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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Robert Benson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Robert Benson")') 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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2747 results for: Keyword - Robert Benson
We found 1741 matches on Performance Comments, 924 matches on Author, 337 matches on Event Comments, 101 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

501
14 June 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Related Works
Related Work: The Count of Narbonne Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself

Song: End of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Martyr. monologues. End of Act IV of mainpiece The Adventures of a Buck by Bonnor; End of afterpiece a new address, Belles have at ye all! by Mrs Bates

502
08 April 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Related Works
Related Work: Cleone Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

503
25 April 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Song: End of 1st piece Stand to your guns, my hearts of oak by Bannister

Monologue: 1785 04 25 End of Act IV of 1st piece, as 11 Apr

504
14 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign

Related Works
Related Work: The Campaign; or, Love in the East Indies Author(s): Robert Jephson
Related Work: The Campaign Author(s): Robert Jephson
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

505
19 May 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Campaign

Related Works
Related Work: The Campaign; or, Love in the East Indies Author(s): Robert Jephson
Related Work: The Campaign Author(s): Robert Jephson
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

506
24 May 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Related Works
Related Work: Braganza Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: Comus

507
20 October 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Related Works
Related Work: Braganza Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

508
05 November 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Related Works
Related Work: Braganza Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

509
28 June 1786 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: Moody-Benson; Sparkish-Simpson; Belville-Hill; Countryman-Watts; Servants-Meadows, Johnston; Harcourt-Yatesmore (who perform'd Glenalvon [in Douglas]; 2nd appearance); Lucy-Mrs Clarke (1st appearance); Alithea-Miss Phillips; Miss Peggy (the Country Girl)-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]) .unidentified]) .
Cast
Role: Moody Actor: Benson

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Song: In the course of the mainpiece a plaintive Pastoral Song, unaccompanied by the orchestra, by the Young Lady; End of Monologue a duett from Robin Hood by Price and Miss Phillips

Monologue: 1786 06 28 End of mainpiece Parents and Children; or, The Chimney-Sweeper and Bricklayer by a Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [Gibbons (see 5 and 19 July)])

510
22 November 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Related Works
Related Work: Cleone Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

511
24 November 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Related Works
Related Work: Cleone Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

512
15 March 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Narbonne

Cast
Role: Officers Actor: Phillimore, Benson
Related Works
Related Work: The Count of Narbonne Author(s): Robert Jephson

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

513
15 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

514
19 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

515
20 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

516
29 March 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Such Things Are

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

517
13 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

518
18 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

519
23 April 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

520
09 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: As17870425

Song: In afterpiece: Still the Lark finds Repose-Miss Wilkinson; End I: Tally@ho-Miss Wilkinson

521
25 May 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Wou'd Be A Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: As17870523

522
02 June 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

523
01 October 1787 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Song: Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Bonville, Cubitt, Darley, Doyle, Rock, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Kennedy

Entertainment: Monologue Before: Occasional Address-Pope

524
19 April 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: End II: As17870926; End: The Piping Pedlar, as17871129

525
02 May 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Sisters; or, The Violence of Love Author(s): Robert Gould
Related Work: The Rival Milleners; or, The Humours of Covent-Garden Author(s): Robert Drury

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): Robert Jephson

Dance: As17871029

Entertainment: Monologue. End I afterpiece: Virtue its own Rewardexemplified in a Moral Tale, and founded on a Real Event,-Hull