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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Williams")') 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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22514 results for: Keyword - John Williams
We found 20150 matches on Author, 3212 matches on Performance Comments, 1527 matches on Event Comments, 373 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

18626
25 August 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

18627
27 August 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

18628
28 August 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

18629
31 August 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Noble Peasant

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

18630
03 September 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Noble Peasant

Afterpiece Title: Hunt the Slipper

18631
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

18632
23 September 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior or The Magic Cestus

Performance Comment: Characters by Wright, Williamson, Burton, Staunton, Williames, R. Palmer, Waldron, Fawcett, Chaplin, Phillimore, Wilson, Alfred, Spencer, Chapman, Grimaldi; Mrs Burnett, Miss Burnett, Miss Tidswell, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss M. Stageldoir. [Partial cast from Parker's General Advertiser, 8 Jan. 1784: Old Harlequin-Wright; Magician-Staunton; Sailor-Williames; Clown-Grimaldi; Spirit-Miss Cranford; Colombine-Miss M. Stageldoir. Playbill of 10 Nov. 1788 lists the other parts: Harlequin, German Officer, French Gentleman, Valet, Miller, Landlord, Cook, Daemon, Taylor; Old Colombine, French Ladies.] hathi. Old Colombine, French Ladies.] hathi.

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

18633
27 September 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar Author(s): John O'Keeffe

18634
28 September 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

18635
28 September 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

18636
04 October 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Gaudry, Doyle, Lloyd; Mrs Kennedy, Miss Wheeler, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Bannister

18637
11 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

18638
11 October 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar Author(s): John O'Keeffe

18639
18 October 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performance Comment: Midas-Edwin; Pan-Wewitzer; Sileno-Baker; Damaetas-Doyle; Jupiter-Darley; Apollo-Johnstone; Daphne-Mrs Morton; Mysis-Mrs Webb; Juno-Miss Stuart; Nysa-Mrs Bannister .
Cast
Role: Apollo Actor: Johnstone

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Pastoral Sports, as17840922

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a song by Mrs Martyr

18640
23 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

18641
01 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Song: As17841025

18642
02 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Dance: As17841002

18643
05 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Song: As17841025

18644
05 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Rivals

18645
08 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Scandal Scandaliz'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

18646
09 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece a Dance of Spirits by Miss Hamoir, &c.; In Act III a Dance of Fantastic Spirits (performers not listed); In Act IV a Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir. [All these were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

18647
10 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Bonnor; Lorenzo (with songs)-Johnstone (1st appearance in that character); Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-Davies; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Morton; Nerissa-Mrs Inchbald; Portia-Miss Younge .
Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Performance Comment: Sir Archy Macsarcasm-Macklin; Squire Groom-Lewis; Sir Callaghan O'Brallaghan-Johnstone (1st appearance in that character); Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore Goodchild-Thompson; Charlotte-Mrs Morton .
Cast
Role: Sir Callaghan O'Brallaghan Actor: Johnstone

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17841022; End of Act IV, as17841008

18648
11 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Belville Actor: Johnstone

Song: In Act III of mainpiece a sons by Brett

18649
12 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Performance Comment: Lionel-Barrymore; Colonel Oldboy-Parsons; Sir John Flowerdale-Aickin; Jenkins-Bannister; Harman-Williames; Jessamy-Dodd; Diana-Miss George; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Hopkins; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Clarissa-Miss Phillips .
Cast
Role: Sir John Flowerdale Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

18650
12 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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

Afterpiece Title: Aerostation

Song: As17841004, but added: Cubitt, Darley, Pemberton, Whitaker; Miss Cranfield, Mrs Sharpe; omitted: Lloyd, Mrs Chalmers