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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.

6026
06 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Alderman Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: Dutchman and Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. V: The Rover, as17360103

6027
07 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Alderman Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. IV: The Rover, as17360103

6028
09 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Alderman Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland, &c. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. IV: Dutchman and Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: The Rover, as17360103

6029
14 January 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Mrs Hervey and Miss Pattison. Written by Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Music: I: Handel's Overture of Ariadne. II: Charke's Medley Overture

Dance: II: French Peasant by Shawford. IV: Scot's Dance

Song: III: Cbast Lucretia. V: Roast Beef Song

6030
27 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

6031
28 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Bluff Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

6032
28 January 1736 @ Devil Tavern

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Lewis Duplessy. 6 P.M. 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

6033
29 January 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c

6034
02 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Cast
Role: Alderman Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. V: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

6035
04 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

Dance: II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

6036
05 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

Dance: III: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. In IV: Tambourine by Mlle Roland

6037
07 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

6038
11 February 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mr De Villiers. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

6039
11 February 1736 @ Mercer's Hall

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Young, Organist of Allhallows Barking. 5s. 7 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocals by Miss Cecilia Young, Miss Isabella Young, Miss Esther Young. First Violin by Festing. Concerto on French Horn by Charles. Solo on German Flute by Balicourt. Handel's Water Piece. Preamble on Kettle Drums by Benjamin Baker

Performance Comment: First Violin by Festing. Concerto on French Horn by Charles. Solo on German Flute by Balicourt. Handel's Water Piece. Preamble on Kettle Drums by Benjamin Baker .

6040
13 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

6041
14 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

6042
16 February 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Reading, Wife of Mr Thomas Reading, Attorney at Law, of New Inn. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce (never perform'd before). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Half a Guinea. N.B. Mrs Reading is credibly informed, that a Hackney Writer, who has lately turn'd Author, and Player in his own Farce, has maliciously spread a Report about the Town, that she does not intend to have any Play perform'd: this is to assure the Publick, that she has taken a great deal of Pains to have the Play and Farce perform'd with all the Decency possible

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Heroick Footman

Dance: II: Hornpipe by Adams. IV: Two Pierrots by Bodway and Shawford.

Song: I: By Hemskerk. V: In Praise of English Plumb Pudding

6043
17 February 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Ben Actor: Miller
Role: Foresight Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Turbutt and Mrs Bennet

Dance: II: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. III: Rover, as17360214

6044
19 February 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Biggs. Written by Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Music: IV: Solo on Violoncello by Biggs

Dance: I: Scaramouch. III: Scotch Dance. V: Running Footman by Shawford

6045
20 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

6046
27 February 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

6047
03 March 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Parracide

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Io: With Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

6048
04 March 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

6049
05 March 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Bluff Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Lodging Woman Actor: Mrs Bennet

6050
05 March 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin: A Satire On The Times