Toggle Sphinx Query
SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "George Shirley"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "George Shirley")') 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

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?
+
+

Keyword

?
New Search
5553 results for: Keyword - George? Shirley
We found 4520 matches on Author, 655 matches on Performance Comments, 600 matches on Event Comments, 176 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5451
17 September 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Song: End of Act I of afterpiece Four-and-Twenty Fiddlers all on a Row by a Gentleman [unidentified]; End of afterpiece a Mad Song in character by Lyons. imitations. End of mainpiece George Saville Carey has voluntarily offered to go through the following Imitations: The Examination of a Stage Candidate (in the manner of the immortal Garrick), Juno in her Cups, Etiquette, No Flower that blows, Widow Lovett, The Roundelay (in the manner of a late much-lamented Syren [probably Mrs Cargill, who, on her return from India, was drowned on 26 Feb. 1784], The Serenade in The Jubilee (after the manner of Vernon, Bannister and Kear.) To conclude with his celebrated Dialogue, in the manner of Foote and Weston. After the Imitations the Prologue to Barbarossa by Kippling, in the character of a Country Boy, in which he will introduce a Yorkshire Jig in Wooden Shoes

Performance Comment: imitations. End of mainpiece George Saville Carey has voluntarily offered to go through the following Imitations: The Examination of a Stage Candidate (in the manner of the immortal Garrick), Juno in her Cups, Etiquette, No Flower that blows, Widow Lovett, The Roundelay (in the manner of a late much-lamented Syren [probably Mrs Cargill, who, on her return from India, was drowned on 26 Feb. 1784], The Serenade in The Jubilee (after the manner of Vernon, Bannister and Kear.) To conclude with his celebrated Dialogue, in the manner of Foote and Weston. After the Imitations the Prologue to Barbarossa by Kippling, in the character of a Country Boy, in which he will introduce a Yorkshire Jig in Wooden Shoes .probably Mrs Cargill, who, on her return from India, was drowned on 26 Feb. 1784], The Serenade in The Jubilee (after the manner of Vernon, Bannister and Kear.) To conclude with his celebrated Dialogue, in the manner of Foote and Weston. After the Imitations the Prologue to Barbarossa by Kippling, in the character of a Country Boy, in which he will introduce a Yorkshire Jig in Wooden Shoes .

5452
26 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #129 10s. (99/2; 30/4; 0/4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Sportsmen's Return, as17840916

Song: In Act V of mainpiece a song by Miss Field. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

5453
27 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; D 5]: Altered from Massinger [by John Philip Kemble. Prologue by the Hon. Henry Phipps (London Chronicle, 28 Jan.). Epilogue by George Colman, the elder (ibid). MS: Larpent 687; not published]. "This piece is considerably altered from the original; passages are expunged, and others added, in every scene; and several incidents transposed from the order in which they formerly stood. Some scenes are also introduced from the Maid's Tragedy of Beaumont and Fletcher" (London Magazine, Feb. 1785, p. 137). Receipts: #269 9s. (240/10/0; 27/6/6; 1/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Maid Of Honour

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

5454
10 February 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Refugee; Or, The Rival Jews

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Jackson, Cartwright, Holland, Osborne, Frederic, Mitchell, Edwards, Porter, Henley, Connell (with a new Irish sons in character); A Young Lady (1st appearance [unidentified]), Mrs Bolton, Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Ponsonby, Mrs Henley, A Lady (2nd appearance [unidentified]). [Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Gregory Granby, Sir ThomasLoveby, George Granby, Frank Bentley, Solomons, Levi, Waddle, Scandal, Dennis, Robert, Waiter; Eliza Wentworth, Mrs Dornbush, Miss Harcourt, Charlotte Harcourt, Lady Loveby, Susan, Miss Nancy, Miss Kitty, Maid.] hathi.

Afterpiece Title: A Musical Interlude

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Song: End of Act I of 3rd piece How sweet's the love that meets return by Mrs Henley

5455
11 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Music That Was Selected For The Commemoration Of Handel, In Westminster Abbey And The Pantheon, The 26th And 27th Of May, 1784

Performance Comment: [In subsequent seasons this was performed under the title of Redemption]. Principal Vocal Parts by Norris, Reinhold; Miss George, Miss Phillips. 1st Violin-Richards .

5456
19 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: "What a 'monstrous marring' ... is made amongst the wierd sisters! Mrs Wrighten laughing and talking the whole time, [and Miss] George who cannot help joining in a laugh . . . Mrs Siddons's sleeping scene [is] we think the greatest act that has in our memory adorned the stage" (Public Advertiser, 24 Feb.). Receipts: #279 6s. 6d. (250/0/0; 28/9/0; 0/10/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

5457
12 March 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: As17841213. imitations. End of mainpiece the celebrated Musical Child (from the Pantheon) will perform a Musical Oglio, consisting of various Theatrical and Vocal Imitations [of Miss George, Mrs Bannister, Sga Sestini, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Wells, Edwin (Morning Chronicle, 16 Mar., which also states, without further indentification, that the performer was a young girl)] .

5458
06 July 1785 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Event Comment: Benefit for Newbold and Miss Bird. [2nd piece: Prologue by George Colman, the elder.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Afterpiece Title: The Death and Revival of Harlequin

Dance: End of 1st piece, by Wright

Song: End of Act I of 2nd piece The Twaddle by Newbold

Monologue: 1785 07 06 After the Dancing an Address to the Audience by Miss Bird

5459
07 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Turk, and No Turk [announced on playbill of 6 July] is unavoidably postpon'd on Account of Miss George's Illness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: As17850706

5460
06 October 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #282 3s. 6d. (253/3/0; 26/6/6; 1/11/6; tickets not come in: 1/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, Colonel Tivy-Barrymore; Davy-Parsons; Jessamy-Burton; Lord Minikin-Dodd; Lady Minikin-Miss Pope; Gymp-Miss Tidswell; Miss Tittup-Miss Farren

5461
14 March 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brunton. Mainpiece [1st time in London; T 5, by Frederick Reynolds, 1st acted at Bath, 3 Dec. 1785. In 1795 reduced to 3 acts. Prologue and Epilogue by William Meyler (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1786, p. 215]. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Morning Chronicle, 17 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Miss Brunton, No. 5, George-street, York-buildings. Receipts: #350 17s. 6d. (210/11/0; 3/1/6; tickets: 137/5/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Werter

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Song: In Act III of mainpiece an Epithalamium. The Music composed by Rauzzini. Vocal Parts by Cubitt, Darley [Public Advertiser: Johnstone, Brett], Mrs Martyr, Mrs Bannister

5462
22 March 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts and Violin as17860310elections as17860310but added: Pious orgies [by Miss George (Public Advertiser, 31 Mar.)]; March (Judas Maccabaeus) .

Music: End of Part II concerto, as17860308athi

5463
24 March 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts as17860308The trumpet shall sound was sung by Bellamy; I know that my redeemer liveth by Miss George (Morning Chronicle, 25 Mar.).] hathi.

Music: End of Part I concerto on the violin by Shaw

5464
29 March 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts and Violin as17860310elections as17860322but Where is this stupendous stranger? [i. e. Verdi prati] by Master Pring; He masbrought as a lamb [i. e. Nel riposo] by Bellamy; Holy Lord God Almighty [i. e. Dove sei] by Miss George; added: When the earth was without form by Arrowsmith; Master Pring as soloist in In sweetest harmony .

Music: End of Part I concerto on the violoncello by Mason

5465
09 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Mathews was from the Royal Circus. Prologue by George Colman the elder (Colman, Prose, ui, 269).] Places for the Boxes to be taken of Rice, at the Theatre. Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. Hunt the Slipper is unavoidably postponed. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, by Giorgi's Scholars

5466
24 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; c 5, by James Johnstone, based on Minna von Barnhelm, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Prologue by George Colman, the elder (see text). Epilogue by the author (Morning Chronicle, 25 July).] Morning Herald, 10 Aug. 1786: This Day is published The Disbanded Officer 1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Disbanded Officer; Or, The Baroness Of Bruchsal

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

5467
01 November 1786 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: The Lord Chamberlain sent an order, between four and five in the evening, to the two theatres to cease representing any plays, till after the funeral of the late Princess Amelia [daughter of George II; she died on 31 Oct.] (Morning Chronicle, 2 Nov.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

5468
27 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, By John O'Keeffe. Prologue by George Colman elder (Colman, Prose, III, 276)]. The curtain was obliged to be dropt before the piece was finished, amidst the disapprobation of a very splendid and numerous audience" (Public Advertiser, 29 Jan.). Receipts: #219 6s. 6d. (216.5.0; 3.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Man Milliner

5469
29 March 1787 @ Red-Lion Inn, Lordship Road, Stoke Newington

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer; Or, The Mistakes Of A Night

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Entertainment: Monologue. Entertainments: An Epilogue describing the Furor Dramatica, Epilogue to The Lying Valet [by David Garrick], Paul Prigg's Description of his Journey thro' Gravesend Rochester Boulogne Amiens and Chantilly, Prologue to Bon Ton [describing the Folly and Fashions of the Times by George Colman elder], Bucks have at Ye all, An Occasional Address of Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen [by Marriot, Johnny Gilpin's Account of his Journey thro' Stoke Newington Edmonton to Ware shewing how he went farther than he intended and arrived safe Home at last-Marriot

Performance Comment: Entertainments: An Epilogue describing the Furor Dramatica, Epilogue to The Lying Valet [by David Garrick], Paul Prigg's Description of his Journey thro' Gravesend Rochester Boulogne Amiens and Chantilly, Prologue to Bon Ton [describing the Folly and Fashions of the Times by George Colman elder], Bucks have at Ye all, An Occasional Address of Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen [by Marriot, Johnny Gilpin's Account of his Journey thro' Stoke Newington Edmonton to Ware shewing how he went farther than he intended and arrived safe Home at last-Marriot.

5470
11 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brunton. Afterpiece: Written by Garrick; Not acted these 12 years [acted 2 Mar. 1776]. Public Advertiser, 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Brunton, No. 5, George-street, York-buildings. Receipts: #197 17s. 6d. (123.18.6; 5.16.0; tickets: 68.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: II: a Masquerade Dance-incident to the Play; End: The Indian's Ransom, as17870217

5471
01 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Edward Topham. Larpent MS 772; not published; synopsis of plot in Public Advertiser, 3 May. Prologue by George Monck Berkeley (European Magazine, June 1787, p. 411)]. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wells, No. 417, Strand. Receipts: #257 3s. 6d. (160.4.6; 5.7.0; tickets: 91.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement; or, The Loves of Bengal

Dance: As17870217

5472
20 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Young Quaker [announced on playbill of 18 Aug.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Miss George

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

5473
28 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. 2nd piece [1st time; F 2, by George Colman, elder, based of L'Avocat Patelin, by David Augustin de Brueys. This is usually ascribed to William Macready. But on the title-page of his copy (K-D 295 in Huntington Library) J. P. Kemble has written "This Piece was not written by Mr Macready." Public Advertiser, 29 Aug. states that "Colman...presented Edwin upon this occasion with a new Farce, taken from a celebrated French Play." World, 15 Oct. 1787 refers to Colman's dislike of L'Avocat Patelin, but adds, "When [he] came to translate it himself, he found reason to alter his opinion."]. Public Advertiser, 25 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 19, Piazza, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir John Cockle, At Court

Related Works
Related Work: The Court Secret Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost; or, The Man Bewitch'd

Song: End 2nd piece: the new Four@and@twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin

5474
06 November 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman, elder.] Paid Danby for Chorus #10 10s. Receipts: #174 5s. 6d. (146.12.0; 27.8.6; 0.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Dance: End I: a New Dance, as17871026

Song: V: song-Mrs Forster

5475
28 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brunton. Mainpiece: Written by Sheridan. Public Advertiser, 13 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Brunton, No. 5, George-street, York-buildings. Receipts: #260 18s. 6d. (156.12.0; 7.1.6; tickets: 87.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Related Works
Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-Mr and Mrs Ratchford