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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Comical Songs Scots English and Italian"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Comical Songs Scots English and Italian")') 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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5822 results for: Keyword - Comical Songs, Scots, English, and Italian
We found 2756 matches on Performance Title, 2315 matches on Performance Comments, 1352 matches on Event Comments, 122 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1676
07 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Mills
Role: Trapland Actor: Griffin

Music: The March in Zara. By Desire, a Solo composed by Charke will be performed on the Violin by his Scholar, Master Oates

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: A new dance by Master Oates and Miss Oates, Scholars to Villeneuve. III: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson. IV: Peasant by Master Oates and Miss Oates. V: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett

Performance Comment: II: A new dance by Master Oates and Miss Oates, Scholars to Villeneuve. III: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson. IV: Peasant by Master Oates and Miss Oates. V: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett .

1677
18 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Berry and Boman. Tickets for Leigh taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performance Comment: III: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c .

1678
20 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Winstone and Miss Cole. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets for Mrs Anderson, Villeneuve, Rainton, and Master Green taken.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Performance Comment: As17360311 but Westmoreland-Winstone; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Dancey. A Prologue by Mr Betterton, representing the Ghost of Falstaff, Forty Years ago at the Revival of this Play, will be (by particular Desire) spoke by Mr Quin .
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Winstone

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Two Pierrots by Villeneuve and Delamayne. III: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson. IV: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, &c. V: Minuet by Master Weeks and Miss Cole. End Afterpiece: Rigadoon by Master Weeks and Miss Cole

Performance Comment: II: Two Pierrots by Villeneuve and Delamayne. III: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson. IV: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, &c. V: Minuet by Master Weeks and Miss Cole. End Afterpiece: Rigadoon by Master Weeks and Miss Cole .

1679
24 May 1736 @ Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Julius Caesar (in French)

Afterpiece Title: The Forced Marriage (in English)

1680
26 May 1736 @ Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Julius Caesar (in French)

Afterpiece Title: The Forced Marriage (in English)

1681
28 May 1736 @ Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Julius Caesar (in French)

Afterpiece Title: The Forced Marriage (in English)

1682
02 June 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-1n-law

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Drunken Peasant by Phillips. V: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performance Comment: III: Drunken Peasant by Phillips. V: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c .

1683
22 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

1684
25 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from Plautus and Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

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

1685
28 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With all the Scenes, Habits, and Decorations proper to the Play. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Stoppelaer

Music: Comic Medley Overture composed by Charke-

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Polonese-Essex, Mrs Walter; V: Last new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

1686
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

1687
30 October 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Ben-Miller; Tattle-Cibber; Foresight-Johnson; Valentine-Milward; Scandal-W. Mills; Sir Sampson-Shepard; Jeremy-Oates; Trapland-Griffin; Mrs Frail-Mrs Butler; Mrs Foresight-Miss Holliday;Prue-Mrs Clive; Nurse-Mrs Bennet; Angelica-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Mills
Role: Trapland Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Rover, as17361029; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

1688
02 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Burgomaster-Livier; Boor Servant-Macklin; Scaramouch-Janno; Colombine-Miss Mann; Harlequin-Philips; Country Lads-Villeneuve, Dukes, Janno; Country Lasses-Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Revellers-Essex, Mrs Walter

1689
03 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Revellers-Essex, Mrs Walter

1690
06 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; IV: Flight-Essex, Mrs Walter

1691
08 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

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

1692
10 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; V: Dutchman and his Frow-Philips, Miss Brett

1693
12 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law; Or, The Doctor's The Disease

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: III: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; V: Revellers-Essex, Mrs Walter

1694
17 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

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

1695
20 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Roland.
Role: Venus Actor: Mlle Roland
Role: with a Grand Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Roland.

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Muilment

1696
29 November 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ignoramus; Or, The English Lawyer

Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Amaryllis Actor: Mlle Roland
Role: Shepherds and Shepherdesses Actor: Lesac, Vallois, Delagarde, H. Fayting, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Woodward, Miss Gerrard, Miss Oates.

1697
09 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: III: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; IV: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann

1698
10 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Mills
Role: Trapland Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett.

Dance: In III: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann; V: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter

1699
17 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann; II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter

1700
22 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Muilment