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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Shireburn"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Shireburn")') 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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22325 results for: Keyword - Mrs Shireburn
We found 23319 matches on Performance Comments, 4237 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 313 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

4851
01 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: As17161030

Dance: Grand Comic Wedding Dance, as17161115, but _Newhouse, Mrs Cross; +Harlequin Executed, as17161229

4852
02 January 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Wilks; Kite-Leigh; Brazen-Cibber; Worthy-Mills; Silvia-Mrs Bicknell; Rose-Miss Younger.
Cast
Role: Silvia Actor: Mrs Bicknell

Song: Turner, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: As17161204; Mimic Night Scene after the Italian Manner-

4853
10 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17161026, but Heartfree-Leigh; Constant-Husband; Rake-Bullock Jr; Razor-Pack; Lady Brute-Mrs Knight; Belinda-Mrs Thurmond; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Cross; Mademoiselle-Mrs Schoolding.
Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Schoolding.

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Salle, Mlle Salle

4854
17 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The She Gallants

Song: As17170114

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Salle, Mlle Salle

4855
25 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman Is A Riddle

Cast
Role: Lady Outside Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Spiller
Role: Necessary Actor: Mrs Elsom

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle

4856
06 February 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Song: As17170204

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle; Harlequin Executed; or The Farmer Disappointed-

4857
13 February 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Song: As17170204

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Mrs Santlow; particulary Lads and Lasses-

4858
19 February 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Martha Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Willis.

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Mrs Santlow, Miss Younger

4859
04 March 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song: As17170204

Dance: As17170125; La Folie-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

4860
07 March 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Dance: Dupre, Mrs Santlow

4861
13 March 1717 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing-Hughes, Weely, Mrs Fitzgerald

4862
28 March 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger

4863
30 March 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Song: Turner, Boman, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: As17161210

4864
04 April 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song: As17170204

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Mrs Bicknell

4865
09 April 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Bicknell

Dance: A new Comic Dance-Mrs Bicknell, Shaw being the first Time of his Performance on this Stage

4866
03 May 1717 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; The Vocal Parts-Turner, Mrs Fitzgerald; the Instrumental Parts-the best Hands in the Opera; Also several new Solos and Concertos-Matthew Dubourg; German Flute-Pietro

4867
06 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Dance: As17161210; particularly a new Comic Dance-Shaw, Mrs Bicknell

4868
07 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Music: With a Lesson on the Harpsicord-an eminent Master

Song: As17170319

Dance: As17161121; A Dance-Moreau, Mrs Schoolding's Sister a Scholar to Moreau

4869
10 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Executed

Song: As17170204

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith

4870
11 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Dance: French Scene-Salle, Mlle Salle, father of the Salles; Moreau, Mrs Schoolding, Salle, Mlle Salle

4871
22 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Music: A Solo and Sonata on the Violin-Matthew Dubourg, others

Song: Mad Dialogue by Purcell-Turner, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance:

4872
27 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Cross.

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith; particularly Moreau's last new dance-Moreau, Miss Schoolding

4873
29 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: As17170204

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Miss Younger, Mrs Willis

4874
01 June 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Thomyris

Performance Comment: Thomyris-Mrs Aubert; Orontes-Mrs Barbier; Cleora-Mrs Fletcher; Tigranes-Mrs Margarita del'Epine; Baldo-Leveridge; Medea-Pack.
Cast
Role: Thomyris Actor: Mrs Aubert
Role: Orontes Actor: Mrs Barbier
Role: Cleora Actor: Mrs Fletcher
Role: Tigranes Actor: Mrs Margarita del'Epine

Dance: Moreau, Kellom's Scholar, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle

4875
03 June 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: 1st Constantia Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: 2d Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Willis.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: As17170204

Dance: Birkhead, Prince, Miller, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger