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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Ward"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Ward")') 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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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.

2151
30 September 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Song: IV: Master Mattocks

2152
10 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Farce greatly hiss'd & Mr Woodward promis'd it shou'd be done no more; notwithstanding this they wou'd not suffer us to end it (Cross). Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband Or A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Townly-Barry; Manly-Havard; Sir Francis-Yates; Basset-Woodward; Squire Richard-Blakes; Poundage-Usher; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Myrtilla-Miss Cole; Trusty-Mrs Yates; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Clive; Lady Grace-Mrs Elmy; Miss Jenny-Mrs Green; Lady Townly-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Basset Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Little French Lawyer

Related Works
Related Work: The Little French Lawyer Author(s): John Fletcher

2153
14 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

2154
14 October 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

2155
31 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: II: Grand Scotch Dance-Matthews, Mlle Auretti; IV: Venetian Gardeners-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti

2156
07 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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

Dance: Matthews, Mrs Addison

Song: Master Mattocks

2157
09 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Moneytrap-Yates; Brass-Woodward; Gripe-Taswell; Dick-Havard; Clarissa-Mrs Pritchard; Araminta-Mrs Mills; Corinna-Mrs Green; Mrs Amlet-Mrs James; Mrs Clogget-Mrs Cross; Flippanta-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Brass Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Song: Master Mattocks

Ballet: TThe Savoyard Travellers. Principal Savoyards-Grandchamps, Mad Auretti, Matthews, Mrs Addison, Pelling, Shawford, Harrison, Master Shawford, Mad Mariet, Mrs Baker, Mrs Memi, Miss Cole; Children Savoyards-Master Jonno, Miss Popling; Peasants-Macneale, Mad DeLaContri, Master Simons, Master G. Yates, Vaughan, Mrs Shawford, Mrs L'Font, Miss Shawford

2158
25 November 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Song: Master Mattocks

2159
04 December 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

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

2160
15 December 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

2161
19 December 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Brass Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: SSwedish Gardeners-Master Maltere, Miss Anne Foulcade; The Wooden Shoe Dance-Master Maltere, Miss Foulcade their 1st appearance any stage (General Advertiser)

2162
26 January 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

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

2163
07 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Barry; Pyrrhus-Sowdon; Pylades-Havard; Phoenix-Winstone; Cleone-Mrs Green; Cephisa-Miss Cole; Andromache-Mrs Ward; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

2164
16 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Don Saverio

2165
31 March 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: I: New Dance-Cooke, Miss Hillyard; II: Dutch Dance, as17500319 but -Cooke, Miss Hillyard; III: Grand Scotch Ballet, as17500201; End of Play: Louvre, Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

2166
03 April 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rehearsal or Bayes in Petticoats

Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Mrs Clive, Woodward, Beard, Simpson, Cross, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Miss Norris.
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

Song: Between the acts: Miss Norris

2167
07 May 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Cast
Role: Trappolin Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti, Mathews

2168
15 September 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Foppington-Woodward; Loveless-Havard; Worthy-Cross; Sir Tunbelly-Bridges; Miss Hoyden-Mrs Clive; Young Fashion-Mozeen; Lory-James; Sirringe-Yates; Coupler-Winstone; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Amanda-Mrs Mills; Berinthia-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Foppington Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

2169
16 October 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: GGrand Scots Ballet, as17500926

2170
20 October 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Cast
Role: Trappolin Actor: Woodward.
Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: II: A New Running Footman's Dance-Mathews, McNeil

2171
27 October 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband Or A Journey To London

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: As17500926

2172
10 November 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17500926

2173
12 November 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Gripe-W. Vaughan; Brass-Woodward; Clarissa-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Amlet-Mrs James; Mrs Cloggit-Mrs Cross; Flippantia-Mrs Clive; Corinna-Mrs Green; Araminta-Mrs Mills; Dick-Havard; Moneytrap-Yates.
Cast
Role: Brass Actor: Woodward
Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Cast
Role: Trappolin Actor: Woodward.
Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: II: Country Amusements-; V: Pigmalion, as17501102; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020

2174
13 December 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora Hob in the Well

2175
07 February 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Merlins Cave