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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Richard Sheridan"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Richard Sheridan")') 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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8632 results for: Keyword - Mr Richard Sheridan
We found 4663 matches on Event Comments, 2037 matches on Author, 1836 matches on Performance Comments, 1224 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1901
27 April 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: Clown-Vallois; IV: Two Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde; V: The last new Grand Ballet-Haughton, Mlle Roland,

Song: I: French Horn Song-Miss Jones; III: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers

1902
02 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze

Song: CCaelia has a Thousand Charms-Beard; The Lady's Lamentation, as17370414

1903
12 May 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: I: Serious Dance, with Minuet-Misses Scott; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; IV: Peasant-Lalauze, Desse, Dupre, Richardson, Baudouin, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Delorme, Miss Norman, Mrs Ogden; V: Nivelon, Misses Scott

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Deception Author(s): Elizabeth Richardson
Related Work: The Fugitive Author(s): Joseph Richardson
Related Work: Pamela Author(s): Samuel Richardson

Song: II: A Song originally Designed for the play by Sir Richard Steele, -Beard; III: Leveridge; V: Roberts

1904
30 September 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Song: Roberts

Dance: Richardson, Mrs Cantrell

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Deception Author(s): Elizabeth Richardson
Related Work: The Fugitive Author(s): Joseph Richardson
Related Work: Pamela Author(s): Samuel Richardson

1905
24 October 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

1906
12 November 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Mlle Roland

1907
19 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass

Related Works
Related Work: The Northern Lass Author(s): Richard Brome

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17380103

1908
21 March 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Related Works
Related Work: Flora's Vagaries Author(s): Richard Rhodes

Dance: II: Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Grecian Sailors-Glover; IV: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; with a Minuet-Lally (his first since his lameness), Mlle Roland; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland; accompanied-Tench

1909
03 May 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: JJe ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Pantomime Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; Serious Dance-Nivelon, Miss Oates

Music: H$Handel's Water Musick-; with a Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge

1910
10 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Richard Charke
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd Author(s): Richard Charke

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: A new Hornpipe-Philips; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

Music: III: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

1911
13 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste; Or, The Guardians

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Richard Charke
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd Author(s): Richard Charke

Song: In: the usual Songs-Mrs Clive, Beard; particularly The Life of a Beau-Mrs Clive, Beard; The Beaux Lamentation-Mrs Clive, Beard for the Loss of Faranelli; The Provident Damsel-Mrs Clive, Beard

Dance: III: Two Pierrots-Pelling, Vallois; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

1912
21 July 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Related Works
Related Work: Chrononhotonthologos Author(s): Richard Charke

1913
10 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la mode

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Richard Charke
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd Author(s): Richard Charke

1914
12 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Richard Charke
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd Author(s): Richard Charke

Dance: II: A new Grand Ballet-Mlle Roland, others

1915
14 October 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Richard Charke
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd Author(s): Richard Charke

Dance: As17381012

1916
20 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Furies Actor: Lalauze, Villeneuve, Desse, Richardson, Dupre
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Dupre, Richardson, Thompson, Mrs Marshal, Miss Dancey, Miss Horsington
Role: Earth Actor: Richardson

1917
21 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Furies Actor: Lalauze, Villeneuve, Desse, Richardson, Dupre
Role: Earth Actor: Richardson

1918
25 November 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: As17381124

1919
27 November 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Richard Charke
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd Author(s): Richard Charke

Dance: II: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Ballet: IV: Double Jealousy. As17381108

1920
01 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

1921
27 December 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

1922
29 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

1923
01 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Havard

Song: Beard

Dance: Muilment

1924
02 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: As17390201

Dance: As17390201

1925
16 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Furies Actor: Lalauze, Villeneuve, Desse, Richardson, Dupre
Role: Earth Actor: Richardson