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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.

7076
12 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, as17711017

7077
13 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: With Dance incidental to the piece, Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Mrs King
Role: To Conclude with a Country Dance Actor: .

Dance: II: By Desire, Hornpipe-Tassoni's 7-year-old scholar, her second appearance on any stage

Song: End: Several Catches and Glees-, some composed by Dibdin

7078
13 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17711031; IV: A Tambourine, as17720501

7079
16 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Related Works
Related Work: The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement Author(s): Richard B. Sheridan

7080
19 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Related Works
Related Work: The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement Author(s): Richard B. Sheridan

Song: III: Several Catches and Glees, as17720501

7081
21 May 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: I: Minuet-Fishar, Miss Besford; IV: Fingalian Dance, as17720424

Cast
Role: A Serious Dance Actor: Miss Capon
Role: A New Pastoral Dance call'd The Rural Am Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere
Role: A New Pantomime Dance call'd The Italian Gardne Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon, Miss Besford.

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17720424[Sixfold Hornpipe, as17720424

Cast
Role: by six principal dancers Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist, Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon, Miss Besford.

7082
26 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits Actor:
Role: The other Dances Actor: Atkins, Sg and Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Dance: V: The Drunken Peasant-Philips, the original

7083
29 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: With Dance incidental to the piece, Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Mrs King
Role: To Conclude with a Country Dance Actor: .

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

7084
30 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

7085
01 June 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: 720326but Dance Actor: Hamoir, Miss Hamoir.
Role: Dances Actor: Hamoir, Miss Valois added.
Role: Dancing Actor: Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.
Role: The Dance Actor: Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.

7086
02 June 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Monologue: V: Linco's Travels. As 24 March

7087
03 June 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: With Dance incidental to the piece, Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Mrs King
Role: To Conclude with a Country Dance Actor: .

Entertainment: IV: introduce the Description of a Man of War and a Sea Fight-Moody

Dance: V: New Double Hornpipe-Master Whitlow, Miss Lings (scholars of Sg Giorgi)

7088
09 June 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: With a proper Dance Actor: Daigville.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End I Farce: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

7089
08 September 1772 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Fondlewife-Foote; Belmour-Aickin; Fainlove-Robson; Sharper-Fearon; Setter-Dancer; Sir Joseph-Weston; Bluff-F. Gentleman; Barnaby-Jacobs; Footamn-Vowell; Old Batchelor-Gardner; Belinda-Miss Ambrose; Araminta-Miss Platt; Silvia-Miss Wentworth; Letitia-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Setter Actor: Dancer

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Poet Actor: Dancer

Dance: As17720518

7090
17 September 1772 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Young Gentleman, 1st time [Stokes (Morning Chronicle, 19 Sept.)]; Buckingham-Fearon; King Henry-Gardner; Richmond-Davis; Stanley-Lloyd; Tressel-Dancer; Lord Mayor-Francis; Catesby-Farrel; Lieutenant-Vowell; Blunt-Walters; Prince Edward-Miss Lings; Duke of York-Miss Francis; Ratcliff-Smith; Tyrrel-Adams; Lady Anne-Miss Platt; Duchess of York-Mrs White; Queen-Mrs Parsons.
Cast
Role: Tressel Actor: Dancer

Afterpiece Title: Madrigal and Trulletta

Performance Comment: Parts-Davis, Griffiths, Lings, Parsons, Farrel, Vowell, Pierce, Dancer, Miss Morrison, Miss Wentworth (with songs in character), Mrs Parsons.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Davis, Griffiths, Lings, Parsons, Farrel, Vowell, Pierce, Dancer, Miss Morrison, Miss Wentworth

Entertainment: IV: Imitations Rhetorical and Vocal-Bannister; Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee-Weston

7091
19 September 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Reddish; Iachimo-Palmer; Cymbeline-Hurst; Belarius-J. Aickin; Guiderius-Cautherly; Cloten-Dodd; Posanio-Packer; Philario-Wright; Frenchman-Fawcett; Lucius-Bransby; Capt.-Keen; Claudio-Ackman; Arviragus-Brereton; Queen-Mrs Hopkins; Imogen-Miss Young; In act II Masquerade Scene-; with Dancing-Giorgi, Atkins, Sga Giorgi; Singing-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: with Dancing Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Sga Giorgi

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

7092
28 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young-Aldridge, Mas. Harris, Miss Twist. [See17711030.

Monologue: Before: New Occasional Prelude. As 21 Sept

7093
01 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Young Gentleman, first appearance on any stage. [Mr Diamond]; Mercutio-Dodd; Friar Lawrence-Packer; Benvolio-Davies; Capulet-Inchbald; Tybalt-J. Aickin; Peter-Burton; Lady Capulet-Mrs Johnston; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Juliet-Miss Mansell; Apothecary-Castle; Paris-Fawcett; Prince-Keen; Balthazar-Wheeler; [With the Funeral Procession-; the Vocal Parts-Champnes, Davies, Kear, Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hunt; [In Act I, a Masquerade-; a Dance-.
Cast
Role: a Dance Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

7094
03 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: a Dance Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Witches; or, A Trip to Naples

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Old Miser-Jacob; Colombine-Miss Watkins; Clown-Ackman; Miser's Servant-Messink; First Witch-Vernon; Second Witch-Johnston; Bridemaids-Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten; The Dances-Daigville, Atkins, Giorgi, Sga Vidini, Sga Giorgi.
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Daigville, Atkins, Giorgi, Sga Vidini, Sga Giorgi.

7095
06 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: Griskin-Parsons; Twinkle-Brereton; Cupid-Miss Hopkins; Sotherton-Keen; Chamberlain-W. Palmer; Mrs Filagree-Mrs Bradshaw; Landlady-Mrs Love; Miss Flack-Miss Ambrose; Chambermaid-Miss Platt; Miss Griskin-Miss Pope; With Postillion Dance incidental to the Piece-Giorgi, Atkins, Sga Vidini; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: With Postillion Dance incidental to the Pie Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Sga Vidini
Role: To Conclude with a Country Dance Actor: .

7096
08 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Daigville, Atkins, Giorgi, Sga Vidini, Sga Giorgi.

7097
10 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: a Dance Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

7098
19 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: With Dance incidental to the piece Actor:

7099
22 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17721020, but with fuller statement about the Dances: viz. In the course of the Drama will be introduced the following Dances: A Dance of Cupids, a Dance of Daemons, a Dance of Warriors, Grand Concluding Dance-.
Cast
Role: Grand Concluding Dance Actor: .
Role: The Warrior's Dance Actor:
Role: other Dances Actor: proper to the Piece.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: With Postillion Dance incidental to the Pie Actor: Giorgi, Atkins, Sga Vidini
Role: To Conclude with a Country Dance Actor: .

7100
24 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023