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7790 results for: Keyword - Mr Ben Johnson
We found 4589 matches on Event Comments, 2635 matches on Performance Comments, 974 matches on Author, 542 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

7251
03 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Israel In Egypt

Performance Comment: David-; Zechariah-; Benaiah-; Mattathiah-; Asaph-; Chorus of Israelites-.
Cast
Role: Benaiah Actor:

Music: Concerto on Violin-Paganini

7252
01 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Part of Pit will be laid into Boxes. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Afterpiece: For the only time this season. Charges #64 5s. Balance to Miss Macklin #77 7s. 6d. plus #115 15s. from tickets (Box 463). Paid Mr Reed for the balance of his 3 nights for Tom Jones #297 3s. Receipts: #141 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

7253
03 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. Charges #68 16s. Balance to Mattocks #82 4s. plus #40 5s. in tickets (Box 83; Pit 130) Paid Mr Hobster for Negus's at rehearsals #2 2s. 8d. Receipts: #151 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Banquo Actor: Bensley

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

7254
05 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Baddeley. Mainpiece: Played this night By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd for The English Merchant will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

7255
08 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Hopkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17681210; End: By Desire, the entertainment The Cries of London-Vernon

7256
10 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. Mrs Ward is extremely sorry she is oblig'd to change the Night's Entertainment advertised for her Benefit, but the severe illness of Mrs Mattocks and Mrs Baker, makes it impossible to perform the Opera of Love in a Village, as does Mr Woodward's indisposition the Farce of the Citizen. The Managers have therefore kindly granted her the above tragedy and pantomime. Charges #65 15s. Balance to Mrs Ward #55 5s. plus #53 2s. from tickets (Box 58; Pit 158; Gallery 149). Receipts: #121 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

7257
12 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs King. Theodosius Advertis'd. Mr Barry Ill (Cross Diary). Tickets deliver'd for Theodosius will be taken. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

Entertainment: End of Opera: King (for that night only) will present the Audience with a Comic Paraphrase-King on Shakespeare's The Seven Ages

7258
17 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Steevens. Othello Advertis'd. Deferr'd. Mr Barry Ill (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: New Comic Dance, as17681210

7259
02 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs DuBellamy. Charges #64 10s. Balance due the DuBellamys #1 10s plus #116 13s. from tickets (Box 264; Pit 305; Gallery 49) (Account Book). Receipts: #66 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: II: The Lamplighters, as17681101

7260
05 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit By Desire of the most noble Grand of the Honorable Order of Select Albions, for their Brother Hurst, and Mr Evans (subtreasurer). Tickets deliver'd for The Orphan will be taken. The Orphan deferr'd on account of Barry's Indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Song: End: The Albion Song-Vernon

7261
09 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones. Tickets deliver'd for The Maid of the Mill will be taken. The vocal performers continuing too ill to appear in the Maid of the Mill, the Managers have kindly indulged Mr Legg, Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones with the above tragedy. Charges #70. Deficit to Legg #7 8s. 6d.; to Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones #7 6d., covered by income from tickets: Legg #58 (Box 73; Pit 161; Gallery 156); Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones #47 15s. (Box 72; Pit 117; GAllery 122) (Account Book). Receipts: #55 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Benvolio Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

7262
12 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for W. Palmer, Clough, Wright, Mrs Millidge. Tickets deliver'd by Wilson and Mr Costin will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Wright

7263
15 May 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Tassoni, Miss Street

7264
18 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Theatrical Fund, Archer--Mr Garrick (Cross Diary). Pit and boxes together. Play to begin at Half past 6. Doors opened Half past 5

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: IV: The Wake, as17680929, but Sga Giorgi, Mrs _King

7265
18 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell (box-keepers). Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Charges #83 1s. 6d. Deficit #53 13s., covered by income from tickets: Ansell #112 7s. (Box 341; Pit 162; Gallery 28); Green #135 4s. (Box 470; Pit 106; Gallery 18). Rec'd of Condell his deficiency and #20 in full for Fruit Rent this season: also deficiencies from Mrs Naylor and Potter. Paid Mr Scovell for copying Music in Maid of the Mill--#3 9s. (Account Book). Receipts: #53 13s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

