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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "James Byrn"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "James Byrn")') 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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3522 results for: Keyword - James Byrn
We found 2178 matches on Author, 1065 matches on Performance Comments, 353 matches on Event Comments, 141 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2276
27 April 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel

Afterpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Dance: 1st piece to conclude with a Grand Ballet by Harris, Byrn, Miss Besford, Mrs Goodwin, &c

2277
21 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a New Divertissement (composed by Harris) in which the Minuet de la Cour and a new Pas de Deux by Harris and Mme Bithmere; End of Act IV a new Pantomime Ballet (composed by Harris) The Charms of a Camp; or, The Female Volunteer by Harris, Byrn, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Goodwin, &c.; End of mainpiece, The Rival Nymphs, as17840318but Mrs Ratchford in place of Miss Matthews

2278
19 September 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: St

Dance: End of mainpiece The Merry Sailors by Byrn, &c

2279
10 November 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Fathers

Afterpiece Title: Appearance is against Them

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Recruiting Serjeant [performers not listed (see17851007)]; End of mainpiece new dance, The Piping Pedlar, by Byrn and Mrs Goodwin

2280
04 March 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece a new dance, The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd, by Byrn, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin, Miss Besford

2281
12 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber Or The Fruitless Precaution

Afterpiece Title: A Beggar on Horseback

Performance Comment: Corny Buttercup-Edwin; Horace-Bannister Jun.; Cosey-Baddeley; Scout-R. Palmer; James-Burton; Old Barnavag-Barrett; Tweedel-Lyons; Billy-Painter; Old Codger-Parsons; Mrs Mummery-Mrs Webb; Mrs Neighbourly-Mrs Love; Miss Barnavag-Miss Francis; Nancy Buttercup-Mrs Wells .
Cast
Role: James Actor: Burton

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17860609 End of mainpiece, by Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

2282
22 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lord Russel

Afterpiece Title: The Widows Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece How sweet's the Love that meets Return by Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

2283
23 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Connoisseurs

Afterpiece Title: The Widows Vow

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Merry Gardeners by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrn, and others; End of mainpiece, as17860622

2284
30 June 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Widows Vow

Dance: End of mainpiece Dance by Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets

2285
03 July 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Here and There and Every Where

Performance Comment: Skip Harlequin (Pantomime Author)-R. Palmer; Harlequin Skip-Milbourn; Saunter-Booth; Pantaloon-Burton; Abbe-Byrn; Running Footman-Master Goostree; Pierrot-Grimaldi (1st appearance on this stage); Bird-Catcher-Meadows; Hum-Bug-All-O-Wewitzer; Housemaid-Mrs Edwin; Colombine-Mrs Goodwin; Genius of the Mine-Miss Painter .
Cast
Role: Abbe Actor: Byrn

Dance: In afterpiece, by Byrn, Rochfort, Giorgi Jun., the two Miss Simonets

2286
02 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ill Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Dance: End of mainpiece Colin's Nosegay by Byrn and the two Miss Simonets

2287
12 August 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Curzola

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail A Dramatic Proverb

Dance: In mainpiece, by Byrn, the two Miss Simonets, Giorgi's Scholars, Master Degville, Miss De Camp. [Included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

2288
04 September 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ill Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague or The Giants Causeway

Dance: In afterpiece, by Byrn, the two Miss Simonets, Master Degville, Miss De Camp

2289
02 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Dance: End: The Piping Pedlar-Byrn, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

2290
06 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End: Leap Year; or, A New Way of Wooing-Byrn, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Goodwin

2291
14 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Barataria or Sancho Turnd Governor

Dance: End II: a new Dance, Hibernian Dotage Dotage[; or, The Lover's Last Blunder-Byrn, Jackson, Mrs Invill, Mrs Goodwin. [On 16 Nov., and thereafter, this dance was entitled Dotage; or, The Natural Mistake.

2292
12 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Woud Be A Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Dance: End: The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd-Byrn, Ratchford, Mrs Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

2293
17 February 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: End: a new Dance, The Indian's Ransom-Byrn, others

2294
19 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Dance: End: The Waterman-; to conclude with a Double Hornpipe-Jackson, Mrs Ratchford

Song: a Roman Ovation-; Vocal Parts, as17861021, but Miss _Stevenson, Mrs Byrn

2295
02 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Siege of Curzola

Dance: In afterpiece: Byrn, the two Miss Simonets, the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp

2296
06 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Seeing is Believing

Dance: End: a new Pastoral Dance, the music by Handel,-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin, Miss E. Simonet

2297
17 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Test of Love

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

2298
28 September 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: a new dance, Mirth by Moonshine-Byrn, Ratchford, Mrs Invill, Mrs Goodwin

2299
10 June 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suicide

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: End III: Dance-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin

2300
11 June 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: In III: Hornpipe-Byrn