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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir John Shorter"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir John Shorter")') 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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18154 results for: Keyword - Sir John Shorter
We found 12392 matches on Author, 6689 matches on Performance Comments, 1860 matches on Event Comments, 683 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3976
19 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Related Works
Related Work: Prometheus Author(s): John A. Fisher

3977
26 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Related Works
Related Work: Cato Author(s): John Ozell

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

3978
27 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Related Works
Related Work: Douglas Author(s): John Home

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

3979
04 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Actor: Quick
Role: Sir Brilliant Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Related Works
Related Work: Prometheus Author(s): John A. Fisher

Dance: IV: The Italian Gardeners, as17751011

3980
05 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Sheridan; Sir Paul Plyant-Quick; Careless-Lewis; Mellefont-Wroughton; Brisk-Lee Lewes; Lord Touchwood-Clarke; Lord Froth-Booth; Lady Plyant-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Froth-Mrs Green; Cynthia-Mrs Jackson; Lady Touchwood-A Gentlewoman (first appearance on the stage).
Cast
Role: Sir Paul Plyant Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

Dance: End: The Italian Gamesters-the Zuchellis. [Query: Gardeners or the dance called simply The Gamesters? See17751011.

3981
25 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Related Works
Related Work: Prometheus Author(s): John A. Fisher

3982
10 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Court of Alexander Author(s): John A. Fisher
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

3983
15 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Related Works
Related Work: Douglas Author(s): John Home

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Related Works
Related Work: Prometheus Author(s): John A. Fisher

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue, as17760409

3984
20 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Related Works
Related Work: Prometheus Author(s): John A. Fisher

3985
22 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Related Works
Related Work: Prometheus Author(s): John A. Fisher

Music: End Tragedy: By Particular Desire a Piece of Music on the Triple Harp-Evans

3986
24 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

3987
29 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

3988
04 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Lampe, and Mrs Jones, Mrs Masters (formerly Miss Lalauze), Besford, Miss Cranfield, Bates, Widow Wise, Widow Emery, and Ledger, and those deliver'd for She Stoops to Conquer will be taken. Doors open half past 5. To begin at half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Cast
Role: Sir John Friendly Actor: Young
Role: Sir Tunbelly Clumsy Actor: Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Quality Author(s): John Lee

Dance: I: A Minuet-Holloway, Miss Cranfield; II: A Minuet-Dagueville, Mrs Masters (Daughter of the late Mr Lalauze)

3989
11 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): John A. Fisher

Song: III: (By Particular Desire) The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Master Harrison

Dance: IV: A Minuet, Allemande-Rudd, Miss Cranfield; End: A Hornpipe-Miss Bassan

3990
24 May 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King
Role: Sir Oliver Surface Actor: Yates
Role: Sir Benjamin Backbite Actor: Dodd
Role: Sir Harry Bumper Actor: Gaudry
Related Works
Related Work: The School for Scandal Scandaliz'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

3991
04 June 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Performance Comment: As17761109, but Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Pleasant Actor: R. Palmer.
Role: Advocate Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: As17761109; End II: Comic Dance, as17761217

Song: Rule Britannia-as17761109, but _Fawcett, Gaudry

3992
23 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Henderson
Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Midas

3993
28 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Henderson
Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

3994
09 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier

Dance: End II: Slingsby's grand ballet The Savage Hunters, as17780324but Fitzgerald

3995
09 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): John Brownsmith

3996
01 February 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Henderson
Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

3997
08 February 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): John Brownsmith

3998
15 March 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humours Of Oxford

Performance Comment: Gainlove-Harricks; Shamwell-King; Haughty-Johnson; Young Ape@all-Mills; Old Ape@all-Shatford; Dash-Curtis; Timothy-Middleton; Officer-Smith; Vice Chancellor-Bate; Conundrum-Swords; Colonel Truemore-Powell; Lady Science-Mrs Lefevre; Victoria-Miss Miller; Kitty-Miss Dudley; Wife-Miss Shelbourne; Maid-Miss Baker; Clarinda-Mrs Clifford; Occasional Prologue-Kennedy.
Cast
Role: Haughty Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: A Mirror for the Ladies

Afterpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The Mistake Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Song: End III: Hunting Song-Miss Harris

Monologue: Vaudeville.Between Acts 3rd piece: a few Pantomimical Scenes. Harlequin-Best; Columbine-Miss Dudley

3999
22 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

4000
26 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Henderson
Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: Davies
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Johnston

Dance: End: Hornpipe, as17790521

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