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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Widow Cross"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Widow 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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4925 results for: Keyword - Widow Cross
We found 2974 matches on Event Comments, 1625 matches on Performance Comments, 665 matches on Performance Title, 110 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4326
11 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 12 years [hence first time for all appearing in these characters. See 9 Nov. 1745.] Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

4327
13 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

4328
14 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

4329
15 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With Alterations. Not acted for 20 years. [See 28 April 1747. Some slight alterations were made by Dr Hawksworth (Genest, IV, 478).] The songs of the Interlude will be printed and deliver'd gratis at the Doors. This Day Publish'd Lilliput, a Dramatic Entertainment as it is performed at Drury Lane. Printed for Paul Vaillant, facing Southampton St. in the Strand, 1s. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

4330
16 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

4331
18 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the General Lying-In Hospital for married and unmarried Women, in Duke's St., Grosvenor Square. Ladies desired to send servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets to be had at Arthur's, the Bedford, and the Temple Exchange Coffee Houses and also at the aforesaid Hospital. Tickets delivered for The Revenge will be taken. Next Week will be publish'd a Key to Lilliput in a letter to the Author of the Dramatic Entertainment. "Open Locks, whoever Knocks." Receipts: #266 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

4332
21 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This day is publish'd at 1s. Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosias, a Comedy altered from Mr Dryden, as it is now perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. With a New Interlude of Music, an Occasional Prologue, and some account of the Alterations. Printed for J. Payne, at Pope's Head in Paternoster Row. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

4333
22 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

4334
29 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4335
31 December 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4336
01 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: This year was published A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern, Particularly Old English Dresses after the Designs of Holbein, VanDyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the Authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the Habits of the Principal characters on the English Stage. Two vols. with French Text [Recueil des Habiliments...] facing English text. Coptume plates included. Vol II for the English. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4337
03 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4338
04 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4339
05 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4340
06 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [See comment for 8 Jan.] Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4341
07 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4342
08 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire N.B. The Masquerade Scene of the Mainpiece is oblig'd to be omitted on account of the Pantomime. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4343
10 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4344
14 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4345
15 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Mercury Harlequin

4346
17 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eliza

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

4347
19 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [M+Mercury Harlequin seems to have been the afterpiece. The Public Advertiser carried the following notice under news from London: "Mr Garrick was prevented from appearing in the character of Chamont last night, by a sudden and violent Indisposition, but we hear that he is better, tho' not quite free from pain."] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: [Lilliput, ]Mercury Harlequin

4348
24 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: We hear that Mr Garrick is so well recovered, as to be able to perform some day this week (Public Advertiser). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

4349
25 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

4350
26 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With Alterations. [Presumably the same ones made for the revived performance 7 Nov. 1754.] Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal