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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "His Majesty\'s Comedians"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "His Majesty\'s Comedians")') 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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1364 results for: Keyword - His Majesty's Comedians
We found 1257 matches on Event Comments, 80 matches on Performance Comments, 35 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1076
31 March 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barone Di Torre Forte

Dance: As17810329throughout.

Ballet: Medee et Jason. As17810329

1077
21 April 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Piramo E Tisbe

Dance: As17810329throughout.

Ballet: Medee et Jason. As17810329

1078
26 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Such Tickets as have been delivered for this Evening will be admitted on Thursday next, May 3. Receipts: #247 10s. (244.15.6; 2.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: End: The Humours of Leixlip, as17810420

1079
05 May 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Fraschetana

Dance: End I: Les Amans Surpris, as17801216

Ballet: End II: Ninette a la Cour (with Improvements). As17810327

1080
28 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The last Night of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #180 12s. (after-money not listed). Account-Book, 18 June: Paid Harris for his trouble in superintending the Business of the Theatre #500; Garton in full for salary this season #230; Hull for salary as acting manager #150; Mrs Yates in lieu of cloathes this season #200; Cooper, printer, #347 9s.; Carver, painter, #245 18s.; Hodgins, painter, #141 15s.; Received of Their Majesties this season #100; of the Prince of Wales #65. 27 June: Paid Hull in lieu of a benefit #100, Mrs Lessingham #70, Mrs Morton #21. 17 July: Paid one year's Land Tax #122 10s.; Macklin in full for season #217 10s.; Received Stage Forfeits #35 4s. 6d. 23 July: Paid Hawkes, coal merchant, #173 5s. 28 Aug.: Paid Hawkes, tallow chandler, #331 10s. 4 Sept.: Paid Barrett, wax chandler, #426 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free Mason

1081
29 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The last Time of the Company's Performing this Season. Tickets delivered by Mrs Bellamy will be taken. Receipts: #73 11s. (73.8; 0.3). Account-Book, 4 June: Received of Their Majesties #84. 18 June: Paid various Renters #19 14s. apiece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

1082
29 May 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barone Di Torre Forte

Dance: As17810526 throughout

Ballet: Ninette a la Cour. As17810526

1083
31 May 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

1084
14 June 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Dance: As17810612

1085
21 June 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

1086
19 July 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17810620

1087
30 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

1088
08 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: As17811022

1089
17 November 1781 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Dance: End of Act I a Pastoral Dance (composed by Simonet) by Henry, Bournonville, Raymond, Sga Crespi, Mlle Dumont; End of Act II A Divertisement Dance (composed by Noverre) by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Henry. Sga Crespi, Bournonville, &c; End of Opera a new Tragi-Pantomime Ballet (composed by Noverre), Les Amans Reunis, by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Slingsby, Simonet, Henry, Bournonville, Raymond, Mlle Dumont, Sga Crespi. [Partial cast, with synopsis of action, from Morning Herald, 18 Dec: Alphonso-Gardel; Ines-Mlle Baccelli; Chief of the Island-Slingsby.]

1090
01 January 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I Divertisement Dance, as17811117; End of Act II Les Petits Rims, as17811211

1091
09 January 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

1092
09 February 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement Dance, as17820207; End of Act II Le Triomphe de l'Amour Conjugal, as17820110

1093
15 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lallegro Ii Penseroso

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Hercules

Music: End of Part I of oratorio concerto on the violoncello by Crosdill; End of Part II concerto on the hautboy by Parke

1094
22 February 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Afterpiece Title: Drydens Ode

Music: As17820220

1095
13 April 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Leroe Cinese

Dance: End of Act I Divertisement Dance, as17820307End of Act II La Rosiere de Salency, as17820319End of Opera Rinaldo and Armida, as17820223

1096
11 May 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Dance: End of Act I Apollon et let Muses, as17820509; End of Act II New Dance, as17820507

1097
17 May 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I New Dance, as17820507; End of Opera Adela of Ponthieu, as17820411

1098
24 July 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Dance: As17820613

1099
07 August 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: As17820606

1100
02 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: As17820927