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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Gentleman"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Gentleman")') 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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3410 results for: Keyword - Gentleman
We found 2257 matches on Roles/Actors, 977 matches on Performance Comments, 861 matches on Event Comments, 390 matches on Author, and 196 matches on Performance Title.

2926
18 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit John Dennis. Daily Advertiser, 19 Dec: There was an exceeding crowded Audience of Persons of Distinction ... at Mr Dennis's Benefit, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was pleased to send twenty Guineas as a present to that Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Festival

2927
28 February 1734 @ Westminster School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adelphi

2928
27 March 1734 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Friendly Impert1nent

2929
10 April 1734 @ Soho Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andrea

2930
13 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: III: The Cuckoo Concerto by Eversman

Dance: II: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Hornpipe by a Dwarf three Foot high, lately arrived from Germany. V: Hornpipe by a Gentleman who never performed on the Stage before

Performance Comment: IV: Hornpipe by a Dwarf three Foot high, lately arrived from Germany. V: Hornpipe by a Gentleman who never performed on the Stage before .

2931
16 May 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Aston, Thomson, and a Gentleman under Misfortunes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Dance: Tambourine, as17340504. Saraband by Miss Baston. Swedish Dal Karl by Delagarde and Mrs Ogden. Les Amans Consentants, as17340508

2932
08 July 1734 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Disappointment

2933
21 August 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Dance: I: Prince of Wales's Saraband and Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett. III: Les Bergers Heureux by Davenport and Miss Brett. V: The Black Joke by Davenport and Miss Brett

Song: In II: Lempio Rigor del Fato by Miss Jones. IV: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Miss Jones. End Afterpiece: A Dialogue by Master Arne and Miss Jones

2934
28 August 1734 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: By Mr Delawn

Song: II: Wasever Nymphlike Rosamondby Miss Hill. V: A Song by a Gentleman

Performance Comment: V: A Song by a Gentleman .

2935
21 September 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Dance: As17340919

2936
25 November 1734 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor; Or, The Conquest Of Mexico By The Spaniards

2937
02 January 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Highnesses the Princess Amelia and Princess Caroline. [Daily Advertiser lists Granier instead of the Gentleman in The Frolick.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Balourd

Afterpiece Title: La Serenade

Dance: The Frolick, as17341226. L'Allemande by Miss Chateauneuf

2938
03 February 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit a Gentleman and his Family under Misfortunes. Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Dance: By Essex, Mrs Walter, &c., particularly English Maggot and Polonese

2939
03 March 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman under Misfortunes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

2940
24 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman under Misfortunes. [In London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 24 March, Ryan thanks the public for assistance at his benefit and adds that Sir William Saunderson engaged for Ryan "near a fourth Part of his Audience."]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Music: Solo on Violin by a Youth of 13 Years, who never performed in public before, a scholar of Signor Catanio

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17350311 By Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle

2941
07 April 1735 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Entertainment:

2942
23 April 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Houghton and a Gentleman under Misfortunes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

2943
24 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Haughton and the Widow of Joseph Giffard, Apothecary. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Any Gentleman, or Lady, who design to serve the Widow of Mr Joseph Giffard, Apothecary, who is left with Five Children are desired to take their Tickets at Pidgeon's Coffee-House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: La Follette c'est Ravize by Tench and Mrs Woodward. V: Scotch Dance by Mrs Bullock

Song: II: A Song with French Horns by Miss Jones. IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

2944
21 May 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Benefit a Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Le Misantrope

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Esprit Folet

Dance:

2945
28 May 1735 @ Tottenham Court

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Perkins, who has unfortunately lost his Sight. At Lee's Great Theatrical Booth. Written by the late Mr Addison. The doors open at three; the play begins at five. [Perkins is the author of The Blind Man's Complaint in Gentleman's Magazine, September 1734.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Song: The Apprentices, Wardens, and Masters Songs, to be sung by a worthy Brother

2946
29 May 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

2947
02 June 1735 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Bond. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality who have universally applauded the same. N.B. Many of the greatest Persons being engaged at the Opera last Saturday desir'd therefore this Delay, in order to crown this Gentleman's Benefit, with their Presence, that after so great an Expence, Reward may not be wanting to the Merit of the Piece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

2948
29 July 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

2949
24 September 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Art of Management; or, Tragedy Expell'd

Entertainment:

2950
06 October 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: