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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Will Richards"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Will Richards")') 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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4080 results for: Keyword - Will Richards
We found 1991 matches on Author, 1812 matches on Roles/Actors, 696 matches on Performance Title, 668 matches on Performance Comments, and 470 matches on Event Comments.

1151
20 February 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimick

Related Works
Related Work: The Irish Mimick; or, Blunders at Brighton Author(s): William Shield

1152
27 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse

Performance Comment: As17970216, but Will Steady-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: Will Steady Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: As17961001, but Moody-Swendall (from the Theatre Royal, Dublin; 1st appearance on this stage); Sparkish-Russell; William-_; Servant-_.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Sir William Wealthy-Wewitzer; Mr Richard Wealthy-Packer; Sir George Wealthy-C. Kemble; Shift, Smirk-Bannister Jun.; Loader-Caulfield; Mrs Cole-Mr Bannister; Lucy-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Sir William Wealthy Actor: Wewitzer

1153
18 September 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

1154
28 September 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Mill

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Mill; or, The Country Revels Author(s): William Rowley
Related Work: The Maid in the Mill Author(s): William Rowley

1155
30 November 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wise Man Of The East

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

1156
30 December 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth [part I]

Related Works
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Volcano

1157
25 January 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by Henry James Pye. Prologue by William Sotheby; Epilogue by John Taylor (see text)]: With new Dresses and Decorations. "From the first drawing up of the curtain, till its final fall, we could not discover one single flight of fancy, one solitary scene of woe...It is but justice to add that for a first night the performers, with the exception of Barrymore, were very perfect in their respective parts [and see 27 Jan.]" (Dramatic Censor, I, 175, 181). Receipts: #309 13s. (246.4.6; 61.0.6; 2.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adelaide

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

1158
12 February 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Merry Wives of Windsor, advertised on playbill of 10 Feb.] Afterpiece [1st time; BALL. P 1 (?), by John Cartwright Cross. Airs (T. Woodfall, 1798)]: The Scenery, Machinery, Dresses and Decorations entirely new. The Music by Reeve. The Scenery painted by Richards, Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, and Blackmore. The Machinery by Cresswell, Sloper, Goostree, &c. The Dresses by Dick, Mrs Egan, &c. Receipts: #294 0s. 6d. (270.16.6; 23.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: William Actor: Ledger

Afterpiece Title: Joan of Arc; or, The Maid of Orleans

Related Works
Related Work: Joan of Arc; or, The Maid of Orleans Author(s): William Reeve

1159
28 January 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

1160
26 February 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard ye Third Author(s): William Shakespeare

1161
27 April 1713 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard ye Third Author(s): William Shakespeare

1162
17 April 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard ye Third Author(s): William Shakespeare

1163
11 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1164
14 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1165
18 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1166
21 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1167
25 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1168
28 November 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1169
02 December 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1170
05 December 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1171
09 December 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1172
12 December 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1173
16 December 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The First, King Of England

1174
15 November 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

1175
14 January 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bickerstaff's Unburied Dead

Afterpiece Title: Richard III

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare