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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Ben Johnson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Ben Johnson")') 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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7790 results for: Keyword - Mr Ben Johnson
We found 4589 matches on Event Comments, 2635 matches on Performance Comments, 974 matches on Author, 542 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5901
02 April 1734 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

5902
04 April 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Butler. Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Prince of Orange expected to attend.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: I: Pierrots by Poitier and Nivelon. III: Black and White Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. IV: Revellers by Miss Latour and others. V: Dutchwoman by Miss Robinson

Song: II: Quanto dolce, duanto care by Miss Arne

5903
06 April 1734 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

5904
09 April 1734 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

5905
22 April 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Buchanan. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: II: The Nassau, as17340117 III: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. IV: Scotish Dance, as17341004 V: Shepherd and Shepherdess by Malter and Mlle Salle

5906
25 April 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wright and Mrs Stevens. Mainpiece: As 7 Dec. 1733. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Galliard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Nuptial Masque

Dance: A new Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers

Song: English Cantata by Mrs Wright

5907
26 April 1734 @ Handel's Home

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarme

5908
29 April 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Salway. Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. The Kilkenny by Glover and Mrs Laguerre. Scot's Dance by Glover and Mrs Laguerre

5909
30 April 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Shireburn and Mrs Pritchard. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

5910
30 April 1734 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarmes

5911
13 May 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Houghton and Harrington. N.B. Mr Quin's late Indisposition having render'd him incapable of performing the Part of Falstaff, without a manifest Hazard of his Health, we are oblig'd to alter the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: Tambourine, as17340504. Scotch Dance, as17331004

Song: A Chancon a Boire by Leveridge and Laguerre, proper to the Play. By Salway

5912
18 May 1734 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pastor Fido

5913
22 May 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Taylor, Cooper, Beaw, Boxkeepers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I.: Pierrots by Fisher Tench and Davenport. II: Dutchman and his Wife by Le Brun and Mrs Walter. III: Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. IV: English Maggot by S. Lally and Mrs Walter. V: Revellers by Essex, Miss Latour, &c

5914
23 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Hulett. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. N.B. Mr Hulett being very much indispos'd for some Time before his Benefit in March last, had not the Opportunity of waiting on his Friends

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

5915
23 May 1734 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

5916
27 May 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Hewson. Tickets for The Stratagem at LIF will not be taken this Night, but are desir'd to be changed for the Tickets of this Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Covent Garden Tragedy

Music: A Piece of Musick upon the Common Flute by a Gentleman, composed by Sig Valesciene

Dance: Two Pierrots by F. Tench and Davenport. Scotch Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. The Whim by F. Tench and Miss Mann

5917
10 July 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Tench. By particular Desire. N.B. Mr Tench having labour'd under a violent Fit of Illness, and not being quite recover'd, humbly hopes his Friends will excuse his [not] waiting on them as he could wish, and favour him with their Company

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Oldbeldiston

Song: As17340628

5918
10 July 1734 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Topham. 6 P.M. Admission: 5s., 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Miss Cecilia Young sings: Falsa Imagine. Scherza il nochiero. Assanni del pensier. Welcome Mars. Mr Topham sings: Tu di pieta mi spogli. Transporting Charmer. Ghosts of every occupation

Entertainment: After the Concert Topham gives exhibitions of his great strength

5919
17 August 1734 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spa1n

5920
11 September 1734 @ Hampstead

Event Comment: Benefit Christian. By particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Tickets 2s. 6d. 6:30 P.M. The Hampstead Song is printed, and will be given gratis at the Place of Performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

5921
12 September 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: The Black Joke by Nivelon and Miss Mann. Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. Revellers, as17340910

5922
27 September 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17340920

5923
07 October 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

5924
08 October 1734 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: Pierrots by Nivelon and Poitier. V: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Chose, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Brett

5925
18 October 1734 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: As17341009