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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir Robert Howards"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir Robert Howards")') 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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9347 results for: Keyword - Sir Robert Howards
We found 6859 matches on Performance Comments, 2115 matches on Author, 1212 matches on Event Comments, 558 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1451
25 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Cast
Role: Sir Oliver Oldstock Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: As17870523

1452
02 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Evans Actor: Edwin

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

1453
01 October 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Song: Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Bonville, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Rock, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Kennedy

Entertainment: Monologue Before: Occasional Address-Pope

1454
11 December 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julia; Or, The Italian Lover

Related Works
Related Work: Julia; or, The Italian Lover Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Halfwit Actor: Suett

1455
19 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Sir John English Actor: Quick
Role: Sir Charles Manly Actor: Bowden

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: End II: As17870926; End: The Piping Pedlar, as17871129

1456
30 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Cast
Role: Sir Benjamin Dove Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: End: a new dance, The Cobler of Castle Dormot-Ratchford, Miller, Mrs Ratchford

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

1457
13 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

1458
17 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Man's The Master Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Poor Man's Comfort Author(s): Robert Daborne
Related Work: Love in the Dark; or, The Man of Bus'ness Author(s): Sir Francis Fane

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: End: Fortune's Favour-[see17881010]

1459
02 February 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Modelove Actor: Bernard

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

1460
09 February 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Cast
Role: Sir Philip Modelove Actor: Bernard

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

1461
19 May 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Francis Wronghead Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: Laoeudaimonos; or, A People Made Happy

Dance: End II: The Russian Minuet-the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp; End: a new dance, The Irish Bird@Catchers-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

1462
21 October 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: End: a new Tamborine Dance-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

1463
22 March 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Related Works
Related Work: The Count of Narbonne Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: Cymon

Dance: End: Tamborine Dance- [See17891021]; Afterpiece conclude: Dance-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin

1464
26 April 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Related Works
Related Work: The Count of Narbonne Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Related Works
Related Work: The Death of Captain Cook Author(s): Sir George Collier

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

1465
07 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: As17891010, but Millamour-Barrymore; Charles-Benson; Sir Harry Lovewit-R. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Lovewit Actor: R. Palmer.
Role: Sir John Millamour Actor: Packer

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Song: As17900323

1466
08 June 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

1467
21 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Holman
Role: Sir Jealous Traffic Actor: Thompson
Role: Sir Francis Gripe Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1468
22 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1469
23 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1470
27 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1471
28 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis; Aimwell-Farren; Father Foigard-Johnstone; Boniface-Powel; Sullen-Davies; Gibbet-Cubitt; Sir Charles Freeman-Evatt; Scrub-Quick; Cherry-Mrs Martyr; Dorinda-Mrs Mountain; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Platt; Gipsey-Miss Stuart; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Evatt

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1472
29 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1473
30 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1474
31 December 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex; Or, The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry

1475
01 January 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Holman
Role: Sir Jealous Traffic Actor: Thompson
Role: Sir Francis Gripe Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: The Picture of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Picture of Paris Author(s): Robert Merry