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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.

3226
17 May 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: With an Addition of an entire New Scene and several Songs. Tickets for 8 May taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Penelope

Dance: Between Acts: Dancing-

3227
01 June 1728 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admetus

Performance Comment: Advertised in Daily Courant, 31 May, not later.

3228
04 January 1729 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: LL. Granom's Weekly Concerts of Musick. [To begin this day. Each subscriber may have two printed tickets for each night for ladies only at a half guinea for the two tickets. At 7 p.m. To be continued on Saturdays.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

3229
11 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [T+The Necromancer, not advertised, may have been given as an afterpiece, as the Daily Journal, 12 Feb., states that the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina saw it as part of the program.] Receipts: #68 15s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 113 paid and 30 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 164 paid and 17 orders; slips, 7 paid and 12 orders; first gallery, 117 paid and 4 orders; second, 123 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

3230
09 April 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Afterpiece: With several Alterations. N.B. In order to make the Songs more intelligible, Books are printed and may be had at the Theatre. Receipts: money #35 13s.; tickets #95 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera

3231
22 January 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: This performance, though announced, may not have been given. The next advertisement of it on 2 Feb. 1730 has the heading: Never Acted but Once

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Love

3232
16 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts. #95 5s. 6d. The Run of Perseus and Andromeda...having postpon'd the Acting of the Tragedy of Merope, this is to inform such Persons who have taken Tickets of the Author, that the same may be return'd; or will be taken when the aforesaid Tragedy is acted the ensuing Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

3233
15 February 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With New Habits. Afterpiece: A new Comic Opera. [Author unknown. It may be a reworking of John Mottley's The Craftsman, a farce.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Craftsman

3234
08 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Tickets to the Tune of Mad Robin may be had at Leveridge's House, Tavistock-street. Receipts: money #54 2s. 6d.; tickets #127 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Song: I: Since Times are so Bad (Henry Purcell)-Leveridge, Salway; III: A Dialogue of Ballad Tunes-Leveridge, Mrs Wright; V: Chancon a Boire-Leveridge, Legar

Dance: II: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Legar; IV: Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour

3235
25 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilcocks, Mines, and Widow Gardiner. Receipts: money #6 6s., tickets #103 11s. Daily Post, 25 May: We hear, that when His Majesty removes to Hampton-Court, the Theatre in that Palace will be open'd, and Plays acted by the King's Company of Comedians

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Last new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit

3236
23 July 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction, and eminent Merchants of the City of London. Tickets for The Devil to Pay and The Triumphs of Love and Honour, whatever Date they may bear, will be taken on the Authors Nights, and both the Play and Opera will be perform'd with all convenient Expedition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Bayes's Opera

Music: In mainpiece: By Desire, a Piece of Musick by Signior Vivaldi, call'd The Cuckow-Charke, others

3237
15 May 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [Author not known. Apparently not published..] By the Desire of all well-disposed People. All which may be seen by as many as please, in the Boxes for 5s., in the Pit for 3s., but, if they are ambitious and have a mind to mount aloft in the Gallery, out of particular Favour, they shall be admitted for 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquet's Surrender; Or, The Humorous Punster

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: With the much admired Fairy Song-Mrs Pullen

3238
16 February 1733 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The new Oratorio. [Music by William DeFesch. Text by William Huggins.] The printed Books of the Opera may be had at the Theatre only, price 1s. The Composer humbly hopes the Disappointment the Town met with by its being postpon'd, will be in no means inputed to him, it being occasioned by such an Accident as any one might unfortunately fall under, that of the Misconduct and pretended Sickness of Cecilia Young, who had ingaged for the Part of Judith. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judith

3239
07 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part Ii

Performance Comment: Daily Post missing, but Daily Advertiser, 5 May, lists cast As17321019, but Silence-Miller; Feeble-Griffin.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Daphne

Dance: In I of Afterpiece: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

Ballet: In II: A Comic Rural Ballad called The Country Revels. Colin-Essex; Phoebe-Mrs Booth; Yeomen-Lally, Haughton; Yeomen's Wives-Miss Mears, Mrs Walter; Peasants-Lally Jr, F. Tench, Davenport; Peasant Women-Mrs Delorme, Miss Mann, Miss Price

Music: Concerto on the Violin-Charke; Music for two Vox Humanes, a new Invented Instrument-

3240
10 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: Jaffier-W. Mills; Pierre-Mills; Priuli-Boman; Belvidera-Mrs Horton; Renault-Roberts (Daily Advertiser, 3 May; Daily Post missing). Daily Post missing).

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

3241
24 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Daily Advertiser, 17 May, lists: Marplot-Miller; Sir George-W. Mills; Miranda-Mrs Booth; Sir Jealous-Shepard; Charles-A. Hallam; Whisper-Mullart; Isabinda-Miss Holliday; Patch-Mrs Mullart; Scentwell-Miss Atherton; Sir Francis-Griffin (Daily Post missing).

Afterpiece Title: The Country Revels

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun

3242
30 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 30 May: Some of the Patentees of [dl] having thought fit, at Midnight on Saturday last, to give a very extraordinary Instance of the Wisdom and Justice of their Conduct, and of their Capacity for the Management they had undertaken, did also in Justification of their Proceedings, publish and disperse on Monday last, a printed Paper, containing several unjust and false Suggestions and Misrepresentations almost in every Particular, of their own Conduct, and the Case and Intention of the present Company of Comedians, who, in humble Duty...do intend very speedily by plain Matters of Fact, to set the whole affair in a just and clear Light. [See 4 June for a statement by the Patentees.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

3243
04 June 1733 @ Chelsea

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 26 May: We hear from Chelsea, that on Monday the 4th of June next, a Company of Comedians from the Theatre in Drury-Lane will open with the Recruiting Officer, and continue playing during the Summer Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

3244
16 November 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: London Evening Post, 17 Nov.: Yesterday the Court of King's Bench granted a Habeas Corpus, directing the Keeper of Tothill-Fields Bridewell, to bring up the Body of John Harper, one of the Haymarket Comedians; and he is accordingly to be brought up on Monday next . . . that he may be admitted to Bail

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Dance: As17331115

3245
26 April 1734 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Rochetti. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. N.B. The breaking his Leg having render'd him incapable of attending his Friends and Benefactors as he ought to do, he hopes, the so justly celebrated English Good Nature will regard him at this time. [This performance may have been dismissed.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: II: By Malter and Mlle Salle. III: The Nassau, as17340117 V: By Malter and Mlle Salle

Song: I and IV: By Rochetti

3246
29 April 1734 @ James Street

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 29 April: [See 22 April] They are this Evening to Act the Fatal Extravagance, and the Devil to Pay, as may be seen by their Bills, which I observe they have printed on blue Paper, on purpose to be more conspicuous. I am well assur'd if the curious Part of the Town were once to see them perform, they would need no other Invitation to frequent their House, but to be advertis'd of the Plays, and Days, on which they were to Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

3247
20 May 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 20 May: A mad Company of Comedians having lately taken the Hay-market Theatre, propose to convert it into a Mad-house, and humbly hope the Town will be as mad as themselves, and come frequently to see their mad Performances. which will be madly exhibited, two or three Times a Week, during the Summer Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

3248
21 May 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Journal, 21 May: We hear that the Mad Company at the Haymarket design to keep up that Character, by performing the Beggar's Opera in Roman Dresses, and exhibiting Hurlothrumbo, in which Mrs Charke attempts the Character of Lord Flame

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

3249
02 September 1734 @ Hampstead

Event Comment: At the Playhouse in Hampstead. Benefit Miss Jones Sr and Jr. N.B. That the Play may be no Hindrance to the Diversion at the Long Room, we shall begin exactly at 6 o'clock, and end about 8

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Dance: Hippisley's Humorous Medley, or Drunken Man

3250
01 October 1734 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote In England

Performance Comment: Don Quixote-Roberts; Sancho Panza-Mullart; Badger-Morgan; Fairlove-Aston; Mayor-Lacy; John-Bencraft; Dorothea-Mrs Mullart; Jezebel-Mrs Steel; Mrs Guzzle-Mrs Egerton; Mrs Sneak-Miss Jones Sr; Miss Sneak-Miss Jones Jr .
Cast
Role: Mayor Actor: Lacy

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance:

Song: Songs proper to the Play. The Pleasant Month of May by a Gentlewoman, who never appeared on any stage before

Performance Comment: The Pleasant Month of May by a Gentlewoman, who never appeared on any stage before .