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 for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #129 14s. 6d. (100/10/0; 29/2/0; 0/2/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Circassian

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: 1st Bacchanal Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #191 19s. 6d. (173/6/0; 17/17/0; 0/16/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #165 16s. (135/7; 29/14; 0/15; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Cast
Role: Mrs Annaseed Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: As17811217

Event Comment: Benefit for the Establishing a Theatrical Fund [which is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Ballet, The Double Surprise (composed and executed by Banti; 1st appearance on this stage), Harris, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Event Comment: Benefit for the Middlesex-Hospital. Receipts: #141 11s. 6d. (91/4/6; tickets: 50/7/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #183 4s. (151/19; 31/0; 0/5; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Cast
Role: Mrs Annaseed Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: As17811217

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Comus is obliged to be deferred, on account of Miss Catley's Indisposition. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatic Puffers

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17820221

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Receipts: #282 14s. (194/12; tickets: 88/2) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17820202, but Clara (for that night only)-Miss Catley .

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820221

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo; End of Act II If o'er the cruel Tyrant, Love (from Artaxerxes); In afterpiece the original song to Fischar's Minuet; End of Act I The Wanton God (from Comus); End of afterpiece Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse to Miss Catley's Friends, all five sung by Miss Catley

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #215 13s.(183/13/0; 31/2/6; 0/17/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Variety

Cast
Role: Captain Seafort Actor: Palmer
Role: Major Seafort Actor: Baddeley
Role: Mrs Bustle Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: 1st Bacchanal Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abington [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #153 6s. 6d. (118/6/0; 33/18/0; 1/2/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Variety

Cast
Role: Captain Seafort Actor: Palmer
Role: Major Seafort Actor: Baddeley
Role: Mrs Bustle Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #139 91. 6d. (112/15/0; 26/1/0; 0/13/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Variety

Cast
Role: Captain Seafort Actor: Palmer
Role: Major Seafort Actor: Baddeley
Role: Mrs Bustle Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. [In the dance Band is announced as making his 4th appearance (see 25 Feb., 19 Mar.).] Receipts: none listed (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of Epilogue, as17811219

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo, as17820226

Event Comment: Benefit for Pacchierotti. A Serious Opera; the Music by Bertoni. Tickets to be had of Pacchierotti, No. 8, Great Marybone-street, Cavendish-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Quinto Fabio

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17820129; End of Act II New Divertisement Dance, as17820216; End of Act III Divertisement Dance, as17811117, but Raymond in place of Bournonville

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. Monody: Not performed these 3 years [performed 28 Mar. 1781]. With Vocal and Instrumental Music [by Thomas Linley Sen.]. Receipts: #187 10s. 6d. (136/2/0; 51/7/0; 0/1/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #76 14s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Performance Comment: Velasquez-Smith; Almada-Aickin; Ribiro-Palmer; Mendoza-Farren; Lemos-Chaplin; Corea-Williames; Pizarro-R. Palmer; Ramirez-Packer; Duke of Braganza-Brereton; Dutchess of Braganza (for that night only)-Mrs Yates .

Afterpiece Title: A Monody on the Death of Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: 1st Bacchanal Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Public Advertiser, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Smith, No. 7, Beaufort Buildings, Strand. Receipts: #267 10s. (139/17; 22/6; 0/16; tickets: 104/11) (charge: #71 2s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: of Tilbury Fort Actor: Wrighten

Dance: End of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour, As17820104

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Younge. Public Advertiser, 7 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Younge at her house, Half-moon Street, Piccadilly. Afterpiece: Not acted these 8 years. Receipts: #277 11s. 6d. (167/17/6; tickets: 109/14/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17820226

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Public Advertiser, 9 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, Goodge Street, Rathbone-Place. Receipts: #271 17s. 6d. (122/1/0; 17/0/0; 0/14/6; tickets: 132/2/0) (charge: #65 13s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Cast
Role: Mrs Annaseed Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: As17820302athi

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Theodore. [Scenario of new ballet (Vienna, c. 1773) lists the parts: Colin, Herpin, Le Baillif, Clitandre, Lucas, Julie, Mathurine, Javotte, Climene, Lisette.] Tickets to be had of Mlle Theodore, No. 39, Tichfieldstreet, Portland Chapel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Dance: In the Masquerade Scene a Minuet by Mlle Theodore and Nivelon; End of Act I Le Triomphe de l'Amour Conjugal, as17820110; End of Act II a new Ballet (composed by Noverre), La Rosihe de Salency, by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Leger, Henry, Bournonville, Olivier, Miss Simonet, Sga Crespi

Event Comment: Benefit for Henderson. Mainpiece: Written by Congreve; and now carefully revised and corrected, by expunging the exceptionable passages. [The playbill assigns Lord Touchwood to Clarke, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted; the substitute name has been cut by the binder.] Afterpiece: Contracted into 3 acts. With a Grand Dance, and a Reinforcement of Bayes's Troops [for which, and for a list of the other parts, see DL, 13 Dec. 1777. In the Dancing Banti is announced as making his 5th appearance (see 25 Feb., 5 Mar.)]. Public Advertiser, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Henderson, Buckingham-street, York Buildings. Receipts: #238 9s. 6d. (144/9/6; tickets: 94/0/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes (for that night only)-Henderson; Johnson-Hull; Smith-Fearon. The other Characters by Quick, Whitfield, Robson, W. Bates, J. Bates, Gushing, Stevens, Thompson, Baker, L'Estrange, Bates, J. Wilson; Miss Stuart, Miss Langrish, Mrs Poussin . Miss Stuart, Miss Langrish, Mrs Poussin .

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17811219

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. The Interlude of Henry and Emma [announced in Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.] cannot be performed on account of the Indisposition of Packer. Receipts: #255 6s. (182/5/0; 20/4/6; 0/2/6; tickets: 52/14/0) (charge: #108 16s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Dance: As17820307athi

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Public Advertiser, 9 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Pope, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #115 8s. (100/15/0; 14/5/6; 0/7/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #115 0s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfor't Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17820223

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Afterpiece: As performed at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket [beginning 6 Aug. 1779]; by the Author of the Son-in-Law, the Agreeable Surprise, &c. [John O'Keeffe]. [Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #195 9s. 6d. (161/11/6; tickets: 33/18/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Dance: End of mainpiece The Humours of Newmarket; with the Poney Races. Jockies-Harris, Langrish, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Mrs Ratchford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews

Performance Comment: Jockies-Harris, Langrish, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Mrs Ratchford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews .
Event Comment: Benefit for Wroughton. Public Advertiser, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Wroughton, Broad Court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #151 2s. (119/7; tickets: 31/15) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Grand Divertisement, The Gala. The Minuet and Allemande by Aldridge and Miss Besford; the Quadrilles and Cotillons by Harris, Langrish, Dumay, Ratchford, Miss Matthews, Miss Rowson, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Francis, and others; The whole to conclude with a Grand Figure by all the Characters

Performance Comment: The Minuet and Allemande by Aldridge and Miss Besford; the Quadrilles and Cotillons by Harris, Langrish, Dumay, Ratchford, Miss Matthews, Miss Rowson, Mrs Ratchford, Miss Francis, and others; The whole to conclude with a Grand Figure by all the Characters .