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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Hodson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Hodson")') 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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21 results for: Keyword - Hodson
We found 16 matches on Author, 4 matches on Performance Comments, 4 matches on Roles/Actors, 3 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Performance Title.

1
January 1691 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Money; Or, The Boarding School

Performance Comment: Edition of 1691: Prologue-; Epilogue-Mr Mountfort, Mrs Butler; Sir Rowland Rakehell-Underhill; Jack Amorous-Mountfort; Will Merriton-Hodson; Old Merriton-Freeman; Nedd Bragg alias Captain Bouncer-Powel; Old Zachary Bragg-Bright; Deputy Nincompoop-Dogget; Monsieur Le Prate-Bowen; Singing Master-Kirkham; Dancing Master-Bowman; Presbyterian Parson-Peire; Lady Addleplot-Anthony Leigh; Lady Straddle-Mrs Richardson; Mirtilla-Mrs Bracegirdle; Miss Jenny-Mrs Knight; Miss Molly-Mrs Davies; Betty Jiltall-Mrs Butler; Crowstich-Mrs Cory; Teareshift-Mrs Osborn; Oyley-Mrs Leigh.
Cast
Role: Will Merriton Actor: Hodson

2
March 1691 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bussy D'ambois; Or, The Husbands Revenge

Performance Comment: Edition of 1691: King Henry III of France-Freeman; Monsieur-Hodson; Duke of Guise-Kynaston; D'Ambois-Mountfort; Montfurry-Powell; Monsieur Masse-Bright; Monsieur Lassoil-Bowen; Bariser-Verbruggen; Lanoo-Harris; Melinell-Barnes; Pyorot-Sibber; Brisac-Kirkham; Dutchess of Guise-Mrs Lassells; Tamira-Mrs Bracegirdle; Teresia-Mrs Corey; Charlot-Mrs Richardson; Beaupre-Mrs Perin; Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Monsieur Actor: Hodson

3
January 1692 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage-hater Matched

Performance Comment: Edition of 1692: L. Brainless-Bowman; Sir Philip Freewit-Monfort; Sir Lawr. Limber-Sandford; Capt. Darewell-Hodson; Myn Here Van Grin-Leigh; Bias-Bright; Solon-Dogget; Callow-Bowen; MacBuffle-Trefuse; Thummum-Smeaton; Splutter-Colly Cibber?; Lady Subtle-Mrs Barry; Lady Bumfiddle-Mrs Cory; Phaebe-Mrs Bracegirdle; Berenice-Mrs Lassels; La Pupsey-Mrs Butler; Margery-Mrs Lawson; Prologue Mr Monford Enters, meets Mrs Bracegirdle dressed in Boy's Cloaths, who seeing her him, Endeavours to go back, but he taking hold of her, speaks-Mr Monford; Epilogue-La Pupsey with her Lapdog in Masquerade.
Cast
Role: Darewell Actor: Hodson

4
14 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Performance Comment: Edition of 1697: Prologue-Mr Betterton by Mr Motteux; Old Mr Gerald-Bright; Young Mr Gerald-Hodson; The Doctor-Underhill; Wife to the Doctor-Mrs Leigh; Mrs Angelica-Mrs Bowman; Beatrice-Mrs Lawson; Martin-T. Harris; Crispus-Bowen; Simon-Trout; Waiting Woman-Mrs Robinson; Prologue to Her Royal Highness-Mr Motteux; Epilogue-Mr Motteux.
Cast
Role: Young Mr Gerald Actor: Hodson

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

5
13 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by William Hodson. Prologue by William Collier, Poems (1800, 1, 241). Epilogue by the author (see text)]: With new Dresses, and new Scenery and Decorations design'd by DeLoutherbourg and executed under his direction. Public Advertiser, 19 Jan. 1780: This Morning at Ten is published Zoraida (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #147 10s. 6d. (118.1.0; 28.12.0; 0.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Song: See17791214

6
24 March 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by William Hodson, based on The Coffee House Politician, by Henry Fielding. Prologue by the author (see text)]. Public Advertiser, 2 May 1783: This Day is published The Adventures of a Night (ix.). Receipts: #166 7s. (112/9; 52/3; 0/10; tickets not come in: 1/5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

7
14 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Song: V: Epithalamium [the music by ThomasLinley Sen. (Morning Chronicle, 15 Dec.)] Principal Vocal Parts-Gaudry, Miss Field, Miss Abrams. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

8
15 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: Who's The Dupe

Dance: End I afterpiece: As17791122

9
23 December 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

10
04 January 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

11
13 January 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

12
17 January 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

13
02 February 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zoraida

Related Works
Related Work: Zoraida Author(s): William Hodson

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

14
27 March 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

Dance: As17821107

15
01 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

16
05 April 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

17
10 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

18
13 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

19
22 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

20
27 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of a Night

Related Works
Related Work: The Adventures of a Night Author(s): William Hodson

21
01 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hodson, author of Zoraida [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill; see 8 Feb. 1780]. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #92 19s. (60.3; 32.11; 0.5; tickets: none listed) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: a Masquerade, Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: Mainpiece: the Funeral Procession-; Vocal Parts-Gaudry, Edwards, Fawcett, Holcroft, Chaplin, Shaw, Miss Field, Miss Collett, Miss Kirby, Mrs Granger, Mrs Booth, Mrs Smith, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Simson