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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir Thomas Robinson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir Thomas Robinson")') 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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13960 results for: Keyword - Sir Thomas Robinson
We found 7240 matches on Author, 6605 matches on Performance Comments, 1405 matches on Event Comments, 957 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

9126
12 November 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Arne. [See Daily Post, 13 Nov., and London Evening Post, 13 Nov., for the trial of Harper. Daily Post, 13 Nov.: It was design'd also to prevent the Company acting last Night, by taking away so principal a Performer in the Play, which was advertis'd, he being conrin'd, &c. and his Hearing by Counsel deferr'd till between Five and Six o'Clock; but the Audience being duly acquainted with this Prosecution very kindly accepted Mr Cibber's reading the Part.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry IV Part I

Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

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

Dance: Wattcau by Miss Robinson. La Bagatelle by Essex and Miss La Tour

9127
17 November 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

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

Dance: By Essex, Miss Robinson, Miss Latour

9128
28 November 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Berry

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Robinson. La Bagatell by Essex and Miss La Tour. La Folette S'cest ravizee by Nivelon and Miss Mann

9129
05 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Robinson. Mock Minuet, as17331027

9130
20 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Written by Ben. Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: Subtle-W. Mills; Face-Mills; Abel-Cibber; Sir Epicure-Harper; Ananias-Johnson; Tribulation-Griffin; Surly-Oates; Lovewit-Shepard; Kastril-Miller; Dapper-Master Arne; Doll Common-Mrs Charke; Dame Pliant-Mrs Grace; Neighbours-Winstone, Tench, Harrington, Tenoe, Wright, Ridout .
Cast
Role: Sir Epicure Actor: Harper

Music: Select Pieces composed by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Handel

Dance: I: Le Watteau by Miss Robinson alone. II: La Follette s'cest ravisee by Nivelon and Miss Mann. III: La Bagatell by Essex and Miss La Tour. IV: Mock Minuet, as17331027 V: Les Bergeries, as17331108

9131
28 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Ben. Johnson. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Arne. Egmont, Diary, I, 474: I went to ... see the Alchymist, wrote by Ben. Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Cast
Role: Sir Epicure Actor: Harper

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

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

Dance: In Afterpiece: Les Bergeries by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

9132
12 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Second Piece: Written by the late Barton Booth, Esq; Set to Musick by Mr Arne. The Scenes, Machines and Habits all new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Dance: Les ombres des Amants Fideles by Essex, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

9133
16 January 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: By Nivelon, Essex, Miss Robinson, Miss Latour, Miss Mann

9134
23 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Shepard

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

Dance: Les Amants Constants by Essex, Houghton, Miss Robinson, Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

9135
28 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Johnson
Role: Sir George Actor: W. Mills
Role: Sir Jealous Actor: Shepard

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

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

Dance: By Nivelon, Miss Robinson, Miss Mann

9136
29 January 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: W. Mills

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Dance: Les ombres des Amants Fideles by Essex, Miss Robinson, Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

9137
04 March 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Actor: Shepard
Role: Prue Actor: Miss Robinson

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Shepard

Music: Select Pieces between the Acts

Dance: By Nivelon, Miss Mann, Essex, Miss Robinson

Song: Hush, Hush, ye little Warbling Choir by Miss Arne. Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

9138
16 March 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of several Foreign Ministers. At the Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Jobson-Harper; Nell-Mrs Clive; Sir John-Stoppelaer; Lady Loverule-Mrs Grace .
Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Stoppelaer

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Polish Dance, as17340312 Grand Dance in Momus: Les Plaisirs-Essex, Miss Robinson; Swains-Boval, S. Lally, Davenport; Nymphs-Miss Latour, Mrs Walter, Mrs Davenport; Sailor-Nivelon; Lively Lass-Miss Mann

9139
02 April 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. Not Acted these Seven Years. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Marc Antony-Milward; Cleopatra-Mrs Heron; Ventidius-Mills; Octavia-Mrs Butler; Dolabella-A. Hallam; Alexas-W. Mills. With a Prologue written by the late Sir Richard Steele, upon the Revival of the Play in the Year 1716, to be spoke by Mr Cibber .
Cast
Role: Alexas Actor: W. Mills. With a Prologue written by the late Sir Richard Steele, upon the Revival of the Play in the Year 1716, to be spoke by Mr Cibber
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: Love for Money; or, The Boarding School Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Dance: The Polonese, as17340401 Grand Dance in Momus: Sailor-Nivelon; Lively Lass-Miss Man; Les Plaisirs-Essex, Miss Robinson; Nymphs-Miss Latour, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport

Song: Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

9140
28 March 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets at Beard's lodgings at Mrs Coleman's in East St., Red Lyon Square, and at the Stage Door. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Rise Glory, in the Opera Rosamond, by Arne-Beard; II: A Song-Miss Thomas; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard; IV: A Pastoral Dialogue by Arne-Miss Thomas, Beard

9141
10 March 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Giffard
Role: Parly Actor: Mrs Thomas.

Song: Miss Thornowets

Dance: new %Dance of Fawns-Burny, D'Anfoy (his first on this stage), Sandham, Eaton, Miss Sandham, Mrs Thomas; Two Pierrots-Burny, Eaton

9142
14 March 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Penkethman
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Mrs Thomas.

Song: Miss Thornowets

Dance: Burney, D'Anfoy, Sandham, Eaton, Miss Sandham, Mrs Thomas; particularly Pierrots, Fawns-

9143
09 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: In Act IV a Song Actor: Miss Thomas, proper to the play.
Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Song: IV: Miss Thomas, proper to the play

9144
17 April 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Cross & wife (Cross). Last time for mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: By Desire. Woodward's last time of performing Buck this season. Tickets of Cross at his house in Crown Court, Russel St. Receipts: #209 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: Beard, Miss Thomas

Dance: Devisse, Mlles Auretti, Auguste

9145
13 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: III: Miss Thomas

Dance: II: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; IV: A Hornpipe to the tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

9146
15 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Walker

Song: Dialogue call'd% Damon and Chloe-Master Reinhold, Miss Thomas

9147
16 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Sir Willful Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Harrison

Song: IV: Miss Thomas

9148
18 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Francis Wronghead Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Song: II, IV: Singing-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

9149
22 May 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Wildair Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Miss Thomas

Dance: IV: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

9150
29 April 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: I: Hooly and Fairly-Beard; IV: Miss Thomas

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; V: Louvre, Minuet-Dennison, Mrs Addison