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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Event Comment: Benefit Wright. For the Entertainment [as 24 April]. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear by the late Mr Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Music: Concerto by Sig Visconti-Charke, others

Song: II: As17310427

Dance: IV: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter; V: Gondolier and Courtezan-Young Lally, Miss Brett; End afterpiece: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Havard and Boucher, Prompter. Daily Advertiser, 2 June: We hear Mr Odel, Master.., Goodman's-Fields, intends to decline to concern himself any longer with the Management of that Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Biter Bit or The Humours of Harlequin and Scaramouch

Afterpiece Title: The Throwsters Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Clarke, Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s. 6d. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Benefit Nivelon. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: Containing Variety of New Songs, to old Ballad-Tunes [By John Hippisley]. Receipts: money #84 2s. 6d.; tickets #53 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Sequel to the Opera of Flora or Hobs Wedding

Performance Comment: Hob-Laguerre; rest by Walker, Salway, Hippisley, Hall, Mrs Cantrell, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Egleton, Mrs Forrester; but edition of 1731 lists: Sir ThomasTesty-Hippisley; Truelove-Salway; Woodville-Walker; Saywell-Aston; Probe-Houghton; Old Hob-Hall; Young Hob-Laguerre; Lady Testy-Mrs Cantrell; Lucia-Mrs Vincent; Mary-Mrs Forrester; Betty-Mrs Kilby; Hob's Mother-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Mary Actor: Mrs Forrester

Dance: new Wooden Shoe Dance by Nivelon-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; Afterpiece:A new Dance-Nivelon for the Afterpiece

Event Comment: Benefit W. Giffard. At the particular Desire of several Ladies. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: SScotch Dance-Burney, Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Harper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Benefit Laguerre and Mr Laguerre. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #26 17s. 6d.; tickets #129 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Sequel to the Opera of Flora or Hobs Wedding

Cast
Role: Mary Actor: Mrs Forrester

Dance: TThe Baulk-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Grand Dance in Momus-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Buchanan. Not Acted these Eight Years. Writtan by the late Mr Dryden. Receipts: money #33 15s.; tickets #127 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Pelling; III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; IV: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; V: The Baulk-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Rochetti. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: A short Opera of one Act. The Musick by the late celebrated Alexander Scarlatti. [Apparently not published.] Receipts: money #22 11s. 6d.; tickets #31 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Telemachus

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Woolley and Mrs James. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay. Afterpiece: By particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: HHornpipe-R. Jones , from gf

Event Comment: Benefit Quin. Not Acted these Twelve Years. Written by the late Mr Hughes. Receipts: money #116 7s.; tickets #102 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; La Fette Ramsii-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre

Song: new Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Enter. 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Poitier, Petit-Maitre. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets at Poitier's at Mr Lamote's in Oxenden Street, near Leicester Fields. Receipts: money #80 15s.; tickets #71 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Dance: I: new Scottish Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Legarde, Mrs Ogden; II: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; III: new Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Newhouse, Legarde, Lesac, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden, Miss Baston; V: The Judgment of Paris-Poitier, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lesac, Legarde, Mrs Laguerre, Miss Latour, Miss Rogers

Music: IV: (at the Desire of several Persons of Quality) Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar. Interspers'd with Variety of Songs to Ballad Tunes. [No receipts extant.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Performance Comment: Squire Somebody-Laguerre; Isabella-Miss Norsa; Basil-Salway; Micher-Hippisley; Macahone-Neale; Jolt-Hall; Fetch-Ray; Dolly-Mrs Forrester.
Cast
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Forrester.

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; Scottish Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, DuPre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

Song: The Gentlewoman who was to have sung, being exceeding ill and not able to perform, in lieu thereof will be the last new Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Thurmond. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Tickets at Thurmond's House, Haydon Square.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Ballet: DDifference of Nations. As17330312

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #50 0s. 6d.; tickets #93 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Cast
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Forrester.

Dance: CComic Dance, as17330328 Tambourine-Miss Rogers; Scottish Dance, as17330328

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs W. Mills

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #58 6s. 6d.; tickets #142. Tickets at Leveridge's in Tavistock Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: I: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; III: French Peasant-Poitier, Miss LaTour; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Song: II: No Kissing At All-Leveridge, Salway; IV: new Je ne scai quoy (in the Northern Stile)-Leveridge, Mrs Wright; V: The Grand Whisper, with the Resolution of the Two Kings of Brentford,-Leveridge, Laguerre, in the Style of Camilla

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Hamilton. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard III-Delane; Henry VI-Giffard; Edward Prince of Wales-Master Giffard; Duke of York-Miss Cole, who performed the young Princess in Anna Bullen; Richmond-Bardin; Buckingham-W. Giffard; Stanley-Rosco; Tressel-Huddy; Catesby-Havard; Ratcliff-Jenkins; Norfolk-Winstone; Blunt-James; Tirrel-Williams; Forest-Dove; Mayor-Penkethman; Lady Anne-Mrs Giffard; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Roberts; Dutchess of York-Mrs Haughton; A New Epilogue to be spoken-Mrs Hamilton.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Sportsman

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway. Receipts: money #48 14s.; tickets #114 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: Mock Minuet-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre, introduced by Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden, Lesac, Miss Baston; End I of Afterpiece: Scottish Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Morgan. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Sportsman

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: Benefit Christopher Smith Jr (the composer). The Habits and the Scenes proper to the Subject. Words by Mr Humphrey. Pit and Boxes 4s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ulysses

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Buchanan. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Rowe. Receipts: money#44 1s. 6d.; tickets #137 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17330416 IV: Scottish Dance, as17330329 Hippisley's Medley; or, Drunken Man (By Desire)-

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Laguerre. Receipts: money #40 1s. 6d.; tickets #127 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: MMock Minuet, as17330412 Grand Dance in Momus-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre, Glover, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden, LeSac, Miss Baston; Scottish Dance, as17330329

Song: Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Wright