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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Thomas Otway"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Thomas Otway")') 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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11062 results for: Keyword - Mr Thomas Otway
We found 5466 matches on Author, 4536 matches on Event Comments, 1721 matches on Performance Comments, 586 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

101
07 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

102
23 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway. Afterpiece: A new Dramatick Piece of One Act: Being the Sequel to the King and the Miller of Mansfield. [By Robert Dodsley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

Dance: V: Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Miss Thompson

103
15 March 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

104
17 November 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: III: New dance-Master Matthews; IV: Comic Dance-Davenport

105
05 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Dance: As17401204

106
21 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

107
09 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler; or, a Wife of Ten Thousand

108
03 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

109
05 January 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

110
24 January 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: Beard

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of the Poets; or, The Contention for the Laureat Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Triumphs of Love and Honour Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Eunuch; or, The Darby Captain Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: Love the Cause and Cure of Grief; or, The Innocent Murderer Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Mournful Nuptials; or, Love the Cure of All Woes Author(s): Thomas Cooke

111
14 February 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

112
21 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Cunning Man

113
16 September 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission. Benefit for Thomas Barry. Neville MS Diary: Mr Barry having obtained permission to play 3 nights after the time at which Foote by his patent is obliged to shut his house

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End: The Fingalian-Miss Froment; End I Farce: Hornpipe-Miss Froment

114
September 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alcibiades

Related Works
Related Work: Alcibiades Author(s): Thomas Otway

115
05 April 1678 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Friendship In Fashion

Related Works
Related Work: Friendship in Fashion Author(s): Thomas Otway

116
October 1679 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Related Works
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): Thomas Otway

117
July 1683 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Atheist; Or, The Second Part Of The Souldiers Fortune

Related Works
Related Work: The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

118
07 December 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spain

Related Works
Related Work: Don Carlos, Prince of Spain Author(s): Thomas Otway

119
28 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

120
17 March 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Dance: Sg Piettro, Mad Auretti

Song: I: Mattocks

121
05 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: Mrs Roland; and "By Desire" the Fingalian Dance, as17551126

Song: Lowe

122
06 January 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queens; or, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden Author(s): Thomas Holcroft

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17571013

123
12 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Song: II: (By Particualr Desire) a Song-Miss Brent; IV: Nymphs and Shepherds in the Oratorio Alfred-Miss Brent

Dance: V: The Milkmaid's Holiday, as17590421

124
22 November 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Love at First Sight

Related Works
Related Work: The Princess; or, Love at First Sight Author(s): Thomas Killigrew
Related Work: Love at First Sight Author(s): Thomas King

125
15 May 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018