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 Wrexham, who sustained great Losses in the Year 1720. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Alter'd from Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Dance: Lally, Boval, Rainton, Mrs Booth, Mrs Mills, Mrs Walter; particularly Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Palin. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #5 10s.; tickets #145 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 3 by money and 225 by tickets; stage, 5 by money; pit, 9 by money and 355 by tickets; first gallery, 4 by money and 355 by tickets; second gallery, 16 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Song: new Song-Miss Fenton; The Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit the English Harlequin. By a New Company of English Comedians, who never yet appear'd upon that Stage. [Second Piece: "a New Farce (of one Act)." Apparently not published. Third Piece: "a New Entertainment in Grotesque Characters."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Chimney Sweepers Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Conqueror

Event Comment: Benefit Wright and the Widow Penkethman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Dance: DDrunken Man-Harper

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Widow Redfern, Boxkeepers. Receipts: money #8 19s.; tickets #111 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 1 by money and 158 by tickets; stage, 3 by money; pit, 17 by money and 317 by tickets; first gallery, 12 by money and 248 by Tickets; second gallery, 32 oy money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Song: End I: The Milk Maid's Song-Miss Warren; II: In the Pleasant Month of May, Si Caro-Miss Warren; IV: The Cobler-Leveridge

Dance: I: Milk Maid's Dance-; III: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence and Taylor, Boxkeepers. Receipts: money #14 14s.; tickets #90 13s. Probable attendance: boxes, 21 by money and 100 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit, 23 by money and 269 by tickets; slips, 2 by money; first gallery, 26 by money and 253 by tickets; second gallery, 31 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: End I: The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; IV: L'Amorche Parte Sento-Miss Warren

Dance: I: Milkmaids' Dance-; II: A new Dance to the Tune of Tamo Tanto-Miss LaTour; III: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; V: Pastoral Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Cook and Williams, Boxkeepers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy

Event Comment: Benefit a Young Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

Event Comment: Benefit Capt. Macheath

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Song: TThe Cobler's Tragical End at Last-Macheath

Event Comment: Benefit Peachum . At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Song: As17280722

Event Comment: Benefit Lucy Lockit [Mrs Killbee, according to Daily Journal, 12 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Song: As17280722

Event Comment: Benefit Polly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Song: As17280722

Event Comment: Benefit a Decay'd Tradesman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Petticoat Plotter

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rayner. Being the last Time of performing it till the Fairs are over

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Song: As17280722

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit the Author
Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #34 9s. 6d.; tickets #72 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 54 by money and 162 by tickets; Pit, 67 by money and 215 by tickets; slips, 3 by money; first gallery, 78 by money; second gallery, 59 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virgin Queen

Related Works
Related Work: The Virgin Queen; or, The Captive Princess Author(s): Richard Barford
Event Comment: Benefit Polly [Mrs Pullen], Mrs Rayner, Mrs Nottingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Turner and Miss Careless

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman who has wrote for the Stage. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #22 5s.; tickets #72 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 23 by money and 207 by tickets; stage, 3 by money; pit, 56 by money and 141 by tickets; slips, 5 by money; first gallery, 25 by money; second gallery, 57 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Two Pierrots-Salle, Mrs Pelling; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Moreau, Mrs Moreau

Event Comment: Benefit Pettit, Sheffer, Morgan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17281230, but Macheath-Mrs Nicholls; Polly-Mrs Monfort.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Monfort.
Event Comment: Benefit Hill and Mrs Hill, the late Miss Anderson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Page Actor: Mrs Mountfort

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Kontzen, a Youth of Seven Years old, who plays on the Harpsichord in a surpizing manner. Boxes half a guinea. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several Pieces on Harpsichord-the Youth [Kontzen]; Some Sonatas and Concertos on the Violin-Kontzen's Father; accompanied on the Harpsichord-the Youth; Cantata-the Youth; [Also a Cantata-one lately arrived in England

Event Comment: Benefit Patrick and Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Balance-Giffard; Plume-Smith; Worthy-Lacy; Brazen-Hill; Kite-Williams; Bullock-Reynolds; Pearmain-Wathen; Appletree-Hicks; Constable-Peirce; Melinda-Mrs Purden; Sylvia-Mrs Thomas; Rose-Mrs Mountfort; Lucy-Mrs Nokes.
Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Mountfort

Music: Select Pieces on Kettle Drums and Trumpets-