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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Shirley"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Shirley")') 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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5942 results for: Keyword - Mr Shirley
We found 4238 matches on Event Comments, 1141 matches on Performance Comments, 529 matches on Performance Title, 356 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

26
16 December 1754 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Writ Of Inquiry Will Be Executed On The Inquisitor General

27
28 April 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

28
30 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted for 14 years, altered from Shirley. [See 7 Feb. 1758.] Characters New Dress'd in the Habits of the Times. This Comedy is reviv'd with Alterations. It is well perform'd & had great Applause (Hopkins Diary). Paid Half year's paving &c. to Mich. last for Drury Lane & Russel St. #14. Mr Godfrey for women's cloaths, #15. Mr Clutterbuck's last summer's balance #57 15s. 2d.; Mrs Foster for men's cloaths, #25 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #121 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

29
07 February 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

30
02 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

31
27 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

32
02 December 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Rose

33
25 September 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

34
22 December 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Altered from Shirley by Garrick--(some hissing at it) (Cross). [See Theatrical Review, 1757 and Beginning of 1758 for generally favorable contemporary comment, but one which deplores Garrick's retention of Shirley's obsolete expressions. The printed version contains scenes in Act III not appearing in the Larpent MS] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Dance: TThe Market, as17571126

35
06 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince; Or, The Battle Of Poictiers

Related Works
Related Work: Edward the Black Prince; or, The Battle of Poictiers Author(s): William Shirley

36
06 March 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

37
10 March 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

38
18 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17710921

39
14 January 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

40
03 February 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

41
22 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traitor

Related Works
Related Work: The Traitor Author(s): James Shirley

42
17 May 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Maze

Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Changes; or, Love in a Maze Author(s): James Shirley

43
March 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traytor

Related Works
Related Work: The Traytor Author(s): James Shirley

44
06 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: The Wedding Author(s): James Shirley

Dance: TTollet's Grounds-Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden

45
16 April 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: King Pepin's Campaign

Related Works
Related Work: King Pepin's Campaign Author(s): William Shirley

Song: I: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: Muilment

46
17 October 1745 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught

Dance: III: Grand Dance, as17451008

Song: IV: Lowe

47
09 February 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

48
12 March 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

49
16 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Brothers Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

50
23 October 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End Act I of the Farce: A New Dance call'd The Irish Fair-Atkins, Mrs Sutton, being her first appearance that stage