7266
20 May 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Pilfold, Wooley, and others. Tickets delivered by Ellis, Doe, Reed, Roberts, Singleton, Dixon, Robson, Fransdorf, Norbury, Bassan, Sherrard, and Bushell will be taken. @ Pilfold Box 34@Pit 163@Gallery 56@Value #38 11s.@1!2 Value #19 5s. 6d.@ Wooley 14 28 77 #15 8s. #7 14s.@ Ellis - 7 28 #3 17s. #1 18s. 6d.@ Doe - 16 43 #6 14s. #3 7s.@ Reed 14 18 35 #9 14s. #4 17s.@ Roberts 20 104 61 #26 14s. #13 7s.@ Singleton - 2 7 #1. 10s.@ Dixon 16 48 28 #14. #7.@ Robson 8 75 83 #21 11s. #10 15s. 6d.@ Fransdorf 12 31 55 #13 3s. #6 11s. 6d.@ Norbury 18 41 61 #16 15s. #8 7s. 6d.@ Bassan (Mr) 8 28 35 #9 14s. #4 17s.@ Sherrattt 6 14 14 5 #2 10s.@ Bushell - 16 17 #4 2s. #2 1s.@ Money #50 15s. 150 591 600@Total House Value #236 18s. #93 1s. 6d.@ No charges were made. The House received the 1!2 value of the tickets from each as listed above. Stephenson, Furkins, Rotten (Wroughton), Dumay, Walters, Wilkinson and Eddis are listed as paying up their deficiencies of 1!2 values (Account Book). [1,341 tickets given out.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

7267
06 June 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

7268
10 August 1769 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: A Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music benefit for Mrs Pinto. Songs by Mrs Forbes, Master Brown, and Mrs Pinto. Concertos on the organ and Hautboy by Hook and Park. After which will be performed for the first time a Pastoral Serenata called Love and Innocence, in two acts composed by Mr Hook, with chorusses. An elegant transparent Temple of Apollo designed and painted by Sig Bigar, machinist to the Opera House. The Gardens will be additionally illuminated. Fireworks. The whole to conclude with a Ball

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Innocence

7269
18 September 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere [See17671106]

7270
21 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

7271
30 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Ode

Dance: III: A Dance-Dagueville, Sga Vidini

7272
14 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Parts-King, Moody, Parsons, Ackman, Hurst, Waldron, Castle, Wheeler, W. Palmer, Wright, Keen, Hartry, Mesink, Clough, Booth, J. Burton, Mas. Cape, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Lowe. The Vocal Parts-Vernon, Dibdin, Bannister, Champnes, Fawcett, Kear, Miss Radley, Mrs Baddeley; The Dances-Dagueville, Mrs King, Sga Vidini, Miss Rogers; In which will be introduced The Pageant as it was intended for Stratford-Upon-Avon; Ralph-King; Irishman-Moody; Ballad Singer-Vernon; Ostler-Parsons; Country Girls-Mrs Baddeley, Miss Radley; Margery Jervis-Mrs Love; Female Ballad Singer-Dibdin; Prologue-King; Characters in the pageant: Benedict-Garrick; Beatrice-Miss Pope; Touchstone-King; Richard III-Holland; Romeo-Brereton; Hamlet-Cautherly; Falstaff-Love; Lear-Reddish; Antony-Aikin; Portia-Mrs W. Barry; Apollo-Vernon; Tragic Muse-Mrs Barry; Comic Muse-Mrs Abington; Also: Hurst, Wheeler, Castle, Waldron, Wright, Keen, Clough, Hartry, Messink, Booth, J. Burton, Master Cape, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love; Dancing-; Singing- New Dresses, Scenes; Music by Dibdin (Genest, V, 256, and Winston MS 10). See Three Plays by David Garrick, Elisabeth P. Stein (New York, 1926). Music by Dibdin (Genest, V, 256, and Winston MS 10). See Three Plays by David Garrick, Elisabeth P. Stein (New York, 1926).
Cast
Role: Benedict Actor: Garrick

7273
14 October 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Man And Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Entertainment: As17691010

7274
28 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Player Queen Actor: Mrs Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Benedict Actor: Garrick

7275
04 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Bensley, first time; Bajazet-Smith; Axalla-Perry; Dervise-Hull; Moneses-Wroughton; Omar-Morris; Stratocles-Gardner; Hali-Davis; Prince of Tanais-R. Smith; Selima-Mrs Mattocks; Arpasia-Mrs Bellamy; With the Usual Prologue-Wroughton; and the Original Song To Thee O Gentle Sleep!-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Tamerlane Actor: Bensley, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin