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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the Rover"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the Rover")') 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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255 results for: Keyword - the Rover
We found 186 matches on Performance Title, 171 matches on Roles/Actors, 95 matches on Performance Comments, 6 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

201
24 March 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Booth. Pit and Boxes together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

202
04 May 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song:

Dance:

203
09 September 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

204
23 November 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

205
29 January 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

206
09 May 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Tenoe; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock

207
17 April 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Beenfit Shaw. By Their Royal Highnesses's Command. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: As17240201

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

208
21 April 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Cast
Role: other Actor: Duplessy, Pelling.

Dance: Several new Dances by Dupre-Dupre, others

209
12 February 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

210
15 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Gods of the Woods Actor: Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

211
30 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Hero and Leander Actor: Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers, others

212
26 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

213
16 April 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Robinson. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-; Also a Solo on the Little Flute-John Baston

Dance: Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson; particularly a Chacone-Mrs Booth; And a New Dance-Miss Robinson a Scholar of Mr Essex (which was perform'd in the Rover with Universal Applause) in which will be express'd all the different Movements in Dancing

214
14 November 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Gods of the Woods Actor: Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

215
05 February 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Cast
Role: Chinese Guards Actor: Wetherilt, Wright, Gray, Burnet

216
23 November 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Performance Comment: Willmore-Wilks; Belville-Mills; Pedro-Bridgwater; Antonio-W. Mills; Frederick-Oates; Blunt-Johnson; Sancho-Wetherilt; Hellena-Mrs Booth; Angelica-Mrs Horton; Florinda-Mrs Heron; Valeria-Miss Raftor; Moretta-Mrs Mills; Lucetta-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Sancho Actor: Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

217
11 April 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Imaginary Cuckolds

218
09 January 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: A new Comedy. [By William Popple.] All the Characters new drest. Preface to edition of 1734: A Report having been maliciously raised, and industriously spread all over the Town, that the Play was a Party Play, and supported by the Court, and therefore to be opposed, Numbers of Persons came into the House with an Intent ... to damn it at all Events. . . . However, the Play having had a fair Hearing, went off with infinitely more Applause than Blame

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Revenge; Or, The Rover Reclaim'd

Dance: By Malter and Mlle Salle

219
12 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Longbib the Vintner Actor: Salway

Music: As17360211

Dance: II: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. III: Le Badinage de Provence by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger

220
13 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Longbib the Vintner Actor: Salway

Music: As17360211

Dance: II: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c. III: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger

221
02 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe-Livier, Villeneuve; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Rover-Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Rector, Miss Mann

222
05 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Quin; Cassio-Cibber; Iago-W. Mills; Brabantio-Milward; Roderigo-Miller; Emilia-Mrs Butler; Lodovico-Turbutt; Montano-Winstone; Desdemona-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; III: Rover-Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Mrs Anderson, Dukes, Miss Mann, Pelling, Miss Brett, Janno, Mrs Villeneuve

223
22 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Rover-Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann

224
25 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: I: English Maggot, as17361022; II: Comic Dance-Philips, Mrs Anderson; V: Rover, as17361022

225
29 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park; Or, The Merry Citizens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: Dutchman and Frow-Philips, Miss Brett; III: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; IV: Rover-Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann