SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Robert Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Robert Williams")') 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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We found 11554 matches on Author, 2581 matches on Performance Comments, 706 matches on Event Comments, 144 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

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Mainpiece Title: Darius, King Of Persia

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Mainpiece Title: A Jovial Crew

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Mainpiece Title: The Rover

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

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Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second, King Of England; With The Death Of Rosamond

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

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Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Last Prayer; Or, Any Rather Than Fail

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Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

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Mainpiece Title: The Ambitious Slave; Or, A Generous Revenge

Event Comment: According to the testimony of Sir Thomas Skipwith, 10 Dec. 1694, the young actors played during the vacation nearly thirty days without Betterton, Williams, Bright, Kinaston, Sandford, or Mrs Betterton, and made sufficient money to keep them over the vacation. L. C. 7@3, 17 Dec. 1694, in Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 374

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Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

Event Comment: See Cibber, Apology, I, 201-2, for his account of the mistake Betterton's Company made in not retaining Williams and Mrs Mountfort-Verbruggen, and of the problems of Rich's Company. In this passage Cibber implies that Hamlet, Othello, and Julius Caesar were acted at Drury Lane soon after the division of the companies

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Mainpiece Title: Cyrus The Great; Or, The Tragedy Of Love

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Mainpiece Title: Europe's Revels For The Peace

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Mainpiece Title: Jephtha's Rash Vow

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Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

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Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo And Armida

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Mainpiece Title: Concert