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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Colley Cibber Esq"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Colley Cibber 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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4794 results for: Keyword - Colley Cibber Esq
We found 2731 matches on Author, 2014 matches on Performance Comments, 684 matches on Event Comments, 11 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1651
27 February 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Related Works
Related Work: The School-Boy: or The Comical Rivals Author(s): Colley Cibber

Dance: Between the Acts: the two Masters Granier, Miss Granier; Hornpipe-Williams

Song: Several favourite songs-Miss Medina

1652
01 March 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Careless Husband Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Song: II: Lowe; III: Duet My Faith and Truth, as17460104 IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: V: Muilment

1653
03 March 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

1654
04 March 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Related Works
Related Work: The School-Boy: or The Comical Rivals Author(s): Colley Cibber

Dance: By Desire,a Hornpipe, Wooden Shoe Dance-Banberry

1655
11 March 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Marriage a la Mode; or, The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: Celadon and Florimel; or, The Happy Counterplot Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary

1656
15 March 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Marriage a la Mode; or, The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: Celadon and Florimel; or, The Happy Counterplot Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Three Hours after Marriage

Song: III: Lowe

1657
01 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Marriage a la Mode; or, The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: Celadon and Florimel; or, The Happy Counterplot Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary

1658
08 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Related Works
Related Work: Love Makes A Man: or, The Fop's Fortune Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: I: The Peasants, as17460405 III: Drunken Tyrolese, as17460405 V: Minuet(by Desire)-Destrade, Miss Vandersluys

Song: II: The Flocks shall leave the Mountains, as17460125 IV: a Bacchanalian Song-Reinhold

1659
09 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Careless Husband Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: I: The Italian Peasants, as17460306 II: Drunken Tyrolese-Sodi; III: Grand Dance in Momus-Villeneuve, Sga Campioni; V: a Grand Ballet reviv'd, call'd Pigmalion-Cooke, Sga Campioni

Song: IV: Song of Diana, as17460313

1660
24 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Marriage a la Mode; or, The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: Celadon and Florimel; or, The Happy Counterplot Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17460206; IV: Swiss Dance, as17460416 V: Minuet, Louvre-Desse, Miss Hilliard

1661
24 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Related Works
Related Work: Love's Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

1662
29 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Related Works
Related Work: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: CCome let us Trip by Handel-Miss Faulkner

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi

1663
30 April 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Related Works
Related Work: The Lady's Last Stake, or, The Wife's Resentment Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; being last time of his performing. Also dancing-Cooke, Sga Campioni=

1664
14 May 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Gallant: or, The Sick Lady's Cure Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies; or, Tom Thumb

1665
16 June 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): Colley Cibber

Dance: Cooke

1666
25 September 1746 @ New Wells, London Spa, Clerkenwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida

Related Works
Related Work: Damon and Phillida Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turn'd Cook

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Alcmena

1667
01 October 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

1668
03 October 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Related Works
Related Work: The School-Boy: or The Comical Rivals Author(s): Colley Cibber

1669
10 October 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Related Works
Related Work: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

1670
14 October 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Related Works
Related Work: Damon and Phillida Author(s): Colley Cibber

1671
20 October 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

1672
31 October 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Related Works
Related Work: Damon and Phillida Author(s): Colley Cibber

Song: III: Lowe

1673
31 October 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

1674
28 November 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Related Works
Related Work: Love Makes A Man: or, The Fop's Fortune Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: As17461124

1675
02 December 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Careless Husband Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Related Works
Related Work: The School-Boy: or The Comical Rivals Author(s): Colley Cibber

Song: As17461124

Dance: As17461124