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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir James Edwards"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir James Edwards")') 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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11808 results for: Keyword - Sir James Edwards
We found 7090 matches on Performance Comments, 4653 matches on Author, 1437 matches on Event Comments, 555 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1951
14 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quailty. Mainpiece: Written by the Author of the Man of Taste. Founded on Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop. Daily Advertiser, 14 March: We hear that there was not the least Disturbance from the Footmen at the Playhouse all last Week; and there is such a sufficient Guard order'd, as well as a Civil Power appointed, that there's no Apprehension of any in the future: Besides, we are glad to hear that the Quality and Gentry are resolv'd in general to discard any Servants that should be known to attempt it, and to give them up to the Rigour of the Law. [For Occasional Prompter XXV (on the lethargy of managers), see Daily Journal, 14 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's Apprentice; V: Dutchman and Frow-Philips, Miss Brett. [Daily Advertiser, 14 March, a less authoritative source, differs on the dances: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Turkish Dance-Muilment; Villeneuve, Livier; V: Grand Ball-Denoyer, Mlle Roland.

Music: A Comic Medley Overture-composed by Arne

1952
21 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Founded on Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. By the Author of the Man of Taste. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; V: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter

1953
24 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece and Afterpiece: As 21 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

1954
28 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

1955
31 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

1956
20 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Cast
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Harper
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Griffin.
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Taste Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Man of Taste; or, The Guardian Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Two Pierrots-Livier, Pelling; IV: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve

Music: Select Pieces-

1957
07 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1958
08 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1959
10 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1960
15 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1961
18 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1962
19 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1963
20 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1964
25 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1965
29 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

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

Afterpiece Title: The Imprisonment

1966
31 January 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

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

Afterpiece Title: The Imprisonment

1967
14 March 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: The Favourite Airs out of L'Allegro il Penseroso by Handel-Miss Edwards; I: Miss Edwards; IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: II: L'Arlequine deux visages-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: La Tambourine Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

1968
17 April 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: L'Arlequine deux visages-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Desse; V: Les Matelotes-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

1969
20 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

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

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

1970
09 October 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

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

Afterpiece Title: The Imprisonment Release Stratagems and Marriage of Harlequin with The Triumphs of Love

1971
31 December 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

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

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: As17411228

1972
07 January 1742 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

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

Afterpiece Title: Nancy or The Parting Lovers

Song:

Dance:

1973
22 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Mainpiece: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Servants will be admitted to keep places on the stage. All will be over at Nine at Night. Tickets of Hippisley in the Playhouse Passage, in Bow St. Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: A Modern Midnight Conversation

Related Works
Related Work: A Modern Midnight Conversation Author(s): James Hippisley

Dance: TTambourine-Picq, Mlle Auguste; Les Maquignons, as17420309 The Peasants-Picq, Mlle Auguste

1974
13 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyers Feast

Related Works
Related Work: The Lawyer's Feast Author(s): James Ralph

1975
14 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Wildair Actor: Mrs Woffington, 1st appearance this season
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyers Feast

Related Works
Related Work: The Lawyer's Feast Author(s): James Ralph

Song: II: Song-Morland

Dance: V: New Dance, as17431123