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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr King"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr King")') 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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10439 results for: Keyword - Mr King
We found 5481 matches on Event Comments, 3632 matches on Performance Comments, 3145 matches on Performance Title, 43 matches on Author, and 6 matches on Roles/Actors.

10026
20 April 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Receipts: #136 6s. The King present, on which occasion the House was prodigiously crowded (Daily Post, 23 April)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Europa

10027
18 May 1723 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The King present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Flavius

10028
27 May 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit King, Boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

10029
04 December 1723 @ King's Arms Tavern

Event Comment: At the King's Arms Tavern near Temple Bar. At the Desire of several Gentlemen in the Neighbourhood. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Entertainment: Comical Songs-; The Drunken Man-

10030
05 March 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. No Persons to be admitted into the Boxes, or behind the Scenes, but by printed tickets at 5s. Two Benches of the Pit to be rail'd in, at the Price of the Boxes. [The King and the Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

10031
16 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit King, Boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Hob

10032
13 November 1724 @ Westminster School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adelphi

Performance Comment: The King's Scholars; With an Epilogue-.

10033
11 January 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rodelinda

10034
15 January 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Text by Haym.] Admission as 30 Nov. 1725. The King and the three Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elisa

10035
08 March 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales, and the young Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

10036
15 March 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales, and the young Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio

Related Works
Related Work: Scipio Africanus Author(s): Charles Beckingham

10037
31 May 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales, and Princesses Anne, Carolona, and Amelia present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

10038
05 October 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King, Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Prince By Enchantment With His Comical Cavalcade And Taken Up In The Air By Daemons Or The Loves Of Pantalon And Argentine His Imprisonment And Condemnation To The Gallies

Dance: As17260928

10039
28 October 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. N.B. This being the first Time of Acting on Account of Subscriptions, the General Tickets will be sent to the Subscribers. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Most Knowing Least Understanding Or Harlequins Metamorphosis Viz

Afterpiece Title: The Pleasant Marriage Concluding with The Singing Deities

Dance: Dancing and other Decorations proper to the Play , entirely new and diverting-

10040
07 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King and Prince Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pantalon A Broker Broken Merchant And Desperately In Love Harlequin His Shopkeeper With A Ridotto After The Venetian Manner Songs And A Serenata In A Venetian Gondola

Entertainment: As17261105

10041
12 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. With Flyings, Apparitions, &c. [The King, Prince, and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina A Magician Disguised Serving Diana Transformed Into A Gipsie Armenian Footman Fiend Lady And Counsellour

Dance: As17260928

10042
16 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Mercante Prodigo Or Harlequin A Prodigal Merchant Persecuted By Silvio Basilisk Of Bernagasso

Dance: As17260928

10043
30 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Disgrazie Darlechino Viz

Dance: As17260928

10044
11 September 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #53 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 64 paid and'11 orders; balcony, 4 paid; Pit, 162 paid and 4 orders; slips, 10 paid; first gallery, 156 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 105 paid. [In Daily Journal, 8 Sept., King Lear had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance:

10045
28 September 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Present: King and Queen. [In Daily Post, 27 Sept., Macbeth had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

10046
15 January 1728 @ Westminster School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phormio

Performance Comment: The King's Scholars.

10047
27 January 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: TThe King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

10048
17 February 1728 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Music by Handel. Text by Haym.] The King, Queen, Princess Amelia, and Princess Carolina present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siroe

10049
22 February 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 14s. 6d. King, Queen, Princess Royal, and Princess Carolina present. Probable attendance: boxes, 228 paid and 28 orders; stage, 11 paid and 1 order; pit, 302 paid and 1 order; slips, 43 paid and 24 orders; first gallery, 443 paid; second gallery, 199 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

10050
14 March 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Majesties' Command. Pit and Front Boxes laid together at 5s. [King and Queen present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: Mrs Booth; Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett