SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Vernon much Applause Hopkins Diary Benefit for Vernon "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Vernon much Applause Hopkins Diary Benefit for Vernon ")') 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 Hall and Swiny.At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music, to be expressed in the Great Bills-

Dance: As17040204

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Contrivance

Song: As17031102

Dance: As17040422

Event Comment: Benefit John Banister Jr. At the usual hour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Newly composed by Keller, with vocal Music-Signora Maria Gallia; instrumental Music-Paisible, Gasperini, laTour, Banister, others Masters

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs deL'Epine. Boxes 6s. Pit 5s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Box in the Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: As17040422

Song: Several Entertainments of Singing in Italian-the Famous Signiora Francisca Margarita del'Epine; of the best Songs she hath Sung in England: The Accompanied with Musick- compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber-

Event Comment: Benefit Betterton. [Genest, II, 309, lists this for 16 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , to be expressed in the large Bills-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bracegirdle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: An Entertainment of new Musick-; Vocal and Instrumental Music-; that was perform'd before Her Majesty on Her Birth-day

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Event Comment: Benefit Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Song: Purcell's From Rosy Bowers-Leveridge

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Devonshire Girl

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, as performed before Her Majesty on her Birthday-; Henry Purcell's The Four Seasons-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the music-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Moore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Song: Let the Dreadful Engines-Leveridge

Dance: Country Frenchman and his Wife, Dutch Skipper-duRuel, Mrs duRuel

Entertainment: Diverting ones Clinch of Barnet

Event Comment: Benefit Lee. At 5 p.m., by reason of the length of the Entertainments

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caesar Borgia Son Of Pope Alexander Vi

Song: Mrs Hodgson; A two/part song-Cook, Davis; Indian Trumpet Song-Davis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman, Irish Whim-Mrs Willis

Music: A new Set of Airs for the Trumpet Hautboys and Violins composed by Corbett-

Dance: Miss Evans, Clark, Firbank, Firbank's scholar

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Song: Songs by Henry Purcell-Leveridge

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music Essential to the Play-

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Cherrier, others

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King And No King

Dance: As17040613 particularly a French Peasant and his Wife-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers. Not Acted these Three Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Music: With the Original Music-Leveridge

Dance: As17040613

Event Comment: Benefit Norris. Not Acted there these Three Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage hater Matchd

Song: As17031102

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Evans and Miss Mountfort. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Cowper MS, III, 79, James Cragg enclosed in a letter to Thomas Coke "Three small playing cards having on the back of each 'June 26th The Amorous Widow or the Wanton Wife. The Box. For the Benefitt of Miss Mountfort and Miss Evans."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Performance Comment: Damaris-Miss Mountfort; a new Epilogue-Miss Evans.
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Role: Damaris Actor: Miss Mountfort

Dance: A New Dance by Four Scaramouches to Faranoll's Ground never perform'd but once-; A Scotch and Irish Dance-Miss Evans; Firbank, Firbank's Scholar

Event Comment: Benefit Baggs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Music: As17040229

Dance: As17040613

Event Comment: Benefit Short and Mrs Willis. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Five Years. Afterpiece: in four Musical Entertainments

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Transformation Or The Devil Of A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Song: Mrs Willis' two Daughters

Dance: Mrs Willis's two Daughters, who never perform'd before

Event Comment: Benefit Firbank and Bickerstaff. Mainpiece: Not Acted there these Four Years. Afterpiece: The Two Doctors' Scenes from the last Act. [Mrs del'Epine sings] at the Desire of several Persons of Quality [for her last appearance until winter]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of A Shrew Or Sawny The Scot

Afterpiece Title: Le Medicin Malgre Luy last act

Song: Several Italian songs-Mrs del'Epine, the music composed by Greber; and an English song composed by Purcell-

Event Comment: Benefit I. Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Music: Bacchanalian Music from The Mad Lover-; A new piece of instrumental music-; with a solo-Dean

Dance: Between the Acts: Comical dances-

Event Comment: Benefit Short and Mrs Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Madam Fickle Or The Witty False One

Song: The Turky/Cock Music-Mrs Willis; a comical country dialogue-Mrs Willis, Cook; a song-older of Mrs Willis' daughters; Eccles' three-part song set for the Queen's Birthday-Short, Cook, Davis

Dance: Irish Trot-younger of Mrs Willis' daughters, age five

Event Comment: Benefit boxkeepers and doorkeepers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Empress Of Morocco

Dance: Dance in Imitation of Mlle D'Subligny-Devonshire Girl; Fury's Dance-Laferry, Cottine, Mrs Lucas; Tollet's Ground-Cottine, Mrs Lucas

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Evans and Miss Mountfort. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets given out for Hannibal taken at this play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Mannerly Shallow Or The Country Wit

Performance Comment: Betty Frisk-Miss Mountfort, who speaks a new Epilogue.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: Spinning Wheel Dialogue-Cook, another

Dance: Chacone-Miss Evans

Event Comment: Benefit Estcourt. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman

Dance: As17041014

Event Comment: Benefit Dupree. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best masters