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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "William Wright"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "William Wright")') 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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12985 results for: Keyword - William Wright
We found 10793 matches on Author, 2567 matches on Performance Comments, 545 matches on Event Comments, 254 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3876
16 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Ballet: AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

Cast
Role: Pilgrims Actor: Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward

3877
17 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Anthony Actor: Wright
Role: Titania Actor: Miss Wright
Related Works
Related Work: Julius Caesar Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Ballet: AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

Cast
Role: Pilgrims Actor: Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward

3878
18 January 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

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

3879
23 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Laertes Actor: Wright
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Ballet: AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

Cast
Role: Pilgrims Actor: Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward

3880
25 January 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

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

3881
02 February 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Sharper Actor: Wright
Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve
Related Work: The Credulous Husband Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: II: La Matelote-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Scots Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; IV: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Ballet: A Voyage to Cytherea. As17400115

Cast
Role: Pilgrims Actor: Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward

3882
06 February 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

3883
07 February 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: CComic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Tambourine-French Girl; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

3884
09 February 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Dance: I: La Matelote-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: French Peasants-Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Muilment

Ballet: A Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

Cast
Role: Pilgrims Actor: Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward

3885
04 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

3886
10 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

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

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; II: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

3887
17 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; In IV: Muilment; V: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: III: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards

3888
18 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Sharper Actor: Wright
Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve
Related Work: The Credulous Husband Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): William Hawkins

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; III: L'Allamande-Mlle Chateauneuf

3889
20 March 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): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Mock-Lawyer

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; V: Ballet-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: The last new Song-Mrs Clive by Handel (17 March)

3890
25 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Dance: PPeasants-French Boy and Girl; Ballet-Glover, Villeneuve, Desse, Delagarde, Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun, Mlle Ozanne; Pastor Fido (a Grand Dance)-Glover, Mlle Roland; The Maria (Ball Dance), a Minuet-Glover, Mlle Roland; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

3891
27 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

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

3892
27 March 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

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

Afterpiece Title: David's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan

Music: Violin-Festing?; Violoncello-Caporale?; Several Concertos-

3893
29 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lenox Actor: Wright
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: I: Song-Beard; as end V 25 March; V: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide (Comus)-Miss Edwards

Dance: In IV: Muilment

3894
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): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Related Works
Related Work: Henry the Second; or, The Fall of Rosamond Author(s): William Hawkins

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

3895
17 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Villagers Actor: Waltz, Berry, Lad, Thompson, Roberts, Smith, Davies, Mrs Wright, Mrs Chambers, Miss Davies.

3896
18 April 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

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

Afterpiece Title: Two Anthems, set to Musick by Handel

Music: Solo on Violin-Festing; Solo on Violoncello-Caporale

3897
21 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Related Works
Related Work: The Shepherd's Lottery Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; III: Wooden Shoe Dance-Master Ferg; V: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: By particular Desire,English Captain (as17400325-Beard

3898
21 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Music: As17400101, but Vocal Parts-_Roberts

3899
25 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Cast
Role: King Actor: Wright
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: The Siege of Rhodes, Part I Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Siege of Rhodes, Part II Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner in the Suds

Dance: I: Minuet, Louvre-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; II: A new dance-Muilment; III: Russian Sailor-Desnoyer; V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: Black@ey'd Susan, disposed into a Cantata, with Recitatives and Airs adapted to the different Expressions in that celebrated Ballad, the Musick New by Mr Arne-Beard, Mrs Arne; V: English Captain (as17400325-Beard; End Afterpiece: The Eccho Song (Comus)-Mrs Arne

3900
25 April 1740 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosalinda

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

Music: Solo on Violin-Festing; Solo on Violoncello-Caporale; With several Concertos-