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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "W Giffard"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "W Giffard")') 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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2590 results for: Keyword - W. Giffard
We found 1793 matches on Performance Comments, 965 matches on Roles/Actors, 334 matches on Event Comments, 32 matches on Performance Title, and 19 matches on Author.

551
09 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Aboan Actor: Giffard
Role: Imoinda Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Governour Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

552
11 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Henry VI Actor: Giffard
Role: Edward Prince of Wales Actor: Master Giffard
Role: Buckingham Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Music: II: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Joab Bakeron the Stage; Mr Handel's Water Musick-; V: Tollet's Grounds-Mr Baker on a Side Drum, accompanied with a Violin, the like having never been attempted by any Person before

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit

553
15 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Cast
Role: Young Mirabell Actor: Giffard
Role: Bravos Actor: W. Giffard, Norris, Bullock
Role: Bisarre Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: I: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; III: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit;

Song: II: A new Drinking Song-Excell; IV: A Cantata of Mr Hayden's-Excell

554
18 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Sullen Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Archer Actor: Giffard
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: II: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; IV: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit

Song: III: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

555
23 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Giffard
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Fryar Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Song: II: Cantata of Hayden's-Excel; IV: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; V: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit

556
03 October 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv Part 1

Cast
Role: Prince Actor: Giffard
Role: Worcester Actor: W. Giffard

557
27 October 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Cast
Role: Lady Jane Gray Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Dudley Actor: Giffard
Role: Gardiner Actor: W. Giffard

Song: As17321026

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Valois, Mrs Bullock; Merry Lass-Miss Wherrit; Sailor's Dance-Jones

558
31 October 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Plume Actor: Giffard
Role: Ballance Actor: W. Giffard

Song: As17321030

Dance: As17321030

559
14 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Giffard.
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Belmour Actor: Giffard

Dance: MMerry Lass-Miss Wherrit; Scot's Dance-Mrs Bullock

560
15 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Plume Actor: Giffard
Role: Ballance Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: SSailor's Dance-Jones; Merry Lass-Miss Wherrit; Scot's Dance-Mrs Bullock

561
17 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Archer Actor: Giffard
Role: Sullen Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Giffard

Dance: SSaraband-Sandham, Miss Wherrit; Sailor's Dance-Jones; Chacone-Mrs Bullock

562
21 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Giffard
Role: Laertes Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Giffard.

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Tambourine-Miss Wherrit

563
22 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Cast
Role: Lady Jane Gray Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Dudley Actor: Giffard
Role: Gardiner Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: As17321023

564
23 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Simon Pure Actor: W. Giffard

Dance: SSaraband-Sandham, Miss Wherrit; Sailor's Dance-Jones; Scot's Dance-Mrs Bullock

565
24 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Fryar Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Giffard
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Giffard

Song: MMimick Song in the Character of a +Ballad-Singer-Stoppelaer

Dance: SSailor's Dance-Jones; Chacone-Mrs Bullock; The Friendly Lasses (new)-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham

566
30 November 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Archer Actor: Giffard
Role: Sullen Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Giffard

Song: Master Cuttin, a Scholar of Mr Eversman

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Friendly Lasses-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham; Hornpipe-a lad of ten, a scholar of Jones

567
02 December 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Antony Actor: Giffard
Role: Caska Actor: W. Giffard

568
16 December 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Fryar Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Giffard
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Giffard

Song: As17321215

Dance: As17321215

569
09 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virtue Betrayed

Cast
Role: Wolsey Actor: W. Giffard

570
12 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Giffard.
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Belmour Actor: Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Sportsman

Dance: MMerry Lasses-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham; Sailor's Dance-Jones; Pierrot and Pierrate-de Vallois and Madam de Vallois

571
15 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virtue Betrayed

Cast
Role: Wolsey Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

572
16 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Cast
Role: Fryar Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Giffard
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Tavern Bilkers

573
19 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Giffard
Role: Sir John Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Sportsman

Music: Solo on the Violin-Eversman

574
20 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Jan.: Mr Giffard...gave a handsome Entertainment and a Concert of Musick to the Company of Comedians [at gf] on occasion of his Royal Highness's Birth-Day; also a Bonfire, and a large Quantity of Liquor to the Populace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Giffard
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

575
23 January 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Aboan Actor: Giffard
Role: Imoinda Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Governor Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: SSailor's Dance-Jones; Pierot and Pierrate-de Valois, J. Delagarde