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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.

76
24 August 1719 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

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

Song:

Dance:

77
07 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: Lethe; or, Aesop in the Shades

Dance: III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; V: Hornpipe-Yates

78
11 June 1744 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Hermit

79
06 April 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: New Grand Dance-Muilment; III: New Dance-Muilment; V: Muilment

Song: IV: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

80
22 March 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: CComic Dance, as17500221; Venetian Gardeners-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti

81
28 November 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17501117

Ballet: V: The Birdcatchers. As17501127

82
26 April 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: I: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; II: The Savoyard-Mathews, Mad Camargo; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020; IV: A Harlequin Dance-the Little Swiss; V: The Scotch Dance-Mathews, Mad Auretti

83
02 November 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

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

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

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

84
03 April 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman from Paris

85
25 April 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

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

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Dance: IV: Minuet-Miss Pritchard

86
12 November 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

87
07 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewes. Mainpiece [a Tragedy by Nicholas Rowe]: not acted these 20 years. [See 3 Feb. 1756.] The characters dress'd in the habits of the times (playbill). Charges #69 14s. Profit to Lee Lewes #153 18s. (Box 227; Pit 417; Gallery 346) (Account Book). Receipts: #84 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Grey

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Entertainment: End: A New Occasional Epilogue written by Mr Goldsmith will be spoken-Lewes

88
28 October 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: May Day; or, The Little Gipsy

89
16 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance call'd The Gardeners-Sg Martini, first appearance on the English Stage, and Sga Paccini

90
27 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Boxkeeper. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. [Tickets for Cooper also taken.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: By Denoyer's Apprentice. IV: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson

91
14 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, and Colley Cibber, Esq</a>; Poet Laureat. Afterpiece: Not perform'd these Ten Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Strolers

Dance: V: Grecian Sailors-Glover; End Afterpiece: A new English Ballet; or, Country Dance-Mr Buskin, the Justice

92
04 December 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author [Nicholas Rowe]. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Announced as the last new farce, it had been originally scheduled for the week of 6-11 Nov. (Diverting Post, 4 Nov.), but postponed. It probably was acted before 25 Nov., for the Diverting Post of that date published the Prologue.] Thomas Davies: Did not the tragic Rowe write The Biter, a comedy; and was he not the only person of the audience that laughed during the acting of it [Dramatic Miscellanies, I, 94]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Biter

Related Works
Related Work: The Biter Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

93
06 June 1795 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clendining. 2nd piece: Not acted these 10 years [acted 25 Apr. 1788]. 3rd piece [1st time; M 1, altered by John Gretton from his Ode performed at the Pantheon, 4 May. Larpent MS 1087; text printed in Morning Chronicle, 2 May 1795, with parts as above]: The Words by John Gretton, Esq. The Music by Spofforth; the Dances by Byrn. Books containing the Words of the Masque will be delivered gratis at the different Doors. Morning Herald, 5 June: Tickets to be had of Mrs Clendining, No. 13, King-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #204 5s. (72.17; 7.15; tickets: 123.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Afterpiece Title: A Masque, In Honor of the Nuptials of His Royal Highness [the Prince of Wales with Caroline Princess of Brunswick on 8 April 1795]

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Dance: In 3rd piece: a Grand Dance-Byrn, Holland, Mlle St.Amand, Mme Rossi

Song: End I 2nd piece: The Richmond Primrose Girl (Music by Spofforth-Poetry by William Pearce, Esq.) sung in character-Mrs Clendining

94
14 December 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ambitious Stepmother

Related Works
Related Work: The Ambitious Step-mother Author(s): Nicholas Rowe

Dance: As17151104

95
11 August 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

96
02 June 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Dance:

97
14 September 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

98
16 April 1733 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ulysses

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

99
18 September 1735 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

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

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

100
11 February 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

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

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor