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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the Sir Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the Sir Williams")') 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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17963 results for: Keyword - the Sir Williams
We found 11545 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 1129 matches on Roles/Actors, and 512 matches on Performance Title.

1826
13 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: A New Pantomime Dance, as17671016

1827
26 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Colman the clear receipt of last Monday Night for the Oxonian, and the Alterations of The Rehearsal and King Lear, #230 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: New Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Valois

1828
01 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #206 18s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, as17671024

1829
30 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1830
12 January 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Copin

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, as17671021

1831
01 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

1832
02 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: For the Author [of mainpiece]. Charges: #64 5s. Balance due. Goldsmith #145 12s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #209 17s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Musical Lady Author(s): George Colman, the elder

1833
03 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

1834
04 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both Pieces By Command of their Majesties. Present Their Majesties and Lady Louisa. Gave Yeomen of the Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #236 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17670921; End: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1835
05 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The sixth Day. For the Author. Charges #64 5s. Balance to Goldsmith #96 15s. (Account Book). Receipts: #161 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

1836
06 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Dunstall

1837
08 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

1838
09 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Ninth Day. For the Author. Charges #67 15s. Balance to Goldsmith #98. Paid Dr Goldsmith the balances of his 1st and 2nd nights for The Good Natured Man #145 12s. 6d. #96 15s. (Account Book). Receipts: #165 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Midas

1839
10 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Dr Goldsmith the balance of his 3rd night of the Good Natured Man of the 9th Inst....#98 (Account Book). Receipts: #124 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: To conclude with the Original Dance in the Actor: Arnauld, Mrs Thompson.

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

1840
15 February 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, as17671021

1841
21 March 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter. By Particular Desire. House charges, candles and extras #67 15s. Balance to Shuter #81 5s. 6d., plus income from #104 4s. worth of 340 Box and 128 Pit tickets (Account Book). Receipts: #149 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: III: By Particular Desire, Shuter will entertain with his Whimsical Observations in a Post Haste Journey to Paris-Shuter; Following the Afterpiece, The Cries of London with Additions-Shuter

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

1842
19 April 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Dibdin
Role: With a Dance Actor: Incidental to the opera
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Ballet: II: The Wapping Landlady. As17680416

1843
03 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Cast
Role: Sir William Douglas Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: To conclude with Dance incident to the play Actor: Shuter.

Dance: III: The Wake, as17680220

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at Ye All-J. Palmer

1844
07 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones (playbill). Charges #64 15s. 6d. Balance to Legg #17 8s. 3d.; to Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones together #17 8s. 3d. In addition Legg received #59 14s. from his tickets (Box 82; Pit 188; Gallery 110) and the two Actresses together received #55 9s. from tickets (Box 89; Pit 142; Gallery 119). Receipts: #99 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Dibdin
Role: With a Dance Actor: incidental to the opera.
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Copin

Ballet: II: The Wapping Landlady. Double Hornpipe, As17680416

1845
13 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Cancelled. Theatre and all the Gardens [closed] on account of the Death of Louisa Anne [sister of His Majesty]--until 23 May. [This was to have been the Benefit night for Mortimer, Tomlinson, and Lings.] Tickets deliver'd by Miss Berkley, Mas. Cape, and for The Committee were to have been taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Cast
Role: Sir William Douglas Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: None

Dance: [I: Double Hornpipe-Mas. Cape, Miss Taylor.

1846
23 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Cast
Role: Sir William Douglas Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Dance: II: Double Hornpipe-Mas. Cape, Miss Taylor; End: The Medley, as17680416

Performance Comment: Cape, Miss Taylor; End: The Medley, as17680416.

1847
25 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Sir John Restless Actor: King
Role: Beverly Actor: Cautherly
Role: Sir William Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Cautherley

Dance: End: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley

1848
26 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Stoppelaer. Tickets for The Way of the World will be taken. Charges: 1!2 charge for House #31 10s.; 1!2 charge for candles 12s. 6d.; 1!2 charge Tabor & Pipe 5s. 3d.; 1!2 value of tickets #57 16s.: Total #90 3s. 9d. minus 1!2 Receipts #20 14s. equals #69 9s. 9d. deficiency to Stoppelaer. Covered by #115 12s. from tickets (168 Box; 370 Pit; 181 Gallery) and #20 14s. from Receipts. Profit to Stoppelaer was #86 16s. 3d. Paid to Mr Shropshire for 20,000 brushes #4 10s. Receipts: #41 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Dibdin
Role: With a Dance Actor: incidental to the opera.
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet
Role: Servants at the Statute Actor: Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Copin

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Besford, 2nd time

1849
03 October 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #129 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

Dance: II: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17680928

1850
18 November 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Sir Epicure Relish Actor: Wignell
Role: The Dances Actor: Arnauld, Miss Valois.

Dance: II: The Lamplighters, as17681101