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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Day"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Day")') 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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14003 results for: Keyword - John Day
We found 9825 matches on Author, 3059 matches on Event Comments, 1992 matches on Performance Comments, 823 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11601
02 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Elmy. Tickets and Places of Mrs Elmy at the corner of Tavistock St. next Southampton St., Covent Garden; and of Hobson at the stage door. Being the last time of acting till the Holidays. Cash, #92 12s.; tickets, #56 8s.; total, #149 (Clay MS page reproduced in Oct. 1926 issue of Connoisseur, p. 93). A few days ago arriv'd in Town Mr Sheridan, Manager of the Theatre Royal in Dublin, and we hear as his stay is to be but short, he intends to perform only once, for the benefit of the poor sufferers by the late Fire (General Advertiser). [The fire happened the 25th in "Exchange alley (London) and in the space of 10 hours consumed a great number of houses occupied by persons in middling circumstances and with large families." Subscriptions were raised and distributed by a committee of ten bankers. See General Advertiser.] Receipts: #160 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Cooke, Anne and Janeton Auretti

Related Works
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: Tu Quoque Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): John Fletcher

11602
05 April 1748 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Fund established for the Support of Decay'd Musicians or their Families. Pit and Boxes to be put together, and no Persons to be admitted without Tickets, which will be delivered this Day at the Office in the Hay-Market, at Half a Guinea each. Gallery 5s. Gallery opened at Four o'clock, Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin exactly at Six. N.B.: Tickets delivered to Subscribers to this Charity will admit one Person to any part of the House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Music

11603
12 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Blakes. Tickets and places of Blakes at his house in Cranbourne Alley, Leicester Fields, and of Hobson at the stage door. Les Messieurs & Dames peuvent laisser Diner leurs Domestiques car a quatre Heur sera assez a bonne heur de les Envoyer pour Gardez les places dans les loges. M. Fanfaron (General Advertiser). [The General Advertiser this day also included the first announcement of Mrs Macklin's benefit to be held on 22 April, at which would be perform'd the Lover's Melancholy, "Not acted these Hundred years," together with a new farce (never acted) called The Club of Fortune Hunters. The notice ran again several times, followed by the letters to the author of the General Advertiser noted on 19 and 23 April.] Receipts: #111 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel); cash, #58 6s.; tickets, #52 15s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: II: Dutch Dance, as17471128; IV: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Pastoral Dance, as17480326 Sailor's Rendezvous, as17471117

Song: SSailor's Rendezvous, as17471117

11604
15 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Second Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scorpion

Afterpiece Title: Punch's Defeat

Dance: As17480414

11605
16 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Third day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scorpion

Afterpiece Title: Punch's Defeat

Dance: As17480414

11606
19 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Second Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11607
20 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Third Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11608
22 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Fifth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11609
23 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Sixth Day. Twelve noon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11610
25 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Seventh Day. Twelve noon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11611
26 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At twelve noon. The Eighth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11612
27 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Ninth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11613
28 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Tenth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11614
29 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Eleventh Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11615
30 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twelfth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11616
02 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Thirteenth Day. Several new Lots

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11617
03 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Fourteenth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11618
04 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Fifteenth Day. [See Fielding's Author's Farce.] @Punch, Punch, Punch@Take care of your Hunch@Take care of your big strutting Belly@If once you should dare@War with me to declare@I'll beat your fat Head to a Jelly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11619
05 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Sixteenth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11620
06 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Seventeenth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11621
07 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Eighteenth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11622
12 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twentieth Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11623
14 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twenty-first Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11624
16 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twenty-second Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures

11625
17 May 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Twenty-third Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auction Of Pictures