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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.

4251
22 February 1743 @ 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 Rape of Proserpine

4252
24 February 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: GGrand Ballet, as17421108; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

4253
05 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

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

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Wright

Dance: LLa Provencale, as17421105; Les Boufons du Cour-Delemain, Mlle Auguste

4254
07 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

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

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17430305 Characters of Dancing, as17421108; Grand Ballet, as17421108

4255
08 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure; or, Beauty the Best Advocate Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; 1st Sylvan-Mlle Auguste; 2nd Sylvan-Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LaFont; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Columbine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Jackson, Mlle Maudet, Mrs Fawkes; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Water-Picq, Mlle Auguste.
Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright

4256
12 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: The History of King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: IV: Lowe

4257
12 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv

Related Works
Related Work: 1 Henry IV Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: 1 Perseus and Andromeda

4258
17 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv

Related Works
Related Work: 1 Henry IV Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: 1 The Lying Valet

4259
22 March 1743 @ 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 Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Tambourine-Cooke; Les Boufons du Cour, as17430305

4260
04 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

4261
07 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

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

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: II: Stella and Flavia-Beard; IV: (By Particular Desire) Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

Music: IV: a Concerto-Piantanida

Dance: III: A Comic Dance-Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval

4262
07 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: The Vocal parts Actor: _Salway, Miss _Davis, Mrs _James, Miss Wright.
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: PPeasants, as17421230; New Grand Comic Ballet-Picq, Mlle Auguste

4263
08 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

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

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: LLe Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217; Musette, as17421209

4264
11 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve
Related Work: The Credulous Husband Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Music: I: Concerto-Piantinida; IV: A New Concerto (never perform'd before) on the German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Dance: II: Neopolitan Punch, as17430324

Song: III: Distracted I Turn-Beard

4265
11 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure; or, Beauty the Best Advocate Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

4266
11 April 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

4267
15 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The What D'Ye Call It

Song: III: Beard; IV: Gentle Parthenissa-Sullivan; V: Caesar and Urania-Beard, Lowe

Music: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

4268
16 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Dighton Actor: Wright
Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: As17430413

Music: III: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

4269
20 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper, as17421025; III: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; V: Grand Ballet, as17421108

4270
22 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve
Related Work: The Credulous Husband Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Devil To Pay

Dance: I: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005; V: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310

Music: II: Concerto-Piantanida; IV: Solo-Piantanida

Song: III: An Italian Song-a Gentlewoman

4271
28 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

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

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: As17430120

Dance: II: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310 IV: Italian Gardeners, as17421231

4272
28 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: The History of King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: A Ball Dance concluding with, a Minuet-Dupre, a Young Gentleman

4273
02 May 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve
Related Work: The Credulous Husband Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Les Boufons du Cour, as17430305 Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

4274
03 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Dighton Actor: Wright
Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: As17430413

Dance: III: La Florana, as17430408

4275
09 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve
Related Work: The Credulous Husband Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: As17430120

Dance: II: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129; IV: New Serious Ballet, as17430425