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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Squire"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Squire")') 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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6098 results for: Keyword - Mr Squire
We found 4237 matches on Event Comments, 1530 matches on Performance Comments, 742 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

226
23 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit of Mattocks and Hull. Tickets deliver'd for The Busy Body will be taken. No Building on Stage. [Playbill suggests Beard and Mattocks took the parts of Sailor and Squire for the 1st time this night. According to Genest they had performed them since 28 Nov. 1760, i.e., for 23 times this season. Possibly their parts were originally reversed.] Receipts: #79 17s. 6d. plus income from tickets: Mattocks #40 6s. (Box 37; Pit 159; Gallery 72); Hull #42 1s. (Box 80; Pit 111; Gallery 54) (Account Book). Charges: #64 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17601128, but full cast: Sailor-Beard;in which by Desire, Heart of Oak-Beard; Squire-Mattocks (being the first time of their appearing in tnese characters); Dorcas-Mrs Vernon; Sally-Miss Brent.
Cast
Role: Squire Actor: Mattocks

Dance: Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

227
14 May 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted this season. Benefit for Johnston (housekeeper). No Building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. [The playbill lists this night as the first appearance of Vernon and Champness in the characters of Squire and Thomas, but see 9 April, where they had appeared in them.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17630503, but Squire-Vernon; Thomas-Champness.
Cast
Role: Squire Actor: Vernon
Role: the Squire Actor: a Gentleman

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17621023

228
02 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. [In mainpiece Squire Tally-ho is assigned to Edwin, and he is also listed as acting in the afterpiece, but "On the night of Mrs Mattocks' benefit [he] absented himself from the theatre, and at his next appearance [on 4 Apr.] was obliged to make an apology" (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1788, p. 188). Who substituted for him, in both pieces, has not come to light.] Receipts: #249 15s. (180.3.6; 4.7.6; tickets: 65.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau; Or, Our Way In France

Performance Comment: Lackland-Lewis; Lepoche-Quick; Squire Tally@ho-; Sir John Bull-Booth; Lord Winlove-Davies; Colonel Epaulette-Wewitzer; Henry-Johnstone; Mrs Casey-Mrs Kennedy; Celia-Mrs Martyr; Rosa (1st time)-Miss Tweedale; Lady Bull-Mrs Webb; Nannette-Mrs Morton; Miss Dolly Bull-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Squire Tally@ho Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Dance: As17871129

229
10 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Master Thomson, Chorus, 13 nights #3 5s.; Mr Squire Chorus, 14 nights #3 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #193 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

230
23 May 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: An Entertainment of new Musick-; Vocal and Instrumental Music-; that was perform'd before Her Majesty on Her Birth-day

Song:

Dance:

231
06 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, as performed before Her Majesty on her Birthday-; Henry Purcell's The Four Seasons-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the music-

232
28 January 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Afterpiece Title: Europe's Revels

233
29 January 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Afterpiece Title: Europe's Revels

234
31 January 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Afterpiece Title: Europe's Revels

235
01 February 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Afterpiece Title: Europe's Revels

236
04 February 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Afterpiece Title: Europe's Revels

Dance: Scaramouch, another dance-Layfield

237
18 February 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Dance: As17060209

238
22 April 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

239
27 April 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Brainless; Or, Trick Upon Trick

240
28 April 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Brainless

241
29 April 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Brainless

242
06 August 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

Song:

Dance: As I Aug

243
08 August 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

Song:

Dance: As I Aug

244
22 August 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caius Marius

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

Song: End Afterpiece: The Roast Beef Song by Mr Bishop of Russel Street

245
05 September 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carn1val; Or, Harlequin Blunderer

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basing-Hall

Music: A new Medley Overture composed by Charke. With a large Band of Musick provided for that Night, with French Horns, Kettle Drums, and Trumpets

Dance: Hornpipe by Taylor

246
16 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

247
15 February 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calisto; Or, The Chaste Nimph

Afterpiece Title: Calisto's Additional performers

248
30 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fathers; Or, The Good Natur'd Man

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: As17780919

249
15 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

250
14 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus