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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Princes"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Princes")') 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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3664 results for: Keyword - Princes
We found 2597 matches on Roles/Actors, 876 matches on Event Comments, 703 matches on Performance Comments, 508 matches on Performance Title, and 418 matches on Author.

2901
08 February 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Wales. Rylands MS.: Prince of Wales present. [Relapse had been in the advance bills.] Receipts: #160

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: LLe Boufon, as17411030; The Swiss, as17420119; Les Jardiniers Suedois-the Fausans only, but see17411128

2902
13 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Mainpiece: Never acted there Before. Amphitheatre on stage [see 12 March]. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets and places of Mrs Clive at her house in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields; or of Page at the stage door of the theatre. Last Night their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden to see the Merchant of Venice; when the Song of Britons strike home was commanded to be sung, which was accordingly done, with the Chorus's, accompanied by Trumpets, Kettle-Drums, etc. and met with the Greatest Applause.--General Advertiser, 14 March. [The notice about Miss Edwards' first attempt means in an acting role; she was a singer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Song: MMy Faith and Truth (Favourite Duette from Samson)-Miss Edwards, Mrs Clive; Britons Strike Home-

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

2903
05 March 1745 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequino Triumphante

2904
02 January 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command. Present the Prince and Princess of Wales. Gifts to King's Footmen #2, 2s.; Chairmen #2 2s.; Prince of Wales' Footmen #1 1s.; Chairmen #1 1s.; Princess of Wales' Footmen #1 1s.; Chairmen #1 1s.; the Duke's Footmen #1 1s.; Chairman #1 1s. (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Receipts: #185 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Dance: [Mentioned in the Account Books, Egerton 2268, but not in the General Advertiser.]

2905
12 October 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Present the Prince and Princess of Wales. Receipts: #156 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

2906
28 November 1749 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Present the Prince and Princess of Wales. Receipts: #142 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

2907
20 March 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

2908
22 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

2909
12 December 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: I: By command, A New Dance-Sga Sabatini, as17541115

2910
29 January 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: PPeasant's Dance-Delatre, as17560108

2911
04 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelstan

2912
26 October 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Dance: TThe Press Gang, as17561013

2913
30 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

2914
22 October 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Author

2915
25 November 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: JJovial Coopers, as17571107

2916
06 February 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

2917
04 March 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agis

2918
12 January 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

2919
19 January 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: III: The German Hunters, as17580916

Song: IV: Miss Young

2920
10 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ambitious Stepmother

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

2921
26 February 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Crononhotonthologos

2922
17 March 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eurydice

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Ballet: II: The Prussian Camp. As17581214

2923
31 March 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

2924
23 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China

2925
28 April 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Of China