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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "V M Gilbert"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "V M Gilbert")') 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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2191 results for: Keyword - V. M. Gilbert
We found 1542 matches on Performance Title, 574 matches on Performance Comments, 146 matches on Event Comments, 1 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

126
22 April 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: Concert Air from Alexander's Feast: War he sung is Toil and Trouble-Mrs Bishop; III: Can Love be controul'd by Advice-Miss Medina

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge; who never perform'd on that Stage before ending with Handel's celebrated Water Musick-; And to conclude: the Concert, the Coronation Anthem Long Live the King (never perform'd there before) by Mr Handel-an Additional Band

Dance: I: David apShenkin; II: Welsh Buffoon, as17420406 IV: Two Millers and Courtezan, as17420315 End I Afterpiece: New Scots Dance-Master and Miss Granier

127
28 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; II: Sweet Bird from Milton-Mrs Arne; III: A Ballad-Lowe; IV: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Mrs Clive

Dance: V: A New Running Footman's Dance-Phillips

128
29 April 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: II: Can Love be controul'd by Advice-Miss Medina

Dance: I: Two Millers and Courtezan, as17420315 III: Welsh Buffoon, as17420406 IV: Drunken Peasant-David apShenkin

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge; Handel's celebrated Water Musick-; To conclude with: the Coronation anthem-

129
15 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Song: II: Beard

Music: IV: Concerto-Veracini

Dance: V: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

130
23 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Song: II: Song-Beard

Music: IV: Concerto-Veracini

Dance: V: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

131
27 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Song: I: Song-Beard

Dance: V: Turkish Seraglio, as17421025, but With New Habits and Decorations

132
09 December 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: Beard; III: Lowe

Music: V: Concerto-Piantanida

133
23 March 1743 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe; Or, The Great Mogul

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Adams

Song: II: The Early Horn-a Gentleman; III: The Humours of Epsom Downs-; IV: Blow blow ye Winter Wind-

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Job Baker

134
13 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: Beard; IV: Lowe

Dance: III: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310

Music: V: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

135
20 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Devil To Pay

Song: I: Stella and Flavia-Beard; IV: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard; II: A Cantata (compos'd by Stanley)-Lowe

Music: III: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Dance: V: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

136
25 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: Serious Ballet-Mlle Bonneval; III: La Florana, as17430408 IV: A New Hussar Dance-Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval

Music: V: A concerto-Piantanida

137
29 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressed Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: As17430427

Music: V: Concerto-Burk Thumoth

138
02 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: As17430120

Dance: II: La Florana, as17430408 New Ballet-Desse, Mrs Walter

Music: V: a Concerto-Burk Thomuth

139
26 May 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: III, IV: Love

Music: V: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; II: a Tambourine-Master Matthews, Miss Wright after the Manner of the Moors

140
08 November 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Women Pleased

Song: As17431029

Dance: V: A Grand Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thomson

141
10 November 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Women Pleased

Song: As17431029

Dance: V: Grand Dance, call'd The Italian Masquerade-Muilment, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thomson

142
14 November 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: As17431029

Dance: V: As17431013

143
29 November 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: V: Dance, as17431123

144
01 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Music: III: Music on the Violincello-Mr Oswald

Dance: V: Italian Masquerade, as17431126

145
12 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyer's Feast

Song: II: Song-Morland (his 1st appearance)

Dance: V: Italian Masquerade, as17431126

146
14 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyer's Feast

Song: II: Song-Morland

Dance: V: New Dance, as17431123

147
30 December 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: III: Morland

Dance: V: As17431013

148
04 January 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: II: Morland

Dance: V: New Dance, as17431123

149
16 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: Several entertainments-LaLauze (being his first attempt of that kind these two years); particularly: II: The Amorous Swain; or The Rival Nimphs-Lalauze, Mlle Bonneval, Mrs Delagarde; III: Serious Dance-Cooke; IV: Les Jardiniers Suedois-Lalauze, Mlle Domitilla, Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; (By Desire) after Farce:, a Ball Dance call'd The Louvre,concluding with a Minuet-Lalauze, Lalauze's a boy scholar, Mlle Bonneval

Song: V: To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Bencraft

150
08 May 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Mlle Auguste

Song: IV: Miss Scott

Music: V: Concerto on Violincello-Cervetti