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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Charles Grey Esq"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Charles Grey Esq")') 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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4139 results for: Keyword - Charles Grey Esq.
We found 2413 matches on Author, 1287 matches on Performance Comments, 601 matches on Event Comments, 107 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1501
07 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Related Works
Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Village

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1502
12 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination; Or, The Glaziers Conspiracy

Afterpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1503
14 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Related Works
Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Whitfield

1504
17 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: End II: several of the newest and most approved Catches and Glees (selected from the invaluable Collection of the Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Catch-Club)-Reinhold, Vernon, Champness, R.? Smith, Webb, Reynoldson, Simpkinson, Leoni, assisted by several other of the most eminent Performers

1505
19 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1506
19 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Related Works
Related Work: Annette and Lubin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: Romeo and Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: I: As17781026, but Minuet-Dagueville, Miss Armstrong

Song: Solemn Dirge, as17781026, but Fox, Mrs _Willems

1507
24 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1508
26 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Related Works
Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Dr Last in his Chariot

1509
28 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deception

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Dodd, Parsons, Aickin, Baddeley, Waldron, Farren, Nash, Bidwell, Palmer, Miss Farren, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Brereton, Miss Pope. Cast from London Chronicle, 30 Apr.: Flippant-Dodd; Welford-Parsons; Fairgrove-Aickin; Rudely-Baddeley; Robin-Waldron; Charles Fairgrove-Farren; Sir Harry Varnish-Palmer; Louisa Freemore-Miss Farren; Lady Varnish-Mrs Hopkins; Sophia Welford-Mrs Brereton; Kitty-Miss Pope; Nash, Bidwell are unassigned. For Prologue and Epilogue see17790506. Nash, Bidwell are unassigned. For Prologue and Epilogue see17790506.
Cast
Role: Charles Fairgrove Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1510
29 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: The Jubilee Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: As17781006

1511
01 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Related Works
Related Work: The Wives Revenged Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Cast
Role: Charles Evergreen Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1512
04 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1513
07 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Related Works
Related Work: The Padlock Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: As17790503

Entertainment: End: Imitations-Bannister Jun

1514
10 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Monologue: In IV: Masque of Singing and Dancing. Plutus-Reinhold; Wit-Miss Valois

1515
11 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Falshood

Afterpiece Title: The Chelsea-Pensioner

Related Works
Related Work: The Chelsea-Pensioner Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1516
14 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Falshood

Afterpiece Title: The Chelsea-Pensioner

Related Works
Related Work: The Chelsea-Pensioner Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1517
15 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: As17790503

1518
17 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Falshood

Afterpiece Title: The Chelsea-Pensioner

Related Works
Related Work: The Chelsea-Pensioner Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1519
19 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Candidates Author(s): Charles Thomas Carter

1520
21 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: End IV: a Hornpipe-Walker

Entertainment: Monologue End: Bucks have at ye all-R. Palmer

1521
24 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller Author(s): Charles Dibdin

1522
25 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Quaker Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: End: Minuet de la Cour, Gavotte-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Entertainment: Monologue In IV: Description of a Man of War and Sea Fight-Moody

1523
28 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Candidates Author(s): Charles Thomas Carter

1524
17 August 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Palmer; Aimwell-Dimond [Public Advertiser: Aickin]; Sir Charles Freeman-R. Palmer; Foigard-Egan; Sullen-Blissett; Gibbet-Gardner; Boniface-Usher; Scrub-Edwin; Dorinda-Mrs Cuyler; Cherry-Mrs Hitchcock; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Poussin; Gipsey-Miss Wood; Mrs Sullen-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Related Works
Related Work: The Waterman; or, The First of August Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Song: End IV: Ted Blarney-Master Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue End: Bucks have at ye all-Master Edwin

1525
17 September 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Related Works
Related Work: The Padlock Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Dance: As17790818