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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Theatres Royal in London"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Theatres Royal in London")') 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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5626 results for: Keyword - Theatres Royal in London
We found 3936 matches on Event Comments, 1330 matches on Performance Title, 826 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4126
24 July 1687 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: On this day the news of the death of the Duchess of Modena was brought to Windsor, and newsletters stated that the Court was to go into mourning the following Sunday. Acting at the theatres may have been curtailed during the late summer

Performances

4127
24 October 1687 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

4128
03 May 1688 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

4129
July 1688 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

4130
13 June 1689 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

4131
December 1689 @ Priest's Boarding School in Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dido And Aeneas

4132
September 1690 @ no theater listed

Performances

4133
October 1691 @ no theater listed

Performances

4134
16 December 1691 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

4135
19 December 1691 @ no theater listed

Performances

4136
April 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleomenes, The Spartan Heroe

4137
13 June 1692 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fairy Queen

4138
August 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre and Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: According to evidence given in litigation, the gross receipts of the theatres from 4 May 1682 to 3 Aug. 1692 were #103,988 5s. 7d.; the costs and charges came to #85,393 19s. 0d. The "Clear Profits" were #18,594 6s. 7d. See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, pp. 288-89, who estimates that the receipts averaged, roughly, #50 per acting day

Performances

4139
31 August 1693 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

4140
10 January 1694 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess; Or, The History Of Dioclesian

4141
09 May 1694 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well-lost

4142
12 June 1694 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

4143
28 December 1694 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: Queen Mary died on this day. The theatres were closed until after Easter

Performances

4144
April 1695 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Queen

4145
20 July 1695 @ Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

4146
09 October 1695 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: As a result of litigation in 1704, we know that the regular company at Drury Lane and Dorset Garden resumed acting (after the younger performers had had possession of the theatres) on 9 Oct. 1695, and acted 214 days to 13 July 1696, after which the young actors played until 12 Oct. 1696, acting 57 times in the long vacation. See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 308

Performances

4147
09 December 1695 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Tub

4148
26 March 1696 @ no theater listed

Performances

4149
October 1696 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Brutus Of Alba; Or, Augusta's Triumph

4150
October 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife