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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Powel"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Powel")') 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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12319 results for: Keyword - John Powel
We found 9825 matches on Author, 2174 matches on Performance Comments, 1485 matches on Event Comments, 324 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

10551
28 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: KKing & P. (Cross). By His Majesty's Command. ["Mr Garrick's Conduct as Manager &c." publish'd at 6d. (query: 2nd edition?).] Receipts: #193 (Cross); #165 16s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

10552
29 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Shuter taken (Cross). Receipts: #90 (Cross); #85 6s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: Lowe, Sullivan

Dance: Cooke

Related Works
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: Tu Quoque Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): John Fletcher

10553
30 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #190 (Cross); #182 12s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear, And His Three Daughters

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

10554
31 October 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On Monday next, As You Like It, with Dancing by the Two Mademoiselle Auretti's, 1st time of their appearing on that stage. Receipts: #160 (Cross); #118 6s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

10555
02 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #110 (Cross); #99 8s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Dance: I: Les Caprices de la Dance-Sga Auretti; III: Grand Ballet-Cooke, Janeton Auretti; V: Polish Dance-Cooke, Sga Auretti, Leviez, Mathews, Shawford, Royer, Pelling, Mrs Addison, Mrs Shawford, Miss Cole, Miss Thompson

10556
03 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross); #95 2s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: II: Les Caprices de la Dance-Anne Auretti; III: Grand Ballet-; IV: Polish Dance, as17471102

10557
04 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Principal characters in the Mainpiece New Dress'd. [Barry, apparently for the first time. See 5 Nov.] Receipts: #140 (Cross); #151 11s. (Powel); #151 14s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

10558
05 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #110 (Cross); #124 18s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

10559
06 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #190 (Cross); #182 6d. (Powel). [N. B. Doubling in parts by Blakes and Bransby.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

10560
09 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross); #119 14s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: John Moody Actor: Winstone

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: PPolish Dance, as17471102

10561
12 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross); #129 5s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

10562
13 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Music by Dr Arne. Receipts: #90 (Cross); #92 3s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

10563
14 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Lee Play'd Bastard (Cross). Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross); #174 9s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

10564
16 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Song and Chorus] Written over our late Victory over the French Fleet (General Advertiser). (bad) upon beat F: fleet (Cross). [The battle was fought on 25 Oct. off Cape Finisterre. Accounts, both French and English, appeared in the General Advertiser by 16 Nov.] Receipts: 120 (Cross); #114 16s. (Powel)

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

10565
17 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Particular Desire of some Persons of Quality. [The song, apparently by Cibber, upon the victory off Cape Finisterre displeased Cross the night before, but met with sufficient popular appeal to have a run.] Receipts: #82 (Cross); #88 14s. 6d. (Powel)

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]

10566
18 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #185 (Cross); #169 5s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Song: SSailors Rendezvous at Portsmouth, as17471117

10567
19 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross); #117 14s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Song: SSailors Rendezvous, as17471117

10568
20 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #110 (Cross); #102 9s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Song: SSailors Rendezvous, [now appearing in large capital letters,] as17471117

10569
21 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On Monday next, The Constant Couple. Lady Lurewell by Mrs Pritchard, 1st appearance there in 5 years. Receipts: #160 (Cross); #129 9s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Song: SSailors Rendezvous, as17471120

10570
23 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross); #119 6s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti, Janeton Auretti

Related Works
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: Tu Quoque Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): John Fletcher

10571
24 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross); #108 19s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

10572
26 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #90 (Cross): #86 14s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: The Gardners Revels, as17471117; V: Polish Dance, as17471102

10573
27 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #150 (Cross); #113 17s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

10574
30 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross); #116 15s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

10575
01 December 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #120 (Cross); #91 1s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery