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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Box"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Box")') 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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8100 results for: Keyword - Mr Box
We found 6775 matches on Event Comments, 1160 matches on Performance Comments, 555 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

451
06 November 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as 18 Sept

452
26 November 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

453
07 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: End: The Waggoner (composed by Dibdin)-Wathen

454
06 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: May Day

455
07 May 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End of 2nd piece The Poney Races, as17840504

Song: Procession to conclude with a new Theatrical Glee, composed by Shield, by Reinhold, Brett, Johnstone

456
01 June 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End: L'Amour au Rende'vous; or, The Conflict of Love, in which will be displayed the Customs of the American Indians, to conclude with the War Dance,-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss D'Egville, Miss DeCamp; End I afterpiece: A Highland Reel-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

457
24 November 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. First Galley 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. The Boxes on the Stage half a Guinea. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hydaspes

458
09 January 1714 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes, half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dorinda

459
26 October 1714 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes half a Guinea. At 5:30 p.m. Notices as 23 Oct. It having been the Common Practice of several Persons to come into the Opera and stay a whole Act, and sometimes longer, without paying, to the great Prejudice of the Opera, therefore it is humbly desired for the future, that no Person will take it ill that tney are not admitted without Tickets. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arminius

460
04 February 1716 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius Verus

461
15 December 1716 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleartes

462
23 January 1717 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

463
10 March 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Boxes 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Harlequin

Dance:

464
19 April 1720 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 8s. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Stage Boxes 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Numitor

465
04 October 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. Boxes on the Stage 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: Vallois and Mlle Vallois, from the Theatre in Paris, Mrs Bullock from lif

466
10 September 1735 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Boxes and Balconies on the Stage 4s. Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. 6 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: Scotch Dance by Mrs Bullock. Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde

467
02 March 1750 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Box & Pit 10s. 6d. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. Oratorio to begin at half past 6 o'clock. No persons to be admitted without tickets, which will be deliver'd this day at the Office in Covent Garden Theatre. The Galleries opened at half past Four. Pit and boxes at Five

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Saul

468
07 September 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Box 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre. No persons to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any money to be returned after the curtain is drawn up [Customary notice on subsequent bills, which will not be repeated here.] Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

469
10 September 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken at the stage door of the theatre. [Customary notice repeated for each bill this season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

470
01 October 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for Boxes to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre. To begin exactly at Six o'clock. [Notice repeated in subsequent bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

471
24 November 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #41 7s. 6d. [i.e., about 165 people occupied seats in the boxes] (Account Book). Receipts: #171 18s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: As17601013

472
06 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #24 15s. Paid Dall for a modal and making a Crown intended for the King's Box-#1 2s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #134 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

473
02 May 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #10 12s. 6d. (Account Book). [i.e., only about 42 persons in the boxes this night.] Receipts: #46 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

474
22 May 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Boxes #4 2s. 6d. (Account Book). [i.e., only 16 persons were in the Boxes, and the 2s. 6d. indicates that at least one occupant came in after the third act and paid only half price.] Receipts: #26 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

475
20 September 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for boxes to be had from Johnston at Stage Door; No money received at Stage Door, nor any returned after Curtain rises. Play will begin at exactly six o'clock; The passage from the Strand up Catherine Street to Drury Lane Theatre will be clear for Carriages. Paid Renters #8 (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book). [A constant expense nightly for 191 nights amounting to #1528 for the season. Will not be further itemized.] Receipts: #82 12s. 6d. (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: End: The Venetian Travellers-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi