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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Joseph Addison"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Joseph Addison")') 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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1309 results for: Keyword - Joseph Addison
We found 950 matches on Author, 238 matches on Performance Comments, 166 matches on Event Comments, 67 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

76
25 October 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Addison not acted 10 years. [See 25 Nov. 1745.] Hiss'd much--Mr Pegna a linnen Draper at Charing Cross begun it (Cross). Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Related Works
Related Work: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House Author(s): Joseph Addison
Related Work: The Drummer Author(s): Joseph Addison

Dance: II, End: As17541022

77
03 October 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Addison. At the Particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Related Works
Related Work: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House Author(s): Joseph Addison
Related Work: The Drummer Author(s): Joseph Addison

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

78
21 April 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Poitier. Afterpiece: Alter'd from Addison. The Music entirely new set by Mr Arnold. [Original three acts reduced to two.] To be performed for this night only. Charges #75 14s. [Profit to Mrs Thompson #59 7s. 6d. plus #48 9s. from tickets (Box 135; Pit 98) (Account Book). As indicated by the name Mrs Thompson in the Account Book, Miss Poitier was already married by this time, although she does not appear in the Bills under the name Mrs Thompson until 16 Sept. 1767. She was first married to Vernon, the singer at Drury Lane.] Receipts: #135 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

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Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Joseph Addison

79
28 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Not acted these 2 years. Written by Addison. Receipts: #98 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Related Works
Related Work: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House Author(s): Joseph Addison
Related Work: The Drummer Author(s): Joseph Addison

Afterpiece Title: The Hotel

Dance: In: The Irish Fair, as17761031

80
24 April 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Mainpiece: Altered from Shirley. Never acted here. With proper Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. [Epilogue by Edward Topham (European Magazine, May 1786, p. 368).] Afterpiece: In 2 Acts; written by Addison. Public Advertiser, 29 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Quick, No. 99, High Holborn. Receipts: #281 17s. 6d. (153/14/6; 4/4/0; tickets: 123/19/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bird In A Cage; Or, Money Works Wonders

Afterpiece Title: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House

Related Works
Related Work: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House Author(s): Joseph Addison
Related Work: The Drummer Author(s): Joseph Addison

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Grand Dana of Ladies [performers not listed]; End of mainpiece The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd [performers not listed, but see17860304

81
13 December 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of King Lear, advertised on playbill of 12 Dec.] Afterpiece: In three Acts, taken from Addison. Powell: Drummer rehearsed at 10; Cherokee (business) at 11; Cherokee (dialogue & music) at 12. Receipts: #247 0s. 6d. (165.4.6; 76.13.6; 5.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Drummer

Related Works
Related Work: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House Author(s): Joseph Addison
Related Work: The Drummer Author(s): Joseph Addison

82
20 March 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: MMr Handell's Oratorio of Joseph. 3rd night, [i.e., of oratorios] (Account Books, Egerton 2268)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joseph And His Brethren

Performance Comment: Parts were: Pharaoh-; Joseph-; Reuben-; Simeon-; Judah-; Benjamin-; Potiphera-; Phanor-; Asenath-; Chorus of Egyptians-; Hebrews-. [See Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 407-8.]See Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, pp. 407-8.]
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Role: Joseph Actor:

83
15 March 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosamond

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Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Joseph Addison

84
22 March 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosamond

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Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Joseph Addison

85
15 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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Related Work: Cato Author(s): Joseph Addison

86
16 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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Related Work: Cato Author(s): Joseph Addison

87
17 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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Related Work: Cato Author(s): Joseph Addison

88
18 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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89
21 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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Related Work: Cato Author(s): Joseph Addison

90
22 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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91
23 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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92
24 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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93
25 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

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94
28 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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95
29 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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Related Work: Cato Author(s): Joseph Addison

96
30 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

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97
01 May 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

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98
02 May 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

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99
05 May 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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100
06 May 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

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Related Work: Cato Author(s): Joseph Addison