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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.

6076
24 May 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Neale and Vaughan. Receipts: money #8 13s.; tickets #120 10s. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 25 May: Yesterday Mr Smith [of CG], being disorder'd in his Senses, threw himself out of his Lodging Window up two pair of Stairs near Gray's Inn . . . and ... his Life is despaired of

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: II: Comic Ballet, as17360417 In: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. V: Glover's Sailors Dance

Song: I: By Leveridge. IV: Mock Italian Song by E. Roberts

6077
26 May 1736 @ Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Julius Caesar (in French)

Afterpiece Title: The Forced Marriage (in English)

6078
28 May 1736 @ Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Julius Caesar (in French)

Afterpiece Title: The Forced Marriage (in English)

6079
16 June 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Turbutt, Mich. Stoppelaer, Miss Oates. All the Songs will be printed, and delivered at the Theatre Gratis. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. 6:30 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Generous Free-Mason

Music: A Solo on the Violin by Master Oates, Scholar to Charke

Dance: II: Irish Trot by Master Oates. III: A new dance by Master and Miss Oates. IV: A new dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. V: Peasant by Master and Miss Oates

6080
30 July 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Odell, formerly Proprietor of GF. N.B. Mr Odell humbly begs his Friends will pardon the many unavoidable delays [of his benefit]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: The Temple Rake

Dance:

6081
30 September 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Johnson

6082
02 October 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Cast
Role: Arthur Actor: Johnson

6083
18 October 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

6084
27 October 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: CClown-Nivelon; Hornpipe-Ferguson; Scot's Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

6085
30 October 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Cast
Role: Sempronius Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

6086
02 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Revellers-Essex, Mrs Walter

6087
03 November 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Glover; Daphne-Mrs Laguerre; Nymphs-Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Delorme, Miss Norman; Burgomaster-Nivelon; Boor Servant-Hippisley; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Scaramouch-Bencraft; Harlequin-Lun; Peasants-Bencraft, Bodine, Dupre Jr; Women Peasants-Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Dancy; with The Triumphs of Love: Venus-Mrs Wright; Diana-Miss Hillyard; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Laguerre; Pan-Salway; Zaphyrus-Glover; Frenchman-Desse; Spaniard-Tench; Polonese-Richardson; Frenchwoman-Mlle Delorme; Spanish Woman-Mrs Moreau; Polonese Woman-Mrs Ogden; Flora-Mrs Laguerre.
Cast
Role: Scaramouch Actor: Bencraft
Role: Peasants Actor: Bencraft, Bodine, Dupre Jr

6088
06 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; II: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; IV: Flight-Essex, Mrs Walter

6089
11 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: II: Flight-Essex, Mrs Walter; IV: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

6090
16 November 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Dance: II: A new Serious Dance-Delamayne, Miss Oates

6091
17 November 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Dance: As17361116

6092
20 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Terra Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: II: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Muilment

6093
22 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

6094
23 November 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Dance: II: Harlequin-Delamayne

6095
24 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance: As17361122

6096
25 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance: Muilment

6097
26 November 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance: As17361122

6098
03 December 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: A Hint to the Theatres

6099
06 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Bluff Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Poor Pierot Married

6100
10 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: In III: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann; V: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter