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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Thomas Farmer"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Thomas Farmer")') 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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6519 results for: Keyword - Thomas Farmer
We found 5448 matches on Author, 767 matches on Performance Comments, 404 matches on Event Comments, 259 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2401
24 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Clayton
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: II: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

2402
27 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Gates; III: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

2403
07 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Related Works
Related Work: The History of Timon of Athens, the Man-Hater Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): Thomas ShadwellThomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Clayton
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: In II: Tambourines-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; IV: Muilment

2404
08 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

2405
11 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Island of St. Marguerite Author(s): Thomas Shaw Jr.

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Clayton
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): Thomas Hull

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; In IV: Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Rector, Master Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson; In V: Furies-Leviez, Baudouin, Rector, Davenport

2406
17 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; IV: Ballet-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; with music by Martini-; V: Pierrots-Lalauze, Livier

Song: English Captain (as17400325-Beard

2407
18 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Related Works
Related Work: The Squire of Alsatia Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Song: I: English Captain (as17400325-Beard

Dance: II: Highlander and Mistress-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; IV: A new Comic Pantomime Dance-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Hungarian Dance-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

2408
01 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

2409
07 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Tambourine-the French Girl; II: Comic Dance-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; III: Miss Morrison; IV: A new Serious Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

2410
09 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Dance: I: Tambourine-French Girl; II: Comic Dance-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; IV: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates

2411
22 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Related Works
Related Work: The Squire of Alsatia Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Liviez; II: Muilment; III: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Hornpipe-Yates; V: French Peasants-Leviez, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

Song: II: The Noon Tide Air-Miss Edwards

2412
11 September 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd

2413
24 September 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Related Works
Related Work: The Honest Thieves; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Thomas Knight

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: MMiller and Wife, The Swiss-French Boy and Girl

2414
03 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: TThe Swiss, Peasants-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

2415
07 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor

Dance: II: L'Allemande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

2416
09 October 1740 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; II: A new Miller's Dance-Phillips; V: Scene of the Skeleton, with the Skeleton-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Song: III: A new Whimsical Welsh Song-Hemskirk

Music: By particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies, the Quaker's Sermon on the Violin-Phillips

2417
18 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

2418
20 October 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

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

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

2419
30 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Rural Sports

Cast
Role: Farmer Gubbins Actor: Marten

2420
31 October 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Merchant Author(s): Thomas Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Ballet of Shepherds and Shepherdesses-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Ballet: End Afterpiece: Grand Ballet. Diana-Mlle Chateauneuf; Apollo-Muilment; Mars-Desse; Hercules-Nivelon; Pallas-Mrs Thompson; Mercury-Carney; Pan-LaPierre; Ceres-Mrs Walter; Bacchus-Livier

2421
03 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats of Scapin Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: TThe Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

2422
07 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Dance: PPeasants-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Drunken Peasant-Phillips

2423
17 November 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: III: New dance-Master Matthews; IV: Comic Dance-Davenport

2424
29 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Related Works
Related Work: A Fond Husband; or, The Plotting Sisters Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Dance: II: Les Jardinieres Suedois (Grand Comic Ballet, new)-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Le Boufon-Fausan, Signora Fausan

Song: In IV: Lowe

2425
05 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Dance: As17401204