Toggle Sphinx Query
SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Benjamin Thompson"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Benjamin Thompson")') 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

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?
+
+

Keyword

?
New Search
2036 results for: Keyword - Benjamin Thompson
We found 1604 matches on Performance Comments, 398 matches on Author, 134 matches on Event Comments, 84 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

401
07 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Furkins, Bishop, Doe, Strahan, Warwhick, Thompson, Berecloth, Williams, Robson (music porter), Creswell, Simmons will be admitted. Receipts: #296 18s. 6d. (44.10.0; 5.3.0; tickets: 247.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir George Airy-Holman; Charles Gripe-Whitfield; Whisper-Farley; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; William-Abbot; Sir Francis Gripe-Munden; Isabinda-Mrs Litchfield; Patch-Mrs Mattocks; Scentwell-Miss Cox; Miranda-Mrs Glover.
Cast
Role: Sir Jealous Traffic Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimic

Cast
Role: Porter Actor: Thompson

402
20 February 1792 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Wilkinson. [For Miss Thompson see DNB, under Mary Anne Clarke.] Tickets to be had of Wilkinson, No. 33, Warwick-street, Golden-square. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Bassanio-Baker; Anthonio-A Gentleman [unidentified]; Gratiano-[Lee] Lewes; Launcelot-Gull; Lorenzo (with songs)-Tanner; Shylock-Wilkinson; Nerissa-Miss Chatterley; Portia-A Young Lady [probably Miss Thompson].probably Miss Thompson].

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Song: End: a favourite song-Tanner

Entertainment: Monologue. End III: a Comic Sketch of the Times-Ryder

403
11 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: A new Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover; Hornpipe-J. Thompson

Performance Comment: Thompson.

404
14 September 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performance Comment: Jemmy Jumps-Edwin; Valentine-Johnstone; Rundy-Blanchard; Col. Dormant-Hull; Fairly-Thompson; Farmer Blackberry-Darley; Farmer Stubble-Gardner; Molly Maybush-Mrs Martyr; Louisa-Mrs Mountain; Landlady-Mrs Platt; Betty Blackberry-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Fairly Actor: Thompson

Song: End IV: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; With Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Bannister, Johnstone, Cubitt, Darley, Rock, Letteney, Reeve, W. Thompson, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Gray, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Mrs Masters, Mrs Powell, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Martyr

Performance Comment: Thompson, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Gray, Miss Rowson, Miss Francis, Mrs Masters, Mrs Powell, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Martyr.

405
21 September 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: As17890914, but Vocal Parts-Lee, W. _Thompson, Miss +MacGeorge, Mrs +Lefevre

Performance Comment: _Thompson, Miss +MacGeorge, Mrs +Lefevre.

406
09 November 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Laird of Raasay Actor: Thompson

Song: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; Dirge-; Vocal Parts, as17890914, but W. _Thompson, Duffey, Mrs _Powell

Performance Comment: _Thompson, Duffey, Mrs _Powell.

407
15 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

408
18 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ethelinda

Cast
Role: Officers Actor: Fearon, Booth, Davis, Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

409
21 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

410
23 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: End: a new Pastoral Dance-Bishop (1st appearance on any stage), Sga Tinte

411
25 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: I: the Banquet, with Dancing-Dumay, Miss Matthews

412
26 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: End IV: As17761109

413
17 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: As17761123

414
18 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Lewis (1st appearance in that character); King-Clarke; Heli-L'Estrange; Perez-Thompson; Alonzo-Fearon; Selim-Robson; Gonzales-Hull; Leonora-Miss Ambrose; Zara-Mrs Ward; Almeria-Mrs Hartley (Their 1st appearance in those characters).
Cast
Role: Perez Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Related Works
Related Work: The Seraglio Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: As17761015

415
29 September 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

416
27 February 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Cast
Role: Officer Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): Edward Thompson

417
05 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): Edward Thompson

Dance: End: The Italian Gamesters-the Zuchellis. [Query: Gardeners or the dance called simply The Gamesters? See17751011.

418
10 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): Edward Thompson

419
24 April 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Humphrey Actor: Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): Edward Thompson

420
11 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Related Works
Related Work: The Sirens Author(s): Edward Thompson

Song: III: (By Particular Desire) The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Master Harrison

Dance: IV: A Minuet, Allemande-Rudd, Miss Cranfield; End: A Hornpipe-Miss Bassan

421
09 November 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Dance: End: The Grand Naval Review-; in which a Dance of Sailors-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

Song: Rule Britannia-Davies, Fawcett, others

422
21 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Fair Quaker or The Humours of the Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: In Naval Review: Dance of Sailors-Aldridge, others

Song: End Dance: the Air [in The Comedy of Errors see17790122]-Mrs Kennedy

423
10 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: Scene IV: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End III: song-Miss Barnes (1st attempt on any stage); End 1st piece: the Grand Naval Review-; Rule Britannia-Gaudry, Edwards, Williams

424
02 May 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Dance: In mainpiece The Merry Sailors, with a Double Hornpipe, by the Miss Stageldoirs

Song: In mainpiece Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c

Monologue: 1783 05 02 End of mainpiece The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at Ye All by Palmer

425
27 September 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Edward Thompson

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: Mainpiece: To finish with a Grand Naval Review, in which a Dance of Sailors by Williamson, Mills, Miss Stageldoir, &c, and Rule Britannia by Williames, Staunton, Phillimore, Barrymore

Accessibility Report a Concern Careers Privacy Policy About Find People
© University of Oregon. All Rights Reserved.

UO prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by UO policy. Questions may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, or to the Office for Civil Rights. Contact information, related policies, and complaint procedures are listed on the statement of non-discrimination.