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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Their Highnesses"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Their Highnesses")') 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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633 results for: Keyword - Their Highnesses
We found 610 matches on Event Comments, 17 matches on Performance Comments, 9 matches on Performance Title, 5 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

276
05 May 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: A Cure for a Scold

Dance: In II: Amorous Swain, as17350327 V: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. End I of Afterpiece: A Clown by Nivelon

277
09 June 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: By Command: II: French Peasants by Poirier and Mlle Roland. III: Pierots by Nivelon and Lalauze. V: Harlequin and Harlequine by Poirier and Mlle Roland

278
16 August 1735 @ Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

279
01 September 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar: With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan: With the Ridotto Al'Fresco

Dance: By Essex and Mrs Walter

280
06 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine: With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

281
08 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Duke, the Princess Caroline, and the Young Princesses [who were present]. Receipts: #97 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

282
11 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: As17351018

283
13 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Music: A New Sett of Act Tunes composed by Mr Arne

284
19 November 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer and others. III: Grand Ballet by Mlle Roland, Mlle Anne Roland, and others. IV: Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson. V: Le Badinage de Provence, as17351117

285
25 November 1735 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [By Metastasio. Music by Francis Veracini. For a full account of this opera and opera in general, see Ilchester, Lord Hervey and his Friends, pp. 238-39.] Daily Advertiser, 26 Nov.: Their Majesties, his Royal Highness, and the Princesses [attended] Adriano, compos'd by the famous Signior Veracini, who perform'd the first Fiddle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adriano

286
27 November 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

287
03 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Ballet by Mlle Anne Roland. III: Grand Ballet by Denoyer, &c. V: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

288
17 December 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: I: Comic Dance by Le Brun and Mrs Anderson. II: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland

289
31 December 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: By Mlle D'Hervigni, from Paris, the first time of her appearing on the English stage. Serious Ballet by Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. Dance of Sailors, as17351128 A Comic Ballet called Les Puisans by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c

290
14 January 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

291
29 January 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

292
04 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

293
08 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

294
15 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

295
29 March 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

296
03 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Venetian Gondolier by Denoyer and Mlle Roland. II: Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originaie by Roland, Father to the two Mlles Roland. III: Les Caracteres de la Dance by Denoyer and Mlle Anne Roland. IV: By Denoyer's Apprentice. V: By particular Desire, Minuet by Denoyer and Mlle Anne Roland

297
08 April 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Le Mar1age Force; ou, Les Fourberies d'Arlequin & de Scaramouch

Dance: I: Louvre and Tambourine by Mlle D'Hervigni. II: A new Comic Dance by Nivelon and a Scholar of his. III: A Serious Ballet by another Scholar of Nivelon's. V: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. End I of Afterpiece: Wooden Shoe Dance by another Scholar of Nivelon's. End of the Whole: Sailors (from Orestes) by Glover, &c

298
04 May 1736 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: In Honour of the Royal Nuptials of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Music by Porpora.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feast Of Hymen

299
08 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: In I: Venetian Gondolier by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale by Roland, Father of Mlle Roland and Mlle Anne Roland. In In: Biscaien (new) by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. IV: German Peasant by Roland. V: By Denoyer's Prentice

300
12 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq. [Prince and Princess present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: Miller and his Wife by Poitier and Mlle Roland. Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c