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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Frederick Prince of Wales"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Frederick Prince of Wales")') 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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3553 results for: Keyword - Frederick, Prince of Wales
We found 1255 matches on Performance Comments, 983 matches on Event Comments, 960 matches on Author, 518 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

401
15 September 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson. By Her Majesty's Command. [The Queen, Prince of Wales, Duke, and Princesses Caroline, Mary, and Louisa present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi: Being the Comic Interlude of Cephalus and Procris

402
19 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureat. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer and others. III: Grand Ballet by Mlle Roland, Mlle Anne Roland, and others. IV: Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson. V: Le Badinage de Provence, as17351117

403
22 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By particular Desire. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. III: Grand New Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Badinage de Provence, as17351117

404
31 December 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Receipts: #96 8s. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: By Mlle D'Hervigni, from Paris, the first time of her appearing on the English stage. Serious Ballet by Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. Dance of Sailors, as17351128 A Comic Ballet called Les Puisans by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c

405
05 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: The Rover, as17360103

406
12 January 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #46 11s. 6d. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Dance: Ballet, as17360110 Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. French Peasants, as17360109

407
24 January 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Receipts: #181 10s. [Prince of Wales expected to attend.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

408
29 March 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 30 March: We hear that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honour'd Pasquin last Night with his Presence, when it was acted the twentieth Time to a crowded Audience . . . and many thousands of People turn'd away for want of room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

409
05 July 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Each theatre received #250 from the Prince of Wales as a subsidy. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 439

Performances

410
06 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #161 8s. (Account Book); #200 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call it

Dance: As17401027

411
12 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: Comic Ballet-Muilment, Essex, Mlle Chateauneuf

412
17 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Dance: III: Comic Ballet-Muilment, Essex, Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Grand Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

413
25 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #125 (Account Book); #120 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17401121; Also M Mechel, Mlle Mechel

414
28 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Benefit the Brave and Unfortunate Crew, belonging to Captain Peddie...[and] the Widow of the Boatswain killed in the Engagement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: V: Lowe, During which the whole Crew will appear and return their humble Thanks to the Generous Audience

415
02 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: I: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17401201; III: A new Comic Ballet-Muilment, Essex, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Le Boufon-Fausan, Mlle Fausan

416
13 December 1740 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hymen

417
16 December 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Higness the Prince of Wales. Afterpiece: A Masque of Musick. Receipts: #69 18s. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.). Rylands MS.: Mrs Barbier sung (hiss'd)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Afterpiece Title: Pan and Syrinx

Dance: HHarlequin Dance-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

418
18 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Dance: II: The Lunaticks, as17401213

Ballet: V: The Enchanted Garden. As17401213

419
29 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Duke Frederick Actor: Wright

Dance: I: Grand Ballet of Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; II:Le Chasse de Dian (a new Grand Serious Ballet)- Diane a la Chasse-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

420
02 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #110 12s. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Dance: TTyrolean Dance, as17401230; Peasant Dance-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; Satyrs and Nymphs-Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

421
06 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Dance: I: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Grand Serious Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; In IV: The Lunaticks, as17401213; V: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17410102

422
13 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #171 3s. 6d. (Account Book); #200 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: As17410112

423
16 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Benefit Fausan. [Tickets at Fausan's Lodgings, Corner of Martlet-Court, Bow Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Le Boufon-; III: Les Matelotes-; V: Les Sabotiers-Fausan, Signora Fausan

424
21 January 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Receipts: #142 8s. 6d. (Account Book); #110 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: Aerostation; or, The Templar's Stratagem Author(s): Frederick Pilon

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave

Dance: Desnoyer, Haughton, Signora Barberini

425
03 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: RRylands MS: Old Cibber play'd Brute. [The preceding day's notice started this performance was By Command of his Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, although no such notice appears in the day's Bill. But the following note is included on the day's bill in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser.] By His Majesty's Command, no persons to be admitted behind the scenes, nor any money to be return'd after the curtain is drawn up. [Fleetwood made an earnest attempt this year to clear the stage for action. All notices up to this day contain the prohibition of members of the audience behind scenes as stated on the bill of 15 Oct. Hereafter the prohibition is enforced by His Majesty's Command.] Receipts: #182

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Song: I: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe; IV: Non Ch'amarmi a Song of Farinelli's-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: A Pierrot Dance, as17411114; III: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; V: A Musette, as17411114