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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.

901
26 December 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

902
15 January 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

903
28 January 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

904
29 January 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: I: Devisse, Mad Auretti

905
14 February 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: As17510117

906
15 February 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin Mercury Author(s): John Thurmond
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis Author(s): John Thurmond

907
17 April 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: I: Devisse, Mad Auretti

908
17 April 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: Mad Heutte; being the second time of her appearing on the English Stage; to which will be added a Grand Scots Ballad [Query: Ballet?]-Cooke, Miss Hillyard [See17500926]

909
08 May 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

910
13 May 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17501231; III: Hornpipe-Master Shawford

911
14 May 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: As17510511

912
07 September 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Yates; Gayless-Blakes; Melissa-Mrs Yates; Kitty Pry-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Blakes

913
17 September 1751 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

914
27 September 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

915
28 September 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: PPigmalion, as17510925

916
30 September 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda or the Cheats of Harlequin

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

917
02 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

918
04 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

919
05 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

920
12 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

921
14 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

922
16 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

923
24 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

924
28 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Merlins Cave or Harlequin Skeleton

925
30 October 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Merlins Cave