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16199 results for: Keyword - Mr Vernon</i>-much Applause (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Vernon. <span class=
We found 14530 matches on Event Comments, 2620 matches on Performance Comments, 638 matches on Performance Title, 35 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

9001
02 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

9002
06 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abington [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #156 10s. 6d. (115.13.0; 40.3.6; 0.14.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfor't Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Palmer, Dodd, Brereton, Parsons, Baddeley, Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: End of Act III: as17791220

9003
07 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: As17800304

9004
09 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Public Advertiser, 21 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Smith at his house in Beaufort Buildings, Strand. Receipts: #270 4s. 6d. (146.4.0; 14.1.6; 0.5.0; tickets: 109.14.0) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: in Storming scene] Actor: Vernon, Bannister.

9005
16 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Public Advertiser, 7 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Palmer at his house in Bow-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #222 19s. 6d. (116.13.0; 29.11.6; 1.8.0; tickets: 75.7.0) (charge: #71 4s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfor't Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Palmer, Dodd, Brereton, Parsons, Baddeley, Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: End III: As17791122

9006
17 March 1780 @ Crown Inn, Lower Street (now Essex Road), Islington

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Palmer (the Lady who perform'd Calista). [Mainpiece: Prologue by Thomas Baker.] No Person to be admitted without a ticket, which may be had of Mrs Palmer, No. 13 Pierpont-Row; at the King's Head Tavern in the upper-Street; and at the place of Performance. [The date of the performance of The Fair Penitent, of which play Calista is the heroine, has not as yet come to light.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Performance Comment: Colonel Tamper-Jerrold; Major Belford-Gardner; Prattle-Jones; Emily-Mrs Jerrold; Bell-Mrs Kingham; Madam Florival-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Major Belford Actor: Gardner

9007
18 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #157 8s. 6d. (137.0.0; 19.17.0; 0.11.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: in Storming scene] Actor: Vernon, Bannister.

Dance: End IV: As17791220

9008
27 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Morning Chronicle, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks, Russel-street, Covent-garden. 2nd piece: Founded on Nancy; or, The Parting Lovers [by Henry Carey]. Books of the Interlude to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #203 1s. (179.11; tickets: 23.10) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed or True Blue for Ever

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Dance: End 2nd piece: Dance of Sailors-see17800401

9009
28 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Public Advertiser, II Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Pope, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #276 13s. (110.10.0; 12.4.6; 0.17.6; tickets: 153.1.0) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: in Storming scene] Actor: Vernon, Bannister.

9010
29 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Public Advertiser, 10 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Catley, No. 115, Jermyn-street, St. James's. Account-Book, 3 Apr.: Paid Miss Catley in full for salary to 31st March #210. Receipts: #290 4s. 6d. (209.7.6; tickets: 80.17.0) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In II: the original Crutch Dance-[This was danced in all subsequent performances]

Song: With additional songs, Ellen@a@Roon-Miss Catley, Miss Brown; Afterpiece: With Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse,-Miss Catley

9011
31 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Webster. Public Advertiser, 14 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Webster at his house, No. 2, Paul Baker's Court, Doctors Commons. Receipts: #207 15s. 6d. (57.2.0; 19.3.0; 0.9.6; tickets: 131.1.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Cast
Role: in Storming scene] Actor: Vernon, Bannister.

Dance: As17791122

9012
01 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kennedy. Public Advertiser, 16 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kennedy at her house, No. 36, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #231 12s. 6d. (150.16.6; tickets: 80.17.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Dance: End 2nd piece: Dance of Sailors-Langrish, others

9013
05 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Farren. Public Advertiser, 30 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Farren, No. 50, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #206 2s. 6d. (107.3.0; 29.17.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 68.11.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Dodd; Wilding-Farren; Beaufort-Philimore; Sir Jasper-Wright; Dapper-Holcroft; Quildrive-Williams; Old Philpot-Baddeley; Corinna-Miss Kirby; Maria (for that night only)-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Philimore

9014
05 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Macklin, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden. Receipts: #268 (193.15; tickets: 74.5) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End IV: As17791022; End III: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17791013

9015
05 April 1780 @ Crown Inn, Lower Street (now Essex Road), Islington

Event Comment: Benefit for Gardner. In order to render the Entertainment perfectly agreeable the Performance will be accompanied with a Band of Horns and Clarinets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: A Hornpipe-Gentleman [unidentified]

Song: End IV: Tally O-Mrs Kingham

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Snip's Humorous Description of the Camp-Gardner

9016
07 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Robinson. Morning Chronicle, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Robinson at her house, the corner of Tavistock-row, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #201 12s. (67.4.0; 32.6.6; 0.11.6; tickets: 101.10.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17800128, but Adam-Moody; Jaques (for that night only)-Henderson (of cg); Jaques de Bois-Lamash; Silvius-R. Palmer; Le Beau-Philimore; Charles-Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Amiens Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Lubin Actor: Vernon

Dance: As17800316

Song: End I: He's aye kissing me-Mrs Wrighten

9017
10 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Aickin. Mainpiece: With the triumphal entry of Alexander into Babylonv. 2nd piece [1st time; M.INT I; compiler unknown]. Public Advertiser, 8 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aickin, Bow Street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #300 12s. 6d. (235.10.6; tickets: 65.2.0) (charge: #73 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Wroughton; Clytus (for that night only)-Aickin; Statira-Mrs Hartley; Roxana-Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: A Fete The Fete Anticipated

Performance Comment: Consisting of the following compiled Entertainments: Scene I. A Forest. The Death of the Stag-; Overture by Dr Arne-; Hunting song, Give round the word dismount-Doyle; Foresters' Dance-; Scene II. The Cave of Echo. Echo rebuked in a duett, Idle Nymph-; the music by Dr Arne. Scene III; Mount Ida. Venus and the Graces, to whom she complains of the loss of her son She that will but now discover-; Venus-Miss Brown; Scene IV. A Landscape. Dance of Warriors-; Scene V. A. Moonlight. Witches. When shall we three meet again?-; Scene VI. The Cavern of Despair. Mad Tom-Reinhold; the music by Purcell. Scene VII. A Palace and Banquet. Come honest Friends and jovial Fellows-; Attendant Genius-Miss Morris.
Cast
Role: Foresters' Dance Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

9018
11 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten. Morning Chronicle, 1 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, Drury-Lane. [Miss Thornton was from cg.] Receipts: #300 2s. 6d. (82.18.0; 8.12.0; 0.10.6; tickets: 208.2.0) (charge: #73 7s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Cymon Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Whos The Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: Aickin

Dance: End: As17791122

Song: End I afterpiece: Tally ho!-Mrs Wrighten

9019
11 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green. Tickets delivered for the 31st of March will be taken. Public Advertiser, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Green at her house in King-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #262 9s. (199.4; tickets: 63.5) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Song: In 2nd piece an ode: The Wooden Walls of England (the words by Henry? Green, the music by Dr Arne)-Reinhold, J. Wilson, Miss Morris

9020
12 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Clarke. Public Advertiser, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Clarke, Great Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #166 5s. (82.15; tickets: 83.10) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.

Song: IV: Interlude between Plutus and Wit-Reinhold, Miss Morris

Dance: End 2nd piece: As17800401; IV: an Interlude between Plutus and Wit-Reinhold (Plutus), Miss Morris (Wit); with a masque of Singing and Dancing-

9021
13 April 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Bernasconi. Tickets to be had of Sga Bernasconi, No. 5, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Opera: As originally composed by Piccinni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Schiava

Dance: End I: Il Desertore, as17791214; End II: New Pastoral Ballet, as17800215, but _Slingsby, Sg and Sga _Zuchelli; End Opera: Grand Serious Ballet, as17800208

Song: II: song-Sga Pozzi; with obligato on the flute-; End Opera: an Italian Canzonetta-Sga Bernasconi; accompanied on the guitar-Noferi, giving thanks to the Audience

9022
17 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. Mainpiece: With the Grand Triumphal Entry. 2nd piece [1st time; INT I, probably by Robert Baddeley]: Baddeley, in the character of Moses in The School For Scandal, will present the Audience with a specimen of Jewish Education in a series of Instructions to his son Shadrach. Public Advertiser, 13 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Baddeley, No. 4, Little Russel Street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #246 13s. (178.10; 30.11; 0.17; tickets: 36.15) (charge: #79 4s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Jewish Education

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Palmer, Dodd, Brereton, Parsons, Baddeley, Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins

9023
18 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Henry. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #147 15s. 6d. (80.0.0; 29.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 37.5.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: II: Masquerade scene with Dancing-Henry, Menage, Miss Armstrong; End III: Minuet-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: II: song-Miss Abrams; End afterpiece: song, Ellen a Roon, with the original Irish words-the Young Lady who performs Leonora

9024
19 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sharp and Mrs Brereton. [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman elder.] Receipts: #175 18s. (64.12; 34.2; 0.17; tickets:76.7) (charge: #65 0s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Dance: End: New Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

9025
19 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Morning Chronicle, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Quick, No. 151, Drury-lane. 1st piece [1st time; M. PREL I, by George Downing]: The Music by Hook. 3rd piece: Not acted these 18 years. With a grand burlesque Procession and triumphal Entry of Alexander into London. The Nobles, Guards, Officers and Attendants will be all dressed in the Habits of the Times. Receipts: #274 14s. (173.9; tickets: 101.5) (charge: #70 7s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Volunteers Or Taylors To Arms

Afterpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Queans or The Life and Death of Alexander the Little

Dance: End IV: As17791013