SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales")') 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 1695 matches on Event Comments, 1196 matches on Performance Title, 1009 matches on Performance Comments, 402 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jr and Mrs Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Prince of Wales, Princess Amelia, and Princess Caroline present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Entertainment: To be express'd in the Great Bills

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Performance Comment: See17290419 but Parts-Johnson, Miller, Norris, Griffin, Mrs Mills, Mrs Wetherilt; With the usual Song-Miss Raftor.

Dance: Roger, Essex, Lally, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett

Event Comment: The Prince of Wales entertained the Queen and his sisters. See Wentworth Papers, p. 459

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hob

Performance Comment: The lif Company.
Event Comment: Receipts: #67 2s. 6d. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #94 15s. [Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

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Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Egleton.

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Event Comment: Receipts: #32 13s. [Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

Performance Comment: Burgomaster-Nivelon; Burgomaster's Wife-Mrs Younger; Boor Servant-Ray; Highlander-Salle; Highlander's Wife-Mrs Laguerre; Scots Servant-Laguerre; others-DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour, Mrs Hill.
Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King, Queen, Prince of Wales, Duke, and five Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Receipts: #138 2s. [Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Boheme; Moneses-Ryan; Axalla-Walker; Dervise-Milward; Omar-Hulet; Arpasia-Mrs Berriman; Selima-Mrs Younger; Bajazet-Quin. With the usual Prologue.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Barbier; Proserpine-Mrs Chambers; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mrs Legar, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Vincent, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; Gods of the Woods-Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Poitier; Sicilians-Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Delagarde Jr, Newhouse; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Salle, Dupre, Newhouse, Lanyon; Yeoman-Nivelon; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss LaTour; Countrymen and Lasses-Newhouse, Lanyon, Delagarde Jr, Mrs Cantrel, Miss Holliday, Mrs Rice; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Smith, Legard; Earth-Dupre; Air-Pelling; Fire-Poitier; Water-Salle; Females-Mrs Pelling, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Legar.
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Seven Years. [King, Queen, Prince of Wales, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor; Or, The Conquest Of Mexico By The Spaniards

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir George Etheridge. [King, Queen, Prince of Wales, three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Related Works
Related Work: She Would If She Could Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Event Comment: [T$The Prince of Wales present.] Daily Journal, 29 Jan.: The Tragedy of Timoleon has been received with very great Applause by the Town, notwithstanding the Endeavours of a certain Person (who can give a Preference to none but his own Performances) to depreciate it

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timoleon

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. By Thier Majesties' Command. Tickets for Sophonisba will be taken. [The King, Queen, Prince of Wales, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Dance: Mrs Booth

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 26 Oct.: On Tuesday last...the Prince of Wales and the Princess Caroline, were at the Theatre in Richmond, to see the Busy Body

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Afterpiece: a new Dramatic Masque. [By Roger.] The Habits, Scenes, Machines, and the other Decorations entirely new. King, Queen, Prince of Wales, Princess Amelia and Princess Mary present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris; With The Mistakes

Performance Comment: Neptune-Fielding; Cephalus-Mrs Roberts; Aurora-Mrs Heron; Procris-Miss Raftor; Deities of Pleasure-Essex, Mrs Booth; Their Followers-Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams; Foresters-Berry, Tenoe, Excell, Rainton Sr; Amphitrite-Mrs Booth; Sea Gods-Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Rainton Jr, Haughton, Evans; Syrens-Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams; Tritons-Berry, Tenoe, Excell, Rainton Sr; Winds-R. Wetherilt, Surel, Peploe, Leigh; Father-Norris; Squire-Cibber Jr; Pierot-Roger; Harlequin-Rainton Jr; Colombine-Mrs Cibber; Gardeners and Wives-Tench, Lally Jr, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parthenope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Walter. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Congreve. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: In IV: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter; End IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; End of Farce: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: The Undertakers for the Opera have this Day finished the Fifty Representations for which they were engaged this Year, but not having been able to complete the like Number for the last Year, have therefore appointed Two more Representations...on which Days the several Subscribers for this and the last Year, will have Tickets delivered them at the Office Gratis, or at the Door. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rodelinda

Event Comment: [Q$Queen and Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: At Lee-Harper Booth. [The Prince of Wales present on 13 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Female Innocence; Or, A School For A Wife

Event Comment: Receipts: #64 9s. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Stheno Actor: Salway
Role: with the Grand Dance of Momus Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: As 16 Dec. Receipts: #84 11s. 6d. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: As17321219

Event Comment: As 26 Dec. Receipts: #76 12s. 6d. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: As17321226