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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Street"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Street")') 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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2357 results for: Keyword - Street
We found 2312 matches on Roles/Actors, 1420 matches on Event Comments, 181 matches on Performance Comments, 88 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

1876
26 April 1787 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 36, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: As17870329

1877
27 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. Afterpiece: Not acted these 7 years [not acted since 1 Feb. 1777]. Public Advertiser, 11 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Pope at his house in Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #207 4s. 6d. (132.6.0; 2.1.6; tickets: 72.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: End: Leap Year, as17870425; II afterpiece: a Mock Minuet-Ryder, Mrs Pope

Song: II: a Glee-King, Darley, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Kennedy

1878
28 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Johnstone. Public Advertiser, 14 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Johnstone, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts: #282 2s. (135.6; 2.15; tickets: 144.1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

1879
02 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Brereton. [As afterpiece the playbill announces The Sultan, but "The Public are most respectfully informed, that, in consequence of Mrs Jordan's sudden Indisposition, The Lyar will be performed this Evening instead of The Sultan" (printed slip attached to BM playbill: Burney 937. C.I.). Public Advertiser, 11 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Brereton, No. 15, Catherine-street, Strand. Receipts: #231 14s. 6d. (85.3.0; 19.9.0; 1.2.6; tickets: 126.0.0) (charge: #106 4s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

1880
03 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kennedy, [Miss Reynolds is identified in London Chronicle, 4 May. Afterpiece in place of The Cheats of Scapin, announced on playbill of 2 May.] Tickets delivered for the 13th of April will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kennedy at her house, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #312 6s. (181.8; 1.5; tickets: 129.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

1881
07 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons [whose 1st appearance as Alicia was at York, 26 Apr. 1777]. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion, Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'Clock. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons, Gower-street. [In the interim she changed the play. The Announcement of 27 Apr. advertises Romeo and Juliet, by Kemble and Mrs Siddons, in which play she did not appear until May 1789.] Receipts: #337 16s. 6d. (146.1.0; 8.7.6; 0.14.0; tickets: 182.14.0) (charge: #105 16s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

1882
08 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore. [Afterpiece: Prologue by John Dent.] Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, No. 11, Queen-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #271 17s. (35.7.0; 14.13.6; 1.2.6; tickets: 220.13.0) (charge: #108 5s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Dance: As17870115

1883
09 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wilson. Public Advertiser, 1 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wilson, No. 13, King-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #196 4s. 6d. (30.13.0; 22.10.6; 1.5.0; tickets: 141.16.0) (charge: #106 6s. 11d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair-the Miss Stageldoirs

1884
09 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wilkinson. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 21 Apr. 1784]. With a Grand Procession of the Knights of Chivalryv. Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Wilkinson, No. 15, Martlet-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #126 18s. (121.14; 5.4; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Dance: As17870425

Song: In afterpiece: Still the Lark finds Repose-Miss Wilkinson; End I: Tally@ho-Miss Wilkinson

1885
11 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Fearon. Afterpiece: Never performed here. Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Fearon, No. 1, Broad-court, Bow-street. Receipts: #224 6s. (79.14.6; 7.6.6; tickets: 137.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of Bath

Dance: As17870425

1886
14 May 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Ward, No. 12, Catherine-street, Strand. Receipts: #292 17s. 6d. (65.17.0; 14.1.6; 0.10.0; tickets: 212.9.0) (charge: #106 11s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Song: End II: Stand to your Guns-Bannister

Entertainment: Monologue End: The Picture of a Play@House; or, Bucks have at ye all-Dodd

1887
24 May 1787 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Storace. Tickets to be had of Sga Storace, No. 23, Howland-street, Rathbone Place. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: As17870329

1888
04 June 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Sherratt, Gibson, Gilles, W. Purser, Lyon, Pilsbury, Brady, Dowglas, Street, Gardner, Bayne, Standen, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Finney, Mrs Lewis will be admitted. Receipts: #284 19s. 6d. (36.2.0; 7.19.6; 0.15.0; tickets: 240.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Dance: As17861205; End: Minuet and Cotillion-Master Warburton, Miss Taylor, others

