SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the Pope"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the Pope")') 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 5551 matches on Roles/Actors, 1259 matches on Performance Comments, 156 matches on Event Comments, 39 matches on Performance Title, and 14 matches on Author.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17750502, but Woodcock-Waldron; Sir William-Wrighten; In Act I, a Country Dance- incident to the piece.

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand

Cast
Role: Newphew Actor: Cautherly
Role: Rivers Actor: Cautherly

Dance: II: The Pirates, as17750422

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Sebastian Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Young Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: V: The Pirates, as17750422

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Cast
Role: Ruth Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Newphew Actor: Cautherly

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17740920

Event Comment: Benefit for Theatrical Fund. Pit and boxes laid together. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Play to begin half past 6 o'clock. Tickets delivered for Thursday the 18th inst. will be taken. Expenses for Fund Night: Renters #4; Supernumeraries & Kettle Drum 19s.; Soldiers 14s.; Printer #2 6s. 6d.; Extra constables &c. #1 10s. 6d.; Candles, Oyl & Lampmen #3 18s., 6d.; Salary to Mr Simonet, Sg Como, Sga Crespi & Mrs Hartle #1 10s.; Carpenters extra #1 7s. Total #16 6s. 4d. Receipts: #309 10s. 6d. Charges: #16 6s. 4d. Profits to Fund #293 4s. 2d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: Slingsby, Sga Hidou [title of dance not specified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: Country Dance, as17760926; End II: The Irish Fair-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman elder.] The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 [see 30 Apr. 1777]. Receipts: #194 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Performance Comment: As17761009, but the original Prologue-King.
Cast
Role: the original Prologue Actor: King.
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: As17761107

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Miss Pope
Event Comment: The Maid of the Oaks [announced on playbill of 14 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Mlle Dupre's sudden illness. Paid 2 Oylbills to Oct. 25 #253 7s. Receipts: #98 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Related Works
Related Work: Tartuffe; or, The French Puritan Author(s): Matthew Medbourne

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: End II: As17761101

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: As17761115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope
Event Comment: The Old Batchelor [and A Christmas Tale, both announced on playbill of 29 Nov. are] obliged to be deferred. [Public Advertiser assigns Lucianus to Parsons.] Receipts: #106 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Old Batchelor; afterpiece of Selima and Azor, both announced on playbill of 3 Dec.] Receipts: #253 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Dance: End: Dance-Sga Crespi, Sga Vidini, Sga Ricci

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MD 3, by Sir George Collier, based on Zemire et Azor, by Jean Francois Marmontel]: The Music [by Thomas Linley Sen., adapted from Gretry], Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations entirely New. The Scenes, &c., designed by DeLoutherbourg. The Words of the Songs, &c. to be had at the Theatre. The Entertainment is splendidly got up--The Music by Thomas Linley Jun. [sic] was very well received (Hopkins Diary). Public Advertiser, 7 Dec. 1776: This Day is published the Songs in Selima and Azor (6d). [Text 1st published by J. Bell, 1784.] Receipts: #218 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17761129, but occasional Prologue-_[and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: As17761120, but New occasional Prologue-_[and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Alterations [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #174 7s. 6d. (132.8.0; 36.2.6; 5.17.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Event Comment: Benefit for the City of London Lying-in Hospital. Mrs Greville-Indiana--$Miss Younge being ill (Hopkins Diary). Public Advertiser, 4 Dec.: Tickets to be had at the Hospital, in Oldstreet Road. Receipts: #253 9s. (70.14; 0.0; 0.0; tickets: 182.15) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: End: Comic Dance-the two Miss Stageldoirs

Song: As17761025

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Foible Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: In: As17761024

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope
Event Comment: Mainpiece: by Shakespeare, in 5 acts. With New Music, Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Public Advertiser, 6 Jan.: The Shipwreck, which opened the Piece, was designed and executed under the Direction of DeLoutherbourg. The new Airs and Chorusses are composed by Linley Jun. The Musical Instrument (played behind the Scenes) is the Invention of Merlin. Morning Chronicle, 6 Jan.: Caliban is by much the best performed character in the piece... The dresses were rich, but to our amazement those of Ferdinand, Sebastian, &c. were in the Spanish taste. [Ibid., 8 Jan., remarks that the entire omission of I. i is to be regretted. Miss Field and Mrs Cuyler are identified by MS annotations on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #231 9s. 6d. (211.19.0; 17.5.6; 2.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Bannister; with songs-Bannister; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Bransby; Sebastian-Farren; Francisco-Norris; Boatswain-Carpenter; Antonio-Hurst; Master of the Ship-Wrighten; Ferdinand-Vernon; Ariel-A Young Lady (A Scholar of Linley; 1st appearance upon any stage [Miss Field]); Miranda-A Young Lady (1st appearance upon any stage [Mrs Cuyler]); Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Legg, Fawcett, Kear, Carpenter, Chaplin, Holcroft, Follett, Mrs Scott, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Miss Jarratt, Miss Boyd, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Master of the Ship Actor: Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: I: a Dance of Spirits (composed by Gallet)-Mlle Dupre; III: [a Fantastic Dance-Grimaldi; [Both these dances, as here assigned, except on 14, 25 Apr. and 0 May, were included in all subsequent performances.] End IV: The Double Festival, as17761107, but Giorgi, +Blurton

Performance Comment: and 0 May, were included in all subsequent performances.] End IV: The Double Festival, as17761107, but Giorgi, +Blurton.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Master of the Ship Actor: Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: In IV: The Double Festival, as17770104

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope