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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Shakespear"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Shakespear")') 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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6424 results for: Keyword - Mr Shakespear
We found 5026 matches on Event Comments, 1151 matches on Performance Comments, 532 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

126
26 January 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #76 11s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

127
09 May 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Beckingham. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #15 17s.; tickets #74 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

128
29 October 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: With a Scene representing the Drawing of the Lottery at Guildhall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Related Works
Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

129
11 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Written by Shakespear. In which will be restor'd Scenes, Soliloquies, and other Circumstances, originally in the Part of Falstaff, which have been for many Years omitted. [Daily Advertiser lists Prologue as representing the Ghost of Falstaff.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fourth, Part Ii

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

130
11 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets at Delane's Lodgings (No. 6) in Wild Court, Wild Street, and at Mrs Delane's Lodgings, at the Fig-Tree, opposite Salisbury Street in the Strand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Tambourine-French Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

131
22 December 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Daily Advertiser, 22 Dec.: On Saturday last was performed...As you like it; the extraordinary Applause it met with, is a strong Proof of the Merit of that immortal Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Dance: I: Les Jardiniers Suedois-Fausan, Signora Fausan; III: L'Allamande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

132
06 January 1663 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke's house, and there saw Twelfth Night acted well, though it be but a silly play, and not related at all to the name or day. Downes, p. 23: Twelfth Night, Or what you will; Wrote by Mr Shakespear, had mighty Success by its well Performance:...All the Parts being justly Acted Crown'd the Play. Note, It aas got up on purpose to be Acted on Twelfth Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William Shakespeare

133
09 January 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Betterton's Company. This performance was probably the first day of this revival, for Matthew Prior wrote to Abraham Stanyan, 8 Jan. 1699@1700: To-morrow night Betterton acts Falstaff, and to encourage that poor house the Kit Katters have taken one side-box and the Knights of the Toast have taken the other (HMC, Bath MSS. [London, 1908], III, 394). See also 28 Jan. 1699@1700. The play was advertised in the London Gazette, No. 3601, 13-16 May 1700, and the title page states: Reviv'd, with Alterations. Written Originally by Mr Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare

134
16 April 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Lovelace and King. Written by the famous Mr Shakespear. With the Original Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations, and the Witches' Musick, both Vocal and Instrumental

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

135
16 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

136
15 February 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calisto; Or, The Chaste Nimph

Afterpiece Title: Calisto's Additional performers

137
30 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fathers; Or, The Good Natur'd Man

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: As17780919

138
15 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

139
14 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

140
November 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

141
December 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles; Or, Iphigenia In Aulis

142
January 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage-hater Matched

143
04 July 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Citizen Turned Gentleman

144
19 January 1683 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

145
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deceiver Deceived

146
28 November 1682 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise

147
September 1697 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Imposture Defeated; Or, A Trick To Cheat The Devil

148
09 July 1700 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Courtship A La Mode

149
12 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Music: A piece of Instrumental Musick- to be perform'd on the Stage

Song: Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs; particularly a Two/part Song-Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Song: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-the Devonshire Girl; The Whip of Dunbyn-Claxton; a new Entry-Mrs Campion, others; A Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell; a new Scaramouch Man and Scaramouch Woman-Laferry, Mrs Lucas

150
26 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Entertainment: Young Gentlewoman, as17100817; Likewise a Vaulting the Managed Horse-famous Master who never appear'd on the Publick Stage

Dance: Ladder Dance-; French Peasant-; Wooden Shoe-; Harlequin Scaramouch Cooper and Wife-