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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Will Richards"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Will Richards")') 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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4080 results for: Keyword - Will Richards
We found 1991 matches on Author, 1812 matches on Roles/Actors, 696 matches on Performance Title, 668 matches on Performance Comments, and 470 matches on Event Comments.

2576
05 December 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Related Works
Related Work: Lord Mayor’s Day; or, A Flight from Lapland Author(s): William Shield

2577
19 December 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Song: In Act II of mainpiece song by Miss Phillips

2578
15 January 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

2579
29 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2580
31 January 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2581
01 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2582
03 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman, Tug-Bannister; Bundle-Wilson; Robin-Edwin; Mrs Bundle-Mrs Webb; Wilhelmina-Mrs Bannister

Dance: As17821231

2583
04 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2584
05 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

2585
06 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2586
08 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Walloons

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2587
18 February 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

2588
20 February 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

Song: As17820919

2589
04 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2590
08 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2591
11 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2592
18 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

2593
28 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: As17821016, but Patie-Miss M. Stageldoir; Roger-Williames .
Cast
Role: Roger Actor: Williames
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

Dance: As17821214

2594
10 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Curate

Dance: After the Monologue The Poney Races, as17830428, but added: Ratchford

Song: In Act II of mainpiece The Pigeon, as17830507

Monologue: 1783 05 10 As 9 May

2595
21 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Chaplin, Alfred, Walker & Mrs Pulley. Tickets delivered for The Gamesters will be taken. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #225 2s. (16/1; 7/11; 0/15; tickets: 200/15) (charge: #105 17s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by a Young Gentleman [unidentified] (Pupil of Walker); End of Act I of afterpiece, as17821005

2596
28 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Darley, Jones, Painter, Besford, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Sharpe, the Widow of the late Dr Arne, and Mrs Dalrymple will be admitted. Tickets delivered for The Maid of the Mill will be taken. [Afterpiece in place of THE Devil upon Two Sticks, announced on playbill of 27 May.] Receipts: #286 14s. 6d.(93/6/6; 3/1/0; tickets: 190/7/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Lord Mayor's Day

Related Works
Related Work: Lord Mayor’s Day; or, A Flight from Lapland Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End of mainpiece The Fingalian; or, The Female Frolic by Miss Besford and others

2597
29 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Williames
Related Works
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): William Reeve

Dance: As17821214

2598
31 May 1783 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilford, Marks & Furkins. Tickets delivered by Clarridge, Doe, Roberts, Walker, Cox, Sarjent, Seymour, Sloper, Abbot, Akrey [Account-Book adds Rolles] will be admitted this Evening. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. [This was Yates's last appearance on the stage in London; he subsequently acted in Edinburgh in March, 1785. Afterpiece in place of The Country Mad-Cap, announced on playbill of 30 May.] Receipts: #255 3s. 6d. (20/5/0; 0/15/6; tickets: 234/3/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle, As17820930, but Jeremy-W

Dance: As17821231

2599
13 August 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumph Of Honour

Performance Comment: Sophocles-Williamson; Martius-Bannister Jun.; Valerius-R. Palmer; Cornelius-Wilson; Nichodemus-Edwin; Wife-Mrs Edwin; Dorigen-Mrs Bulkley .
Cast
Role: Sophocles Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Receipt Tax

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Monologue: 1783 08 13 End of 2nd piece Joe Haynes's Epilogue by Wilson, riding on an Ass

2600
19 August 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bulkley. 2nd piece [1st time; c 2, by James Brown Williamson. MS: Larpent 630; not published. Prologue probably by the author; Epilogue by the author; speakers' names (Public Advertiser, 3 Sept.)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumph Of Honour

Cast
Role: Sophocles Actor: Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyer

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Williamson, Wewitzer, R. Palmer, Egan; Mrs Inchbald, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Langrish, Mrs Bulkley. [Cast from European Magazine, Aug. 1783, p. 151: Hammond-Palmer; Charles Powys-Williamson; Carbon-Wewitzer; Simon-R. Palmer; Patrick-Egan; Emily-Mrs Inchbald; Fidget-Mrs Lloyd; Honoria-Miss Langrish; Belinda-Mrs Bulkley (misprinted Mrs Wrighten).] New Prologue [spoken by Williamson] and Epilogue [spoken by Mrs Bulkley] . New Prologue [spoken by Williamson] and Epilogue [spoken by Mrs Bulkley] .
Cast
Role: Charles Powys Actor: Williamson
Related Works
Related Work: The Lawyer Author(s): James Brow Williamson

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos