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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 5032 matches on Event Comments, 1151 matches on Performance Comments, 532 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1951
04 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Austin and Wood. Wood, Sub Treasurer (Winston MS 8). No Building on Stage. Receipts: #140 (Cross). [The Prologue was The Night's Adventure of a Buck, Larpent MS 147. The mid-portion shows the Buck at the playhouse]: @First to the Playhouse,--not to hear the play--@I went to pass an hour or so away,@For what to me are Shakespears, Otways, Rowes,@Their, Jaffiers, Bajazets, andRomeos?@Such mouthing rascals give no joy to me@I get behind the scenes, and there d'ye see,@I strut, and ogle, pull the girls about@Stand in the way, and put the actors out.@These, these are joys, which only Bucks can know,@And all the pleasures playhouses bestow...

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Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Entertainment: TheNew Magic Scene in the characters of Harlequin, as17580428

1952
03 January 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This Play tho' all new dress'd and had Fine Scenes did not seem to give ye audience any great plasure, or draw any applause (Cross). Written by Shakespear. Never Acted there. New Habits, Scenes, and Decorations. Nothing under Full Prices will be taken during the Performance. No Gentleman can possibly be admitted behind the Scenes, or into the Orchestra on account of the Music, Decorations, and number of Performers which are necessary to the Representation (playbill). [See "Garrick's Presentation of Antony and Cleopatra," RES, Jan. 1937. The following characters appear in Capel's acting text, 23 Oct. 1958, Maecenas-Atkins; Proculeius-$Austin; Soothsayer-$Burton; Mardian-$Perry; Seleucas-$Burton.] Receipts: #200 ($Cross); #193 14s. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

Related Works
Related Work: Anthony and Cleopatra Author(s): William Shakespeare

1953
16 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: On Monday will be reviv'd All's Well that Ends Well, Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

1954
21 December 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Tomorrow, Never acted there, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

1955
22 December 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted there. Taken from Shakespear, with a New Overture and New Music between the acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona

Related Works
Related Work: The Two Gentlemen of Verona Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

1956
29 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Nicoll, III, 280, 390, states that this was an alteration of Shakespear's play by John Lee.] Receipts: #174 5s. (173.10.6; 0.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: I: Masquerade Scene incident to the Play-; I: Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Juliet, with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Miss Green

1957
21 October 1661 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Honour

1958
09 November 1671 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1959
May 1673 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amboyna

1960
19 November 1674 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mock tempest Or The Enchanted Castle

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

1961
27 February 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1962
28 May 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of China By The Tartars

1963
March 1677 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Innocence Or The Chamber maid Turnd Quaker

1964
22 May 1677 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

1965
March 1678 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Trick For Trick Or The Debauchd Hypocrite

1966
September 1678 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus

1967
March 1679 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ambitious Statesman Or The Loyal Favourite

1968
June 1680 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge Or A Match In Newgate

1969
May 1681 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

1970
31 May 1682 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

1971
August 1684 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Duke And No Duke

1972
06 February 1685 @ no theater listed

Performances

1973
04 March 1686 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife Or A Comical Transformation

1974
April 1686 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Luckey Chance Or An Aldermans Bargain

1975
29 November 1686 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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