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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.

7726
06 April 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Song: Beard, Miss Faulkner, Mrs Storer

7727
11 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: A Will and No Will

7728
20 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Arne. Mainpiece: By Desire. Afterpiece: A Grand Musical Masque, written by Congreve, set to music by Arne. By Particular Desire. Tickets to be had of Arne at Mr West's, a Frame Maker in Duke St., near Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #140 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel); cash, #80 4s. 6d.; tickets, #75 10s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Judgement of Paris Author(s): William Congreve

Dance: Cooke, Janeton Auretti

7729
20 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for a poor distress'd citizen's widow and six children. The concert to begin at five o'clock. Songs: By the Particular Desire of Several Ladies. Afterpiece: By the Particular Desire of Several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: Love In a Mist

Song: LLove a favourite song from Acis and Galatea-; Between the Acts: Songs-a Gentleman

Music: Solo on a German Flute-a Gentleman

7730
30 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #177 4s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

7731
30 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: JJocky Dance-Adams

7732
05 May 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Sir Simon Actor: Collins

7733
06 May 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: III: Peasant Dance-Mas. Shawford, Miss Shawford; V: Comic Dance-Matthews, Mrs Addison

7734
09 May 1748 @ 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 Double Disappointment

Dance: III: Savoyards, as17471215; IV: Pastoral Dance, as17480326

7735
08 September 1748 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Sir Adam Wealthy Actor: Phenix
Role: Sir John Lovewell Actor: Cunningham
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

7736
09 September 1748 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Sir Adam Wealthy Actor: Phenix
Role: Sir John Lovewell Actor: Cunningham
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

7737
10 September 1748 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Sir Adam Wealthy Actor: Phenix
Role: Sir John Lovewell Actor: Cunningham
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

7738
12 September 1748 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Sir Adam Wealthy Actor: Phenix
Role: Sir John Lovewell Actor: Cunningham
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Imprisond

7739
24 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

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

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

7740
26 September 1748 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

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

Afterpiece Title: New Pantomime Entertainment

Song: III: Genius of England-; End: New Mad Tom-Platt Sen

7741
29 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Related Works
Related Work: The Shepherd's Lottery Author(s): William Boyce

7742
04 October 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

7743
04 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

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

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

7744
08 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

7745
13 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

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

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

7746
26 October 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

7747
28 October 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

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

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

7748
31 October 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Actor: Arthur
Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

7749
31 October 1748 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

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

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

7750
03 November 1748 @ 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 School Boy

Music: I: Scots Sonato on Flute-the Child; IV: A Piece of Music on Flute-the Child

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027; III: The Savoyards, as17480920

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. Cooke, Anne Auretti