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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Merchant of London"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Merchant of London")') 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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2418 results for: Keyword - Merchant of London
We found 1176 matches on Performance Title, 954 matches on Event Comments, 478 matches on Performance Comments, 2 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

276
04 November 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 4 Nov.: We are informed, that when Mr Handel waited on their Majesties with his New Opera of Ariodante, his Majesty . . . was graciously pleased to subscribe 1000/. towards carrying on the Opera [at CG. No confirmation of this point is known]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

277
29 November 1734 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 30 Nov.: Last Night there was a Rehearsal of a new Opera before his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at his House in Pall-Mall, in which Farinelli and Senesino each of them perform'd a Part

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

278
31 March 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 31 March, contains a long article outlining opposition to silencing the theatre in Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

279
16 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 16 May: We hear that Mr Mechlin has sent a Letter to a principal Persons belonging to Drury-Lane Theatre, signifying his great Sorrow, and his Intention to surrender himself next Sessions at the Old Bailey

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Orpheus

280
24 June 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 30 June: On Tuesday last died at Islington, in the 21st Year of his Age, Mr Samuel Lally, a very pretty Dance at [CG]

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

281
06 October 1735 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 6 Oct.: The Young Company . . . defer playing 'till next Wednesday se'nnight, at which time they perform a Play, call'd The Two Gentlemen of Verona, written by the celebrated William Shakespear, it being the first Comedy ever he wrote, and which has not been acted these 73 Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

282
27 January 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 27 Jan.: We hear the Designs of Merlin's Cave, that were presented last Week to her Majesty by Mr Giffard, have been so well approv'd of, by many Persons of Quality, that Mr Devoto, who made the Draughts, has had several Copies bespoke by the Nobility

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

283
05 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 6 May: Last Night the Opera of Ariodante was performed [at CG], in which Signior Gieacchino Conti Ghizziello made his first Appearance, and met with an uncommon Reception

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariodante

284
03 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but See17361201.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

285
11 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing).

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

286
12 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing).

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

287
04 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but Latreille says As17361106.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

288
09 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but see17361218.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

289
11 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but see17370210.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

290
12 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but see17370210.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

291
28 February 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but edition of 1737 lists: Gratiano-Milward; Bellario-Mills; Protheus-Quin; Joculo-Cibber; Byron-Berry; Gremio-Winstone; Lucentius-Shephard; Porco-Harper; Asino-Mechlin; Lucilia-Mrs Butler; Liberia-Mrs Clive; Delia-Mrs Pritchard; Prologue-Cibber; Epilogue-Mrs Clive.

292
05 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but see17370303.

293
07 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but see17370303.

294
08 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but See17370303.

295
09 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but See17361111.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

296
12 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but See17370303.

297
15 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but See17370303.

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

298
20 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing).

Afterpiece Title: Hymen's Triumph

299
22 April 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), bUt see17370322.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance:

300
22 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: (London Daily Post and General Advertiser missing), but see17361203.

Afterpiece Title: The Madhouse