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6245 results for: Keyword - Shakespeare
We found 6037 matches on Author, 226 matches on Event Comments, 88 matches on Roles/Actors, 34 matches on Performance Title, and 29 matches on Performance Comments.

4751
01 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

4752
02 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Dramatic Entertainment in honor of Shakespeare in Actor: Dancing-
Role: ast listed in playbill but each of the subsequent Actor: three bills mentions "In Honour of Shakespeare."

Dance: III: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

4753
03 January 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: End Opera: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

4754
10 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Dramatic Entertainment in honor of Shakespeare in Actor: Dancing-
Role: ast listed in playbill but each of the subsequent Actor: three bills mentions "In Honour of Shakespeare."

Dance: IV: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

4755
19 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Dramatic Entertainment in honor of Shakespeare in Actor: Dancing-
Role: ast listed in playbill but each of the subsequent Actor: three bills mentions "In Honour of Shakespeare."

4756
05 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Dance: I: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

4757
12 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

4758
13 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: End Opera: Rural Merriment, as17751220

4759
17 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: End Opera: The Frolick-Aldridge, Miss Besford, Sga Vidini. [See17741214.

4760
22 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17760217

4761
14 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: End Opera: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge. [See17741020.

4762
14 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Entertainment: End: (for the last time) Comic Paraphrase on Shakespeare's Seven Ages-King

Dance: End Entertainment: The Irish Fair, as17751003

4763
18 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

4764
19 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Imposters or A Cure for Credulity

Dance: I: A New Hornpipe-Miss Besford; End Comedy: Mirth and Jollity, as17760102

4765
23 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: End: The Italian Gamesters, as17760305

4766
10 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311 but Sga Pacini

4767
12 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

Entertainment: A Variety of New Imitations, vocal and rhetorical-Bannister

4768
13 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: II: A Minuet-Dagueville, Miss Macklin; III: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Mathews, as17750927; IV: Rural Merriment, as17751220

4769
16 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

4770
19 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue, as17760409 but Mrs _Willems; The Dance, as17760409

4771
22 April 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

4772
29 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

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

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

4773
07 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: I: Rural Merriment, as17751220

Song: IV: At the Request of many Friends, Kate of Aberdeen-DuBellamy

4774
09 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: II: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760410

4775
10 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17751220