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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "William Shirley"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "William Shirley")') 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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12615 results for: Keyword - William Shirley
We found 11102 matches on Author, 1666 matches on Performance Comments, 448 matches on Event Comments, 53 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8651
14 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Nunnery

Related Works
Related Work: The Nunnery Author(s): William Pearce

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Meadows, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Pemberton; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Orme, Mrs Gray, Miss Francis, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Kennedy

8652
15 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Related Works
Related Work: The Choleric Fathers Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: As17851112

8653
16 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

8654
16 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Related Works
Related Work: The Choleric Fathers Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: As17851112

8655
17 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Nunnery

Related Works
Related Work: The Nunnery Author(s): William Pearce

Song: As17851114

8656
18 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Related Works
Related Work: The Winter's Tale Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: A Winter's Tale Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Winters Tale Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. [Cast from General Evening Post, 19 Nov.; Morning Post, 19 Nov.; Public Advertiser, 7 and 27 Dec. 1785; Morning Post, 22 Dec. 1786: Bumpkin-Parsons; Irishman at Stratford-Moody; Country Girl-Mrs Wrighten. In Pageant: Cupid-Master Canlets; Iachimo-Palmer; Malvolio and Posthumus-Bensley; Touchstone-King; Richard III-Kemble; Romeo-Bannister Jun.; Hamlet-R. Palmer; Sir Hugh Evans-Parsons; Doctor Cains-Baddeley; Sir Andrew Aguecheek-Waldron; Lear-Wrighten; FalstafT-Chaplin; Henry V-Barrymore; Coriolanus-Phillimore; Edgar-Dodd; Macbeth-Williames; Antony-Staunton; Tragic Muse-Mrs Siddons [whose "car was fitted up exactly in the stile of the picture of the Tragic Music by Sir Joshua Reynolds"]; Comic Muse-Mrs Cuyler; Lady Macbeth-Miss Kemble; Beatrice-Miss Pope; Volumnia-Mrs Brereton; Cleopatra-Mrs Wilson; Rosalind-Mrs Jordan; Queen in Richard III-Mrs Hopkins; Cordelia-Miss Collins; Venus-Mrs Crouch. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Chapman, Fawcett.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Williames

8657
18 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Related Works
Related Work: The Choleric Fathers Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: As17851103

8658
19 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Beaumont Actor: Williames

Song: As17851029

8659
21 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Related Works
Related Work: Cymbeline Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Injured Princess; or, The Fatal Wager Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene, with Dancing by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir, and Singing by Miss Field; End of Act III The Market-Day, as17851024

8660
21 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

Song: As17851114, but added: Mrs Swords

8661
22 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Hubert-Bensley; Salisbury-Staunton; Pembroke-Williames; Essex-Chaplin; Bastard-Smith; King Philip-Aickin; Dauphin-Barrymore; Prince Arthur-Miss Field; Pandulph-Packer; Austria-Wrighten; Citizen-Fawcett; Chatilion-Bannister Jun.; Queen Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Lady Blanch-Miss Palmer; Lady Falconbridge-Mrs Hedges; Constance-Mrs Siddons .
Cast
Role: Pembroke Actor: Williames
Related Works
Related Work: King John Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

8662
22 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Related Works
Related Work: Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: As17851112

8663
23 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Williames

8664
24 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Dance: As17851017

8665
24 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Related Works
Related Work: The Choleric Fathers Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17851112

8666
25 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

Song: As17851121

8667
28 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

8668
28 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Song: As17851121

8669
02 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Williames

Dance: As17851028

8670
03 December 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

8671
06 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Dance: As17851103

8672
09 December 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Related Works
Related Work: The Roman Father Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

8673
12 December 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

Monologue: 1785 12 12 As 10 Dec

8674
14 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Williames

Dance: As17851028

8675
16 December 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Williames