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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Francis Leigh"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Francis Leigh")') 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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7798 results for: Keyword - Mr Francis Leigh
We found 4360 matches on Event Comments, 2395 matches on Performance Comments, 1030 matches on Author, 596 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
13 December 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

52
21 December 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

53
26 February 1747 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Dance: As17461231

54
09 April 1747 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: Brett

Dance: As17461124

55
17 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: II: Dance-Cooke

56
05 May 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

57
02 May 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Tamer Tam'd

Related Works
Related Work: The Tamer Tam'd Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Song: I: Miss Young

Dance: II: A Comic Dance [dancers unspecified]-; III: A Hornpipe-Harrison; IV: A New Comic Dance-

58
04 February 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Cast
Role: Francisco Actor: Ridout
Related Works
Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

59
20 October 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: End II: The Provancalle, as17631014

60
02 May 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: II: The Provancalle, as17631014; End: Dutch Dance-Aldridge

61
23 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: A Serious Dance, as17670916; III: The Sicilian Peasants-Sga Manesiere, Mrs Bulkley. [See17641001.

62
09 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17671009; III: The Sicilian Peasants, as17671123

63
14 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance, as17671021; II: A Grand Ballet The Garland-Fishar, Mrs Bulkley. [See17651003.

64
19 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End of Opera: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114

65
21 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End of Opera: The Garland, as17671214

66
26 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Besford, 2nd time

67
30 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17671110, but Manly-Jackson (from Theatre Royal, Dublin); Sir Francis-Shuter; Jenny-Miss Ward, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Related Works
Related Work: Orpheus and Eurydice Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Dance: II: The Highland Reel, as17680307

68
17 April 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Related Works
Related Work: The Tobacconist Author(s): Francis Gentleman

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

69
17 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Kent

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of Kent Author(s): Francis G. Waldron

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Ballet: I: The Drunken Peasant. Drunken Peasant-Atkins; Clown-Wright

70
20 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): Francis Beaumont
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): Francis Beaumont

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; III: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

71
07 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): Francis Barthélémon

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

72
23 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): Francis Barthélémon

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

73
30 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): Francis Barthélémon

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

74
10 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): Francis Barthélémon

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17740917

75
14 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): Francis Barthélémon

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler