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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We found 15926 matches on Event Comments, 2665 matches on Performance Comments, 704 matches on Performance Title, 131 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Paid half year's Land tax and Window lights for Cov't Garden to Mich Last #2 18s. 6d. Receipts: #133 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Forge Actor: Ackman
Event Comment: Paid Buxton and Enderby (oyl merchants) #116, and Brown (coal merchant) #44 9s. Receipts: #190 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: Paid Shropshire (stationer) for brushes #4 10s. Receipts: #130. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: Paid Cooper (printer) #42 11s. Receipts: #125 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Dance: II: Aldridge, Miss Capon

Event Comment: Paid Housekeeper's Bill #4 9s. 3d. Receipts: #244 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s.; half year's Land & Window Tax for St. Martin's to Mich. last #38 4s. 4d. Receipts: #165 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Paid 1 year's Assurance on #3,000 in the Royal Exchange Office to 15 Dec. 1774, #6 (Account Book). [Query: The insurance policy probably extended to 15 Dec. 1775?] Receipts: #105 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Event Comment: Paid Dall on Account of his salary this season #42. Receipts: #137 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Event Comment: Paid half year's paving &c. to Mich. last, #17 13s. 6d. Receipts: #138 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 4 nights (4th inst. incl.) #7 2s. Receipts: #219 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Event Comment: Paid Mackmillen (shoemaker) #21 17s.; Simpson for new Music for 1773 as per Bill #10 10s.; Connelly (woolen draper) #8 10s. Receipts: #172 13s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Dance: III: A Dance, as17731014

Event Comment: Paid Palmer (wax chandler) #165 6s. Receipts: #217 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Scott (copper laceman) #98 5s. Receipts: #217 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Bellamy and Settree (mercers) #250. Receipts: #160 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Buxton & Enderby (oyl merchants) #126 16s. Receipts: #167 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid for 2 extra Flutes & Guitars (29 ultimo incl.) #2 5s. (Treasurer's Book). [This month was published Bell's edition of Shakespeare's acting plays, 'as performed at the Theatres Royal in London, requlated from the Prompt Books of each House, by permission of the managers, with notes critical and illustrative by the author of the Dramatic Censors, 5 vols. 12 mo. Price 15s."] Receipts: #246 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 4 nights (This incl.) #7 12s.; 4 extra bassoons, 1 flute and a treble chorus 6 nights (this incl.) #14 8s.; 2 extra guitars & flute 2 nights (this incl.) #2. Receipts: #200 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Performance Comment: As17740119, but Faladel-Parsons; for; Parts-Burton_; Good and Evil spirits-Mrs Johnston; $Mrs Davies_; Champness. $Mrs Davies_; Champness.
Cast
Role: Floridor Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Hopkins.
Event Comment: Paid Dall on account of his salary #130. Receipts: #117 7s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Miller for performing 8 nights in the Sylphs to the 14th instant #2. Receipts: #123 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Dance: End of Play: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

Event Comment: Paid Colman the balance of his 3 nights for the Man of Business #230 7s. 6d. Receipts: #213 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Housekeeper's Bill #4 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). [This month was published An Appeal to the Publick from the Judgment of a certain Manager, with Original Letters and the Drama of One Act (The Politician Reform'd) which was refus'd representation. By T. R. An amusing introduction and exchange of letters, which, for once, puts Garrick in a not unfavorable light, and serves to spice the publication of the author's play.] Receipts: #263 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Paid tallow chandler's 6th bill #37 12s. 11d. Receipts: #186 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Cast
Role: Floridor Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand

Event Comment: Paid Simpson for Dinner for the Orchestra #10 10s. Receipts: #173 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: Paid Cooper (printer) #48 2s.; and Pattinson (tallow chandler) #32 10s. Receipts: #152 5s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Paid tallow chandler's 2nd bill #34 7s. 4d.; 5 extra trumpets in Alexander 2 nights (11th inst. incl.) #3 15s. Receipts: #113 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Genii