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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Rowe Esq"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Rowe 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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6609 results for: Keyword - Mr Rowe, Esq.
We found 4488 matches on Event Comments, 1171 matches on Performance Comments, 851 matches on Author, 532 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

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16 January 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of his Excellency Hag Abdelcader Perez, Ambassador from the Emperor of Morocco. Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Convert Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Song: Mrs Hill

Dance: As17240113

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17 April 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Buchanan. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe. Receipts: money#44 1s. 6d.; tickets #137 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Penitent Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17330416 IV: Scottish Dance, as17330329 Hippisley's Medley; or, Drunken Man (By Desire)-

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04 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Twenty Years. Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Convert Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

29
05 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Convert Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: As17381213

30
09 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Convert Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: As17381213

31
18 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Convert Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

32
15 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Related Works
Related Work: The Royal Convert Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: CComic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; French Peasant-Lalauze, Mlle Roland

33
24 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At 5 went into the Pit...Mrs Yates is the Callista Mr Rowe drew; Powell did Scioto well, nor is Bensley a bad Horatio. A new Comic Dance by LaRiviere and Miss Vallois in wooden shoes, with Harlequin Skeleton to which is now added a new scene (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #123 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Penitent Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance-LaRiviere, Miss Valois

34
26 November 1735 @ Swan Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: A Solo and several Pieces on the French Horn by Mr Charles. And several Songs and Duets by the two Miss Youngs. The German Flute by Mr Pelicour [Balicourt in Daily Advertiser], lately arrived from abroad; Being the first Time of his Performing in England

35
16 May 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Mr Rowe, Esq. Receipts: #50 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Related Works
Related Work: Tamerlane Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Song: As17150513

Dance: Spanish Entry, Scaramouch-Thurmond, lately arriv'd from Ireland

36
14 December 1669 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mr Anthony

37
January 1682 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mr Turbulent; Or, The Melanchollicks

38
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

39
22 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Britain's Happiness

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts

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

40
01 August 1730 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mad Tom Of Bedlam; Or, The Distress'd 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

41
24 February 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd The Hunters-Mas. Clinton, Miss Street, Miss Ford; II: The Faggot Binders-Aldridge, Miss Baker; End Opera: A Dance-Grimaldi, Lauchery, Miss Baker

42
15 March 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: The Sheep Shearers, as17640308 II: The Shepherdesses, as17640113; End Opera: Dance, as17640301

43
11 April 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette; or, Harlequin Turned Tapster

Dance: An Entertainment of Mimick Dancing, call'd, La Caprice-Harlequin (in Imitation of Mlle Provost, the Famous Dancer in the Opera at Paris)

44
20 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Connoisseur; Or, Every Man In His Folly

45
27 February 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: The Hunters, as17640224; The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640224

46
01 March 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: II: The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640224

47
05 April 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: I: The Sheep Shearers-Lauchery, Miss Baker; II: The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640319

48
06 November 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of Jane Shore Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as 18 Sept

49
21 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of Jane Shore Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Afterpiece Title: A Will and No Will

Dance: II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Comic Dance, as17480314 III: Dutch Dance, as17471128

50
02 February 1726 @ Inner Temple

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; several Songs-by the late famous Mr Henry Purcel; rest by Dr Croft; which whole Performance lasted above an Hour and half; the Vocal Performers-Mr Hughes, Mr Laye, Mr Rowe, Mr Gates, Mr Weely, Mr Church, Mr King, three Boys; they were accompany'd by a proper Number of the best Instrumental Performers