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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Widow of the late Dr Arne"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Widow of the late Dr Arne")') 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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4930 results for: Keyword - Widow of the late Dr Arne
We found 2524 matches on Event Comments, 1134 matches on Performance Comments, 913 matches on Performance Title, 819 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4401
15 October 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17370920

4402
19 October 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

4403
21 October 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Writtten by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

4404
22 October 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Acasto Actor: Wright, the first time of his appearance on that stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton; With Harlequin a Captive

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Beard, Mrs Clive; Ethiopian-Muilment; Turl-Pelling; Colombine-Mrs Walter; Morocco Servant-Macklin; Harlequin's Good Genius-Miss Cole; Harlequin-Lun Jr (the first time of his appearance on this stage).
Related Works
Related Work: The Fall of Phaeton: With Harlequin a Captive Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: A Ballet-Haughton (his first appearance at dl in five years)

4405
25 October 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: Lilliputians , Scholars of Livier

4406
31 October 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Harper
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17371025

4407
01 November 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

4408
02 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Harper
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: Two Misses Scott; who never appeared on that Stage before: I: A Saraband, Minuet-Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-Miss Scott's Sister; IV: Serious Dance-the two Misses Scott

4409
04 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Quin; Bajazet-Milward; Moneses-Wright; Axalla-Mills; Arpasia-Mrs Cibber; Selima-Mrs Mills; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: With the usual Prologue Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: with The Early Horn Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17371025

4410
07 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Esq; Poet-Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: As17371104 With the usual Prologue.

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Cast
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Harper
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: Saraband-Miss Scott; Minuet-Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-Miss Scott's Sister; III: The Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; two of the Lilliputians. IV: Serious Dance-Misses Scott

4411
08 November 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Dancing-Master. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: With the additional Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: Glover, Mlle Roland

4412
09 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Related Works
Related Work: The Fall of Phaeton: With Harlequin a Captive Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17371018

4413
12 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: with The Early Horn Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: In II: A Song-Beard

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Scot's Dance, as17371110

4414
17 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Lovemore Actor: Beard with a Representation of the Drawing of the Lottery in Stationer's Hallv.

Dance: As17371114

4415
18 November 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late $Sir John Vanbrugh.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Related Works
Related Work: The Fall of Phaeton: With Harlequin a Captive Author(s): Thomas Arne

4416
02 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late $J. Addison, Esq.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: with The Shepherd's Mount Actor: all the Characters
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

4417
02 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Performance Comment: As17371110, but Arabella-Mrs Vincent (late Miss Bincks).
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Ware, the first time of her appearance on that stage

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17371116

4418
05 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: with The Shepherd's Mount Actor: all the Characters
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

4419
07 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17380103

4420
10 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: with The Shepherd's Mount Actor: all the Characters
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

4421
11 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Cast
Role: with The Shepherd's Mount Actor: all the Characters
Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: Denoyer, Haughton, Miss Thompson

4422
16 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17380103

4423
21 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Mlle Roland; Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates

4424
23 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: With the additional Scene Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: CChancon a Boire-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: As17380121

4425
24 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Wycherley. Daily Advertiser, 24 Jan.: We hear from [dl] that upon Mr Philips's making a publick Acknowledgment of his late Errors, the Characters of Harlequin are to be distributed between him and Mr Lun, junior

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Performance Comment: Noble Venetian-Livier; Italian Bravo-Harper; Pierot-Macklin; Miller-Pelling; Colombine-Mrs Walter; Gardeners and Wives-Pelling, Rector, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Woodward; Mandarin Gormogons-Pelling, Vallois, Rector, Carney; Chinese Guards-Wright, Leigh, Bethun, Grey; Harlequin-Phillips.
Cast
Role: Mandarin Gormogons Actor: Pelling, Vallois, Rector, Carney

Dance: I: Flanderkins, as17380120; II: Drunken Peasant-Philips