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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Short"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Short")') 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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5794 results for: Keyword - Mr Short
We found 4350 matches on Event Comments, 1203 matches on Performance Comments, 533 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

301
04 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mr Barry being Ill Mr Palmer pay'd Bajazet-So-So (+Hopkins Diary). Barry suddenly taken ill, Palmer hopes for the indulgence of the public as he has undertaken Bajazet at short warning (Winston MS 10). Paid Mr Evans one year wardrobe acct, #10 10s.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #175 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

302
29 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Short advance to Mr Clinch last night #1. Receipts: #230 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

303
06 March 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mr Reddish being a little out of his Senses he could not play Morcar in Matilda therefore notwithstanding the Bills were up for it we were oblig'd to change it to the West Indian & about Two o'clock we put up fresh Bills for West Indian and as Mrs Abington was not in humour to play at so Short Notice we were oblig'd to borrow Miss Barsanti to play Miss Rusport (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Rec'd Mrs Johnson's rent one year to Lady Day 1774 #6 (Treasurer's Book). Tragedy of Braganza is oblig'd to be deferr'd till Thursday on account of Mrs Yates's indisposition. Receipts: #161 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jacket

Dance: II: Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

304
12 May 1752 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Performance Comment: Short bill; See17520509.

305
09 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

306
08 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

307
06 November 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as 18 Sept

308
26 November 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

309
07 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: End: The Waggoner (composed by Dibdin)-Wathen

310
06 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: May Day

311
07 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End of 2nd piece The Poney Races, as17840504

Song: Procession to conclude with a new Theatrical Glee, composed by Shield, by Reinhold, Brett, Johnstone

312
01 June 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End: L'Amour au Rende'vous; or, The Conflict of Love, in which will be displayed the Customs of the American Indians, to conclude with the War Dance,-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss D'Egville, Miss DeCamp; End I afterpiece: A Highland Reel-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

313
30 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

314
20 March 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17720922

315
29 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

316
24 February 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17780211

317
17 September 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: In afterpiece: Sweet Echo-Leoni, Mrs Farrell (of cg)

318
13 November 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Catherine And Petruchio

Dance: As17791022

319
01 November 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17801027

320
22 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: the Feast Of Thalia; Or, A Dramatic Olio

Afterpiece Title: First Course, a substantial Dish from: Henry IV

Afterpiece Title: Second Courae, a Comic Dish, never serv'd up before: Kensington Gardens; or, The Walking Jockey

Afterpiece Title: Third Course, an Operatic Dish: The Son-in-Law

Afterpiece Title: Also by way of Entremet: Ripe Fruit; or, The Marriage Act

Afterpiece Title: Desert: Tom Thumb

Song: In Second Course: Auld Robin Gray-Miss Harper

321
08 December 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Dance: As17811101

322
17 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

323
11 October 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

324
10 January 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

325
11 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior