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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Charles Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Charles 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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18604 results for: Keyword - Mr Charles Williams
We found 12679 matches on Author, 4780 matches on Event Comments, 3630 matches on Performance Comments, 656 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

18051
22 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Sham Conjurer

Dance: II: Minuet-Destrade, Mlle Mechel; III: Two Pierots-Richardson, Destrade; IV: Peasants de Bordeaux-Destrade; V: Minuet-Dupre, Mlle Ozanne

18052
14 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Minuet, Louvre-Davenport, Miss Wright; III: Tambourine-Miss Wright; V: Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

Song: II: Blow Blow-Lowe

18053
22 August 1741 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arius, King Of Persia; Or, The Noble Englishman; With The Comical Humours Of Sir Andrew Ague-cheek, At The siege Of Babylon

Afterpiece Title: The Wrangling Deities; or, Venus Upon Earth

Performance Comment: Venus (Colombine)-Miss Williams, her first on any stage; Jupiter-Wallis; Mars-Stevens; Cupid-Master Ferg; Vulcan-Warner; Harlequin-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Williams, her first on any stage

Song: Miss Polly Casey, her first on any stage

Dance: LLes Jardiniers Suedois-Vaughan, Mrs Wright

18054
12 September 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

18055
09 November 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Performance Comment: first edition lists: Belvile-Giffard; Jack Smatter-Gentleman who acted King Richard [Garrick]; Williams-W. Giffard; Longman-Paget; Colebrand-Balkes; Arnold-Dunstall; Andrews-Peterson; Lady Davers-Mrs Bambridge; Mrs Jervis-Mrs Yates; Mrs Jewkes-Yates; Robin-Crofts; Harry-Julian; Isaac-Vaughan; Benjamin-Clough; Arthur-Naylor; Jane-Miss Hippisley; Cicely-Miss Medina; Hannah-Mrs Dunstall; Rachel-Mrs Vallois; Annice-Mrs Bishop; Pamela-Mrs Giffard; Epilogue-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: W. Giffard

18056
09 November 1741 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: Barnwell-Spackman; Thorogood-Williams; Trueman-Catesby; Uncle-Boham; Blunt-Husbands; Maria-Miss Carter; Millwood-Mrs Morrison; Lucy-Mrs Freeman; Prologue-Spackman; original Epilogue-Miss Carter.
Cast
Role: Thorogood Actor: Williams

Afterpiece Title: Comic part of Spanish Fryar

Song: SSwains I Scorn, Who're Nice and Fair-Miss Carter; The Life of a Beau-Mrs Morrison

18057
28 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Music: I: Concerto-Veracini

Song: III: Let me Wander-Lowe

Entertainment: IV: Concerto on German Flute, as17420916

Dance: II: Tyrolean Dance, as17420921; V: Peasant Dance, as17420921

18058
16 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

18059
04 August 1743 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Glorious Queen Of Hungary; Or, The British Troops Triumphant; With The Comical Humours Of paddy The Irishman, tom Thimble The Taylor, And tim Buzzle The Cobler

Performance Comment: Queen-Mrs Malone; Prince-Lawrence; Count Kevenhuller-Williams; Tim Guzzle-Daniel; Duke Chartres-Littleton; Paddy-Richardson; Tom Thimble-Rudyard; Noailles-Malone; Dragoon-Watkins; Landlady-Mrs Cross; Taylor's Wife-Mrs Rudyard; Irishwoman-Mrs Kelly; Jenny-Mrs Daniel.
Cast
Role: Count Kevenhuller Actor: Williams

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Hussar

18060
04 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

18061
28 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

18062
03 December 1744 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Goodfellow; Peachum-Paget; Lockit-Dove; Mat-Williams; Filch-Chettle (with a Hornpipe); Mrs Peachum-Mrs Bainbridge; Lucy-Mrs Hill; Polly-Mrs Cushing.
Cast
Role: Mat Actor: Williams

Dance:

18063
07 January 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

18064
09 October 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Cooke, others

18065
11 December 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: II: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: IV: Lowe

18066
30 December 1745 @ New Wells, London Spa, Clerkenwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Heemskirk; Peachum-J. Heemskirk; Lockit-Warner; Lucy-Mrs Warner; Mat-Malone; Polly-Miss Lincoln; Hornpipe-Williams.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Williams.

18067
29 December 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Dance: New Grand Dance call'd The Turkish Pirate; or a descent on the Grecian Coast-Salomon, Mlle Violette, Sig Padouana, M. Mechel, Salomon's Son; Also a New Entertainment call'd the Laundress's Visiting Day-Sg Salomon, Mlle Violette, Sga Padouana, M. Mechel, Salomon's Son

18068
29 December 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17461205; but Polly-Miss Budgell; Jemmy Twitcher-Hallam Sen; Jack-Wignell; Ben-L. Hallam; Robin of Bagshot-Lee; Mat-Brett; Dolly-Mrs Wignell; Sukey-Mrs Miles; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Hart; Diana Trapes-Mrs Brown; Molly Brazen-Mrs Dove; Hornpipe-Williams.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Williams.

Dance: As17461124

18069
27 January 1747 @ Red Lion Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Gentle; Bajazet-Dunning; Moneses-Gataker; Axalla-Ball; Omar-Robert Smith; Zama-William Hemans; Mirvan-Marlow; Haly-Williamson; Arpasia-Mills; Selma-John Smith; Dervise-Watts; Prince of Tanais-Bonham; Stratocles-Robert Hemmings.
Cast
Role: Haly Actor: Williamson
Related Works
Related Work: Tamerlane the Great Author(s): Charles Saunders

18070
31 January 1747 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

18071
02 January 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

18072
26 December 1748 @ New Wells, London Spa, Clerkenwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Fainwell-Morgan; Modelove-Daniel; Perriwinkle-Malone; Tradelove-Sturgess; Obadiah-James; Freeman-Williams; Sackbut-Johnson; Mrs Prim-Mrs Daniel; Betty-Mrs Johnson; Ann Lovely-Mrs Morgan.
Cast
Role: Freeman Actor: Williams

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

18073
28 December 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: Emperour of the Moon

Music: As17481226

Dance: SSailors Revels,as17481227; Black Joke, as17481227

18074
27 March 1749 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Williams.
Cast
Role: Plume Actor: Williams.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

18075
21 April 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Charles Coffey

Dance: III: Villeneuve, Mlle DeLaCointrie her 2nd appearance on English Stage; IV: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister; End: Louvre and Minuet-Villeneuve, a Young Lady Scholar of Villenueve