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354 results for: Keyword - Shirley
We found 338 matches on Author, 18 matches on Event Comments, 3 matches on Performance Comments, 2 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
22 December 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Altered from Shirley by Garrick--(some hissing at it) (Cross). [See Theatrical Review, 1757 and Beginning of 1758 for generally favorable contemporary comment, but one which deplores Garrick's retention of Shirley's obsolete expressions. The printed version contains scenes in Act III not appearing in the Larpent MS] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Dance: TThe Market, as17571126

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18 August 1664 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company, presumably. For a version of this play, see R. G. Howarth, "A Manuscript of James Shirley's Court Secret," Review of English Studies, VII (1931), 302-13. The manuscript is in the Worcester College Library (Plays 9. 21). Pepys, Diary: My wife going to-day to dine with Mrs Pierce, and thence with her and Mrs Clerke to see a new play, The Court Secret. [The play had not been acted before the Restoration.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Court Secret

Related Works
Related Work: The Court Secret Author(s): James Shirley

3
17 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By W. Shirley. See Preface to edition of 1739 for an account of disturbance at this performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Parracide; Or, Innocence In Distress

Related Works
Related Work: The Parracide; or, Innocence in Distress Author(s): William Shirley

4
15 April 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: fterpiece by William Shirley; music by Arne.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: King Pepin's Campaign

Related Works
Related Work: King Pepin's Campaign Author(s): William Shirley

5
30 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted for 14 years, altered from Shirley. [See 7 Feb. 1758.] Characters New Dress'd in the Habits of the Times. This Comedy is reviv'd with Alterations. It is well perform'd & had great Applause (Hopkins Diary). Paid Half year's paving &c. to Mich. last for Drury Lane & Russel St. #14. Mr Godfrey for women's cloaths, #15. Mr Clutterbuck's last summer's balance #57 15s. 2d.; Mrs Foster for men's cloaths, #25 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #121 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

6
18 December 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by William Shirley. Not in Larpent MS; not published; synopsis of plot in London Chronicle, 19 Dec. Prologue by the author (London Chronicle, 23 Dec.). Epilogue by Richard Cumberland (Collection...of English Prologues and Epilogues, IV, 194]: With New Scenes and Dresses. "I have been at another new play, The Roman Sacrifice. It is the old story of Junius Brutus, without a tolerable line. I went to see it, as I had never seen Henderson, and thought I could Judge him better in a new part; but either the part was so bad, or he wants to copy, that I should not have found out he was at all superior to all other actors" (Walpole [23 Dec. 1777], X 170). Receipts: #2223s. 6d. (207.8.0; 13.13.6; 1.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Sacrifice

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Sacrifice Author(s): William Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

7
22 January 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Altered from Shirley, by David Garrick, Esq. Receipts: #193 0s. 6d. (185.10.0; 7.10.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Dance: As17891231

8
07 November 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Dance: Mrs Santlow, Mrs Teno, Miss Lindar, a Scholar of Mr Shirley's

9
27 May 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: Country Lad and Lass-Shaw, Mrs Younger; Shepherdess, Harlequin-Miss Lindar, a Scholar of Shirley's; The Swedes-Topham, Mrs Bicknell

10
06 November 1660 @ The Red Bull Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traitor

Related Works
Related Work: The Traitor Author(s): James Shirley

11
15 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Cruelty

Related Works
Related Work: Love's Cruelty Author(s): James Shirley

12
22 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traitor

Related Works
Related Work: The Traitor Author(s): James Shirley

13
26 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Opportunity

Related Works
Related Work: The Opportunity Author(s): James Shirley

14
09 January 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley

15
10 October 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traytor

Related Works
Related Work: The Traytor Author(s): James Shirley

16
06 February 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Cruelty

Related Works
Related Work: Love's Cruelty Author(s): James Shirley

17
17 May 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Maze

Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Changes; or, Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley

18
22 May 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Maze

Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Changes; or, Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley

19
07 July 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

20
23 July 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cardinal

Related Works
Related Work: The Cardinal Author(s): James Shirley

21
02 October 1662 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cardinal

Related Works
Related Work: The Cardinal Author(s): James Shirley

22
20 November 1662 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Admiral

Related Works
Related Work: The Young Admiral Author(s): James Shirley

23
10 June 1663 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Maze

Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Changes; or, Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley

24
02 November 1663 @ Inner Temple

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

25
01 November 1664 @ Inner Temple

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Night Walker; Or, The Little Thief

Related Works
Related Work: The Night Walker; or, The Little Thief Author(s): James Shirley