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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr John Croft Esq"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr John Croft Esq")') 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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17006 results for: Keyword - Mr John Croft, Esq
We found 11052 matches on Author, 5364 matches on Event Comments, 2798 matches on Performance Comments, 848 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

7601
31 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond

7602
01 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Grotesque Pantomime Entertainment never acted before. As the least Obstruction will be detrimental to the working the Machinery, 'tis hoped no persons will take it ill, that they can't be admitted behind the scenes. The Music, Scenes, Habits, and Decorations entirely new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favorite

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

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess or Harlequin Married

7603
03 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

7604
06 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

7605
09 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: Cooke

7606
14 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: Orpheus-Beard; Rhodope-Mrs Clive; Eurydice-Miss Young; Nymphs follower of Eurydice-1, Mlle Domitilla; 2, Mrs Fabres; 3, Mrs LaFont; 4, Mrs LeBrun; 5, Mrs Villeneuve; Pluto-Leveridge; Ascalax-Reinhold; Demons-Picq, Villeneuve, Delagarde; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Pantaloon-Rosco; Squire Gawkey-Bencraft; Mrs Mannerly-Mrs Martin; Goody Gurton-Marten; Drudge-Hippisley; Woman dwarf-Young Ferg; Country Lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country Lasses-Mrs Fabres, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont; A Rural Swain, Nymph-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; Villagers-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Fabres, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont; Intermix'd with a new Pantomime in Grotesque Characters, call'd the Metamorphoses of Harlequin-.

7607
16 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

7608
20 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

7609
21 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Regulus

Related Works
Related Work: Regulus Author(s): John Crowne

7610
23 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Regulus

Related Works
Related Work: Regulus Author(s): John Crowne

7611
27 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Regulus

Related Works
Related Work: Regulus Author(s): John Crowne

7612
27 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

7613
28 February 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Regulus

Related Works
Related Work: Regulus Author(s): John Crowne

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

7614
02 March 1744 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Music: Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Baker

7615
08 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abramule Or Love And Empire

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: BBallet-Cooke; Scotch Dance, as17431124

Song: GGenius of England (By particular desire)-Beard

7616
15 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Related Works
Related Work: Don Sebastian Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Don Sebastian, King of Portual Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Song: (BBy Desire) To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

7617
17 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Related Works
Related Work: Don Sebastian Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Don Sebastian, King of Portual Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

7618
20 March 1744 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

7619
26 March 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

7620
29 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

Song: TTo Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

7621
31 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond

7622
09 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Related Works
Related Work: Don Sebastian Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Don Sebastian, King of Portual Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: NNew Serious Dance, as17440404 New Dance, as17440404 Grand Ballet, as17440404 Tambourine-Mlle Domitilla

7623
14 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

7624
17 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be

Related Works
Related Work: Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be Author(s): John Crowne

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed

Performance Comment: Jobson-Turbutt; Nell-Mrs Dunstall; Sir John Loverule-Morland; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Morland
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Song: II: Morland

Dance: IV: Mlle Auguste

7625
18 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Regulus

Related Works
Related Work: Regulus Author(s): John Crowne

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet