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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Richards"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Richards")') 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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8567 results for: Keyword - Mr Richards
We found 4630 matches on Event Comments, 2037 matches on Author, 1776 matches on Performance Comments, 1223 matches on Performance Title, and 23 matches on Roles/Actors.

326
06 March 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Englishman

327
30 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; IV: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Mrs Clive

Dance: III: New Running Footman's Dance-Phillips; V: a Hornpipe-Phillips

328
31 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Dance: The Mechels

329
10 December 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

330
05 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

331
05 March 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

332
01 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: As17761015

333
20 March 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Prelude [1st time;PREL I, probably by Richard Cumberland. Larpent MS 472; not published]. Mainpiece [1st time; M 3, by Richard Cumberland, based on Calypso and Telemachus, by John Hughes]: The Overture and all the Music entirely new, and composed by Butler. With new Scenery painted by Richards and Carver, and new Dresses. Books of the Masque to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar. 1779: This Day is published Calypso (1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Prelude And Prologue

Afterpiece Title: Calypso

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: In: Incidental Dances-Dagueville, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

334
06 March 1780 @ Crown Inn, Lower Street (now Essex Road), Islington

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: Death And Restoration Of Harlequin

Afterpiece Title: Miss In Her Teens

335
04 March 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England or The Humours of Sancho Pancha

Monologue: 1782 03 04 End of mainpiece Bucks have at ye all by Benson. vaudeville. End of Act I of afterpiece The Manual Exercise by Mrs Lefevre

336
16 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Coeur De Lion

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

337
14 December 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Grey beards

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

338
26 November 1791 @ Drury Lane at King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

339
25 April 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

340
08 September 1701 @ Richmond Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Mr Abell; having had the Honour lately, to Sing to the Nobility and Gentry of Richmond and the Neighbouring Towns, thinks himself bound in Gratitude...to return his most Humble Thanks with a Performance of New Musick, in English, Latin, Italian, French-Mr Abell; &c....being Honour'd and Accompany'd-the Greatest Masters of Europe

341
02 January 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

342
13 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

343
14 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philodamus

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: End of mainpiece Diversion a-la-Mode, as17821211 in which The Devonshire Minuet, as17821129

Song: In Act III of mainpiece an Epithalamium by Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Martyr

344
22 March 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Greek Slave Or The School For Cowards

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

345
26 March 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Performance Comment: Sheva-Meredith; Charles Ratcliffe-Egerton; Jabal-Wilson; Sir Stephen Bertram-Harley; Saunders-Richards; Frederick Bertram-Wilkinson; Mrs Ratcliff-Mrs Williams; Dorcas-Miss Thompson; Eliza Ratcliff-Miss Herbert.
Cast
Role: Saunders Actor: Richards

Afterpiece Title: A Naval Interlude

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Performance Comment: Farmer Harrow-Egerton; Trusty-Meredith; Sir Jeffery Constant-Harley; Captain Constant-Richards; Clinch-Wilkinson; Dolly-Mrs Egerton.
Cast
Role: Captain Constant Actor: Richards

Song: 2nd piece: With Songs-

346
16 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; MD 5, by Richard Cumberland. Author of Prologue unknown]: A Romance of the Fourteenth Century, Formed upon the Plan of an unpublished Drama [Johanna von Montfaucon], written and transmitted by Augustus von Kotzebue, The Overture, Songs, Chorusses, Marches and Finale, with appropriate Symphonies between the Acts, by Busby. The Scenery, Dresses, Machinery & Decorations entirely New. The Scenery by Richards, Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, &c. The arrangement of the Marches, Chorusses & Military Movements incidental to the Piece, under the direction of Farley. The Dresses by Dick and Mrs Egan. The Words of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. "The appropriate beauty of the scenery, in which the rules of perspective are critically observed, the splendour of the decorations and the richness of the dresses, have been rarely equalled" (Universal Magazine, Jan. 1800, p. 75). Receipts: #318 6d. (316.2; 2.4)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: Mainpiece: Chorusses-Denman, Lee, Thomas, Lewiss, Little, Potts, Everett, Oddwell, J. Linton, Tett, Smith, Kenrick, Silvester, Jones, Fairclough, Baron, Master Goodwin, Master Slape, Master Bernard, Master Standen, Master Little, Master Speare, Master Sawyer, Master Linton, Ms Trevor, Ms Gilbert, Ms Norton, Ms Watts, Ms Follett, Ms Castelle, Ms Sydney, Ms Burnett, Ms Masters, Ms Lloyd, Ms Blurton, Ms Cox

347
22 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Britains Happiness

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl

348
01 August 1730 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mad Tom Of Bedlam Or The Distressd Lovers With The Comical Humours Of squire Numscul

Song: Mr Corse, age 12

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Sandham; Drunken Man-Wilcox; (On 8 Aug. and there after:) Mad Dance, Pierrot-Le Sieur Labisle, from France

349
December 1701 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

350
10 April 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Example Or The Modish Citizens