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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "An Historical Play"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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360 results for: Title - An Historical Play

1
17 November 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: incident to play: Vncident to play: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Music-Leveridge, Degar, Salway, Mrs Chambers

Dance: Dupre, Salle, Nivelon, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

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01 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play

3
03 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

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04 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

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05 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

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07 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

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08 March 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

8
09 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Historical Play [king Charles I]

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; D: Muilment

Song: I: The Noon Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards

9
29 October 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Mathews, the Little Swiss; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020 Play to conclude with a dance call'd The City Revels-the characters of the play

10
17 March 1785 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Curioso Indiscreto

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17850224, with The Cossack; End of Opera a new Heroic Ballet (1st time; composed by Lepicq) founded on Shakespeare's Historical Play of Macbeth by Lepicq, Angiolini, Nivelon, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Mlle Dorival. The Vocal Parts by Tasca, Franchi, Bartolini; Sga Dorta, &c. The Ballet to conclude with The Caledonian Reel

11
10 November 1662 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

12
08 December 1662 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

13
02 February 1663 @ Middle Temple

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

14
09 February 1663 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

15
06 August 1663 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Puppet Plays

16
26 December 1666 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unnamed Play

17
30 August 1667 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patient Grisell [puppet-play]

18
November 1681 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count; Or, A New Way To Play An Old Game

19
28 February 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Play Not Known

20
10 April 1699 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Play Not Known

21
27 May 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Libertine Destroy'd

Music: With the two Masques of Musick which were originally perform'd in the Play compos'd by the late famous Mr Henry Purcell-

Dance: As17040525

22
05 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: duRuel; Miller's Dance-Pinkeman

Entertainment: And performing these several Performances, first an Organ with three Voices, then the Double Curtel, the Flute, the Bells, the Huntsman, the Horn, Pack of Dogs, all with his Mouth-Mr Clinch of Barnet; and an old Woman of Fourscore Years of Age nursing her Grand/Child all which he does open on the Stage-Mr Clinch; Next performing several Mimick Entertainments on the Ladder, first he stands on the top-round with a Bottle in one hand, and a Glass in the other, and drinks a Health; then plays several Tunes on the Violin, with fifteen other surprizing Performances which no man but himself can do-a Gentleman

23
13 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Song: Songs by Henry Purcell-Leveridge

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music Essential to the Play-

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Cherrier, others

24
20 December 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Song: All the Songs in the Play being set to new Musick-Mr Leveridge

Dance: All the original Dances which were perform'd-; particularly the Card Dance-

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26 June 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass

Song: In: the Songs new set by Mr Clark-Mrs Cross who both sings and dances several times; Singing in Italian-Mrs Tofts; Leveridge, Hughes, Mrs Lindsey, the new Boy; including comical dialogues, two/part songs-

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss, others; in the play: Mrs Cross