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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "his Royal Highness\'s Birth Day"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "his Royal Highness\'s Birth Day")') 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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4828 results for: Keyword - his Royal Highness's Birth-Day
We found 3186 matches on Event Comments, 1226 matches on Performance Title, 640 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3376
10 December 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 9 Dec., The British Enchanters had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

3377
14 January 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: For the Encouragement of the Comedians Acting in the Hay-Market, and to enable them to keep the Diversion of Plays under a separate Interest from the Opera. By Subscription. The Boxes to be open'd to the Pit, and none to be admitted but by the Subscription Tickets. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. [Cibber (II, 4-5) states that each subscriber received three tickets for the first day of each of three plays offered by subscription for a payment of three guineas.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

3378
16 January 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 15 Jan., The Rehearsal had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: As17070109

Dance: duRuel, deBarques, others

3379
04 February 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [By Colley Cibber.] Never Acted before. By Subscription. The Boxes to be open'd to the Pit, and none to be admitted but by the Subscribers' Tickets. [In the preface to The Double Gallant Cibber states that in Marriage a la Mode he joined "the Comical Episodes of the Maiden Queen, and Marriage alamode...the Alteration cost me but six days trouble; and not calling it a new Play, we found the Town very favourable to it."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marriage A La Mode Or The Comical Lovers

3380
21 February 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the famous Ben Johnson. [In Daily Courant, 20 Feb., The Tender Husband has been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

3381
25 February 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. Tickets for The Comical Lovers [advertised on 22 Feb. for this day] taken at this play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

3382
06 March 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mrs Moore's tickets for 3 March taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song:

Dance:

3383
20 March 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lindsey. [In Daily Courant, 17 March, The Committee as a benefit for Miss Santlow had been announced for this day, but later deferred to Tuesday 25.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

3384
26 April 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 25 April, Thomyris had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Song: As17070109

Dance: As17070303

3385
13 May 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [in Daily Courant, 7 May, Thomyris had been advertised by subscription for Saturday 10 and Thursday 15 at two guineas for three tickets on each day, the number not to exceed 420 in the front boxes, side boxes, and pit, all to be laid together.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Thomyris Queen Of Scythia

3386
18 November 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Sir George Etherige. [In Daily Courant, 17 Nov., I Henry IV had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud If She Coud

3387
06 December 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 8 Dec., Virtue Betrayed had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance:

3388
10 January 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [The Union of the Companies occurred after this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus King Of Thebes

Song: As17080109

Dance: Miss Santlow, others

3389
28 January 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 27 Jan., The Spanish Fryar was announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

3390
06 April 1708 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 3 April, Thomyris had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance:

3391
08 June 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Author's Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maids The Mistress

3392
31 August 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: With Beadles, Officers, and Attendants belonging to the Powder Court. [In Daily Courant, 30 Aug., The London Cuckolds had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

3393
07 September 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 4 Sept., The Heir of Morocco had been announced for this day.] The Playhouse in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields is to be Let for a Tennis-Court, or for any other use, (except a Playhouse). Enquire of Mr John Hall next Door to the Sign of the Angel in Little-Russell street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

3394
12 February 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Admission as 5 Jan., but no benches railed into boxes. [In Daily Courant, 11 Feb., Pyrrhus and Demetrius had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

3395
16 February 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Valentini. The Boxes to be open'd to the Pit. And no Person to be admitted but by printed Tickets [at half a Guinea]. Stage Boxes half a Guinea. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. Note, the Tickets deliver'd for Pyrrhus and Demetrius to be taken this Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

3396
08 March 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Admission as 5 Jan., but no benches railed into boxes. From this day until Easter, 24 April, there are no performances on Wednesday and Friday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

3397
02 April 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Keene. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Note, The Tickets deliver'd out for the 14th will be taken this Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe Or The Great Mogul

3398
12 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Susanna Centlivre.] Never Acted before. Whincop (pp. 189-90): On the first Day there was a very poor House, scarce Charges. Under these Circumstances, it cannot be supposed the Play appeared to much Advantage, the Audience only came there for want of another Place to go to, but without any Expectation of being much diverted; they were yawning at the Beginning of it, but were agreeably surprized, more and more every Act, till at last the House rung with as much Applause as was possible to be given by so thin an Audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Performance Comment: Edition ca. 1709 lists: Sir George Airy-Wilks; Sir Francis Gripe-Estcourt; Charles-Mills; Sir Jealous Traffick-Bullock; Marplot-Pack; Whisper-Bullock Jr; Miranda-Mrs Cross; Isabinda-Mrs Rogers; Patch-Mrs Saunders; Scentwell-Mrs Mills; Prologue written by ThomasBaker-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: Bullock Jr

3399
25 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: See Tatler, 26 May. [In Daily Courant, 24 May, William Bowen announced that The Stratagem, advertised for this day as his benefit, is deferred and that tickets for it will be accepted on 1 June at Sganarell; or, The Cuckold in Conceit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

3400
17 February 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 16 Feb., Almahide had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy