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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Lord Treasurer Danby"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Lord Treasurer Danby")') 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 for Vernon. Rec'd Mrs Johnston's rent 1 year to Lady Day #6. Paid Powney (stationer) #7 2s. 6d.; Ray (linen draper) #25 6s. 6d.; Vaughan (haberdasher) #4 10s. 6d.; Norfolk (glazier) #2 3s.; Barrow and Co. Oil #54 15s. 6d.; Pryer (turner) #5 18s. 6d.; Carter (scowerer) #9 8s. 6d.; Evans for Spermacetti Candles #5; Watch Rate half year #18 15s.; Cubit (tinman) #2 6d. Receipts: #160 10s. Charges: #66 16s. Profits to Vernon: #93 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End Opera: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. N.B. Mr King still continuing lame with the Gout is incapable of performing both in Play and Farce. Mr Baddeley, therefore has kindly undertaken, at short notice, to perform the character of Old Groveby, and humbly hopes for the indulgence of the public. Paid Machin, Chorus, 9 nights #2 5s. Receipts: #131 10s. Charges: #70 7s. Profits to Dodd: #61 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody. Paid Paving, Cleaning and Lighting to Lady Day last #27 6d.; 3 extra trumpets 2 nights #2 5s. Charges: #83 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Song: I: Moody (By Desire) will introduce the song in Love a@la@Mode-Moody

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Smith. The Farce was much hiss'd (Hopkins Diary). The overture and Songs in it entirely new, composed by Theodore Smith. The farce by Thomas Hull. Paid 1!2 years Poor's rate to Xmas last #32 9s. 6d. Receipts: #98 6s. Charges: #70 6s. Profits to Mrs Smith: #28 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Paid 1!2 yrs. Poor's rate to Lady Day last #2 13s. 4d. Receipts: #116 2s. 6d. Charges: #67 12s. 6d. Profits to Palmer: #48 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Cast
Role: Lord Foppington Actor: Dodd

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311 but Sga Pacini

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Afrerpiece: Never performed there, a Musical Entertainment, which went off with great Applause the New Scene of the Regatta was properly introduc'd in the Farce (Hopkins Diary). Rec'd Stopages #10 4s. 6d.; Mr Burges one quarter's rent (land tax deducted) #4 4s.; Paid Mr Grist by order of Mr Garrick #10; Mr Johnston's Music bill #14 3s. 6d.; Mr Burges (bricklayer) #52 2s. 6d. Receipts: #82 3s. 6d. Charges: #66 18s. Profits to Bannister: #15 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

Entertainment: A Variety of New Imitations, vocal and rhetorical-Bannister

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wrighten. This Farce wrote by Mr Vaughan pretty well receiv'd (Hopkins Diary). [The Westminster Magazine for April damned the afterpiece as to plot and characters. Allowed it passible only as a beneift piece.] Paid 2 extra flutes 10s. Receipts: #90 5s. Charges: #66 9s. Profits to Mr and Mrs Wrighten: #23 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: Loves Metamorphoses

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-the two Miss Stagledoirs, scholars to M. LaRiviere

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Hopkins. Receipts: #57 4s. 6d. Charges: #66 3s. Deficit to the Hopkins: #8 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: In: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Afterpiece: For the last time this season. [Public Advertiser, 20 April: The following Accident happened at Drury Lane on Thursday in the Entertainment of the Jubilee. As Mr Hurst and Mr Palmer were representing the characters of Posthumus and Iachimo in the Fighting Scene where they were engag'd with extreme violence, the former narrowly escaped losing his eye from a severe wound in the temple."] Paid Richard Barnard for detecting a pickpocket 10s. 3 extra trumpets #1 2s. 6d. Receipts: #121 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: Benefit for Brereton. Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [See 26 Nov. 1766. MacMillan's note from Kemble: "A Young Gentleman (Francis Rundell) appeared in Alcanor.-A tall aukward figure-spoke sensibly-and came off with applause," does not appear in Hopkins Diary.] Receipts: #63 6d. Charges: #69 13s. Deficit to Brereton: #6 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

Event Comment: By Desire. Benefit for Miss Abrams (who perform'd the Little Gipsey). Tickets deliver'd for The Maid of the Mill, and by Mr Norris and Mrs Veal will be taken. Rec'd Stopages #11 9s. 6d. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d.; Mr Gardner (By Order) one night #5 5s. Receipts: #78 16s. Charges: #70 5s. 6d. Profits to Miss Abrahams: #8 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Song: V: (By Desire) The Soldier Tir'd-Miss Abrams

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sutton. Receipts: #74 14s. Charges: #70 18s. 6d. Profits to Mrs Sutton: #3 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Lord Trinket Actor: Dodd

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: II: (By Particular Desire) the Louvre, Minuet-Froment, Mrs Sutton, his scholar; V: The Grand Provencalle-Slingsby, Mrs Sutton

Event Comment: Benefit for Jefferson. Parsons ill. Roman Father and Spleen deferr'd. Paid Mr Colman's Benefit balance for his farce call'd the Spleen #169 17s. Receipts: #44 5s. 6d. Charges: #65 14s. Deficit to Jefferson: #21 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Cast
Role: Lord Foppington Actor: Dodd

Dance: II: The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Garrick's last time of performing Kitely . Rec'd of Mr Aickin on Acct #20. Receipts: #250 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield and Miss Sharp. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Siddons will be taken. Paid 2 Flutes 2 nights #1. Receipts: #69 4s. Charges: #68 15s. Profits to Miss Sharp and Mr Whitfield: 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

Event Comment: Being the last time of Garrick's appearing in character of Sir John Brute . When the Song Encor'd Mr Garrick said Come Col. give us that Song again for two very good Reasons, the first because your friends desire it-and Secondly because I believe I shall never be in such good company again. House Mr and Mrs Davies (Sold) (Hopkins Diary). Paid Mr Davies in lieu of Bt #60. Rec'd of Mr Davis on acct #30. Receipts: #281 7s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: Benefit for Bransby and Burton. Paid Miss Abrahams #50; Ditto to Mr Bate for the Music of the Blackamoor #50; Paid for convicting a pickpocket 10s. Receipts: #54 17s. Charges: #64 16s. 6d. Deficit to Bransby and Burton: #9 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17760415

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Garrick's last time of performing Leon . Receipts: #253 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760410

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Crespi. Tickets deliver'd by Harwood will be taken. Rec'd Stopages #14 14s. Paid half yrs. paving #19 13s. 9d.; three quarters land and Window tax (Covent Garden Parish) #12 2s. 9d.; Ditto for paving #6; Ditto for Rector's rate 13s. 4d.; Duke of Bedford's Rent half year to Lady day last #164 2s. 10d. Receipts: #25 17s. Charges: #66 18s. 6d. Deficit to Sga Crespi: #41 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Lord Plausible Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: V: A Grand Chaconne-Como, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: Benefit for Wright, Carpenter, and Butler. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d. Receipts: #44 1s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Deficit to Wright, Carpenter, and Butler: #30 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: IV: The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Johnston. Paid Mr Parsons in lieu of Benefit #105. Receipts: #73 17s. Charges: #64 15s. Profits to Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Johnston: #9 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End Opera: a Favourite Dance call'd The Gardeners, as17760116

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abington. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Garrick's last time of performing Archer . Pit and Boxes will be laid together. Ladies and Gentlemen most earnestly requested to come early (playbill). Mrs Abington having wrote to Mr Garrick that she intended to quit the Stage at the End of the Season never to return to it again, he very kindly play'd for her Benefit (Hopkins Diary). Tickets deliver'd for Much Ado will be taken. Attempted to get into Drury Lane Theatre to see Mr Garrick in the character of Archer, but the crowd was so great that after suffering thumps, squeezes and almost suffocation for two hours, I was oblig'd to retire without effecting it (Hampden, Journal). Receipts: #129 19s. 6d. Charges: #65 7s. 6d. Profits to Mrs Abington: #64 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Cast
Role: Lord Foppington Actor: Dodd

Dance: IV: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron and Mrs Greville. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 23 April 1772.] Mrs Greville Sir Harry Wildair very bad (Hopkins Diary). Receipts: #58 4s. Charges: #65 19s. Deficit to Waldron and Mrs Greville: #7 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17760415

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Garrick's last time of performing Benedict . In the Farce the whole set of Clouds fell down upon the Stage but did no Damage (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] King was hoarse. Spleen deferr'd. Receipts: #270 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: II: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760410

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Benefit for Fawcett, Mr Legg, and Mr Kear. Rec'd Stopages #12 14s.; From Sinking Fund #496. Paid Building and Watch rate for Covent Garden Parish #2 11s. 8d. Receipts: #30 15s. Charges: #67 9s. 6d. Deficit to Fawcett, Legg, and Kear: #36 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17751220