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13193 results for: Keyword - John Ward
We found 11047 matches on Author, 2218 matches on Performance Comments, 1202 matches on Event Comments, 330 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8026
22 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Related Works
Related Work: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): John Eccles

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17551114

8027
24 November 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Related Works
Related Work: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): John Eccles

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17551114

8028
24 November 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. This Morning at Ten will be publish'd at 6d. An Epistle from Mr The. Cibber to David Garrick, Esq; to which are prefix'd some occasional verses, Petitions, &c.: @Lowliness is young Ambition's ladder,@Whereto the Climber upwards turns his face;@But when he once attains the upmost Round,@He then unto the ladder turns his back,@Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees@By which he did ascend.@Shakespeare@"Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so we would have it; let them not say, we have swallow'd him up," Ps. XXXV. v.25. Printed for R. Griffiths. [A thirty-five-page apologia, and bitter attack upon Garrick for supposed complicity in prohibiting the license of the Haymarket to him.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Jack Meggot Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

8029
13 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: As17551101

8030
15 December 1755 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): John Eccles

Music: To conclude with the Coronation Anthem-

8031
16 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: PPantomime Dance-children, as17551203

8032
17 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Related Works
Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: Guerin, Granier, Mlle Capdeville

8033
18 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Last night the Prince of Wales, Prince Edward, Prince Henry, Prince Frederick, and Princess Augusta were at Covent Garden to see The Merry Wives of Windsor and The What D'ye Call It (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: As17551101

8034
23 December 1755 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Cast
Role: Steward Actor: Anderson
Related Works
Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: As17551101

8035
23 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Related Works
Related Work: Barbarossa Author(s): John Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Related Works
Related Work: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

8036
31 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Princess of Wales, P: of Wales, Lady August-& P: Edward (Cross). Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Related Works
Related Work: Barbarossa Author(s): John Brown

Dance: (BBy Command) the Pantomime Dance-the children, as17551203

8037
02 January 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: Guerin Jr (his first appearance), Mlle Capdeville

8038
02 February 1756 @ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): John Eccles

Afterpiece Title: Charlottenburg Festegiante

8039
04 February 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Related Works
Related Work: All for Love; or, The World Well Lost Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): John Eccles

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: As17551114

8040
09 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Palmer
Related Works
Related Work: The Contrast: A Tragi-Comical Rehearsal of Two Modern Plays: Match Upon Match; or, No Match at All, and the Tragedy of Epaminodas Author(s): John Hoadley
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

8041
20 February 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returnd from Paris

Dance: As17551101

8042
28 February 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8043
01 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8044
04 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales (playbill). Prince of Wales, Edward, Augusta and 2 More (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8045
06 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8046
09 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8047
11 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8048
15 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Woodward

8049
16 March 1756 @ The Great Room, Dean Street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Charlottenburg Festegiante

8050
18 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

Cast
Role: Siward Actor: Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Buck Actor: Woodward