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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Thomas Cross"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Thomas Cross")') 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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9683 results for: Keyword - Thomas Cross
We found 5541 matches on Author, 3041 matches on Event Comments, 1814 matches on Performance Comments, 293 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8701
06 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Receipts: #40 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: [Queen Mab

Dance: [Several Entertainments-. [See17521201]

Related Works
Related Work: The Goldsmiths Jubilee; or, London's Triumph: Containing, A Description of the several Pageants: On which are Represented, Emblematical Figures, Artful Pieces of Architecture, and Rural Dancing: with the Speeches Spoken on each Pageant. Author(s): Thomas Jordan

8702
07 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden. Not acted in 20 years. Receipts: #70 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

8703
08 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Woodward said--I have been getting you (to Bayes) a fine parcel of Monsters, & they have knock'd me down & taken 'em from me--(thinking of the late Dispute) a little hissing &c. but it went off--Great Applause all thro'. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Concluding: Devisse, Mad Auguste

8704
08 December 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Prologue, Epilogue and Pastoral Dialogue. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Addison. A New Pastoral Dialogue for the benefit of ye Author of ye Dialogue, Cook ye Poet (Cross). [The Prologue was on comic poetry (spoken by Ryan); the Epilogue was on the Comic Characters of Women (spoken by Mrs Bland). See published version (London, 1753 "to which is prefixed an Ode to John Rich, Esq:"--British Museum 11795 K 31).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Entertainment: NNew Prologue, Epilogue, likewise a New Pastoral Dialogue (never perform'd before)-Lowe, Mrs Lampe; The music by Mr Arne-

Dance: LLes Chasseurs Allemandes, as17521207

8705
09 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Letter to Woodward from Samson Edwards, The Merry Cobler of Haymarket. Answer to Henry Woodward's reply on Hill's Letter, 6d. Ironical defense of Hill casting further opprobrium upon him.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

8706
11 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #80 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Le Matelot Basque, as17521005; A Dutch Dance, as17521125; L'Entree de Flore, as17521122

8707
12 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Tomorrow, Don Sebastian, to which will be added Harlequin Ranger, with a scene never perform'd before. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: As17521208

8708
13 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: As17521208

8709
16 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: As17521208

8710
18 December 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. [Cross suggests Contrivances for the afterpiece, but the Public Advertiser advertised Damon and Phillida.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: GGrand Scots Ballet, as17521216

8711
29 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8712
30 December 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8713
04 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [No Public Advertiser today.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8714
06 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece, announced at foot of bills for Dec. 12, 13, 1752 had been deferred on account of Mossop's illness.] Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8715
08 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts:#170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8716
08 January 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: A Gentleman did Theodosius. First appearance. He played pretty (Cross). He is identified as William? Smith in Rich's Register

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17521028; Il Pastore, as17521219

8717
10 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8718
11 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8719
17 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. The Play of As You Like It designed for tomorrow, for the Benefit of a Distress'd Family, is oblig'd, on account of the Ball at the Haymarket, to be deferr'd till farther notice (playbill). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8720
18 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8721
19 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8722
20 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8723
22 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8724
25 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

8725
27 January 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Genii