Toggle Sphinx Query
SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "William Shakespear"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "William Shakespear")') 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

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?
+
+

Keyword

?
New Search
12706 results for: Keyword - William Shakespear
We found 11030 matches on Author, 1683 matches on Performance Comments, 1329 matches on Event Comments, 57 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

201
28 November 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: As17191003

202
26 December 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: As17191003

203
02 January 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: As17191003

204
05 January 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: As17191003

205
11 February 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

206
14 March 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. Written by Shakespear. Admission as 10 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

207
28 March 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Booth, Miss Smith

208
09 April 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Leigh. By His Majesty's Command. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Related Works
Related Work: Julius Caesar Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: Leveridge

Dance: As17200120 The Italian Shadows which have not been perform'd these Twenty Years-

209
03 May 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

210
24 September 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

211
10 October 1720 @ Southwark

Event Comment: Benefit Leigh and Hall. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: a new Farce, (never Acted before). At their Leigh-Hall? Great Booth in Bird-Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fourth Part I

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

Afterpiece Title: The Broken Stock Jobbers or Work for the Bailiffs

Dance: Comical Drunken Man-Harper; Also the surprizing and diverting Entertainment of The Italian Shadows which gave such universal Satisfaction last season in the New Theatre-

212
22 October 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Sixteen Years. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #99 14s. Davies, Dramatic Miscellanies, I, 139: The first play acted at Lincoln's-inn Fields, which fixed the attention of the public, was The Merry Wives of Windsor. This comedy was so perfectly played in all its parts, that the critics in acting universally celebrated the merit of the performers. The characters were so well adapted to the abilities of the actors, that no play had been represented with equal skill and propriety at that theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

213
24 October 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

214
24 October 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #92. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 29 Oct.: Where was acted...The Merry Wives of Windsor, with universal Applause; that Company having improved themselves so much, during the long Vacation, they now equal, if not exceed their Brethren of Drury-Lane in their Theatrical Performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

215
25 October 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #45 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

216
26 October 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #45 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

217
29 October 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #77 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

218
02 November 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Shakespear. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

219
10 November 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twelve Years. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #86 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Troilus And Cressida

Related Works
Related Work: Troilus and Cressida Author(s): William Shakespeare

220
11 November 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. And revised with Alterations by Mr Dryden. Receipts: #21 8s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Troilus And Cressida

Related Works
Related Work: Troilus and Cressida Author(s): William Shakespeare

221
17 November 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #65 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

222
24 November 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear . With Scenes, Machines, Triumphal Arches, and other Decorations after the Custom of the Romans. Receipts: #38 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Related Works
Related Work: Coriolanus Author(s): William Shakespeare

223
03 December 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #87 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

224
06 December 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear, by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

225
08 December 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #34 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare