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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.

6226
20 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Mrs Chambers; Mercury-Vincent; Amazons-Mrs James, Miss Oates, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Ozanne, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Miss Dancey; Infernals-Leveridge, Haughton, Villeneuve, Dupre, Richardson, Delagarde, Thompson; Hussar-Bencraft; Harlequin-Lun; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-James; Petit Maitre-Lalauze; Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus, a Fawn-Glover.
Cast
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft

Music: Vocal Parts [for Macbeth]-Leveridge, Salway, Roberts, Thompson, Stoppelaer, Mrs James, Mrs Wright, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Kilby

Related Works
Related Work: The Stranger Author(s): Benjamin Thompson

6227
24 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft

6228
31 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Muilment

6229
17 February 1739 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

6230
20 February 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Country Lads Actor: Dupre, Bencraft, Richardson

6231
13 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Gay, Author of the Beggar's Opera. [Tickets at Delane's Lodgings, the Golden Ball in Exeter-Court, the Strand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

6232
15 March 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Haymakers Actor: Baudouin, Rector, Fromont, Miss Thompson, Miss Bennet, Mrs Vallois

6233
15 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Seofrid Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: CComic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; French Peasant-Lalauze, Mlle Roland

6234
20 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding (the Comic Part of Acis and Galatea)

Dance: Glover, Lalauze, Mlle Roland

6235
05 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Harper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay. [Tickets at Harper's House in Bridges Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Bennet

Dance: I: Punches Dances-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Grand Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

6236
13 April 1739 @ King's Theatre

Performances

6237
14 April 1739 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Folly

6238
15 April 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

6239
23 April 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Haymakers Actor: Baudouin, Rector, Fromont, Miss Thompson, Miss Bennet, Mrs Vallois

Dance:

6240
03 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Chetwood. Tickets at Chetwood's House, No. 11, Wild Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Dance: I: Punches Dance-Master Ferg; Miss Wright; III: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: II: Singing in Italian-Miss Thynne; IV: The Noontide Air-Beard

Music: V: A Concerto-Henry Burgess Jr

6241
04 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Littlejohn. As 27 Nov. 1738. Tickets of Mrs Littlejohn, at Mr Wilson's, David Street, near Grosvenor Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Honoria Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

6242
08 May 1739 @ Chelsea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'enfant Prodigue

Afterpiece Title: Squire Lubberly

6243
14 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs James. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: I: Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; II: Je ne scai quoy-Richardson, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; IV: Hornpipe-Yates; V: Glover's Grecian Sailors-

Song: III: Roberts

6244
17 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit J. Roberts, Yates, Mrs Mullart. Written by Mr Durfey. [Tickets for Mrs Marshall and Miss Ferguson also taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Lalauze, Desse; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Glover's Grecian Sailors-

Song: With the Original Dialogue,Since Times are so bad by Purcell and-Leveridge, Salway

6245
10 August 1739 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Walker, a Brother. For the Entertainment of the Grand Master and the Worthy Brothers and Sisters of the Honourable Community of Modern Free-Masons. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere, and Intermixed with Songs. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Concluding with theModern Free@Masons Song-in the Character of Robin Hooda Brother

Dance: HHornpipe, Drunken Peasant-Phillips

6246
07 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Ryan; Brazen-Cibber; Ballance-Bridgwater; Kite-Rosco; Worthy-Hale; Bullock-Mullart; Appletree-James; Pearmain-Bencraft; Collier-Salway; Scruple-Roberts; Scale-Arthur; Sylvia-Mrs Vincent; Melinda-Mrs Ware; Rose-Miss Brunette; Lucy-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Pearmain Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Villeneuve, Desse, Miss Oates

6247
12 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Performance Comment: As17390907, but Dragon-Signor Bencraftini.
Cast
Role: Dragon Actor: Signor Bencraftini.

Dance: I: Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

6248
17 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Bellmour-Gibson; the first time of his performance on a public theatre: Old Batchelor-Bridgwater; Vainlove-Ryan; Sharper-Hale; Sir Joseph-Neale; Bluff-Rosco; Barnaby-Bencraft; Setter-James; Belinda-Mrs Bellamy; Araminta-Mrs Cross; Silvia-Mrs Vincent; Lucy-Mrs Mullart; Fondlewife-Hippisley; Laetitia-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: (BBy Desire)The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: A Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover; End of Afterpiece: Tambourine-Miss Villeneuve, not lately arrived from Paris

6249
25 September 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Cast
Role: Florella Actor: Miss Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

6250
25 September 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft

Dance: IV: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Anne Roland