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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the elder George Colman"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the elder George Colman")') 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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5464 results for: Keyword - the elder George Colman
We found 4195 matches on Author, 892 matches on Performance Comments, 690 matches on Event Comments, 204 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3276
02 October 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh Author(s): George Sewell

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Hough
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: III: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

3277
27 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh Author(s): George Sewell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Dance: V: Ballet-Muilment

3278
13 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: III: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; IV: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

3279
21 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Elder Woudbe Actor: Milward
Related Works
Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; IV: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

3280
22 December 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Phebe; or, The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: I: Peasant-Lalauze; II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: L'Allamande (new)-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

3281
11 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17391222, but Rose-Miss Jenny Hippisley (the first time of her appearance on any stage).
Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: Scots Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; III: Grand Ballet-Muilment; IV: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

3282
28 January 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Elder Woudbe Actor: Milward
Related Works
Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

3283
02 February 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: CComic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Tambourine-Little French Girl; Sailor's Dance in Momus-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

3284
25 February 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elmerick

Related Works
Related Work: Elmerick Author(s): George Lillo

3285
01 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elmerick

Related Works
Related Work: Elmerick Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

3286
13 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3287
24 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Michael Lally. At the Desire of several Ladies of Qualit(. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. [Two Rows of Pit and part of Stage formed into Side-Boxes. Tickets at Lally's House in Southampton-Row, Bloomsbury.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Related Works
Related Work: The Stage-Coach Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Stage-Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-French Boy; II: Je ne scai quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Ball Dance, Minuet-Lally, Mlle Roland; End Afterpiece: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

3288
10 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle Chateauneuf. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Part of the Stage will be formed into Side-Boxes. Tickets at Mlle Chateauneuf's Lodgings at Farnell's in Bridges Street, corner of Russell Court.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: L'Arlequinea deux Visage-Mlle Chateauneuf alone; II: Muilment; III: La Jalouzie-Desnoyer, Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; V: Hungarian Dance-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; End Afterpiece: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: V: Beard

3289
10 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3290
15 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3291
24 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3292
01 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3293
02 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Related Works
Related Work: The Stage-Coach Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Stage-Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: II: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: Grecian Sailors-Glover

3294
08 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3295
13 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Bencraft, Gibson, the French Boy and Girl. Tickets for Thomson and Lestrade also taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Related Works
Related Work: The Stage-Coach Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Stage-Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: I: Minuet (By Desire)-Lestrade, Mlle Ozanne; II: Les Characteres de la Dance-the French Girl; III: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: La Pantomime de Suisse & D'Alemande-the French Boy and Girl; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

3296
19 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Cast
Role: Nancy's Father Actor: Leveridge

Dance: II: Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; IV: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

3297
22 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3298
29 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Leviez; II: Muilment; III: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: The Life of a Belle-Mrs Clive

Music: V: As17400517

3299
30 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

3300
10 June 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: See17400605*a1740 6 10 cg Orpheus and Eurydice. As17400212*c1740 6 10 cg By Desire. [The last performance of the season.]
Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Related Work: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats Author(s): Katherine Clive