SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "John Roberts"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "John Roberts")') 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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Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Mrs Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Song: Cantata-Beard; To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Dance: NNew Serious Dance, as17440404

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By desire. To Mr G-, Sir: You will very much oblige many of your friends by reviving the play of Ulisses wrote by the celebrated Mr Rowe; We apprehdnd there are four characters in which yourself, Mr Barry, Mrs Cibber and Mrs Pritchard would shine inimitably. If you think this hint worthy your notice, we make no doubt it will in every Respect answer your expectations, as well as gratify the town in general. S. W., S. T., &c. (General Advertiser). This day is publish'd, at 1s. Lethe Rehears'd or a critical discussion of the beauties and blemishes of that performance; interspers'd with occasional remarks upon dramatick satires in general, as well as on some that have been best receiv'd in particular. The whole in a free conversation amongst several persons of distinction. Printed for J. Roberts (General Advertiser). [This is a fifty@two@page puff for Lethe, and for the usefulness of the stage for propagating morals. The characters who lead the discussion are: Sir Francis Friendly , a sensible learned Gentleman; Dr Heartfree , a candid, judicious person; who has a great opinion of Mr Garrick; Mr Snip@Snap , a vociferous modern Critic; and Two Women .] Receipts: #120 (Cross); #118 12s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Friar John Actor: Champness

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter and Palmer. Rec'd cash #50 14s., plus #82 15s. in tickets. Paid Duke of Bedford's Steward for leases #3 13s. 6d.; Mrs Swift 1s. 6d., omitted Wednesday; Mrs Roberts #1 omitted Wednesday [Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #150 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: The Swedish Gardeners, as17491219

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts, Holtham, Page (Housekeeper) and Miss Morrison. Tickets deliver'd by Rawlins, Miss Allen, Miss Davis and Mrs Griffiths will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Phillips with Clown, Bennet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17591005

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Smith; Elder Brother-Clarke; Younger Brother-Dyer; 1st Spirit-Hull; 2nd Spirit (with song in character)-Mattocks; The Lady-Mrs Ward; Bacchanals-Beard, Lowe, Baker; Bacchants-Miss Brent, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; Chorusses-Legg, Courtney; Whitaker, Roberts, Ryley, Courts, Miss Davis, Miss Sledge, Miss Allen; Euphrosyne-Mrs Lampe; Sabrina, the Pastoral Nymph, and Song of Sweet Echo-Miss Brent; The Dances incident to the Masque-Poitier Jr, Mlle Capdeville, Granier, Leppie, Desse, Rochford, Dumai, Gosly, Terriot, Mrs Granier, Mrs Jansolin, Mrs Viviez, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Terriot, Miss Terriot.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John Milton
Event Comment: Benefit for Cape, West, Tomlinson, Robinson, Roberts, and Mortimer. Tickets delivered by Marr and Page will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Event Comment: Benefit for Shawford, Berrisford, Roberts, Miss Bride. Tickets delivered by Spilsbury will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: HHornpipe-Walker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Event Comment: Benefit for West, Cape, Mortimer, Roberts, Tomlinson. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. [The Occasional Epilogue is Larpent MS 197, wherein Tomlinson as the habitual stage mute finally speaks, after having acted in dumb show Prelate, Senator, Page, Soldier, Clown, and Lord, thanks the audience and expresses his desire to please.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: Fawcett

Entertainment: II: An Occasional Epilogue (1st time)-Tomlinson

Event Comment: Benefit for Several, Mr Bride, &c. Shawford, Berrisford, Roberts. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Johnson will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17610411 but Lucinda-Mrs Johnson.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Johnson.
Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not perform'd these two Years. [See 26 May 1760.] Income from Boxes #25 15s. Nightly expenses #37 2s. 1d. plus the following items: Chorus singers in the Fair (Dibdin, Warren, Court, Roberts and Whiteaker) at 5s. each-#1 5s.; Two side Drums 10s.; Fife 5s.; Two Fire-eaters 15s.; Merry Andrew 5s.; Fidder 2s. 6d.; Loveman 2s. 6d. Receipts: #131 (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Fair A Grotesque Pantomime Entertainment

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts, Widow Lampe, Miss Young. Afterpiece: For the last time this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: III: The Taylors, as17620107

Music: II: A Piece upon the Welch Harp-Evans

Event Comment: Benefit for several: Master Cape, C. Roberts, West, Tomlinson, Mortimer. Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken. [Tomlinson's Epilogue in Larpent MS 213.] The mute speaks again, and mimics tragedians and comedians [See 20 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Master Cape (Scholar to Walker); IV: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Song: III: If o'er the Cruel Tyrant Love, as17620513

Entertainment: New Sketch of his own picture drawn from the life by way of Epilogue-Mr Tomlinson, his second time of attempting to speak on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Occasional Oratorio

Music: CConcertos on Organ-Stanley; on Violin-Hay

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Music: II: Piece on the Harp-Parry

Dance: III: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

Song: IV: Singing-Polly Young

Event Comment: Benefit for Foley, Roberts, Palmer (doorkeepers). Tickets deliver'd by Kaygill will be taken. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: End: Vernon

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones. Afterpiece: [Advertised again as "For the Last Time this season."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End: The Judgment of Paris, as17640503

Event Comment: Benefit for Messrs Palmer [pit doorkeeper], Keygille, &c. Robinson, Roberts (box lobby doorkeeper). Tickets deliver'd for This Night will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Old Capulet Actor: Johnston
Role: Friar John Actor: Clough

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: III: Double Hornpipe, as17640514; End: The Provancalle, as17631014

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis, Roberts, Redman, Miss Twist. None admitted behind Scenes. Tickets deliverd by Murden, Mrs Godwin, will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Song: I: By Particular Desire a Song, 1st time-Miss Twist

Dance: II: A New Turkish Dance-Lariviere (his 1st appearance on English stage); III: A Hornpipe-Miss Twist, Miss Wilford; IV: A New Dance call'd The Lost Picture-Lariviere, Miss Wilford; End: A Minuet-Dumai, Miss Twist

Event Comment: Paid Mr Cooper for 21 nights in Cymon #11 6d.; Mr Roberts bill for castor #1 13s.; Mr Keen's note #4 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #178 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Kaygill and Palmer. House charges #84. [Deficit to beneficiaries #50 6s.] Bower's and Veal's deficiency of benefit received #61 5s. 6d. Rec'd from Mr Rowland 1 year's rent to Lady Day last (taxes and bills deducted) #30 6s. 1d. Paid Ridley Dorman for attending practices #10 10s.; Mr Larbor for attending Guidetti #2 2s. Mr Williams for 2 nights in Musical Lady #1 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #33 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End: Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley

Entertainment: BBucks Have at Ye All-J. Palmer

Event Comment: Benefit for Rose, Sherrard and others. Tickets deliver'd by Robson, Dixon, Wooley, Roberts, Fransdorf, Doe, Reed, Ellis and Pilfold will be taken. @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value@Rose 20 31 25 #12 3s. #6 1s. 6d.@Sharratt 6 6 11 #3 10s. #1 15s.@Robson 1 49 52 #12 16s. #6 8s.@Dixon 4 39 33 #10 3s. #5 1s. 6d.@Wooley 3 38 64 #12 17s. #6 8s. 6d.@Roberts 13 53 42 #15 8s. #7 14s.@Fransdorf 33 33 #8 5s. #4 2s. 6d.@Doe 1 13 49 #7 2s. #3 11s.@Reed 10 13 37 #8 3s. #4 1s. 6d.@Ellis 6 33 #4 4s. #2 2s@Pilfold 25 128 17 #27 3s. #13 11s. 6d.@Total #121 14s. #60 17s. (Account Book).@ [See note to 27 May.]@ Rec'd of Gardner for his deficiency 6th inst. #13 3s. 6d.@ Rec'd of Miss Besford her deficiency 25th inst. #7 2s. 10 1!2d.@ Rec'd of Holtom for his deficiency 25th inst. #7 2s. 10 1!2d.@ Rec'd of Mrs Trott her 1!2 value of tickets 27th #2 16s.@ Rec'd of Miss Maddan her 1!2 value of tickets 27th #5 19s.@ Rec'd of Arnd Fishar his 1!2 value of tickets 27th #1 9s.@ Rec'd of Parsons his 1!2 value of tickets 27th #19.@ Rec'd of Morris his deficiency the 3rd inst. #2 10s. 9d. (Account Book).@ Receipts: #35 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17680527

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Kaygill and Palmer (pit doorkeeper). Tickets deliver'd by Humphreys, Denny, Claggit, and for the 22nd Inst. will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Johnston

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Cast
Role: Mrs Junket Actor: Mrs Johnston

Entertainment: IV: Bucks Have at Ye All-J.? Palmer