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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Richard Cross"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Richard Cross")') 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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11393 results for: Keyword - Mr Richard Cross
We found 6750 matches on Event Comments, 2923 matches on Performance Comments, 2104 matches on Author, 1450 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

351
19 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jew Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Afterpiece Title: The Village Fete

Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Song: End: Wigs-, including His own Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig; The Storm-Incledon; In 3rd piece: Chorusses, As17970518

352
03 February 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jew Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

353
08 March 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: First Love

Related Works
Related Work: First Love Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

354
30 October 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jew Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

355
01 November 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Related Works
Related Work: The Wheel of Fortune Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

356
02 November 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jew Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

357
27 May 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Tender Husband; or, The Accomplish'd Fools Author(s): Richard Steele

358
24 May 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets for Cross, Corey, Woodburn, Leigh, and Raftor taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Cupid and Psyche

Cast
Role: Mons Quadrille Actor: Cross

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

359
30 December 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts. #140 (Cross); #163 5s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Cross

Dance: NNew Tambourine-Anne Auretti

360
26 January 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #140 (Cross); #107 3s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: III: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Dutch Dance, as17471128

361
15 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Leviez and Sullivan. Stage form'd into Front and Side Boxes. Receipts: #213 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel); cash, #63 0s. 6d.; tickets, #150 14s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Conscious Lovers Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: II: Powerful Guardians from Alexander Balus-Sullivan; III: With Ravish'd Ears-Sullivan; V: a Favourite song in the Opera Artamene-Sullivan

Dance: I: Savoyards, as17471215; IV: Louvre, Minuet-Leviez, Anne Auretti; V: Shepherd's Dance-Cooke, Janeton Auretti

362
03 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Music: As17531201

363
05 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Music: As17531201

364
06 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Music: As17531201

365
08 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Music: As17531201

366
10 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Music: As17531201

367
12 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author. Play publish'd at 1s. 6d. Receipts: #90 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Music: As17531201

368
13 December 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicia

Related Works
Related Work: Boadicia Author(s): Richard Glover

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Music: As17531201

Dance: LL'Entree de Flore, as17531123

369
19 December 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow and Family in distress (Cross). Tickets deliver'd out for Lady Jane Gray will be taken; Tomorrow, an Italian Comic Opera, L'Amanti Gelosi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Related Works
Related Work: The Funeral, or, Grief a la Mode Author(s): Richard Steele

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: Grandchamps, Mlle Camargo; Italian Peasants, as17531120

370
17 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eliza

Related Works
Related Work: Eliza Author(s): Richard Rolt

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

371
22 January 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Author (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

372
28 January 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Author (Cross Diary). The West Indian publish'd at 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

373
05 February 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Author (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

374
26 August 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. [Kean's 1st appearance was at this theatre, 22 Mar.] 2nd piece: The Music compiled by Dr Pepusch. 4th piece: A Ballet Tragi-Comique, composed by Signor Novestris [i.e. George Colman, the elder]. Gazetteer, 23 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Foote, Weston, and Shuter in the Shades

Related Works
Related Work: A Peep into Elysium; or, Foote, Weston, and Shuter in the Shades Author(s): Richard Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: In Act III of 2nd piece Hornpipe by Byrne

Monologue: 1784 08 26 As 10 Aug

375
03 September 1794 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. Mainpiece: By Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Afterpiece [1st time; MD 2, by John Cartwright Cross]: The Overture and the Musick entirely new, by Reeve. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Morning Chronicle, 9 Sept. 1794: This day is published THE APPARITION (1s.). Morning Chronicle, 30 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 2, Frith-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Related Works
Related Work: The Jew Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: THE APPARITION

Related Works
Related Work: The Apparition Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

Monologue: 1794 09 03 End of mainpiece, as 30 Aug