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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "J Wood"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "J Wood")') 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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1660 results for: Keyword - J. Wood
We found 999 matches on Performance Comments, 541 matches on Event Comments, 254 matches on Performance Title, 12 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1626
15 January 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: In course: solo on the violin, of his own composition-Barthelemon

1627
25 January 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Knave Or Not

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

1628
13 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He's Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc

1629
31 March 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Raft; or, Both Sides of the Water

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Song: In III 1st piece: a song-Incledon

1630
17 April 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: British Fortitude; Or, An Escape From France

Afterpiece Title: Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

1631
10 May 1798 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Dance: End I: Le Triomphe de Themis, as17971226; Pas Russe-Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg; End Opera: a new Pastoral Ballet in 4 acts, composed by S. Gallet, Elisa; ou, Le Triomphe de la Nature-Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Didelot, Mme Rose, Miss Hilligsberg, Mme Laborie, Gourlier, Master Laborie

1632
29 May 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Reformed in Time

Related Works
Related Work: Reformed in Time Author(s): Thomas Attwood

1633
06 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Afterpiece Title: The Castle-Spectre

Cast
Role: Sylvester Daggerwood Actor: Bannister Jun.
Role: Woodly Actor: Sedgwick

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places

1634
15 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Palmer

1635
23 June 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inquisitor

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

1636
06 July 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Afterpiece Title: Throw Physick to the Dogs

1637
21 July 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: Cambro-Britons

1638
11 August 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False And True

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

Song: In: Chorusses-Linton, Aylmer, Brown, Dibble, Kenrick, Little, Caulfield Jun., Walker, Willoughby, Ms Edward, Ms Menage, Ms Hale, Ms Gawdry, Ms Butler, Ms Masters, Ms Norton, Ms Benson, Ms Leserve

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Sailor; or, Little Ben and Little Bob Author(s): Thomas Attwood

1639
11 October 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; D 5, by Elizabeth Inchbald, adapted from Das Kind der Liebe, by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue. Prologue by John Taylor; Epilogue by Thomas Palmer (see text)]. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Charles Smith]: The Music composed by Attwood. The Overture accompanied on the Harp by Weippert. Morning Herald, 28 Nov. 1798: This Day is published Lovers' Vows [sic] (2s.). Times, 26 Oct. 1798: This Day is published A Day at Rome (1s.). Receipts: #197 15s. 6d. (194.3.6; 3.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: A Day at Rome

Related Works
Related Work: A Day at Rome Author(s): Thomas Attwood

1640
25 October 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; M. INT 1, by Thomas John Dibdin. Prologue by Richard Cumberland (see text)]: The Overture and Music composed by Attwood, with some favorite Selections from the Works of Dibdin and Mazzinghi. Books of the Songs, including a descriptive Sketch of the Ballet, to be had at the Theatre. Morning Herald, 5 Nov. 1798: This Day is published The Mouth of the Nile (1s.). Receipts: #309 3s. 6d. (303.0.6; 6.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Mouth of the Nile

Related Works
Related Work: The Mouth of the Nile Author(s): Thomas Attwood

1641
16 March 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Five Thousand A Year

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: In 2nd piece: Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

1642
22 April 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

1643
29 May 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimic

1644
12 July 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

1645
13 August 1799 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zorinski

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Song: End: My Mother bids me bind my Hair (by Haydn)-Master Suett (1st appearance in public)

1646
16 September 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: New Occasional Address-Pope

1647
07 October 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: In afterpiece: New Dance (composed by Bologna Jun.)-Bologna Jun., King, Mrs Watts, Mrs Parker (1st appearance these 2 years)

Song: The Songs written or selected for the afterpiece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; When Britain first her Flag uprear'd-Incledon, Johnstone, Linton; An hungry Fox one day did spy (Old Welsh tune)-Munden; When Peace smiles around-Mrs Martyr; Sir Sydney Smith-Fawcett; When a Tar returns home-Fawcett, Munden, Mrs Martyr; Mr Speaker tho' 'tis late--Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton; A Bundle of Proverbs-Munden; In praise of the Pars who have leathered the World-Johnstone; +The Navy and Army of Britain forever-Townsend; The Embarkation-Incledon; Glee and Chorus [We come, ye guardians of our isle]-Mrs Martyr, Miss Sims, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Sydney; Recitative and Finale [Britons, your country's gratitude behold]-Mrs Chapman, Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton

Opera: End IV: Solemn Dirge. The Funeral Procession of Juliet-; Vocal Parts-Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Hill, Linton, Gardner, Denman, Blurton, King, Street, Lee, Little, Thomas, Sawyer, Tett, Dyke, Whitmore, Ms Waters, Ms Chapman, Ms Atkins, Ms Litchfield, Ms Mills, Ms Dibdin, Ms Wheatley, Ms Iliff, Ms Sims, Ms Whitmore, Ms Follett, Ms Watts, Ms Castelle, Ms Norton, Ms Gilbert, Ms Leserve, Ms Lloyd, Ms Masters, Ms Blurton, Ms Sydney, Ms Burnett, Ms Martyr

1648
14 November 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Turnpike Gate

1649
07 December 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The East Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

1650
19 February 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Thomas John Dibdin. Larpent MS 1280; not published]: With New Music, Dresses and Decorations. The Music composed by Attwood. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. Receipts: #354 16s. (347.18; 6.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Speed The Plough

Afterpiece Title: True Friends

Related Works
Related Work: True Friends Author(s): Thomas Attwood