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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Dan Williams"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Dan 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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12329 results for: Keyword - Dan Williams
We found 10791 matches on Author, 1671 matches on Performance Comments, 443 matches on Event Comments, 66 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6751
26 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

6752
28 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

6753
03 February 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

6754
28 February 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

6755
06 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17681223, but Witches-Dunstall, _Quick; +Dance of the Furies-_.
Cast
Role: Dance of the Furies Actor: Arnauld
Role: with a Dance of Furies Actor: Fishar.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

6756
11 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

6757
13 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orestes

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End: The Garland, as17681028

6758
14 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Tambourine-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere. [See17671119.

6759
16 March 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Holland, 1st time; Ferdinand (with songs)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Love; Sebastian-Hurst; Antonio-Strange; Alonzo-Bransby; Gonzalo-Burton; Boatswain-Clough; Ariel (with songs)-Mas. Brown (pupil of Dr Arne, 1st appearance on the stage); Hymen-Kear; Ceres-Mrs Dorman; Miranda (with a song)-Mrs Baddeley, 1st time; with a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; the other dances-Giorgi, Sga Giorgi.
Cast
Role: with a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:
Role: the other dances Actor: Giorgi, Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

6760
27 March 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: with a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:
Role: the other dances Actor: Giorgi, Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

6761
27 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

6762
30 March 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: New Comic Dance, as17681210

6763
03 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Dance of the Furies Actor: Arnauld
Role: with a Dance of Furies Actor: Fishar.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

6764
07 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: with DANCING Actor: Giorgi, Tassoni, Sga Giorgi

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Florizel-Cautherly; Camillo-Strange; Clown-Moody; Polixenes-Hurst; Antigonus-Aickin; Autolicus-King; Perdita (With Song)-Miss Younge; The Vocal Parts-Vernon, Mrs Dorman, Miss I. Young; With a Dance-incidental to the piece.
Cast
Role: With a Dance Actor: incidental to the piece.

Dance: III: New Comic Dance-, as17681210

Entertainment: End: (for that Night Only) will present the audience with the favourite EpilogueBucks Have at Ye All with Alterations by the Author-Miss Younge

6765
11 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: The Wake-, as17680929

6766
11 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady, with Double Hornpipe, as17690408

6767
12 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady-, Double Hornpipe, as17690408

6768
15 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17690106, but Juliet-Mrs Bellamy; Escalus-Morris (playbill); Gardner (Public Advertiser); Dancing-to act I; Solemn Dirge-Mrs _Baker, _Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Dancing Actor: to act I
Role: a Masquerade Dance Actor: proper to the play

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

6769
18 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Dance: End: New Comic Dance, as17681210

6770
25 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

6771
26 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: The Provenzales-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, Miss Ford [see17681123]; End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

6772
28 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17681210

6773
01 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Cautherly; Juliet-Mrs Barry; Mercutio-Dodd; Benvolio-Ackman; Peter-Weston; Capulet-Burton; Escalus-Bransby; Montague-Hurst; Friar@Lawrence-Love; Paris-Fawcett; Nurse-Mrs Bradshaw; Lady Capulet-Mrs Johnston; With Funeral Procession-; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Champness, Mrs Scott, Mrs Baddeley, Mrs Dorman; In Act I, a Masquerade Dance-Sg and Sga Giorgi.
Cast
Role: a Masquerade Dance Actor: Sg and Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: LeBrush-King; Irishman-Moody; Frenchman-Baddeley; Scotchman-Love; Margery-Mrs Love; Gulwell-Packer; Frankly-Palmer; Harwood-J. Aickin; Williams-Ackman; Mrs Doggerel-Miss Pope (playbill, but not in Public Advertiser). *u•Ådl V: (That Night only) Linco's Travels. Linco-King; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Ackman

Dance: TThe Wake, as17680929

6774
01 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: With Dances Actor: Arnauld, Miss Valois.

Entertainment: IV: THE CRIES OF LONDON-Shuter; End: Post Haste OBSERVATIONS on a Journey to Paris-Shuter

6775
02 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Radley and Miss Rogers. [It is uncertain from the make-up of the playbill whether the dancing of the Minuet and Louvre came between the acts, or was included in the dances incidental to the Tempest.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: with a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:
Role: the other dances Actor: Giorgi, Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: MMinuet and LouvreBy Particular Desire,-Noverre, Miss Rogers his scholar