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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Arthur and Emmeline" | "Dido and Aeneas" | "Aeneas and Dido" | "Dido And Aeneas" | "Amphitryon" | "The Two Sosias" | "Amphitryon" | "Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias" | "The Fairy Queen")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION

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183 results for: Author - Henry Purcell
Results not only include performances of plays known to be by 'Henry Purcell', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

51
14 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340112

52
15 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340112

53
19 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340112

54
22 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340112

55
24 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340112

56
25 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340112

57
29 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: Les ombres des Amants Fideles by Essex, Miss Robinson, Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

58
31 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

59
01 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

60
07 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

61
08 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

62
11 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

63
16 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

64
18 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

65
19 February 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: As17340129

66
December 1689 @ Priest's Boarding School in Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dido And Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

67
25 April 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Whimsical Death of Harlequin

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

68
30 April 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

69
15 May 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Whimsical Death of Harlequin

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Related Works
Related Work: Dido and Aeneas Author(s): Henry Purcell

Dance: Harlequin Mezzetin and Colombine-

70
22 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Related Works
Related Work: The Honest Yorkshireman Author(s): Henry Carey

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Henry Purcell

71
02 May 1692 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fairy Queen

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Queen Author(s): Henry Purcell

72
26 October 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Henry Purcell

Dance: End of mainpiece The Market, as17851024

73
07 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Henry Purcell

74
09 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Henry Purcell

Song: In II: song in character-Mrs Crouch [who sang it in all subsequent performances]

75
28 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): Henry Purcell