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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Thomas Sowdon"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Thomas Sowdon")') 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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11103 results for: Keyword - Mr Thomas Sowdon
We found 5466 matches on Author, 4534 matches on Event Comments, 1789 matches on Performance Comments, 586 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

451
07 March 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of the Poets; or, The Contention for the Laureat Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Triumphs of Love and Honour Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Eunuch; or, The Darby Captain Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: Love the Cause and Cure of Grief; or, The Innocent Murderer Author(s): Thomas Cooke
Related Work: The Mournful Nuptials; or, Love the Cure of All Woes Author(s): Thomas Cooke

452
25 May 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: III: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; V: Dutch Dance, as17471128

453
07 November 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

454
20 March 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Dance: I: Savoyards, as17480920; V: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027

Music: II: Concerto on Flute, as17480917

455
28 March 1749 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

456
31 March 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Henry and Emma; or, The Nut Brown Maid

Related Works
Related Work: Henry and Emma; or, The Nut Brown Maid Author(s): Thomas Arne

457
11 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

458
19 October 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar, With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Performance Comment: As for Flora, 16 Oct. Friendly-Lowe; Hob-Dunstall; Sir ThomasTesty-Arthur; Dick-Anderson; Flora-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Sir ThomasTesty Actor: Arthur
Related Works
Related Work: Hob; or, The Country Wake Author(s): Thomas Doggett

459
11 December 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Chaplet Author(s): Thomas Shaw

460
24 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

461
15 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Don Saverio

Related Works
Related Work: Don Savario Author(s): Thomas Arne

462
24 September 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

463
07 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

464
23 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: IV: L'Entree de Flore, as17511017; Peasant Dance, as17511017

465
25 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: IV: Mattocks

466
30 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: IV: L'Entree de Flore, as17511017; Peasant Dance, as17511017

467
18 November 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: GGrand Dutch Dance, as17511021

468
13 January 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

469
23 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, The Third Part: With the Marriage of Mary the Buxome Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Squire Badger Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-The Little Swiss; IV: A Comic Dance-Harvey, Miss Shawford

Song: III: Mattocks; IV: Mattocks

Entertainment: S+Specialty. After: An Elogium to $Shakespeare, as17520421

470
27 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, The Third Part: With the Marriage of Mary the Buxome Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Squire Badger Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; II: A Comic Dance-Harvey, Miss Shawford; III: A Dance-Sg Piettro, Mad Janeton Auretti; IV: A Scotch Dance-Harvey, Miss Shawford; V: The Minuet, Louvre-Harvey, Mrs Addison

471
02 May 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, The Third Part: With the Marriage of Mary the Buxome Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: Squire Badger Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; V: A Comic Dance-Shawford Jun, Miss Shawford

Song: III: Mattocks

472
11 August 1752 @ The Old Tennis Court, James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd Author(s): Thomas Otway
Related Work: Venice Preserved Author(s): Thomas Otway

473
13 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Related Works
Related Work: The Miser Author(s): Thomas Shadwell

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

474
24 April 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: Grand Scots Ballet, as17521216

475
04 June 1754 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eliza

Related Works
Related Work: Eliza Author(s): Thomas Arne
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Thomas Arne