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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.

8901
24 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End III: As17870113

Song: As17870201

Cast
Role: he Lark at Heav'n's Gate sings Actor: Dignum, Williames, Danby, Master Clarke.

8902
24 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement

Song: As17870515

8903
25 May 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedick-Browne; Claudio-Williamson; Don Pedro-Johnson; Don John-Usher; Balthasar (with a song)-Meadows; Antonio-Chapman; Dogberry-Moss; Borachio-Baker; Conrade-Lyons; Verges-Barrett; Leonato-Kemble; Hero-Miss Woollery (1st appearance in that character); Ursula-Mrs Poussin; Margaret-Mrs Gaudry; Beatrice-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Claudio Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: Harvest Home

Dance: II: a Masquerade Scene-; with Dancing-

8904
28 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady, as17870131, but Miss _Cranfield, Miss Rowson

8905
29 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement

Song: As17870515

8906
30 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Midas

8907
31 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

8908
01 June 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Tickets delivered by the young D'Egvilles, Jones, Newbold, Shaw, Dale, Purser Sen., Smith, Aberdein, Mills, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Heard, Miss Dancer, Miss Bradshaw, Mrs Haskey, will be admitted. Receipts: #241 8s. 6d. (23.4.0; 15.3.6; 0.15.0; tickets: 202.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End III: The Capricious Lovers-the two young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet (1st appearance), Miss DeCamp; End: The Scheming Jockey and Fortune@Teller-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

8909
01 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement

Song: As17870515

8910
02 June 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Song: Singing, as17870419, but Miss Collett, Miss +Romanzini

8911
02 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

8912
04 June 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Dance: As17861205; End: Minuet and Cotillion-Master Warburton, Miss Taylor, others

Song: As17861205

8913
06 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement

Song: As17870515

8914
08 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

8915
09 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: As17870515

8916
12 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: Bonds without Judgement

Song: As17870515

8917
16 June 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement; Or, An Adventure At Margate

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: End I: The Scheming Jockey and the Fortune Teller, as17870613

8918
20 June 1787 @ Royalty Theatre, Well (now Ensign) Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Song: Between acts: The Soldier tired of War's Alarms-a little boy [Master Braham]

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: Occasional Address-Palmer

8919
23 June 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Performance Comment: Beril-Browne; Charles-Bannister Jun.; Bijou-Baddeley; Cycle-Williamson; Lord Seewell-Aickin; Harry-Lawrence; Varnish-Parsons; Mrs Bijou-Mrs Webb; Lady Frances-Miss Woollery; Joan-Mrs Love; Lady Harriet-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Cycle Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

8920
19 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Entertainment: Monologue End: a monody, The Shadows of Shakespeare; or, Shakespeare's Characters doing Homage to Garrick (written by Samuel Jackson? Pratt)-Browne

8921
25 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Woollery. Mainpiece: Never acted here. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Clifford to Browne, but he "declined playing the pathetic part of Clifford, although the bills contained his name: Williamson therefore supplied his place" (unidentified clipping in Enthoven Collection).] Public Advertiser, 19 July: Tickets to be had of Miss Woollery, No. 5, Delahay-street, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Bensley; Clifford-Williamson; Abbot-Kemble; Salisbury-Gardner; Verulam-Johnson; Leicester-Usher; Prince of Wales-Bannister Jun.; Queen-Mrs Whitfield; Ethelinda-Mrs Poussin; Rosamond-Miss Woollery (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Clifford Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

8922
27 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Williamson. World, 23 July: Tickets to be had of Williamson, No. 37, Goodge-street, Rathbone-place

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Williamson; Anthonio-Aickin; Gratiano-Bannister Jun.; Old Gobbo-Barret; Tubal-Chapman; Lorenzo (with songs)-Johnson; Launcelot-Edwin; Duke-Usher; Salanio-Lawrence; Solarino-Swords; Bassanio-Bensley; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Forster; Nerissa-Mrs Inchbald; Portia-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Shylock Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Cast
Role: Dr Pedant Actor: Wewitzer
Role: The Mogul Actor: Williamson

Dance: End III: Love for Love, as17870625 End IV: Dance-Giorgi's Scholars

8923
17 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Claudio Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Test of Love

Dance: In II: a Masquerade Dance-Byrn, the two Simonets, young D'Egville, Miss DeCamp

8924
21 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dr Last's Examination

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Afterpiece Title: The Day

Performance Comment: Morning. Champaign Country. The Village Delight-Mrs Bannister, Mrs Forster; Hunting Song-Chapman; The Early Horn-Miss George; Noon. Skirts of a Wood. Prithee Susan-Meadows, Mrs Forster; dance, Shepherd's Wedding-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets; Afternoon. How merrily we live-Davies, Meadows, Mrs Bannister; Where the Bee sucks-Davies, Mathews, Mrs Forster, Mrs Bannister; Night. A Country Church-yard. Sweet Echo-Mrs Bannister; dance, Fairies Sporting-young D'Egville, Giorgi's Scholars, Miss DeCamp; Poor Thomas Day-Edwin, Davies, Chapman; Musical Epilogue-Meadows, Chapman, Mathews, Mrs Edwards.

Entertainment: Imitations End 2nd piece: As17870807

8925
08 September 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

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