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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Willaim Richards"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Willaim 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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3356 results for: Keyword - Willaim Richards
We found 1991 matches on Author, 696 matches on Performance Title, 668 matches on Performance Comments, 470 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

151
12 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: In II: A Song-Beard

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Scot's Dance, as17371110

152
07 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17380103

153
16 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17380103

154
27 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces-; In II: Solo on the Violin-

Dance: III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; IV: Flanderkins, as17380120 V: Ballet, as17380120

155
27 February 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Sir John Cockle at Court

156
11 October 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Furies Actor: Haughton, Villeneuve, Desse, Richardson, Dupre
Role: Pierot Man and Woman Actor: Richardson, Thompson

157
06 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Song: Roberts; Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

158
08 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: A new dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; A Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; A Serious Dance-Mlle Roland

159
05 February 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Song: Beard

160
08 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: See17381009, but Harlequin-Hays; Genius-Leveridge, Salway; Helen-Mrs Lampe; Shade-Miss Young; Furies-Richardson, Villeneuve, Thompson, Desse, Dupre; Harlequin Man and Woman-Desse, Miss Oates; Pierot Man and Woman-Richardson, Thompson; Mezzetin Man and Woman-Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun; Scaramouch Man and Woman-Dupre, Mlle Ozanne; Miller-Bencraft; siller's Wife-Miss Oates; Doctor's Man-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Furies Actor: Richardson, Villeneuve, Thompson, Desse, Dupre
Role: Pierot Man and Woman Actor: Richardson, Thompson

Dance: By Desire, aHornpipe-Yates

161
05 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Serious Dance-Desse, Miss Oates; V: Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

Music:

162
01 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: Glover's Grand Ballet-Mlle Anne Roland

Song: End Afterpiece: Song in parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts; with a Grand Chorus-

Ballet: V: The Reprizal. As17391015

163
06 November 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: La Badinage de Provence-Poitier, Mlle Roland; V: Scotch Dance-Glover, Mlle Anne Roland

164
10 January 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Infernals Actor: Leveridge, Villeneuve, Dupre, Richardson, Delagarde, Desse, Fromont

Dance: As17391226

Ballet: GGrand Dance in Momus. As17391204, but Country Lasses-Mrs _Rogers, Miss Dancy

Cast
Role: Fawns Actor: Richardson, Dupre, Desse, Delagarde

165
20 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Peasants-French Boy and Girl; II: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

166
09 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-Mechel; III: Kilkenny-Glover, Mlle Roland; V: Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Song: In II: Roberts

167
11 December 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: A Scotch Dance, as17411130; II: Comic Dance, as17411209; III: Matelot, as17411209; V: Hornpipe-Taylor

Song: IV: Mr Bennet

168
16 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Entertainment: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burke Thumoth [on Flute]

169
29 September 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: Picq, Mlle Auguste, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Wright, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Moudet; Also a Drunken Peasant-Duval, 1st time of appearing on this stage

170
13 September 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

171
18 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

172
27 September 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Muilment

173
06 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Summer's Tale

Dance: I: The Garland, as17651003; II: A New Grand Ballet, call'd The Gallant Shepherds-Fichar, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford

174
12 April 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Amelia

Dance: III: The Provenzales, as17680301 IV: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

175
15 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Midas