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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Bencraft"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Bencraft")') 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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1864 results for: Keyword - Bencraft
We found 2155 matches on Roles/Actors, 439 matches on Performance Comments, 34 matches on Event Comments, 17 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

1851
19 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hale and Mrs Hale. Mainpiece Written by Shakespear, reviv'd by particular desire. Containing the Memorable Battle of Agincourtv, with the total overthrow of the French Army, and many other Historical Passages. In order to preserve a proper decorum, and that this play may not be interrupted in its performance, the Publick may be assured there will not be any building on the stage.-General Advertiser. [In advance bill Nancy; or, The Parting Lovers had been advertised; Tom True Blue-$Beard; Father-$Leveridge; Captain of Press Gang-$Bencraft; Nancy-$Mrs Clive.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life Of King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

1852
12 November 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command. Present the Duke, Princess Amelia, The Princess of Hesse. Paid Mr Day for the use of a Turkish Vase 2 nights in Tamerlane for Mr Bencraft #1 1s. Receipts: #144 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

1853
24 February 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Bought of Hamersley a Livery Frock & pair of Leather Breeches for Bencraft in the New Comedy, 11s. Receipts: #184 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

1854
06 April 1749 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit of Sga Frasi. The breakfasting in the Haymarket is deferred till Saturday morning on account of the [benefit for] Sga Frasi; and Mr Foote has promised to give his first entertainment tomorrow at Covent Garden for the Benefit of Mr Bencraft and Mrs Hale

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

1855
27 April 1753 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft and Mrs Vincent

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

1856
19 April 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft and Miss Kennedy. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

1857
25 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft and Mrs Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: CComic Dance-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville

1858
29 April 1757 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: III: Haymakers Dance, as17570423 V: The Lamplighters-Poitier, Mlle Capdeville

1859
17 April 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Shakespear. Not acted these 7 years. Benefit for Bencraft and Vincent. Receipts: #50 4s. Charges: #63. Deficiencies of #6 8s. apiece covered by income from tickets; Benecraft, #55 14s. (boxes 123; pit 151; gallery 23); Vincent, #62 1s. (boxes 78; pit 213; gallery 106) (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Ballet: Judgment of Paris. As17580413

Dance: likewise a newClikewise a newComic Dance-Lucas, Mlle Capdeville

1860
17 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft and Mrs Vincent. No Building on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Entertainment: Between Play and Farce: Shuter's Dish of All Sorts, As17590322, for that night only

Dance: As17581016

1861
14 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft. Receipts: #88 1s. 6d. plus #94 14s. from tickets (Box 211; Pit 223; Gallery 85) (Account Book). Charges: #64 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

1862
19 April 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 27 Sept. 1754.] No building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd for Thursday the 15th will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: New Comic Dance,%Les Sabotiers-Sodi, Sga Mansiere, Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

1863
10 January 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A comedy in 2 Acts not acted these 2 years. [See 30 April 1763.] The Relapse deferr'd on account of indisposition of Miss Elliot. James Bencraft Died at Covent Garden (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: Rural Love, as17641212

1864
21 January 1765 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: Never performed there. Last night was deposited in the Vault of St Paul's Covent Garden the remains of James Bencraft, that truly honest, amiable, and benevolent man, whose perpetual pleasantry and delectable vein of humour cannot more aptly be described than in the words of Hamlet-"That fellow of infinite jest &c., Alas poor Jemmy" (+Winston MS 9 from The Gazetteer)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette; or, 1765