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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.

1951
21 October 1755 @ 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 Lover His Own Rival

1952
23 October 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

1953
25 October 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

1954
27 October 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

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

1955
12 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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

Dance: As17551101

1956
21 November 1755 @ 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 Devil to Pay

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

Dance: As17551114

1957
22 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

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

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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

Dance: As17551114

1958
24 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

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

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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

Dance: As17551114

1959
03 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17551126; Les Paisans Gallants-Granier, Miss Hilliard

1960
04 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

1961
05 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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 Genii

Dance: II: New Pantomime Dance-children

1962
08 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: II: New Pantomime Dance-Children, as17551203

1963
09 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

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: The Double Disappointment

Dance: Granier, Miss Hilliard

1964
16 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

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

Dance: LLes Peasants Gallant, as17551203; also By Desire Fingalian Dance, as17551126

1965
20 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: As17551101

1966
03 January 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Dance: As17560102

1967
26 January 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queans Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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

Dance: Granier, Miss Hilliard

1968
25 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

1969
26 February 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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

Dance: As17551114

1970
02 March 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

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

Dance: New Ballet call'd% Les Statues Animees-Guerin, Mlle Capdeville

1971
08 April 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Frenchified Lady Never in Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Frenchified Lady Never in Paris Author(s): Colley Cibber
Related Work: Marriage a la Mode; or, The Comical Lovers Author(s): Colley Cibber

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17551126; Les Statues Animees, as17560302

1972
22 April 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Earl of Essex Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Lethe, with Mr Garrick's new Scene

Dance: II: A New Dance-several Children, Scholars to Mr Leviez; III: A New Sailor's Dance, as17560217; IV: (By Particular Desire) Minuet-Leviez, Miss Macklin; V: The Garlands, as17560213

1973
30 April 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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: Lethe, with Mr Garrick's new Scene

Dance: IV: Hornpipe-Mathews

1974
01 May 1756 @ Covent Garden

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: Harlequin Statue

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Miles; Clown-Bennet; IV: Fingalian Dance, as17551126

1975
05 May 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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: Lethe

Dance: IV: The Louvre and Minuet-Mas and Miss Simson

Song: I: Hooly and Fairly (by Desire)-Beard