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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Purcel"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Purcel")') 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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5638 results for: Keyword - Mr Purcel
We found 4230 matches on Event Comments, 1144 matches on Performance Comments, 533 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

901
02 September 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert; Or, An Impromptu Of Whim And Novelty

Afterpiece Title: With a Lilliputian Pantomime call'dHarlequin's Frolic; or, A Voyage to Prussia

902
27 July 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wishes; Or, Harlequin's Mouth Opened

Dance: Master Rogier, Miss Capitani

903
08 October 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

904
02 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

905
02 November 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17710921

906
09 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

907
18 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: May Day

908
05 June 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

909
26 August 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Foote, Weston, and Shuter in the Shades

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: In Act III of 2nd piece Hornpipe by Byrne

Monologue: 1784 08 26 As 10 Aug

910
06 May 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece song by Mrs Kennedy; End of Act IV song by Mrs Martyr

Monologue: 1786 05 06 End of mainpiece A Description of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey by Edwin

911
19 August 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

912
18 February 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

913
18 May 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Song: In III 1st piece: song-Dignum

914
15 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

915
12 March 1673 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Lovers

916
December 1690 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alphonso King Of Naples

917
February 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Husband His Own Cuckold

918
February 1696 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Neglected Virtue; Or, The Unhappy Conquerors

919
05 September 1696 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

920
07 June 1698 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Post Boy, No 482, 4-7 June 1698: At York Buildings this Day, being the 7th of June, will be performed an Entertainment of New Musick, Vocal and Instrumental, Mr Pate, Mr Leveridge, Mr Freeman, Mr Bowen, and all the best Masters perform their Parts. Composed by Mr Daniel Purcell for his Benefit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

921
February 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Betterton's Company. The date of the first production is not known, but the Prologue refers to "this Winter," suggesting a date before March 1700. A song, Ah Belinda I am pressed, in this play, appeared in Orpheus Britannica, 1698, the music by Henry Purcell, who had died some years before its appearance in this collection. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (1702), pp. 26-27, referring to the rivalry between lif and dl in reviving Shakespeare and Jonson: The Battel continued a long time doubtful, and Victory hovering over both Camps, Batterton Sollicts for some Auxiliaries from the same Author, and then he flanks his Enemy with Measure for Measure

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure; Or, Beauty The Best Advocate

922
10 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Trick for Trick

Dance: Amorous Swain, as17350327

923
14 March 1741 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parnasso In Festa

924
06 March 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Friendship

925
24 November 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine