New Theatre at Richmond. At 6 p.m. [The Prologue was printed in the Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 13 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat

Afterpiece Title: The Island Princess (the Comedy in the last Act)

Dance: Salle, Mlle Salle; Shepherdess-; Turkey Cock-; Mimic Song of an Old Woman-; The Irish Trot-Mrs Willis

Event Comment: Chetwood, A General History of the Stage, p. 198: Yet a blind Man might have borne with Norris in the Roman Patriot , for he spoke it with all the Solemnity of a suffering Hero; while Penkethman, and the rest of the motley Tribe, made it as ridiculous by Humour and Action: And yet some of the first Rank in the Kingdom seemed highly diverted whilst others invoked the...dead Roman and Briton to rise, and avenge their own Cause. Lady Bristol in. Letter Books of John Hervey, II, 74-75: I had no patience to see [Addison's] play burlesqued as it was last night for the entertainment of their Royal Highnesses...their Audience was much too good for them, for there was a great many people of quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato Burlesqued

Performance Comment: Cato-Norris; Juba-Penkethman; other characters including women's parts-low comedians (Chetwood); Marcia-Young Wilks; Lucia-Shepherd; Porcius-Fieldhouse (Lady Bristol).
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Topham, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. An ancient Story, written by Mr Phillip Massinger, and Acted but twice since the Reign of King Charles the First; now revis'd with Alterations. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman; Or, Love And Liberty

Dance: Weaver, Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bicknell

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Quaker's Wedding

Dance: As17191022

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat

Performance Comment: Bellamar-Wilks; Worthy-Booth; Alamode-Cibber; Townly-Mills; Lurcher-Miller; Florinda-Mrs Oldfield; Marlove-Mrs Porter; Moderna-Mrs Thurmond.
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Role: Lurcher Actor: Miller

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Event Comment: A meeting of the Court of Directors of the Royal Academy of Music initiated arrangements for a new season. For details, see Lord Chamberlain's Office, 7@3, Nicoll, p. 286, and Deutsch, p. 97

Performances

Event Comment: For further deliberations of the Court of Directors of the Royal Academy of Music, see Lord Chamberlain's Office, 7@3 or Deutsch, p. 97

Performances

Event Comment: For further deliberations of the Royal Academy of Music, see Lord Chamberlain's Office, 7@3 or Deutsch, Handel, p. 97

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

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Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance:

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Related Works
Related Work: The Little French Lawyer Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Loyal Subject Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: As17191007

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Lord Chamberlain's Office, 5@157, p. 287: I do hereby Order and direct that Mr Gay s Pastorall Tragedy be imediately Acted after Mr Hugh's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: As17200210

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. By His Royal Highness's Command. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Song: As17200213

Dance: Topham Jr

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Follies

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Man of Good Fortune

Dance: