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7131 results for: Keyword - Mr Benj. May
We found 5678 matches on Event Comments, 1309 matches on Performance Comments, 607 matches on Performance Title, 19 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3151
15 May 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Gasperini. [It is uncertain on which date this performance occurred. It is advertised in Daily Courant, 13 May, for the 15th; but a playbill with essentially the same offerings for the eighteenth is reproduced in Thaler, facing p. 262.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Music: Gasperini, Paisible

Dance: DuRuel

Song: Mrs Campion

3152
21 May 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Johnson. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the Famous Ben. Johnson. [First announced for 19 May-see a playbill in the British Museum (Press Mark 11795 g 19)--it was deferred by the "extream hot Weather."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

3153
09 May 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Genest, II, 309, lists Don John; or, The Libertine Destroy'd, probably as a mistake for 1 May

Performances

3154
18 May 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Betterton. [Genest, II, 309, lists this for 16 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , to be expressed in the large Bills-

3155
20 October 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mrs Mosse may well have been the dancer advertised in 1703-4 as the Devonshire Girl.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew; Or, Sawny The Scot

Dance: Country Farmer's Daughter, Highland Lilt-Mrs Mosse; Whip of Dunboyn, an Irish Humour-Claxton, her Master

3156
30 April 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. With the proper Scenes belonging to the Music. It being the last time of Acting till after May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song: As17050410 particularly the Frost Music in Act IV of King Arthur, composed by Henry Purcell-

Dance: As17050303

3157
May 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [By Mary Griffith Pix. Date of premiere unknown. Downes (p. 48) states that it was acted at the beginning of May 1705 and that it expired on the sixth day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of Spain

3158
03 March 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Moore. [This performance may have been deferred; see 6 and 17 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Leveridge, others

Music: Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Miss Santlow, others

3159
13 May 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [in Daily Courant, 7 May, Thomyris had been advertised by subscription for Saturday 10 and Thursday 15 at two guineas for three tickets on each day, the number not to exceed 420 in the front boxes, side boxes, and pit, all to be laid together.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Thomyris, Queen Of Scythia

3160
15 November 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. All Sung after the Italian manner. [in Post Boy, 13-15 Nov., a notice states: "Whereas the Names of Mrs Margarita del'Epine and Mrs Tofts, are mention'd in the Bills for the Opera of Camilla, as if they were to perform the parts of Prenesto and Camilla...That the Publick may not be impos'd upon, This is to give Notice, that the same is done without their Consent; and that they do not intend to perform; there being no Articles of Agreement between them and the Managers...who have of late declin'd coming to any with them."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: Between the Acts:

3161
01 May 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Being the last time of Acting till after May-Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

3162
24 February 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Wilks. [According to Baggs, Wilks cleared #90 14s. 9d. at his benefit, and the receipts may have been #176 2s. 1 1!2d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

3163
02 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Thurmond. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [See also Tatler, 3 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

3164
10 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Fairbank. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [See also Tatler, 12 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

3165
11 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the famous Ben. Johnson. [See also Tatler, 12 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

3166
24 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Finch and Mrs Kent. See also Tatler, 24 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

3167
27 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the famous Ben. Johnson. [See also Tatler, 28 May.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

3168
28 May 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Pix's Executor. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by the Author of a Comedy call'd, The Gamester. [A similar announcement in Post Boy, 26-28 May, adds: "the greatest part of which said Comedy (The Busy Body), and also that of the Gamester, was wrote by the said Mrs Pix."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

3169
12 May 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Underhill [in Daily Courant, 11 May, that Ancient Comedian Cave Underhill." In the same issue Ventoso had been advertised as by a Gentleman for his first appearance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

3170
16 May 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Martin and Cartwright; [in Daily Courant, 13 May, Cartwright is gallery doorkeeper]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

3171
17 May 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 12 May, but not later, two afterpieces-The Walking Statue and (new) The Twin Venturers-had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caius Marius

3172
19 May 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission prices as 7 April. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. The Water Scene as 16 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Clotilda

3173
23 May 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: Admission charges as 7 April. Water Scene as 16 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Clotilda

3174
26 May 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Admission prices as 7 April. Water Scene as 16 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

3175
29 May 1711 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: As 24 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: As17110524