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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "A Woman is a Riddle"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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506 results for: Title - A Woman is a Riddle

101
29 April 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: The Mad Song in Don Quixote set by Henry Purcell-Boman; Scotch Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis; Mrs Hodgson, Davis, Cook

Dance: Between acts: Variety of Dancing-

102
05 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: duRuel; Miller's Dance-Pinkeman

Entertainment: And performing these several Performances, first an Organ with three Voices, then the Double Curtel, the Flute, the Bells, the Huntsman, the Horn, Pack of Dogs, all with his Mouth-Mr Clinch of Barnet; and an old Woman of Fourscore Years of Age nursing her Grand/Child all which he does open on the Stage-Mr Clinch; Next performing several Mimick Entertainments on the Ladder, first he stands on the top-round with a Bottle in one hand, and a Glass in the other, and drinks a Health; then plays several Tunes on the Violin, with fifteen other surprizing Performances which no man but himself can do-a Gentleman

103
08 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caesar Borgia; Son Of Pope Alexander Vi

Song: Mrs Hodgson; A two/part song-Cook, Davis; Indian Trumpet Song-Davis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman, Irish Whim-Mrs Willis

Music: A new Set of Airs for the Trumpet Hautboys and Violins composed by Corbett-

Dance: Miss Evans, Clark, Firbank, Firbank's scholar

104
24 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Wit of a Woman

Song: a young Gentleman who never perform'd on the Stage before; a new Dialogue between him and one of the House, being set by Mr Hicks-

105
10 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ignoramus

Dance: A new Italian Scaramouch-Layfield, his first on the stage; other dances-Layfield, Miss Evans

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis, Miss Baldwin; A comical dialogue-Short, Mrs Willis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis

106
16 August 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Song: A gentleman, his first on the stage

Dance: Harlequin Man and Woman-Laforest, Devonshire Girl; Quaker's Dance, Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl

107
17 August 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unfortunate Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: The Wit of a Woman

Dance: Italian Scaramouch-Layfield; a new Morris Dance-two men, two women

108
23 October 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Dance: Mrs duRuel

Song:

109
02 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Dance: As17051218

Song: As17060112

110
29 June 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Song: Dialogue between a Dutch and French Woman-Pack, Mrs Willis; A song-Laurence

Dance: French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bicknell; Comic Dance-deLegarde, Young l'Abbe, Miss Bruce; Scaramouch-Layfield

111
01 January 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

112
02 January 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

113
07 January 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

114
13 January 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage; Or, The Commonwealth Of Women

Song: The Mad Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey

Dance: duRuel, deBarques, Mrs Evans, others

115
21 February 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

116
28 October 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

117
13 November 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

118
07 January 1708 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

119
21 April 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

120
26 June 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage; Or, A Commonwealth Of Women

121
04 January 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

122
01 March 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

123
31 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

124
11 January 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

125
09 February 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman