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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sisters of the deceased Mr Gay"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sisters of the deceased Mr Gay")') 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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6974 results for: Keyword - Sisters of the deceased Mr Gay
We found 4300 matches on Event Comments, 1414 matches on Author, 1186 matches on Performance Comments, 593 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4601
23 October 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

4602
24 October 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Dance:

4603
27 October 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance:

4604
27 October 1722 @ Greenwich

Event Comment: In the Theatre erected there for that Purpose, the Actors being all dress'd in Roman Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andria

4605
29 October 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Music: Original Shepherd's Musick by Purcell-

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Boval, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger, Mrs Bullock, Miss Teno

4606
29 October 1722 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andria

4607
01 November 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

4608
03 November 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Mr Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

4609
05 November 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Booth; Bajazet-Mills; Moneses-Wilks; Axalla-Williams; Arpasia-Mrs Thurmond; Selima-Mrs Booth; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: With the usual Prologue Actor: .

4610
15 November 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

4611
21 November 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Addison. Receipts: #30 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

4612
26 November 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #35 13s. St. James's Journal, 29 Nov.: On Monday Mr Ogden, one of the Actors in Lincoln's Inn Fields, was committed to Newgate for treasonable Words

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule

4613
28 November 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mr Congreve. [For a further discussion of The Conscious Lovers, see Freeholder's Journal, 28 Nov.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance:

4614
30 November 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Otway. Receipts: #27 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

Dance: As17221030

4615
07 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Wycherley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Horner-Wilks; Pinchwife-Booth; Harcourt-Mills; Dorilant-Wilks Jr; Sparkish-Cibber; Sir Jasper-Norris; Country Wife-Mrs Bicknell; Lady Fidget-Mrs Moore; Alithea-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Younger.

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: As17221012

4616
12 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Addison. [In Freeholder's Journal, 12 Dec., there is a further discussion of The Conscious Lovers as well as a comment upon Oedipus, recently at lif.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

4617
13 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Dance:

4618
13 December 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Otway. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #46 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

Dance: Lally, Lally Jr, Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Cross, Mrs Bullock, Miss Francis; particularly Myrtillo-

4619
19 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladiesof Quality. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

4620
22 December 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Addison. Receipts: #21 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Dance: Myrtillo-

4621
31 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: British Journal, 5 Jan. 1723: Mr Matthew Birkhead, one of the Comedians [of dl], died on Sunday Morning last [30 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

4622
05 January 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17221015

4623
07 January 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

4624
16 January 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mr Southern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Dance:

4625
22 January 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: