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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the Prince of Wales"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "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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2790 results for: Keyword - the Prince of Wales
We found 913 matches on Event Comments, 716 matches on Performance Comments, 558 matches on Roles/Actors, 514 matches on Performance Title, and 402 matches on Author.

2551
15 March 1721 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Douglas, commonly call'd Prince. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: First Violin-Dubourg; Concert-Kytch; Solo-J. Festing

2552
27 April 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Weaver. At the Desire of the Two Princes, Brothers to the King of Delago

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance:

2553
02 May 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Thurmond, the Dancing-Master. At the Desire of the Two Princes, Brothers to the King of Delago in Africa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance:

2554
03 May 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mottley. For the Entertainment of the Two Princes, Brothers to the King of Delago in Africa. Receipts: money #41 14s. 6s.; tickets #25 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

2555
15 May 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [The Prince expected.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Caelia-Mrs Oldfield, at the particular Request of several Ladies of Quality; Demetrius-Wilks; Leontius-Mills; Lieutenant-Penkethman.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield, at the particular Request of several Ladies of Quality

Dance:

2556
24 May 1721 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 19 Nov. 1720. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

2557
26 May 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Heron and Mrs Seale. At the Desire of the Two Princes, Brothers to the King of Delago in Africa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance:

2558
25 October 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten years [but see 22 Dec. 1713]. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Ben Johnson. [Prince and Princess present. The Epilogue is in Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 16 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: Face-Mills; Subtle-Cibber; Dapper-Norris; Drugger-Penkethman; Sir Epicure-Harper; Tribulation-Griffin; Ananias-Johnson; Kastril-Miller; Dol Common-Mrs Wetherilt; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Dol Common Actor: Mrs Wetherilt

2559
14 December 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow in Distress. By His Royal Highness's Command. Receipts: money #45 17s. 6d.; tickets #96 13s. The Prince present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: As17211127, but Provost-_; Clown-_; Constable-_; With a new Prologue-; Epilogue-to the Town.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: to the Town.

Dance: Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Hutton, Mrs Bullock

2560
16 February 1722 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit William Douglas, commonly call'd Prince. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-Castrucci, Kytch

2561
25 April 1722 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 9 Dec. 1721, King and Prince present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Floridante

2562
09 May 1722 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 9 Dec. 1721. The King, Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Griselda

2563
18 May 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Coe. For the Entertainment of Kausan Abon Assaf and Nassar Junes, two Princes just arriv'd from Mount Labano in Syria. Receipts: money #10 7s. 6d.; tickets #57 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Jones, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Bullock, Miss Hutton; Hornpipe-Jones; Lads and Lasses-; Shepherd and Shepherdess-; Burgomaster and his Frow-

2564
22 January 1723 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 7 Nov. 1722. The King, Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

2565
06 March 1723 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit William Douglas, commonly call'd Prince. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Violin-Michael Christian Festin; Lute-Francisco Weybough; Hautboy-Kytch [but see hay]

2566
22 April 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Legare. By His Royal Highness's Command. Mainpiece: Written by Abraham Cowley. Receipts: money #118 9s.; tickets #4 5s. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cutter Of Coleman Street

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

2567
20 November 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. The Prince and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Dance: The Hussars-Shaw, Mrs Booth; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Younger, Miss Tenoe; Highland Lilt-Mrs Bullock

2568
13 December 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses's command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

2569
11 January 1724 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: King, Prince, and Princess present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pharnaces

2570
17 January 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. By Their Royal Highnesses's command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captives

Related Works
Related Work: The Happy Captive Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Captive of Spilburg Author(s): Prince Hoare
Related Work: The Temple of Dulness; with the Humours of Sg Capochio and Sga Dorinna Author(s): Lewis Theobald

2571
20 February 1724 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Text by Haym. Music by Handel.] Admission as 14 Jan. Daily Journal, 21 Feb.: Last Night his Majesty, the Prince and Princess, with great Numbers of the Nobility, went to see the new Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

2572
26 February 1724 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit William Douglass, commonly called Prince. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Concerto, Solo on Hautboy-Kytch; Solo on Violin-Michael Festing; Sonata-Mr China

2573
05 March 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. No Persons to be admitted into the Boxes, or behind the Scenes, but by printed tickets at 5s. Two Benches of the Pit to be rail'd in, at the Price of the Boxes. [The King and the Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

2574
17 April 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Beenfit Shaw. By Their Royal Highnesses's Command. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: As17240201

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

2575
06 November 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #61 15s. 6d. The Prince present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: As17251102