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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "King of France"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "King of France")') 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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5948 results for: Keyword - King of France
We found 2672 matches on Performance Title, 2644 matches on Performance Comments, 1622 matches on Event Comments, 156 matches on Roles/Actors, and 23 matches on Author.

5326
19 April 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the entertainment of His Excellency Hodgha Bawhoon, Envoy to Her Majesty from the great King of Persia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Music: Sonatas-Gasperini; A New Entertainment-the whole Band; in which some extraordinary Parts upon the Flute Violin and Hautboy-Paisible, Banister, Latour

Song: Leveridge

Dance: DuRuel, Mrs Campion; with a new dance-the Devonshire Girl in imitation of Mlle Subligne

5327
14 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Lovelace, King, and White (boxkeepers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Music: As17030525

Song: As17030612

Dance: DuRuel, others, as express'd in the Bills at large

5328
14 June 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of his Excellency Don Luiz da Cunha, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Portugal. At 5:30 p.m. All which will be preformed without omission

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Song: Henry Purcell's celebrated Trumpet Song, The Fife and Harmony of War-; The Mad Song in Don Quixote-Boman, by request

Dance: Chacone-Mrs Elford; a new Entry-Fairbank; Venetian, a new Whim-Godwin

Music: New Italian Trumpet Sonatas-

5329
22 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Campion. For the Entertainment of his Excellency the Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Denmark and several other Foreign Ministers, and Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Music: Instrumental Music-Gasperini, DuRuel; accompanied-Mrs Campion on the harpsichord

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion; particularly Purcell's Mad Dialogue, and another from The World in the Moon-; Several other new songs composed by Weldon-

Dance: DuRuel, Mrs Campion

5330
01 May 1704 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Performance Comment: By a compleat Company of near 20 of the best Rope/Dancers, Vaulters, Tumblers in Europe, who are all excellent in their several Performances, and do such wonderful and surprizing things as the whole World cannot parallel; where , who gave that extraordinary satisfaction before Charles III, King of Spain on Board the Royal Katherine, performs several new Entertainments-Finley; and where the Lady Mary, likewise shews such Additions to her former admirable perfections, as render her the wonder of the whole World. and where the Lady Mary, likewise shews such Additions to her former admirable perfections, as render her the wonder of the whole World.

5331
10 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Originally Acted before King James the First with great Applause at the University of Cambridge. [Layfield performs] at the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ignoramus

Dance: A new Italian Scaramouch-Layfield, his first on the stage; other dances-Layfield, Miss Evans

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis, Miss Baldwin; A comical dialogue-Short, Mrs Willis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis

5332
02 August 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As it was perform'd several times at court, by Persons of Great Quality, before his late Majesty King Charles II. With all the Scenes Which were originally Presented in it when acted at the Theatre, particularly the Fleet of Shipsv and the Hell Scenev, in which the Masquerade was perform'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Empress Of Morocco

Song:

Dance:

5333
08 June 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: The Principal Parts to be perform'd by those who play'd them when 'twas reviv'd in King Charles the Second's time.

5334
16 April 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Lovelace and King. Written by the famous Mr Shakespear. With the Original Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations, and the Witches' Musick, both Vocal and Instrumental

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

5335
04 June 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Lovelace and King (boxkeepers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

5336
10 July 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Which was Acted several Times At Court in the Reign of King Charles the 2d by People of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Empress Of Morocco

5337
24 April 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Four Indian Kings lately arriv'd in this Kingdom. Benefit Bowen. [For the Prologue see Bond, pp. 4, 99. See also Genest, II, 451.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

5338
25 April 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: With an entire new Scene, consisting of Four Songs Compos'd by Signior Scarlatti, and Sung by Signior Cavaliero Nicolini Grimaldi. For the Entertainment of the Four Indian Kings [but see dl]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Almahide

5339
25 April 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Four Indian Kings [but see queen's]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe

Dance: Italian Night Scene, Miller's Dance, Bairam Feast Dance-

5340
27 April 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Powell and Hall. For the Entertainment of the Four Kings lately arriv'd from America

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): Francesco Gasparini

Song:

Dance:

5341
28 April 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Four Indian Kings lately arriv'd from Northern America, being the last Time of their appearing at a Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Brainless

5342
01 May 1710 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Elizabeth Hemmings. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality and for the Entertainment of the Mohocks and the 3 Indian Kings (Being the last Time of their Appearance in Publick). At 8 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; Wherein in English and Italian several new Cantatas, other Pieces of Musick-Mrs Hemmings, others; She also accompanies to her own Voice in the Harpsicord, being the first Time of her Appearance in Publick-Mrs Hemmings

5343
08 May 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit King, Dykes, Willmore, boxkeepers. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Song:

Dance:

5344
13 January 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Performance Comment: As queen's 18 Nov. 1710, but King-_; Seyton-_.

5345
09 May 1711 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Performers; particularly, several select Entertainments of the following (English Operas) Operas viz. The Indian Queen, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and Dioclesian, the Masque in Timon of Athens, the Pastoral in The Libertin-; with several Songs out of the St. Cecilia's Musick: All by that great Master the late Mr Henry Purcell-

Performance Comment: The Indian Queen, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and Dioclesian, the Masque in Timon of Athens, the Pastoral in The Libertin-; with several Songs out of the St. Cecilia's Musick: All by that great Master the late Mr Henry Purcell-.

5346
11 May 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers. Written by Mr Steele. N.B. The Tickets deliver'd out for King Lear will be taken at this Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

5347
16 June 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Powell and King, the boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Dance: A Gentleman for his Diversion, lately arriv'd from Scotland; Mrs Santlow, others

5348
25 June 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Not Acted these 50 Years. Written by Shakespear in the Reign of King James the First. N.B. There will be a Play acted upon every Tuesday and Friday during the Summer-Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Puritan; Or, Widow Of Walting Street

Performance Comment: cnl, but in Daily Courant, 19 June, this cast was listed: George Pyeboard-Mills; Captain Idle-Keen; NicholasSt. Antlings-Bullock; Sir Godfrey Plus-Johnson; Skirmish-Bickerstaff; Frailty-Norris; Corporal Oath-Bowen; Edmond-Pack; Sir Oliver Muckhill-Leigh; Sir John Pennyclub-Bullock Jr; Sir Andrew Tipstaff-Ryan; Puttock-Cross; Widow Plus-Mrs Willis; Molly-Miss Younger; Frances-Miss Willis; With a New Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Frances Actor: Miss Willis

5349
26 October 1714 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes half a Guinea. At 5:30 p.m. Notices as 23 Oct. It having been the Common Practice of several Persons to come into the Opera and stay a whole Act, and sometimes longer, without paying, to the great Prejudice of the Opera, therefore it is humbly desired for the future, that no Person will take it ill that tney are not admitted without Tickets. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arminius

5350
01 November 1714 @ Southwark

Event Comment: At the King's-Arms Tavern in Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Virtue; Or, The Virgin Martyr