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: The Jew

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope
Event Comment: Benefit for Shade, Cameron, Wood, Wilson, Dangerfield, Irish, Nix, Edwards, Wooldridge, Panchaud, Cole, Gray, Hough [box-keepers]. The Last Time of the Company's Performing this Season. Receipts: #85 0s. 6d. (42.0.6; 40.6.6; 2.13.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #204 14s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Miss Alscrip Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17960920

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17970605

Event Comment: "The only fault we observed was [Miss Biggs's] mode of turning away at the close of every speech, and retiring towards the back of the stage, as if the character was of no consequence when the speech was ended" (True Briton, 18 Oct.). MS annotation on Kemble playbill: Rehearsals--Cheap Living at 10; Sir Benjamin Backbite's scenes at 11; Irish Widow at 12; Adela'rs scenes, Haunted Tower at 1. Receipts: #247 16s. 6d. (162.0.0; 82.12.6; 3.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Snake Actor: Wathen
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Sir Patrick O'Neale-Caulfield; Whittle-Dowton; Nephew-Holland; Bates-Maddocks; Kecksey-Suett; Thomas-Hollingsworth; Widow Brady-Miss Biggs (from the Theatre Royal Bath; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).

Song: As17970919

Entertainment: Entertainment.As17971016

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Richard II Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Cast
Role: Mrs Scatter Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Entertainment: As17971019

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Cast
Role: Mrs Scatter Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clermont-C. Kemble; Captain Cape-King; Mr Harlow-Holland; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Goodall; Miss Harlow-Mrs Sparks (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh; 1st appearance on this stage); Trifle-Mrs Roffey.
Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Samuel Birch, based on James Powell's unacted play, The Narcotic, 1787; incidental music by Thomas Attwood (see 28 Nov.). Larpent MS 1182; not published; synopsis of plot in Morning Chronicle, 30 Oct.]. Receipts: #309 19s. 6d. (222.7.6; 86.1.0; 1.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Cast
Role: Mrs Scatter Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Fast Asleep

Performance Comment: Characters-Hollingsworth, Bannister Jun., Suett, Wewitzer, Caulfield, Maddocks, Webb, Trueman, Wentworth, Evans, Fisher, Miss Mellon, Miss Heard, Mrs Bland. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Don Gaspal, Perdrillo, Planetto, Casino, Gulermo, Trimbal, Workman, Muscadel, Guards, Nisa, Floretta, Lima.]Larpent MS lists the parts: Don Gaspal, Perdrillo, Planetto, Casino, Gulermo, Trimbal, Workman, Muscadel, Guards, Nisa, Floretta, Lima.]
Event Comment: Afterpiece: 7th Time [i.e. in continuation of the reckoning for the previous season, and for 19 Oct.]. Receipts: #296 13s. (243.8.6; 51.8.0; 1.16.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope

Song: In III: Epithalamium-; Vocal Parts-Mrs Bland, Miss Leak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Cast
Role: Mrs Scatter Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Cast
Role: Mrs Scatter Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cheap Living

Cast
Role: Mrs Scatter Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope
Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Jordan as Lydia Languish, but "The Publick are respectfully informed that Mrs Jordan's sudden indisposition prevents her appearing this evening. The part of Lydia Languish will be performed by Miss Mellon" (printed slip attached to BM playbill, Harris, Vol.VI).] Receipts: #193 2s. (127.19; 61.1; 4.2)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Mrs Malaprop Actor: Miss Pope
Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Modes Author(s): James Moore Smythe

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Holland, Trueman
Role: The Lady Actor: Miss Heard
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: [Sparks was from the Edinburgh theatre.] Receipts: #88 14s. (47.11.0; 36.14.6; 4.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Cast
Role: Martin Actor: Wathen

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Tradelove Actor: Wathen
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Guillot Actor: Wathen
Role: Matthew Actor: Maddocks

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to the Nore

Cast
Role: Sir Matthew Medley Actor: Maddocks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Cast
Role: Father Philip Actor: Palmer
Role: Edric Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Tradelove Actor: Wathen
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Event Comment: On account of the Indisposition of a principal performer, the new Comedy of Knave or Not [avertised on playbill of 17 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred till Tuesday next. Receipts: #325 0s. 6d. (208.5.6; 111.13.0; 5.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Flippanta Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Knave Or Not

Cast
Role: Lady Ferment Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Knave Or Not

Cast
Role: Lady Ferment Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Knave Or Not

Cast
Role: Lady Ferment Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Knave Or Not

Cast
Role: Lady Ferment Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Cast
Role: Father Philip Actor: Palmer
Role: Edric Actor: Wathen
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Knave Or Not

Cast
Role: Lady Ferment Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Audrey Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Song: As17971007