Song: As17861205

1889
07 June 1787 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Morelli. Tickets to be had of Morelli, No. 18, Oxenton Street, Haymarket. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: As17870605

1890
03 July 1787 @ Royalty Theatre, Well (now Ensign) Street

Event Comment: The playbill concludes with the following note: The frequenters of the Royalty Theatre, from the west end of the town, are hereby informed that there is an excellent access for carriages, from Whitechapel, through Red-Lion Street. [Future performances at this theatre will not be recorded.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Reopened (see 20 June) With Three Burlettas: The Birth-day; Or, The Arcadian Contest [1st Time, Anonymous]

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Afterpiece Title: Hobson's Choice; or, Thespis in Distress [1st time]

Entertainment: Occasional Address-Palmer

Dance: End: a new dance, The Triumph of Cupid-

1891
19 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Browne. [Miss Eccles, who was from the York theatre, is identified in European Magazine, July 1787, p. 64.] Public Advertiser, 16 July: Tickets to be had of Browne, No. 13, King-street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Entertainment: Monologue End: a monody, The Shadows of Shakespeare; or, Shakespeare's Characters doing Homage to Garrick (written by Samuel Jackson? Pratt)-Browne

1892
25 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Woollery. Mainpiece: Never acted here. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Clifford to Browne, but he "declined playing the pathetic part of Clifford, although the bills contained his name: Williamson therefore supplied his place" (unidentified clipping in Enthoven Collection).] Public Advertiser, 19 July: Tickets to be had of Miss Woollery, No. 5, Delahay-street, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Second; Or, The Fall Of Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

1893
27 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Williamson. World, 23 July: Tickets to be had of Williamson, No. 37, Goodge-street, Rathbone-place

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Dance: End III: Love for Love, as17870625 End IV: Dance-Giorgi's Scholars

1894
31 July 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Webb. Public Advertiser, 28 July: Tickets to be had of Mrs Webb, No. 22, the corner of Broad-court, Bow Street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Dance: As17870703

1895
03 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Public Advertiser, 2 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 34, Mount-street, Grosvernor-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: A Beggar on Horseback

1896
07 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. Public Advertiser, 31 July: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., Frith-street, Soho. [Author of Prologue unknown.] 3rd piece [1st time; F 1, by James Cobb]. Public Advertiser, 24 Aug. 1787: This Day is published English Readings (1s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: English Readings

Dance: End: a Pas de Deux Provencale-the two Miss Simonets

Entertainment: In the course of the Evening's Entertainments various Imitations-Bannister Jun

Ballet: End 3rd piece: a grand dance, never performed, Gli Schiavi per Amore. Bastiano Amazzagatta-young D'Egville; Mons. Perruque-young Giorgi; Don Berticco-George D'Egville; Mad. Neri-Miss Blanchet; Glinda-Miss DeCamp

1897
10 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss George. Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years [not acted since 3 Aug. 1784]. Public Advertiser, 4 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Miss George, No. 23, King-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Song: End I: a new song by Master King In vain do idle vi'lets blow (Public Advertiser 14 Aug.)-Miss George; End: Mad Bess (for that night only)-Miss George

1898
14 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. 2nd piece: Taken from The Devil upon Two Sticks. 3rd piece: Never performed here. Public Advertiser, 8 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Jewell, No. 26, Great Suffolk-street, Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Afterpiece Title: Dr Last's Examination

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Afterpiece Title: The Day

1899
21 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bannister. 2nd piece: Never acted here. Public Advertiser, 17 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Bannister, Frith-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dr Last's Examination

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Afterpiece Title: The Day

Entertainment: Imitations End 2nd piece: As17870807

1900
16 November 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Cambray (the last Time of his performing here this Season). Public Advertiser, 8 Nov.: Tickets to be had of Cambray, No. 18, Norfolk-street. Receipts: #185 1s. 6d. (184.6.0; 4.15.6; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Song: Vocal Parts, as17871001, but Janson