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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "William Brown"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "William Brown")') 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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12632 results for: Keyword - William Brown
We found 10849 matches on Author, 2006 matches on Performance Comments, 513 matches on Event Comments, 93 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8826
20 September 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performance Comment: Coupee-Brown; Blister-Booth; Quaver-Davies; Goodwill-Thompson; Thomas-Helme; Miss Lucy-Mrs Brown.
Cast
Role: Coupee Actor: Brown
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Mrs Brown.

8827
21 September 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

8828
03 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

8829
09 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Beaumont Actor: Williames

Song: In: Singing-Bannister, Dignum, Suett, Barrymore, Williames, Wilson, Fawcett, Mrs Crouch, Mrs Forster, Mrs Wrighten

Related Works
Related Work: The Union; or, St. Andrew's Day Author(s): William Reeve

8830
12 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End III: The Piping Pedlar, as17861002

8831
18 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Coeur De Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Sparkish Actor: Brown
Role: The Country Wife Actor: Mrs Brown.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

8832
20 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Coeur De Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Coupee Actor: Brown
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Mrs Brown.

8833
21 October 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

8834
23 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

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

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

Dance: In I: Masquerade Scene-(incident to the mainpiece)

Song: End IV: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; With the Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Cubitt, Brown, Darley, Pemberton, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Kennedy

Related Works
Related Work: Physick Lies a Bleeding; or, The Apothecary Turned Doctor Author(s): Thomas Brown
Related Work: The Fatal Retirement Author(s): Anthony Brown
Related Work: Barbarossa Author(s): John Brown
Related Work: Athelstan Author(s): John Brown

8835
25 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

8836
26 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Werter

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

Song: III: Epithalamium Vocal Parts-Cubitt, Darley, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Kennedy

8837
28 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

8838
30 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Related Works
Related Work: The Mourning Bride Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Brown
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

8839
31 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

Dance: As17861002

8840
17 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Fearon
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Sparkish Actor: Brown
Role: The Country Wife Actor: Mrs Brown.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Dance: End II: Dotage, as17861116

8841
20 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lewis, Quick, Edwin, Aickin, Farren, Wewitzer, Fearon, Brown, Thompson, Mrs Wells, Mrs Brown, Mrs Webb, Mrs Pope.
Role: Johnson Actor: Brown
Role: unassigned Actor: Mrs Brown, Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Miss Cranfield in place of Mrs Brown.
Related Works
Related Work: Richard Coeur de Lion Author(s): William Shield

8842
21 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lewis, Quick, Edwin, Aickin, Farren, Wewitzer, Fearon, Brown, Thompson, Mrs Wells, Mrs Brown, Mrs Webb, Mrs Pope.
Role: Johnson Actor: Brown
Role: unassigned Actor: Mrs Brown, Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield

8843
23 November 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

8844
29 November 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

8845
29 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

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: Rosina

Cast
Role: Captain Belville Actor: Brown
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy

8846
02 December 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17861009, but Ross-Williames; Witches-_Parsons, Aickin.
Cast
Role: Ross Actor: Williames
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Aickin

Song: Singing, as17861009, but _Williames

8847
05 December 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: II: a Dance of Spirits-Miss Stageldoir; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: Dance-Hamoir, Miss Stageldoir

Song: The Music by Purcel and Dr Arne-; with the additional Airs and Chorusses by the late Linley Jun-; Vocal Parts-Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Alfred, Newbold, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss J. Stageldoir

8848
11 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

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

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Cast
Role: Mary the Buxom Actor: Mrs Brown.

Dance: As17861023

Song: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts, as17861023, but King, +Rock, Miss +Wilkinson

8849
19 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End IV: The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd, as17861212

8850
21 December 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

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