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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Edward Barns"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Edward Barns")') 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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7042 results for: Keyword - Mr Edward Barns
We found 4403 matches on Event Comments, 1700 matches on Performance Comments, 957 matches on Author, 605 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
29 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eastward Hoe; Or, Ye Prentices

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: HHornpipe-Mathews; The Little Swiss

27
17 December 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: The Revenge Author(s): Edward Young

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: HHornpipe-Matthews, the Little Swiss; With Entertainments as will be express'd in the Great Bills

Song: I: Song-Beard

28
27 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

29
22 January 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Song: III: Lowe

30
01 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

31
09 February 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gil Blas

Related Works
Related Work: Gil Blas Author(s): Edward Moore
Related Work: The Counterfeits Author(s): Edward Moore

32
13 September 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

33
13 October 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

34
14 October 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: The Revenge Author(s): Edward Young

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

35
17 February 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

36
16 November 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Secret

Related Works
Related Work: The Secret Author(s): Edward Morris

Afterpiece Title: The Pavilion

37
27 April 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Afterp1ece [Edward Phillips]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: A Farcical Ballad Opera. Receipts: money #44 7s. 6d.; tickets #32 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Related Works
Related Work: The Mock Lawyer Author(s): Edward Phillips

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Scottish Dance, as17330424

38
09 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

39
13 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

40
15 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

41
16 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

42
06 June 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Russell & Dowton. 1st piece [1st time; B 1, by Edward Henry Iliff. The title-page has "by Edmund Spenser, Ynger." On his copy, now in Huntington Library, J. P. Kemble has written, "Iliffe [sic] is the real Name of the Authour"; he has made a similar notation on the playbill]: Founded on the 17th Number of The Spectator. 3rd piece [1st time; MF 1. Larpent MS 1219; not published. The characters are all taken from previous plays by John O'Keeffe, as follows: Sadboy (The Young Quaker); Signor Arionelli and Bowkitt (The Son-in-Law); Motley (The Dead Alive); Tully (The London Hermit); Lingo and Cowslip (The Agreeable Surprise); Ephraim Smooth (Wild Oats); Nipperkin (Sprigs of Laurel); Jemmy Jumps and Betty Blackberry (The Farmer); Mrs Casey (Fontainbleau)]: Written by Mr O'Keeffe. Times, 4 June: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 2, Queen's-row, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 19, Martlet-court, Bow-street; of Dowton, No. 5, Strand-lane, Surry-street, Strand. Receipts: #413 11s. 6d. (76.17.6; 37.7.0; 1.0.0 tickets: 298.7.0) (charge: #215 10s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Related Works
Related Work: The Ugly Club Author(s): Edward Iliff

Afterpiece Title: The Castle-Spectre

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places

43
March 1678 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Newmarket

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Newmarket Author(s): Edward Howard

44
31 May 1683 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dame Dobson; Or, The Cunning Woman

Related Works
Related Work: Dame Dobson; or, The Cunning Woman Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

45
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Italian Husband Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

46
10 February 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): Edward Roome

47
01 August 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

Related Works
Related Work: Squire Basinghall; or, The Cheapside Beau Author(s): Edward Phillips

Dance: End Afterpiece: Black Joak by Mrs Charke and Miss Brett

Song: V: Roast Beef Song by Mullart

48
13 December 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Song: Lowe

Dance: Muilment

49
14 December 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: II: New Comic Dance call'd The Savoyards-Matthews

50
22 February 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Related Works
Related Work: The Foundling Author(s): Edward Moore