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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.

8401
25 February 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Related Works
Related Work: Creusa, Queen of Athens Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

8402
27 February 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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: Proteus

8403
01 March 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Related Works
Related Work: Creusa, Queen of Athens Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

8404
01 March 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

8405
04 March 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The greatest crowd I ever saw since the Delevals play'd. This (tis said) was Mr Garrick's Benefit (Cross). Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

8406
04 March 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Sir Wilful Actor: Shuter
Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

8407
11 March 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

8408
22 March 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin (Cross). Receipts: #180 (Cross). Ladies to send for tickets for the places they taken at Miss Macklin's, Russel St. next door to Tom's Coffee House. Part of Pit laid into Boxes and Amphitheatre on stage. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Last time of Performing till the Holidays. On seeing Miss Macklin in the character of the Mourning Bride: @Should Death (for Oh! what power can save Our tragic heroine from the grave)@At Cibber aim his dart:@Tears should forever speak my moan,@For oh! 'tis she, and she alone@Can melt the feeling heart.@Britannia spake, when Lo! a Voice@Britain be happy, and rejoice,@That, when your Cibber dies@The Gods have yet in store for thee,@A Macklin; and in her you'll see@Another Cibber rise.--Public Adveriser@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: As17550203

8409
31 March 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

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

Afterpiece Title: Proteus

8410
31 March 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

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

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

8411
03 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Press Gang

Cast
Role: by Desire will be introduc'd a Hornpipe Actor: Poitier

Dance: As17541203

8412
08 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Ross. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets of Ross at his House, corner of Bow St., Covent Garden, and at Stage Door. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

8413
09 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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: Proteus

8414
10 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Related Works
Related Work: Creusa, Queen of Athens Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Beard

Dance: I: As17550203; V: The Last New Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Sabatini

Song: III: Rule Britannia, as17550402-Beard%; concluding with: Hornpipe-Mathews

8415
11 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Press Gang

Cast
Role: by Desire will be introduc'd a Hornpipe Actor: Poitier

Dance: Granier, Mrs Granier

8416
12 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Proteus

8417
17 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Elmy. Mainpiece: By Particlar Desire. Tickets delivered out for All for Love will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Dance: Granier and Mrs Granier

8418
19 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

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

Afterpiece Title: Bayes in Petticoats

Song: Between the acts: Miss Young

8419
22 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Beard

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Sabatini; IV: A Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Sabatini, Sabatini the Younger; V: A Minuet-Leviez, Miss Macklin

8420
23 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Marplot in Lisbon

8421
24 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: HHornpipe-Poitier (by Particular Desire); Comic Dance-Granier and Mrs Granier

8422
26 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

Song: Miss Thomas

8423
28 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Lady Moore or the Dragoness

Dance: CComic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

8424
01 May 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Sir Wilful Actor: Shuter
Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: As17550430

8425
02 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Ackman and Dickenson. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: III: The Song of Robin Hood in character-Mr Green first appearance on any stage