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2383 results for: Keyword - W. Shakespear
We found 1297 matches on Performance Comments, 1178 matches on Event Comments, 38 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

951
23 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

952
01 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: a Ca Comic Dance The Neopolitans-Lefevre, Mlle Prudhomme, the French Children; and a Dance in Demi@Characters-Lefevre, Mlle Prudhomme, the French Children (1st appearance on the English Stage)

953
10 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

954
16 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Granier

955
23 January 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMr Garrick being hoarse went not so well as expected (Cross). Mainpiece: Not acted these ten years. An Historical Play written by Shakespeare. The Characters New Dress'd. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Related Works
Related Work: King John Author(s): William Shakespeare

Music: Between the Acts: The Pieces of Music , are adapted to the play, and taken from the Works of Handel and Martini-

956
05 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: HHornpipe-the Little Swiss

957
20 February 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

958
02 July 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Cibber. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. To begin at 6:30 p.m. To prevent any interruption in the Performance, there will be no Building on the Stage. Afterpiece: The Dramatick Piece of Two Acts...is taken from the inimitable comic Scenes of Shakespeare, which contain the Humours of Antient Pistol, Justice Shallow, Sir John Falstaff, Justice Silence, the Hostess Doll Tearsheet, and the Recruits, etc. (Daily Advertiser). On Tuesday the 2d of July Mr The: Cibber had a play at Drury Lane, ye Busy Body, & farce from ye 2d pt of Henry 4th. & had 140 pounds in Money & 66 in Tickss (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Humourists

Dance: Devisse, Mme Lussant

959
07 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: SShepherd's Holiday, as17541008

960
22 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs James will be taken. For ye Benefit of Mrs James, tho' her name was not put up, who is going to leave the Stage, and retire as said to a Nunnery. Mr Macklin's Oratory open'd at his house in ye Piazza (Cross). Public Advertiser 22 Nov.: At Macklin's Great Room in Hart St. Covent Garden this day...will be opened The British Inquisition. This Inquisition is upon the plan of the ancient Greek, Roman and modern French, Italian Societies@of@liberal@investigation...&c. First lecture to be on Hamlet. [See Mackliniana (2 Vols. Folger Shakespeare Library) MS notes by Isaac Reed, from the Public Advertiser, 22 Nov. Macklin's lecture series was repeated on 23, 28 Nov., 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28 Dec.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Much Ado about Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

961
13 December 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

962
15 January 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Proteus

963
07 February 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The History and Fall of Caius Marius Author(s): William Shakespeare

964
15 October 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: [Fortunatus

965
17 October 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

966
06 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

967
19 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

968
27 March 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake; Or, The Wife's Resentment

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: IV: New Sailor's Dance, as17560217

969
10 May 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Harrison

970
15 May 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Mountebank

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, call'd The Indian Peasants-

971
06 November 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder; Or, A Woman Keeps A Secret

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: TThe Press Gang, as17561013

972
10 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

973
01 September 1761 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cure Of The Spleen; Or, Shuter's Warehouse

974
24 October 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Dance: II: By Desire, The Vintage, as17661011

975
08 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid