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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "his Majesty"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "his Majesty")') 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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1104 results for: Keyword - his Majesty
We found 1049 matches on Event Comments, 31 matches on Performance Comments, 30 matches on Performance Title, 9 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

201
28 September 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of his Excellency Count Kinski, Ambassador from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Germany. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Harper
Role: Wolsey Actor: Cibber
Role: Cranmer Actor: Mills
Role: Gardiner Actor: Johnson
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: With the Coronation Scene Actor: .

202
26 October 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Dance:

203
11 December 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. The King, Queen, Prince, Princess Royal, Princess Amelia, and Princess Carolina present. Universal Spectator, 14 Dec.: On Wednesday in the Afternoon there was a Riot at Drury-Lane Playhouse. The Mob hearing that their Majesties and the rest of the Royal Family were to be at the Play in the Evening, several disorderly People forced into the House pretending to keep Places, broke and did a good deal of Damage before they could be dislodg'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Cast
Role: with the Coronation Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

204
06 March 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Role: Sir Courtly Actor: Cibber.

205
13 March 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Cast
Role: Rover Actor: Wilks.

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Roger; Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson; Whitsun Holiday-Boval, Mrs Mills

206
06 August 1729 @ Richmond

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 8 Aug.: On Wednesday last in the Evening her Majesty, the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina, were entertained in the Gardens at Richmond by the Comedians of the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Unknown

207
19 March 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Sciolto Actor: Williams
Role: Altamont Actor: Wilks
Role: Horatio Actor: Mills
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Cibber.
Role: Lothario Actor: a Gentleman Highmore.

Dance: Mrs Booth

208
02 April 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Torrismond Actor: a Gentleman
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Raymond Actor: Boman
Role: Gomez Actor: Griffith
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Oldfield.
Role: Bertran Actor: Williams
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Wilks
Role: Pedro Actor: W. Mills
Role: Fryar Actor: Shepard

Dance: Mrs Booth

209
28 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit R. Williams. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Twenty Years. On this day the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen of the City presented a petition to the King seeking the suppression of the theatre in Goodman's Fields. Thomas Odell, Master of the Theatre, also appeared before His Majesty and sought royal leave to continue acting.--See Grub St. Journal, 7 May, for a summary of the events, but see also Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer and London Journal, 2 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Cast
Role: Faithful Actor: Giffard
Role: Captain Constant Actor: W. Williams
Role: Lovely Actor: Huddy
Role: Manage Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Trusty Actor: Bardin
Role: Sir David Watchum Actor: Penkethman
Role: Clinch Actor: Collet
Role: Roger Actor: R. Williams
Role: Slouch Actor: Pearce
Role: Old Constant Actor: Mynns
Role: Squire Num Actor: W. Bullock
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Haughton
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Seal
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mountfort
Role: Dorothy Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Thomas.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turn'd Dancing-Master

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Dukes.
Role: Peasants Actor: Sandham, Bardin
Role: Visiting Ladies Actor: Mrs Mountfort, Miss Thornowets
Role: Peasant Women Actor: Miss Sandham, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Palmer.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Highlander Actor: Burny
Role: Pierrot Actor: Eaton

Dance: TThe White Joke (new)-Eaton

210
28 October 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris; With The Mistakes

Cast
Role: Neptune Actor: Fielding
Role: Cephalus Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Procris Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Deities of Pleasure Actor: Essex, Mrs Booth
Role: Their Followers Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams
Role: Foresters Actor: Berry, Tenoe, Excell, Rainton Sr
Role: Amphitrite Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Sea Gods Actor: Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Rainton Jr, Haughton, Evans
Role: Syrens Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams
Role: Tritons Actor: Berry, Tenoe, Excell, Rainton Sr
Role: Winds Actor: R. Wetherilt, Surel, Peploe, Leigh
Role: Father Actor: Norris
Role: Squire Actor: Cibber Jr
Role: Pierot Actor: Roger
Role: Harlequin Actor: Rainton Jr
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Gardeners and Wives Actor: Tench, Lally Jr, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett.

211
12 November 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass; Or, The Nest Of Fools

Afterpiece Title: The Strollers

Dance:

212
17 November 1730 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio

213
24 November 1730 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

214
28 November 1730 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

215
01 December 1730 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

216
15 December 1730 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parthenope

217
19 December 1730 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parthenope

218
13 January 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of El Hadgee Moham'd Assayd, sent to His Majesty from the Dey and Divan of Algiers, and his Friend El Hadgee Ali

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Neptune Actor: Cibber Jr.
Role: Cephalus Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Procris Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Deities of Pleasure Actor: Essex, Mrs Booth
Role: Followers of Pleasure Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams
Role: Foresters Actor: Excell, Tenoe, Wright, Rainton Sr
Role: Amphitrite Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Sea Gods Actor: Essex, Lally
Role: Tritons Actor: Thurmond, Rainton Jr, Houghton, Evans
Role: Syrens Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams
Role: Noble Venetian Actor: Cibber Jr
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Pierot Actor: Roger
Role: Harlequin Actor: Rainton Jr
Role: Italian Bravo Actor: Harper
Role: Miller Actor: Oates
Role: Gormogons Actor: Thurmond, Lally, Houghton, Essex
Role: Chinese Guards Actor: Wetherilt, Wright, Gray, Burnet
Role: Gardeners and Wives Actor: Tench, Lally Jr, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett.

219
16 January 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

220
23 January 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

221
13 February 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

222
16 February 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

223
20 February 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

224
23 February 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

225
27 February 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus