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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr John Stephens"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr John Stephens")') 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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16620 results for: Keyword - Mr John Stephens
We found 10393 matches on Author, 5176 matches on Event Comments, 3072 matches on Performance Comments, 855 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

15901
23 November 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Related Works
Related Work: The Ghosts Author(s): John Holden

15902
24 November 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 'tis Well It's No Worse

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

15903
28 November 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

15904
04 December 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Garrick; Col. Briton-Jefferson; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Burton; Lissardo-King; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Johnson; Isabella-Mrs W. Barry; Flora-Miss Pope; Inis-Mrs Bradshaw; Violante-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Gibby Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

15905
06 December 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: Subtle-Burton; Face-Palmer; Sir Epicure-Love; Kastril-J. Burton; Tribulation-Hartry; Surly-Baddeley; Ananias-Parsons; Lovewit-Packer; Dame Pliant-Mrs Johnston; Abel Drugger-Garrick; Doll Common-Mrs Hopkins; Dapper-W. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Dame Pliant Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: Old Mask-Baddeley; Mask-Dodd; Freeman-Fawcett; Lady Scrape-Mrs Johnston; Laundress-Mrs Bradshaw; Sophy-Miss Pope; To Conclude with Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Lady Scrape Actor: Mrs Johnston

15906
08 January 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

15907
10 January 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

15908
15 February 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Macchabeus

Music: End Part I: A Solo-; End Part II: A Concerto on Violin-Sga Lombardini Sirmen

15909
27 February 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cure Of Saul

Music: As17710220

15910
02 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Dodd, for that night only; Buckingham-Jefferson; Tressel-Cautherly; Stanley-Bransby; Norfolk-Burton; Ratcliff-Wright; Lieut.-Fawcett; Princes-Miss Rogers, Miss Collett; Richmond-Aickin; Lady Anne-Mrs W. Barry; Queen-Mrs Hopkins; King Henry-Reddish; Catesby-Packer; Duchess of York-Mrs Johnston.
Cast
Role: Duchess of York Actor: Mrs Johnston.

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17700922

15911
01 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17710416 but Daigville

15912
01 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Music: II: A Favourite Concerto on the Harpsichord-Hook

Ballet: End Opera: The Wapping Landlady and Double Hornpipe. As17710422

15913
15 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: II: Double Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford; V: The Fingalian Dance-Miss Besford. [See17591102.

Music: III: Concerto on Trumpet-Mas. Green (Scholar to Mr Jones)

15914
15 May 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: I: The Cowkeepers-Mas. West, Miss West

15915
24 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: J. Aickin
Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado about Nothing Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: At End of the Country Dance: an Allemande-Daigville, Sga Vidini

15916
01 June 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

15917
28 June 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: As17710626

15918
18 September 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Madrigal And Truletta

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

15919
28 September 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Reddish; King-J. Aickin; Perez-Keen; Gonzales-Packer; Garcia-Palmer; Heli-Hurst; Selim-Fawcett; Alonzo-Ackman; Zara-Mrs Hopkins; Almeria-Miss Younge; Leonora-Mrs Johnston.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Johnston.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

15920
01 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17710921

15921
02 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Afterpiece Title: Midas

15922
07 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: Midas

15923
08 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: As17710926, but Lint-Waldron and the Song of Johnny Pringle omitted from mention in Weston's role-_.
Cast
Role: Lint Actor: Waldron and the Song of Johnny Pringle omitted from mention in Weston's role-_.
Role: with the Song of Johnny Pringle Actor: Weston

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

15924
09 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

15925
18 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Related Works
Related Work: Cyrus the Great; or, The Tragedy of Love Author(s): John Banks
Related Work: Cyrus Author(s): John Hoole

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End: The Jealous Woodcutters, as17711004