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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir William"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir William")') 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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18170 results for: Keyword - Sir William
We found 11787 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 1129 matches on Roles/Actors, and 512 matches on Performance Title.

7526
21 March 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Doctor-Miller (By Desire).

7527
26 March 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Henry Iv

Related Works
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 Lying Valet

7528
28 March 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

7529
06 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

7530
16 April 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: King Pepins Campaign

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

Song: I: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: Muilment

7531
18 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Beard

Dance: I: Serious Dance-Sga Campioni; III: Comic Dance call'd L'Allemande-Picq, Sga Campioni; V: Ball Dance call'd the Louvre-; concluding with: a Minuet-Picq, Sga Campioni

7532
22 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: What Dye Call It

Cast
Role: Sir Roger Actor: Rosco

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

7533
23 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit LaLauze. Mainpiece not acted this season. By particular Desire of several persons of Quality. Tickets of LaLauze, at Widow Gwinn's, near the Castle Tavern in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock (by Desire)-LaLauze; with a New Prologue-LaLauzeon that occasion; Antonio-Cashell; Bassanio-Hale; Gratiano-Ryan; Jessica-Mrs Vincent; Launcelot-Chapman; Lorenzo-Hayman; Morochius-Carr; Gobbo-Arthur; Balthazar-Anderson; Solarino-Ridout; Salanio-Gibson; Duke-Marten; Tubal-Stoppelaer; Nerissa-Mrs Pritchard; Portia-Mrs Clive.
Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Cooke, Sga Campioni; IV: La Gondalier-Cooke; V: Minuet-LaLauze, Sga Campioni; followed by a Ball Dance call'd the Louvre, concluding with a Minuet-a Boy (scholar to LaLauze), Sga Campioni

7534
24 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. At the particular Desire of several persons of quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: II: Cooke, LaLauze, Picq; IV: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Song: I: By Desire a Song call'd Old England Forever-; with a chorus-; III: The Miser's Passport-

7535
25 April 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: III: O Peace from the Opera Alfred-Mrs Arne; IV: Rise Glory from Rosamond-Lowe; V: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

Dance: III: Signora Bettini

7536
25 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

7537
26 April 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Cashell. At the desire of several Persons of Quality. Ladies send their servants by four o'clock. Tickets of Cashell at Mr Elwood's, Staymaker, in Hunt's Court, St. Martin's Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Arthur

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17450423 IV: Le Gondalier-Cooke

Song: Between Play and Farce: the celebrated song Ellen/a/Roon-Mrs Clive

7538
27 April 1745 @ 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 Anatomist

Dance: I: Sga Bettini; III: Muilment

Song: II: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne; IV: Mrs Arne

7539
30 April 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance:

7540
01 May 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Actor: Bridges
Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: I: Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: Sga Bettini; III: Muilment

7541
02 May 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

7542
03 May 1745 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer, for the Entertainment of the Grand Master, and the rest of the Brethren of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. The Brethren are desired to meet at the Shakespeare's Head Tavern next the theatre, at Five o'clock, in order to attend the Grand Master

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: The Songs in Masonry-Leveridge, Stoppelaer, Bencraft

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

7543
07 May 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Macklin
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies

Song: I, III: Lowe

Dance: II: Sga Bettini

7544
07 May 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

7545
09 May 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Author(s): William Mountfort
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Made into a Farce Author(s): William Mountfort

7546
13 May 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

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

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: III: Sga Bettini

Song: I: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne; V: Early Horn-Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto on the Bassoon-; End Farce: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Woodbridge; concluding with Handel's Water Music-

7547
21 May 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Sir Paul Actor: Hippisley
Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

7548
23 September 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

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

7549
01 October 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

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

Song: I: Lowe; III: Mrs Arne; IV: Lowe

Dance: II: Grand Serious Dance-the Mechels; V: Grand Comic Dance, as17450926

7550
18 November 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry V

Related Works
Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine