SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "B Booth"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "B Booth")') 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: At Lee-Walker Great Booth. Mainpiece; a Dramatick Entertainment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Bethulia; Containing The Famous History Of Judith And Holofernes, With The Pleasant Humours Of Rustego And His Man Terrible

Event Comment: Benefit Harper. At 6 p.m. At Mr Bullock's Booth in Bird-Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Four and Twenty Stockjobbers-

Dance: Drunken Man-

Event Comment: Benefit Dr Thornhill. At the Great Booth in the Queen's-Arms Tavern, next the Marshalsea-Gate. Stage Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. First Gallery 1s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Song: Comical Dialogue between Dr Thornhill and his Old Merry Andrew-Mr Platt, others

Dance: Mr Jones, others

Event Comment: Benefit Leigh and Hall. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: a new Farce, (never Acted before). At their Leigh-Hall? Great Booth in Bird-Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fourth, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Broken Stock-Jobbers; or, Work for the Bailiffs

Dance: Comical Drunken Man-Harper; Also the surprizing and diverting Entertainment of The Italian Shadows which gave such universal Satisfaction last season in the New Theatre-

Event Comment: At Mr Hall's Booth in Bird-Cage Alley. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Song:

Dance: Particularly The Italian Shadows-

Event Comment: At Penkethman, Miller, and Jubilee Dicky's Booth. Mr Penkethman has enlarged the Boxes, and made them commodious for the Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Injur'd General; Or, The Blind Beggar Of Bednal-green; With The Comical Humours Of Squire Sousecrown And His Man Gudgeon

Song: Mrs Willis

Dance: Mrs Willis

Event Comment: At Lee's Great Booth, over-against the Hospital Gate. Mainpiece. that celebrated Entertainment (which gave such Satisfaction to all the Quality and Gentry that saw it)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Bethulia: Containing The History Of Judith And Holofernes, Together With The Humours Of Rustego And His Man Terrible

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Dance:

Event Comment: At Hall-Leigh Great Theatrical Booth in Bird-Cage Alley. Mainpiece. an excellent Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True, Famous And Ancient History Of King Saul, And The Witch Of Endor; Containing The Death Of Gyant Goliath, The Friendship Of David And Jonathan, And The Defeat Of King Saul And His Host, By The Philistine Army; With The Comical Humours Of Dame Double-dabber, Weezel Her Son, And Corporal Bowling-pin

Song: Ray, Mrs Bowman

Dance: The best Masters

Event Comment: At Penkethman, Miller, and Jubilee Dicky's New Theatrical Booth in Blue-Maid Alley, adjoining the the Half-Moon-Inn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Injur'd General; Or, The Blind Beggar Of Bednal-green; And The Woman Never Vext; With The Comical And Diverting Humours Of Squire Sousecrown And His Man Gudgeon

Event Comment: At Lee's Great Booth in the Queen's Arms Tavern Yard, next the Marshalsea Gate. Mainpiece: an excellent New Entertainment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Noble Englishman; Or, The History Of Aarius King Of Persia, And The Destruction Of Babylon; With The Pleasant Humours Of Capt Fearful And His Man Nine@pence

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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

Event Comment: At Penkethman's Miller's and Boheme's Great Booth in Smithfield Rounds

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Beauty; Or, The London Prentice

Dance: Newhouse, Mrs Willis, Mrs Middleton, Miss Francis

Song: Mrs Boman, Mrs Willis; particularly a Mimick Song in Praise of a Country Life between a Court Lady and a Country Nymph-

Event Comment: At Lee-Spiller-Harper Booth, in Harts-Horn Inn Yard, Pye Corner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Darius, King Of Persia: With The Downfall Of Babylon; Or, Innocence Preserv'd By The Noble Englishman; With The comical Humours Of Captain Fearful And His Man Nine-pence

Event Comment: At Bullock Booth at the Back of the Greyhound

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Broken Heart: They Are All With Child; Or, A Trick To Catch The Old One

Event Comment: At Penkethman's and Boheme's Great Booth in Blue-Maid Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Beauty; Or, The London Prentice

Dance: Newhouse, Mrs Whllis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son and Daughter

Song: In Praise of a Country Life-Mrs Willis

Event Comment: At Walker's Booth. All the Habits entirely new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Revenge; Or, The Princely Shepherd: With The History Of Valentine And Orson; With The Sad And Dismal humours Of Peter Pitiful

Dance: Hornpipe-Tom Jones

Event Comment: [Fort performances at sf and at booths in September following the opening of dl, see season of 1721-22.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Event Comment: At Penkethman's and Bullock's Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Beauty; Or, The London Prentice

Song: As17220905; Mrs Willis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son, Sandham's Daughter

Dance: Mrs Willis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son and Daughter

Entertainment: For the Diversion of Gentlemen and Ladies, several excellent Entertainments of Dancing on the Ropes and Tumbling-a Company lately arrived from Holland, which never perform'd on Mr Penkethman's Stage before; besides Dancing on the Rope without a Pole-a Youth lately come from France

Event Comment: At Penkethman's Booth. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Beauty; Or, The London Apprentice

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Song: As17220922

Dance: As17220922

Entertainment: As17220922

Event Comment: At Walker's Great Booth in Bird Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Valentine And Orson

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy; or, The Comical Rivals

Song: The Boy who performed last season at lif

Dance: Armstrong, Mrs Boman, Jones

Event Comment: Benefit Hall. At the Great Theatrical Booth in Bird-Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Coe. At the Theatrical Booth in Bird Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Entertainment: Singing-; Hornpipe-Jones; Tumbling-Mr Fawks's famous Boy

Event Comment: Benefit Coe. At the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. At the Great Booth in Bird-Cage-Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Song:

Dance:

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: As17221211

Event Comment: At a Booth on Windmill Hill. London Journal, 20 April: On Monday Night last one Mr Redshaw, one of the Actors belonging to the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields, being to be kill'd in Jest in the Play of Darius on Windmill Hill, was kill'd in Earnest, for he was accidentally run into the Eye, of which Wound he died the Day following. [In British Journal, 20 April, the name is Redstraw; in Freeholder's Journal, 20 April, it is Rackstraw.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Darius, King Of Persia