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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Gay"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Gay")') 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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12782 results for: Keyword - John Gay
We found 11034 matches on Author, 1693 matches on Performance Comments, 1248 matches on Event Comments, 330 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

601
28 January 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Dance: Hornpipe by Le Brun

602
07 February 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

Related Works
Related Work: The Cheats; or, The Tavern Bilkers Author(s): John Rich

603
28 February 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles

Related Works
Related Work: Achilles Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich

604
07 March 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Distrest Wife Author(s): John Gay

Dance: By Maltere and Mlle Salle

605
09 March 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Distrest Wife Author(s): John Gay

Dance: Pigmalion. As17340114

606
04 April 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Love Is the Doctor

607
23 April 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

608
23 May 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: Irish Trot by Master Oates. A comic Peasant Dance by Master Oates and Miss Oates Jr. Pierrot by Topham and Mrs Davenport. Scotch Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport

609
27 June 1734 @ Hampstead

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

610
17 July 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

611
07 August 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Mrs Charke
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: The Black and White Joak by Davenport and Miss Brett. Harlequin by Miss Brett

612
12 August 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Mrs Charke
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: As17340807

613
10 January 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17341231

614
03 March 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Io

615
03 March 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Related Works
Related Work: Hob's Opera Author(s): John Hippisley
Related Work: Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or, Hob's Wedding Author(s): John Hippisley

616
07 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Io

617
08 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: Pigmalion by Glover, Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance, as17350315

618
10 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: I: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward. III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. V: Scot's Dance, as17350329

Song: II: By Mrs Chambers. IV: By Mrs Chambers

619
16 April 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: II: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Scot's Dance. As17350329

Song: I: A new English Song by Mrs Chambers. III: Italian Song by Mrs Chambers. V: English Song by Mrs Chambers

620
15 May 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Miss Jones; Jobson-Hulett; Lady Loverule-Mrs Wetherilt; Nell-Mrs Roberts, but see17350409.
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Miss Jones
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Music: A Piece of Hunting-Musick on the French Horn by Mr Charles

Dance: Scot's Dance by Mrs Woodward. Black Joak by Woodward and Mrs Woodward

621
19 May 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

622
30 May 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

623
12 August 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Dance:

624
02 September 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: Hornpipe by Taylor

Song: A New Ballad (never sung before) In Praise of English Plumb Pudding by Mullart

625
24 September 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Art of Management or Tragedy Expelld

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