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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.

1376
07 June 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Catches And Glees

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap in London

1377
09 November 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

1378
12 December 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap in London

Dance: End: New Pantomime Dance, as17701129

1379
28 January 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at Ye All-Richards

Monologue: II: Teague's Rambles to London. Capt. O'Brallaghan (with the favorite song in Love a La Mode)-Broderick; Terence O'Droghida-Youngs; the Knife Grinder (By Particular Desire)-Broderick

1380
18 March 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Dance: II: The Old ground Young, as17701123; in which an Allemande, as17710316

Entertainment: End Opera: The Cries of London-Shuter; End Afterpieae: Epilogue while riding on a Ass-Shuter

1381
02 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End of Play: The Old ground Young, as17710318 with Allemande, as17710318

Entertainment: The Cries of London-Shuter

1382
04 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London, last time this season-Shuter

1383
20 May 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: III: The Shepherds Frolic, as17710406 End: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

1384
25 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

1385
28 March 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: After: The Cries of London-Shuter; The Whim-Sga Manesiere, Aldridge as17720312

1386
09 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

1387
28 November 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

1388
23 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: New Dance, as17730206

Entertainment: End of Farce: (By Particular Desire) The Cries of London-Shuter

1389
28 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

1390
23 March 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Entertainment: End: the Favourite Interlude, Linco's Travels-, with Particular remarks on London; Linco-King; Old Woman-Mrs Bradshaw

1391
28 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: I: The Frolick, as17741214

Entertainment: End Act III: The Cries of London-Shuter; End: an Epilogue, riding on an Ass-Shuter; After the Farce: (by Particular Desire) Observations in his Post Haste Journey to Paris-Shuter (playbill)

1392
26 December 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

1393
10 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I, With Humours Of Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: II: The Italian Gamesters, as17760305

Entertainment: End: Epilogue Riding on an Ass-Shuter; End I Farce: (By Particular Desire) the Cries of London-Shuter

1394
16 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Entertainment: The Cries of London-Shuter

1395
18 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: Before: An Address to the Town, with Imitations-Master Russell , a child but 6 years of age; End II: Bucks Have at ye all-Master Russell; End IV: Imitations-Decastro; End: The Cries of London-Shuter (By Desire); Jo Haine's Epilogue-Shuter riding on an Ass

1396
20 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Entertainment: End Opera: The Cries of London-Shuter

1397
23 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Entertainment: End II: The Cries of London-Shuter; II: Imitations-Master Russell; IV: Scene of Lady Pentweazle (from Taste) Lady Pentweazle -Mas. Russell; End: Interlude from the Register Office-Lloyd, Miss Francis, Mrs Gardner

1398
11 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

1399
18 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady; or, Jack in Distress-; [with a Hornpipe [in character,-a Lady from London [unidentified]

Song: As17760925

Entertainment: Imitations. As17760930 Monologue. Teague's Ramble to London. Captain O'Blunder-Broderick

Performance Comment: As17760930 Monologue. Teague's Ramble to London. Captain O'Blunder-Broderick.

1400
28 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Entertainment: IV: an Interlude between Plutus and Wit and a Masque of Singing and DancingPlutus-Reinhold, Wit- Miss Valois; After dance: +Monologue Tony Lumpkin's Adventures in a Trip to London (1st time)-Quick

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market with the Pony Races-Dagueville (1st appearance this season)