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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Shakespear"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Shakespear")') 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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952 results for: Keyword - Shakespear
We found 929 matches on Event Comments, 20 matches on Performance Comments, 7 matches on Roles/Actors, 6 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

676
06 March 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: III: Serious Dance-Muilment

677
08 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Related Works
Related Work: King John Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: As17390305

678
19 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Dance: CComic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

679
29 March 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As 27 Nov. 1738. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Related Works
Related Work: Julius Caesar Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

680
27 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wright. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Russian Sailors-Denoyer

Song: TThe Noontide Air (from Comus)-Mrs Clive

681
17 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: French Peasants-Poitier, Mlle Roland; V: Tambourine-Mlle Roland

682
01 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [No one permitted behind the Scenes, and no Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up.] 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd

683
18 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With Scenes, Machines, Dancing, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Music: Vocal Parts [for Macbeth]-Beard, Mrs Clive

Dance: TTambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

684
26 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: LLondon Daily Post and General Advertiser, 26 Sept.: We hear, that Mr Theobald has given the last Hand to his Tragedy, called, The Death of Hannibal, attempted in Imitation of Shakespear's Manner, and that it is designed to appear on the Stage this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; or The Ridotto Al' Fresco

Dance: As17390920

685
27 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

686
13 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: II: A new dance-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Grand Ballet-Mlle Chateauneuf

687
17 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

688
20 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: As17391019

689
22 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: As written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Related Works
Related Work: King John Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

690
23 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard The Second

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: SScots Dance-Glover, Miss Roland Ynger

691
25 October 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere, and Intermix'd with Songs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Ballet: The Reprizal. As17391015

Music: Withthe Original Musick- [for Macbeth]; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts, Thompson, Stoppelaer, Mrs Chambers, Mrs James, Mrs Vincent

692
17 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

693
19 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: II: Grand Ballet-Muilment; IV: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

694
26 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Dance: V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

695
06 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hyde. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part Ii

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: La Badinage de Provence-Poitier, the Elder Mlle Roland

696
17 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Music: Vocal Parts-Reinhold, Ray, Mrs Clive[; but see17390918

697
20 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Person of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

698
02 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the paticular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

699
14 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Altered from Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Scots Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; II: Ballet-Muilment; III: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

700
11 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets at Delane's Lodgings (No. 6) in Wild Court, Wild Street, and at Mrs Delane's Lodgings, at the Fig-Tree, opposite Salisbury Street in the Strand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Tambourine-French Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover