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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.

8576
18 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the General Lying-In Hospital for married and unmarried Women, in Duke's St., Grosvenor Square. Ladies desired to send servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets to be had at Arthur's, the Bedford, and the Temple Exchange Coffee Houses and also at the aforesaid Hospital. Tickets delivered for The Revenge will be taken. Next Week will be publish'd a Key to Lilliput in a letter to the Author of the Dramatic Entertainment. "Open Locks, whoever Knocks." Receipts: #266 (Cross)

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: The Virgin Unmaskd

8577
30 December 1756 @ 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: Mercury Harlequin

8578
30 December 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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

Afterpiece Title: Taste

Dance: As17561217

8579
01 January 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

8580
04 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

8581
06 January 1757 @ 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: Orpheus and Eurydice

8582
10 January 1757 @ 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: Mercury Harlequin

8583
11 January 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: AAs 17 Dec. 1756

8584
12 January 1757 @ 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: Harlequin Sorcerer

8585
14 January 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: As17561217

8586
17 January 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

8587
19 January 1757 @ 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: Lilliput Mercury Harlequin

8588
20 January 1757 @ 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: Harlequin Sorcerer

8589
25 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

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

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

8590
09 February 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

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

Afterpiece Title: The Author

8591
12 February 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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

Afterpiece Title: The Frenchified Lady

8592
17 February 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Author

8593
18 February 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

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

8594
19 February 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

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

Afterpiece Title: The Author

8595
01 March 1757 @ 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: Mercury Harlequin Cross The Author Public Advertiser

Dance: IV: The Millers, as17570129

8596
01 March 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: As17570128

8597
05 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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

Afterpiece Title: The Author

8598
07 March 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: As17561217

8599
19 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By particular Desire. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

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: Mercury Harlequin

8600
21 March 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Dance: As17561217