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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "J Addison Esq"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "J Addison Esq")') 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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2048 results for: Keyword - J. Addison, Esq
We found 943 matches on Performance Comments, 767 matches on Event Comments, 424 matches on Author, 141 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

201
16 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: New Sailor's Song-; Chorus call'd Tit for Tat-

Dance: New Ballet, call'd %The Gardner's Revels-Cooke, Mathews, Leviez, Pelling, Shawford, Royer, Mrs Addison, Miss Thompson, Mrs Shawford, Miss Cole

202
17 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albumazar

Dance: II: The Gardner's Revels-Cooke, Mathews, Mrs Addison

Song: fter the dance, an Entertainment of singing and dancing call'd The Sailors Rendezvous at Portsmouth-. [See17471116]

203
15 December 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: The Savoyards-Matthews, Mrs Addison; Dutch Dance, as17471128

204
14 January 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Dance: Cooke, the Aurettis, Mathews, Mrs Addison

205
18 January 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison

206
14 March 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; IV: New Comic Dance-Matthews, Mrs Addison; V: Dutch Dance, as17471128

207
14 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; II: New Dance-Matthews, Mrs Addison; III: Dutch Dance, as17471128; IV: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Hornpipe (By Desire)-Matthews

208
23 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti, Matthews, Mrs Addison

209
20 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: I: Flute solo-; III: Music-the Child

Dance: V: Savoyards-Matthews, Mrs Addison

210
09 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Music: I: Scots Sonato-the child; IV: Piece of Music-the Child

Dance: III: New Comic Dance call'd Italian Cabaret-Matthews, Mrs Addison

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. As17481103

211
21 December 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Dance: Several Entertainments-Cooke, the Aurettis, Mathews, Mrs Addison

212
27 December 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Emperour of the Moon

Music: As17481226

Dance: As17481226; the Black Joke-Mathews, Mrs Addison

213
07 January 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison

214
09 January 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison

215
02 February 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Mathews, Mrs Addison; New Scotch Dance, as17490118

Music: By Desire-the Child

216
04 February 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Music: I: A Piece of Music-the Child

Dance: III: Peasant Dance-Mathews, Mrs Addison; V: Scotch Dance, as17490118

217
13 March 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Cooke, Janneton Auretti, Mathews, Mrs Addison

Song: By particular desire The Life of a Beau-Mrs Clive

218
12 April 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Mathews, Cooke, Anne Auretti, Mrs Addison; particularly the Sailors Revels- in which will be introduc'd a; Hornpipe-a scholar of Mathews a child five years of age

219
18 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Matthews, McNeil, Mrs Addison; Shawford, Pelling, Mrs Shawford, Mrs L'Font

Song: IV: Master Mattocks

220
23 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Master Mattocks

Dance: CComic Dance-Matthews, M'Neil, Mrs Addison

221
24 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: II: A New Grand Comic Ballad, called the Venetian Gardeners-M Grandchamps, 1st time of his performing in England, Madem Auretti, Pelling, Shawford, Macneal, George Yates, Harrison, Master Shawford, Mrs Addison, Mlle Mariet, Miss Baker, Mrs Shawford, Mrs L'Font, Miss Shawford; IV: Grand Ballet L'Entree de Flore-Mlle Auretti

Song: III: Master Mattocks

222
28 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Dance: Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti, Matthews, Mrs Addison, the Little Swiss

223
01 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Entertainments-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti, Matthews, Mrs Addison

224
07 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: Matthews, Mrs Addison

Song: Master Mattocks

225
07 December 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: III: Comic Dance-Matthews, Mrs Addison