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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Edward Howard"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Edward Howard")') 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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7504 results for: Keyword - Mr Edward Howard
We found 4445 matches on Event Comments, 1774 matches on Performance Comments, 1371 matches on Author, 609 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
16 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

52
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

53
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

54
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Husband

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

55
10 February 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

56
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

57
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

58
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

59
22 February 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

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

60
25 February 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

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

61
05 September 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Busiris, King Of Egypt

Related Works
Related Work: Busiris Author(s): Edward Young

Song: IV: A Cantata-Doorsming, who never appeared in public

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Matthews

62
01 April 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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

Dance: In I: a Dutch Dance, as17481203; Savoyards, as17480920

63
05 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

64
10 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

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

65
19 November 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

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

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Lottery

66
26 February 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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

Dance: LL'Entree de Flore, as17521122

67
02 December 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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

Dance: TThe Swiss, as17581102

68
14 March 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Entertainment: MMedley Epilogue, written by Garrick-Beard

69
22 December 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Accomplish'd Maid

Related Works
Related Work: The Accomplish'd Maid Author(s): Edward Toms

Dance: As17661215The Peasants-_

70
16 January 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Accomplish'd Maid

Related Works
Related Work: The Accomplish'd Maid Author(s): Edward Toms

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: TThe Happy Villagers-; The Female Archer, as17670109

71
15 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Electra

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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

72
01 November 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

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

Afterpiece Title: No One's Enemy but His Own

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; End: The Reel, as17741028

73
03 June 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss P. Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

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

74
10 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Related Works
Related Work: The London Cuckolds Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: As17820409

75
12 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Afterpiece Title: The Nunnery

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave Author(s): Edward Phillips

Song: End I 1st piece: Oh say Bonny Lass will you carry a Wallet?-Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Martyr

Entertainment: Monologue. End II 1st piece: A Description of the Curiosities in the Tower-Edwin