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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Pitt"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Pitt")') 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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23612 results for: Keyword - Mrs Pitt
We found 23346 matches on Performance Comments, 4262 matches on Event Comments, 4243 matches on Performance Title, 3663 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.

23351
10 March 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. Receipts: money #48 12s. 6d.; tickets #68 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Dance:

23352
12 March 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. [Theodosius advertized, but Booth's illness deferred it. Daily Courant lists The Man of Mode, but Rich's Register lists The Earl of Essex.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode or The Earl Of Essex

23353
26 March 1722 @ Mrs Bellamy's School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Triumphant; Or, The Rival Goddesses

Performance Comment: The Young Ladies of Mrs Bellamy's School; Prologue-; Epilogue-.

23354
28 January 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Fryar, who has played but once since the days of King Charles, and taught three Queens to Dance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Half Pay Officers

Afterpiece Title: Hob's Wedding

Dance: The Bashful Country Maid, Irish Trot-Peggy Fryar

23355
02 March 1723 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission as 7 Nov. 1722. London Journal, 2 March: The new Opera Tickets are very high, and like to continue so as long as Mrs Cotzoni is so much admired. They are traded in at the other End of the Town, as much as Lottery Tickets are in Exchange-Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

23356
06 March 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Atkins. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Concerto-Kytch

23357
18 March 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Booth. By His Majesty's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: As17221211

23358
26 March 1723 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Francesca Cuzzoni. With an Addition of three new Songs, and an entire new Scene. Whereas this Benefit for Signora Cuzzoni is part of her Contract, the Directors...resolve not to make use of the Liberty of the House for this Night. And particular Care will be taken to place Benches on the Stage for the Accomodation of the Company. London Journal, 30 March: On Tuesday last was perform'd...Otho...for the Benefit fo Mrs Cuzzoni; and a considerable Benefit it was to her indeed, for, we hear, that some of the Nobility gave her 50 Guineas a Tickets. Daily Journal, 29 March: The Benefit of the famous Seignora Francesca Cuzzoni...we hear amounted to upwards of 700l

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho, King Of Germany

23359
04 April 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. No Persons to be admitted into the Front Boxes or behind the Scenes, but by printed Tickets at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: As17221012

23360
13 April 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: British Journal, 13 April: Mr Boheme and Mrs Seymour, two celebrated Actors belonging to Lincolns-Inn Theatre, were married the Beginning of this Week

Performances

23361
17 April 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: As17221211

23362
03 May 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bickerstaffe. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. N.B. The sudden and unexpected Death of Mrs Bickerstaffe (and his extream Pain, and Lameness with the Gout) has prevented the proper Application to the Quality, and his Friends. Yet (not withstanding) tis hoped, they will, with their usual Goodness, favor him with their Appearance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: As17230502

23363
03 June 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Clarkson, Miss Holliday, Hanson, Mrs Elliot. [Aylett?] Receipts: money #7; tickets #104 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cartouche

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance:

23364
10 July 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Daily Journal, 13 July: We have an Account from Norwich by Yeaterday's Post, that the celebrated Actress Mrs Seymour, who lately married Mr Boheme, died there of a Fever the 10th Instant

Performances

23365
06 December 1723 @ Dog Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Teague, Careless in The Committee, The Gravediggers in Hamlet, Sir Sampson, Angelica, Foresight in Love for Love, Jeremy, Valentine, Mrs Frail in Love for Love, Humours of Hob in The Country Wake, Prologue, Epilogue-.

Entertainment: The Ever-New Drunken Man-

23366
23 March 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Booth. No Person to be admitted behind the Scenes, or into the Boxes, but by printed Tickets at 5s. Two Benches of the Pit to be rail'd in at the same Price. N.B. To prevent the Ladies from coming too early, Servants will be admitted to keep Places open on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Dance:

23367
25 April 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Burton, Middle-Gallery Boxkeeper. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Dance: As17231028

23368
06 May 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hill. Pit and Boxes at 5s. Gallery 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

23369
08 May 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit J. Clegg (from Ireland), a Youth of Ten Years of Age, who play'd at Mrs Barbier's Benefit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several choiceConcertos-the Youth [J. Clegg][, never perform'd in Publick; [particularly, Concert of Vivaldi's called La Temista di Mare-; Solo-Mr Kitch; Solo Song [out of the Opera of Julius Caesar. Song Part-Mr Kitch; Violin-the Youth; [as done by Sig Castrucci in the Opera, Solo [of Sig Germiniani's-the Youth

23370
07 April 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lagarroune, the Izabelle , and Laniere, the Lover . Mainpiece: Orne deutout son Spectacle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Festin De Pierre

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Embassadeur D'Amour

Dance:

23371
07 May 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Jacobs, the new Colombine, lately arrived from France. Mainpiece: The only Master-Piece that the famous Mons d'Noble ever writ. Afterpiece: Written by M Moliere. Pit and Boxes to be laid together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux D'arlequin

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor against His Will

Dance: Roger, new Colombine

23372
24 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Willis, Widow Bowen, and Widow Leigh.Mainpiece: As 30 Oct. 1724

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

23373
08 September 1725 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At about 11 a Clock at Mrs Lee's@great@Booth on the Green in Southwark, happen'd a very sad Accident: The Gallery over the Stage not being thoroughly secured, gave way, when between Twenty and Thirty People fell with it....It is high Time for Authority to interpose, to suppress those Nurseries of Lewdness, if so little Care is taken that those who resort to their Entertainments, must be in Jeopardy.--Parker's Penny Post, 13 Sept

Performances

23374
27 December 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barns. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Silvia's Revenge; or, The Berbadoes Fortune

23375
01 April 1726 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Robert. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m. His Excellency the Morocco Ambassador will be there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters