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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir William Coventry"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir William Coventry")') 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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17613 results for: Keyword - Sir William Coventry
We found 11787 matches on Author, 7002 matches on Performance Comments, 1319 matches on Event Comments, 513 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8351
22 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8352
23 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

8353
28 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton

8354
30 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Lovers Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8355
14 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Those ladies and gentlemen who have taken places in the Boxes are desired to be at the theatre earlier than usual, to prevent mistakes; and to send their servants by 3 o'clock. [Garrick's first appearance. He afterwards played only occasionally 7 or 8 nights.] Disturbance at Drury Lane. Those not in black insulted, one young gentleman from Bond Street had a sword run into his eye (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8356
18 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

8357
19 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Afterpiece with alterations and additions. [A song sung in the "New Scene in Harlequin's Invasion" appears in The Jester's Magazine, May 1766, p. 254. Harlequin enters with a Dancing Bear, and sings four stanzas in broken English about the advantages of dancing, for men, women, philosophers, and politicians. Harlequin's speech is Frenchified English.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Lovers Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: The Harlequins Invasion

8358
20 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Garrick did not resume any part of which Powell was in possession, except Lusignan, Lothario, and Leon (Genest, V, 88)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Related Works
Related Work: Cymbeline Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: III: A Dutch Dance-Aldridge

8359
20 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars Author(s): William Bates
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): William ConcanenWilliam YongeWilliam Bates

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17651115

8360
22 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule-Vernon (with Early Horn); Jobson-Love; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet; Nell-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon

8361
23 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

8362
25 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

8363
30 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Actor: Smith
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Shuter
Role: Sir Jealous Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: III: The Calabrian Peasants, as17651126; End: Rural Love, as17651115

8364
06 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

8365
07 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Sir Wilful Actor: Shuter
Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

8366
07 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

8367
09 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: End: The Milk Maids-Miss Ford

8368
11 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8369
14 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Related Works
Related Work: A Midsummer Night's Dream Author(s): William Shakespeare

8370
16 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For the author [Bickerstaffe] of the alterations in Mainpiece. Afterpiece with alterations by the author [Bickerstaffe]. Performed By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

8371
17 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

8372
18 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Performance Comment: As17651003, but Sir Charles-Hurst.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Hurst.
Role: Sir Charles Raymond Actor: Powell
Role: Sir Roger Belmont Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: A Fairy Tale

Related Works
Related Work: A Midsummer Night's Dream Author(s): William Shakespeare

8373
19 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

8374
19 December 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: Rural Love, as17651115

8375
21 December 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor