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: Joanna

Cast
Role: Albert Actor: Claremont in place of Pope.
Role: Joanna Actor: Mrs Pope

Song: As18000118

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #592 5s. (525.9.6; 64.1.6; 2.14.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

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

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Performance Comment: As18000121, but Prologue-_ [and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Albert Actor: Claremont in place of Pope.
Role: Joanna Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Performance Comment: As18000110, but The Other Pantomime Characters-Miss _Coombs, Miss Dibdin.

Song: As18000118

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Albert Actor: Claremont in place of Pope.
Role: Joanna Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Song: Chorusses, as18000118, but added: Mrs Bologna

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Incledon, but "Family distresses (The loss of an amiable wife) preventing Incledon from appearing in public, the part of Darbony was assigned to Hill" (Dramatic Censor, I, 181).] Receipts: #215 11s. 6d. (212.0.6; 3.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Albert Actor: Claremont in place of Pope.
Role: Joanna Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Song: As18000124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Albert Actor: Claremont in place of Pope.
Role: Joanna Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

Song: As18000124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Farmer, advertised on playbill of 6 Feb.] Receipts: #156 (151.5.6; 4.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Cast
Role: Albert Actor: Claremont in place of Pope.
Role: Joanna Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Waddy

Song: As18000124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Cast
Role: Ralph Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Esther Dorville Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Susannah Lizard Actor: Miss Pope.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Secret Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

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: Of Age To-morrow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Audrey Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991001

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #499 19s. 6d. (419.19.0; 76.1.0; 3.19.6)

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: Blue-Beard

Performance Comment: As17991014, but Selim-Kelly; Beda-Miss Leak; added: Mlle Parisot (By permission of the Proprietor of the Opera House, who will perform for this night only in the Ballet in the First Act); Female Slaves-Miss _Daniels.
Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Event Comment: [Following the 2nd piece the playbill lists The Scotch Ghost, but "The Public is most respectfully informed that in consequence of the very sudden and violent indisposition of Signora Bossi DelCaro it is not in her power to have the honour of appearing before them this Evening, and there being no other person who can supply her place, The Scotch Ghost...is unavoidably obliged to be omitted" (printed slip attached to Kemble playbill).] Receipts: #188 7s. (127.14; 59.18; 0.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Blue-beard

Cast
Role: Mrs Racket Actor: Miss Pope
Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Cast
Role: Theodore Actor: Simmons
Role: Father Ansellum Actor: Whitmore
Role: mother of Agnes Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Step Actor:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Jeremy Actor: Wathen
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #512 5s. 6d. (442.0.6; 67.16.0; 2.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Jeremy Actor: Wathen
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Clarke as Thoroughgood, but "Hull performed Thoroughgood instead of Clarke, who was suddenly taken ill" (London Chronicle, 15 Apr.). In afterpiece the playbill assigns Camazin to Clarke; his substitute is not named.] Receipts: #365 12s. (280.13; 82.12; 2.7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pope.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Audrey Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: V: song-Miss Leak

Event Comment: The New Comedy of Indiscretion [advertised on playbill of 7 May] is obliged to be deferred till Saturday next, on account of the indisposition of a principal performer. Receipts: #104 12s. (59.19; 44.6; 0.7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

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

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Cast
Role: Sir Matthew Medley Actor: Maddocks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Indiscretion

Performance Comment: As18000510, but Mrs_ Coates; Prologue as18000510. Epilogue-_ [and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Wathen
Role: Victoria Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Performance Comment: As18000101, but Gustavus-Chippendale; Kera Khan-Barrymore; Ithorak-Dignum; Camazin-Clarke; Princess Lodoiska-Mrs Crouch; The Horde-_Fisher.
Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [On this night an unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate the King. As he entered his box he was shot at by James Hadfield, who was in the pit. The royal family remained in the theatre throughout the performance, during which God save the King was sung on four different occasions. Hadfield was subsequently adjudged insane. See Gentleman's Magazine, May 1800, pp. 478-80.] Receipts: #438 13s. 6d. (345.15.6; 87.9.0; 5.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Cast
Role: Soto Actor: Wathen
Role: Viletta Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Cast
Role: Emma Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: Count Almaviva-Lewis; Figaro-Farley; Antonio-Munden; Bazil-Rees; The Page (with a song)-Mrs Mills (1st appearance in that character); The Countess-Miss Chapman; Susan-Mrs Glover.
Cast
Role: The Page Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: The Countess Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: St

Song: End I 1st piece: song-Master Gray; End I 2nd piece: Time has not thin'd my flowing Hair-Incledon, Townsend; End 2nd piece: This Life is like a Country Dance-Fawcett; The Advantage of Toping-Townsend; Fat Dolly the Cook-Munden; The Anchor Smiths-Townsend

Entertainment: Imitations End I 1st piece: a Few Select Imitations-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Indiscretion

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Wathen
Role: Victoria Actor: Miss Pope