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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Charles Johnson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Charles Johnson")') 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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5268 results for: Keyword - Charles Johnson
We found 2476 matches on Author, 2462 matches on Performance Comments, 662 matches on Event Comments, 92 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

201
11 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Related Works
Related Work: Medea Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

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

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance-, as17760302 but Sga _Pacini

202
29 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Related Works
Related Work: Medea Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Song: Azure God-Mrs Wrighten

203
29 April 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Song: I: the original Sheep@shearing Song-the Characters

Dance: In I: Country Dance-the Characters; End: Hornpipe-a Gentleman

204
25 March 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Related Works
Related Work: Medea Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Song: Azure God-Mrs Wrighten

205
19 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief

Related Works
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, the husband's cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife's Relief Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Dance: End of Catches and Glees, as17811101

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Auld Robin Grey, as17820409; End of mainpiece several much admired Catches and Glees by the most Eminent Performers

206
24 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief

Related Works
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, the husband's cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife's Relief Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Comus

207
09 April 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Ld. Trinket-Simpson; Major Oakly-Follett Sen.; Sir Harry Beagle-Follett Jun.; Charles-Cooper; Russet-Connor; Captain O'Cutter-Grace; Tom-Curtis; John-Smith; Paris-Gaudry; Mr Oakly-L'Estrange; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Hunter; Harriet-Mrs Marsh; Toilet-Mrs Waldron; Lady Freelove-Mrs Greville.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Cooper

Afterpiece Title: The Ephesian Matron

Related Works
Related Work: The Ephesian Matron Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Ephesian Matron Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I 3rd piece: Hornpipe-Alison

208
02 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

209
06 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Bride's Revenge Author(s): Charles Gildon
Related Work: The Wives Revenged Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

210
12 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Appearances

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

211
01 June 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

212
28 July 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

213
05 August 1790 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: As17900722

214
15 July 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham

215
26 March 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Related Works
Related Work: Medea Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Mermaid

216
15 December 1792 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

217
09 October 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

Dance: As17951005

218
16 October 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

219
03 June 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Travellers In Switzerland

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

Dance: In: The Savoyard-Jackson, Mlle St.Amand; End II afterpiece: The Lamplighter [composed by Aldridge]-Jackson, Mrs Ratchford

220
25 October 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

221
25 April 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

222
18 September 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

223
18 September 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

Related Works
Related Work: The Farm House Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor Author(s): Charles Johnson

Dance: In III: Hornpipe in Fetters-Platt

Entertainment: Monologue As17990916

224
10 January 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never Acted before, By the Author of...Hurlothrumbo [Samuel Johnson]. The Musick and Epilogue compos'd by Lord Flame [Johnson]. John Byrom, 1 Feb.: They [two Londoners] said the first night Johnson was for fighting with somebody in the pit.-Byrom, Private Journals and Literary Remains, XI, 88

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All Alive And Merry; Or, Men In Pursuit Of Money

Performance Comment: All@Alive@and@Merry-Lord Flame [Samuel Johnson of Chesire]; others-W. Giffard, Hewitt, Norris, Lyon, Rosco, Penkethman, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Charke, Mrs Chambers, Miss Tollett, Miss Burgess, Mrs M. Giffard; And a new Prologue-Giffard; [With a New Hierogliphical Dancing Epilogue-.
Related Works
Related Work: All Alive and Merry; or, Men in Pursuit of Money Author(s): Samuel Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Pantomime

225
29 March 1729 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author, Mr Johnson of Chesire. Never Acted before. [See Remains of John Byrom, Vol. I, Part II, pp. 349-50.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hurlothrumbo; Or, News From Terra Australis Incognita: With The Whimsical Flights Of My Lord Flame

Performance Comment: Flame-the Author; other parts-Smith, Giffard, Raymond, Gillow, Hulet, Williams, Reynolds, Hill, Mrs Purden, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Ward, Mrs Mountfort; but second edition of 1729 lists: Soarethereal-Gillow; Hurlothrumbo-Hulett; Dologodelmo-Smith; Darony-Taswell; Urlandenny-Williams; Theorbeo-Machen; Lomperhomock-Pearce; Darno-Holt; Primo-Reynolds; Puny-Hicks; Temo-Ware; Colonel Countermine-Dove; Genius-Webster; Spirit-Russel; Death-Wathen; Lord Flame-Johnson; Cademore-Mrs Purden; Sermentory-Mrs Thomas; Seringo-Mrs Montford; Lusingo-Miss Mann; Cuzzonida-Mrs Hill; Prologue by Amos Meredith-; Epilogue by Mr Byrom-.
Cast
Role: Lord Flame Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: Hurlothrumbo; or, News from Terra Australis Incognita: With the Whimsical Flights of My Lord Flame Author(s): Samuel Johnson