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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir John"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir John")') 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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18326 results for: Keyword - Sir John
We found 11245 matches on Author, 6630 matches on Performance Comments, 2610 matches on Roles/Actors, 1685 matches on Event Comments, and 676 matches on Performance Title.

2576
08 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Melville Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End of Play: By Particular Desire, The Louvre, Minuet-Noverre, Miss Rogers his scholar

2577
19 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Gardner

Dance: End: New Dance, as17720409

2578
25 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Wild, Holtom, Bates and Hamilton. Tickets deliver'd for Every Man in His Humour will be taken, as will Tickets deliver'd by Mr Flight. Charges #66 4s. Deficit to each beneficiary #4 9s. 10d., cover'd by income from tickets (Account Book). @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value@Wild 9 56 133 #23 19s.@Holtom 23 122 94 #33 9s.@Hamilton 32 102 111 #34 8s.@Bates 42 67 48 #25 7s.@Flight [gratis] .. 62 152 #24 10s.@#141 13s.@ Receipts: #48 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Gardner

Song: End: Ailen Aroon-Mrs Woodman, as17720429

Dance: End: The Old ground Young, as17711030

2579
02 June 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire Towards raising a Fund for the relief of those who from their infirmities shall be oblig'd to retire from the stage. Mr G better than before if possible (Hopkins Diary). Pit and Boxes together, admittance to Pit only by Box ticket. Doors open half past 5. Begin promptly at Six. Paid Renters #8; Supers and K Drum #1 15s.; Soldiers 14s.; Printer #2 6s. 6d.; Extra constables &c. 18s.; Candles, Oyl and Lampmen, #3 18s. 6d. Total #17 12s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts for Fund: #295 12s. 3d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Duchess of York Actor: Mrs Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17720204, but Lady Loverule-Mrs Johnston.
Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston.
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Monologue: V: Linco's Travels. As 24 March

2580
11 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17720922

2581
29 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

2582
11 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Fathers

Cast
Role: Sir John Flowerdale Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

2583
14 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Aickin.
Role: Sir John Melville Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Dance: I: A New Dance-a scholar of Tassoni, others

2584
23 January 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Fathers

Cast
Role: Sir John Flowerdale Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

2585
06 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Aickin.
Role: Sir John Melville Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

2586
18 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquor

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

2587
14 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. Mainpiece: Performed but once this season. Tomorrow (Seventh Time). The NEW COMEDY of She Stoops to Conquor.--with (By Desire) The Upholsterer. Charges #74 9s. 6d. Profit to Mattocks #74 10s. 6d., plus #26 13s. from tickets (Box 91; Pit 26). Paid Mrs Leverton (mantua maker) #15 19s. (Account Book). Receipts: #149

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

2588
03 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Fathers

Cast
Role: Sir John Flowerdale Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

2589
11 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Monologue: 1773 5 11 True Blue. As 20 April, but Principal Parts-DuBellamy, _Mattocks, Mrs +Baker, Mrs _Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

2590
21 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Cast
Role: Sir John Lambert Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Ballet: II: The Drunken Peasant. As17730517, but Drunken Peasant-Phillips

2591
25 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Bransby
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker; V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

2592
12 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Cast
Role: Sir John Lambert Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Midas

2593
13 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

2594
14 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

2595
25 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Related Works
Related Work: The Sylphs; or, Harlequin's Gambols Author(s): John A. Fisher

2596
01 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Garrick
Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Moody, first time
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

2597
19 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailors, as17731013; End Opera: The Highland Reel, as17731112

2598
20 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

2599
22 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: III: New Grand Spanish Dance-; End: A New Ballet, call'd The Pirates-Como, Sga Crespi, Sga Chiringhelli, being her first appearance in England; After I Farce: A Grand Serious Dance-Como, Sga Crespi

2600
20 July 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cozeners

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Brett
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: As17740613