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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Walker"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Walker")') 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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6715 results for: Keyword - Mr Walker
We found 4348 matches on Event Comments, 2217 matches on Performance Comments, 639 matches on Performance Title, 24 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

301
07 May 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Walker, Atkins, W. Vaughan & Mrs Gibbons (Cross). Tickets by Miss Marr and Sturt will be taken. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: As17560109, but Osmyn-Murphy; Garcia-Walker; Selim-_.
Cast
Role: Garcia Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: HHornpipe-Atkins

302
29 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Walker. Mainpiece: Not acted this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ross; King-Sparks; Horatio-Hull; Polonius-Shuter, first time; Laertes-Davis; Rosencraus-White; Guildenstern-Perry; Marcellus-Gardner; Lucianus-Weller; Pl. King-Redman; Pl. Queen-Mrs Ferguson; Ghost-Walker[, first time; Ostrick-Dyer; Grave Diggers-Dunstall, Costollo; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Mrs Ward (playbill). [The Public Advertiser assigns Marcellus to Anderson.]The Public Advertiser assigns Marcellus to Anderson.]
Cast
Role: Ghost Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17631222, but Sir John Buck-Walker; Dan-Wignel; Minuel-Duquesney, Miss Macklin. [All characters listed as17631110 except Roger.]All characters listed as17631110 except Roger.]
Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Walker

Dance: TThe Calabrian Peasants, as17631222

303
16 April 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Walker. Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [See 7 Feb. 1755.] None admitted behind Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Walker; Juba-Smith; Sempronius-Gentleman who never appeared on any stage; Syphax-Gibson; Portius-Tindal; Marcus-Dyer; Lucius-Anderson; Decius-Gardner; Lucia-Mrs Mattocks; Marcia-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Cato Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: A Tambourine, as17641015

304
14 April 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Mainpiece: Acted but once these 9 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Walker; Sempronius-Hull; Juba-Smith; Syphax-Gibson; Portius-Davis; Marcus-Dyer; Lucius-Anderson; Decius-Gardner; Lucia-Mrs Mattocks; Marcia-Mrs Bellamy; Original Prologue-Gardner.
Cast
Role: Cato Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: Rural Love, as17651115

305
19 March 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority. Benefit for Walker. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Obrien; Lord Randolph-Blakes; Glealvon-Simons; Old Norval-Walker, first time; Lady Randolph-a Young Gentlewoman; Anna-Miss Taylor.
Cast
Role: Old Norval Actor: Walker, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Patie-McPherson; Roger-Ramsay; Bauldy (with a new Prologue)-Walker; Peggy-Miss Graham; Jenny-Miss Gordon; with several favorite English and Scotch Songs-; Dances-.
Cast
Role: Bauldy Actor: Walker

306
21 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission. For this Night only. Benefit for Jacobs and Owenson. To begin at 7:00 p.m. [The Public Advertiser, 20 Sept., omits Hamilton] and Walker but adds Jacobs, Everard, and a Young Gentleman 1st time on that Stage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duellist

Performance Comment: Parts-Follet, Owenson, Smith, Vowell, Wilson, Kennedy, Frances, Hamilton, Walker, Miss Ambrose, Trowell, Mrs Nost, Mrs S. Gardner, Mrs Gardner (Harvard Playbill).
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Follet, Owenson, Smith, Vowell, Wilson, Kennedy, Frances, Hamilton, Walker, Miss Ambrose, Trowell, Mrs Nost, Mrs S. Gardner, Mrs Gardner

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

307
16 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

308
15 February 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calisto; Or, The Chaste Nimph

Afterpiece Title: Calisto's Additional performers

309
30 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: As17780919

310
15 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

311
14 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

312
November 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

313
December 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles; Or, Iphigenia In Aulis

314
January 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage-hater Matched

315
04 July 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Citizen Turned Gentleman

316
19 January 1683 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

317
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deceiver Deceived

318
28 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise

319
September 1697 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Imposture Defeated; Or, A Trick To Cheat The Devil

320
09 July 1700 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Courtship A La Mode

321
12 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Music: A piece of Instrumental Musick- to be perform'd on the Stage

Song: Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs; particularly a Two/part Song-Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Song: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-the Devonshire Girl; The Whip of Dunbyn-Claxton; a new Entry-Mrs Campion, others; A Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell; a new Scaramouch Man and Scaramouch Woman-Laferry, Mrs Lucas

322
26 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Entertainment: Young Gentlewoman, as17100817; Likewise a Vaulting the Managed Horse-famous Master who never appear'd on the Publick Stage

Dance: Ladder Dance-; French Peasant-; Wooden Shoe-; Harlequin Scaramouch Cooper and Wife-

323
21 March 1737 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: The Historical Register

324
12 December 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: IV: A Dutch Dance-Master Settree, Master Blagdon, Miss Blagdon

325
14 January 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Song: End of Act I of afterpiece Horn sweet are the Woodlands by Forrest and Groves. imitations. End of mainpiece, Vocal and Rhetorical, by the Gentleman who performs Beau Clincher