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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "the English"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "the English")') 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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1575 results for: Keyword - the English
We found 2299 matches on Roles/Actors, 488 matches on Performance Title, 389 matches on Event Comments, 258 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

976
01 July 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Cast
Role: Miss English Actor: Mrs Inchbald
Related Works
Related Work: The Separate Maintenance Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Charles the Second Actor: Aickin

Dance: End of mainpiece La Giardinier Italiene by Master and Miss Michel (their 1st appearance in this Kingdom)

Song: As17850607

977
27 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Son-in-law

Cast
Role: Miss English Actor: Mrs Inchbald

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: As17850815

978
27 October 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

979
27 November 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

980
02 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

981
04 December 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

982
30 June 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Separate Maintenance

Cast
Role: Miss English Actor: Miss Woollery
Related Works
Related Work: The Separate Maintenance Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Song: As17870618

983
23 February 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 14 May 1787]. Receipts: #238 12s. 6d. (233.5.0; 5.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Young English Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sir John English Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: As17880128

984
04 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Young English Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sir John English Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Cast
Role: Father Luke Actor: Booth

Dance: End II: As17870926

985
25 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

986
27 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

987
31 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Cast
Role: Father Foigard Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

988
07 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The performance was interrupted when "a piece of brass of upwards of a pound weight [was] hurled from the gallery into the pit, and much injured a lady on which it fell" (Public Advertiser, 8 Apr.). Advertisement from the theatre printed in the same newspaper, 9 Apr.: "For discovery of the offender the Theatre offers a reward of 10 guineas." Account-Book, 26 June: Paid Messrs Francis the reward offered #10 10s.] Receipts: #278 2s. 6d. (272.7.0; 5.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Cast
Role: Serjeant Eitherside Actor: Booth

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

989
09 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

990
15 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Bowden as Robin Hood, but "an apology was made for the sudden indisposition of Bowden...Davies was the substitute" (Public Advertiser, 16 Apr.).] Receipts: #170 7s. 6d. (163.15.0; 6.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

991
19 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Young English Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sir John English Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Dance: End II: As17870926; End: The Piping Pedlar, as17871129

992
29 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; C 3, by Elizabeth Inchbald, said to be translated from a French comedy. Prologue by Henry Sampson Woodfall (World, 30 Apr.). Text 1st published, Dublin: C. Lewis, 1789; it assigns no parts]. [3rd piece in place of The Guardian, advertised on playbill of 28 Apr.] Receipts: #158 0s. 6d. (149.14.6; 8.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Quick, Edwin, Pope, Blanchard, Cubitt, Mrs Wells, Mrs Mattocks. [Cast adjusted from playbill of 27 Nov. 1788: Doctor-Quick; La Fleur-Edwin; Marquis D'Lancy-Pope; Jeff'ry-Blanchard; Picard-Cubitt; Constance-Mrs Wells; Lisette-Mrs Mattocks; Prologue-Pope. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 8 performances only (see17880605.]This was spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 8 performances only (see17880605.]

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

993
01 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Padlock

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Dance: End 2nd piece: As17880124

994
06 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

995
09 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

996
13 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

997
20 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of Animal Magnetism [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #164 19s. (152.14.6; 12.4.6; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

998
22 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; MF 2]: Written by the Author of Rosina [Frances Brooke]. The Music compiled and composed by Shield. With entire New Scenes painted by Richards. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [Text 1st published by T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800.] Receipts: #165 9s. 6d. (162.18.0; 2.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marian

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

Dance: In I 2nd piece: As17880204

999
26 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marian

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

Dance: In I 2nd piece: Dance, as17880204

1000
05 June 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marian

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Performance Comment: As17880513, but Prologue-_ [and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast
Role: An English Sailor Actor: Edwin.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer