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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.

4176
10 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Betterton. 1st piece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 22 May 1797]. Receipts: #206 15s. (89.10; 5.15; tickets: 111.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Afterpiece Title: The Soldier's Festival

Entertainment: Vaudeville. End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Whims & Fancies[; or, +Patches from Harlequin's Jacket (an Entertainment, both Serious and Comic, selected from the best Authors)-Betterton; The Bull and Boat[; or, +Law! Law! Law!-; The Snug [i.e. Tight] Little Island-Townsend

4177
14 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Kelly. 1st ballet [1st time]: Composed by D'Egville. By permission of the Proprietors of the Opera House. With their [the Peruvians'] Religious Ceremonies, Processions, &c. Morning Chronicle, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Kelly, No. 9, New Lisle-street, Leicester-square. Receipts: #596 2s. 6d. (306.0.6; 51.8.0; 4.15.0; tickets: 233.19.0) (charge: #207 6s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Dance: End I: Telasco and Amgahi ; or, The Peruvian Nuptials. Principal Characters-Didelot, Laborie, Deshayes, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mme Hilligsberg; Pas de Quatre-Deshayes, Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot

Ballet: End Opera: Atalante and Hyppomenus; or, The Foot Race. Grecian Princes Hyppomenus-Deshayes; Pelus-Didelot; Adrastus-Laborie; Atalante-Mlle Parisot; Sererine (nymph of the Woods)-Mlle J. Hilligsberg; Zelie (nymph of the Woods)-Mlle J. Hilligsberg; Zelie (nymph of the Woods)-Mme Laborie; Clitie (nymph of the Woods)-Mme Hilligsberg; Shepherdesses Mlles D'Egville, Denis, B.? Denis, Lupini, Cranfield; Nymphs of the Woods, Fauns, Shepherds-The whole corps de Ballet; In which the favourite Skipping@rope Pas de Deux-Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg

4178
15 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [On this night an unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate the King. As he entered his box he was shot at by James Hadfield, who was in the pit. The royal family remained in the theatre throughout the performance, during which God save the King was sung on four different occasions. Hadfield was subsequently adjudged insane. See Gentleman's Magazine, May 1800, pp. 478-80.] Receipts: #438 13s. 6d. (345.15.6; 87.9.0; 5.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

4179
15 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Townsend. Morning Chronicle, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Townsend, No. 127, Strand. Receipts: #375 15s. (77.14.0; 2.17.6; tickets: 295.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Afterpiece Title: St

Song: End I 1st piece: song-Master Gray; End I 2nd piece: Time has not thin'd my flowing Hair-Incledon, Townsend; End 2nd piece: This Life is like a Country Dance-Fawcett; The Advantage of Toping-Townsend; Fat Dolly the Cook-Munden; The Anchor Smiths-Townsend

Entertainment: Imitations End I 1st piece: a Few Select Imitations-Townsend

4180
19 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Powell. Morning Chronicle, 14 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Powell, No. 6, Craven-street, Strand. Receipts: #352 3s. 6d. (79.14.6; 68.14.0; 2.14.6; tickets: 201.0.6) (charge: #214 12s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

4181
20 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett. Account-Book; Suett to have a Moiety of his tickets over #105. Morning Chronicle, 19 May: Tickets to be had of Suett, No. 21, King-street, Bloomsbury-square. Receipts: #588 18s. (359.17.6; 38.13.0; 2.2.0; tickets] 188.5.6) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pizarro

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: As17991228

4182
20 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Egerson [formerly Mrs Higginson]. Morning Chronicle, 24 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Egerson, No. 79, Lower Gower-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #263 5s. (125.9.6; 5.18.6; tickets: 131.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Song: End II: A New Hunting Song- (never [previously] performed, composed by Davy); End III: Sally in our Alley-Incledon; End: The Red Cross Knight, as18000426; End I afterpiece: The Sailor's Journal-Incledon

4183
21 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore and Wathen. Morning Chronicle, 12 May: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, No. 20, Judd Place, West, Somers Town; of Wathen, No. 4, Park-row, Knightsbridge. Receipts: #148 (84.18.6; 59.8.6; 3.13.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #218 12s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17991202, but Saundy-_; Donald-_

Entertainment: In which a Trial of Skill, in the exercise of the Austrian and Highland Broadsword-Nine of the First Swordsmen in this Kingdom

4184
22 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Biggs. Morning Chronicle, 12 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Biggs, No. 17, Charles-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #247 2s. 6d. (92.4.6; 62.4.0; 5.4.0; tickets: 87.10.0) (charge: #229 10s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Indiscretion

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

4185
23 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss DeCamp. Morning Chronicle, 10 May: Tickets to be had of Miss DeCamp, No. 14, Tottenham-court-road. Receipts: #431 9s. (143.8.6; 82.12.0; 2.5.0; tickets: 203.3.6) (charge: #217 8s. 2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Song: In afterpiece: The Blue Bell of Scotland, as18000512; accompanied on the Lute, as18000512; II: song-Master Suett

4186
26 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Fosbrook, box-book and housekeeper. [Afterpiece in place of The Sultan, advertised on playbill of 24 May.] Receipts: #508 4s. (104.0.0; 51.1.9; 5.7.0; tickets: 346.17.6) (charge: #215 4s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17991202

4187
30 May 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer and Caulfield. [In 3rd piece the playbill retains Miss DeCamp as Fanny, but "Miss DeCamp being reported ill during the representation of [1st piece], the part of Fanny, in the Entertainment, was undertaken, at a moment's notice, by Miss Heard, [who]...studying the character, scene by scene, acted the part to general satisfaction, which was announced merely to be read" (Dramatic Censor, II, 232).] Morning Chronicle, 19 May: Tickets to be had of Caulfield, No. 6, Southampton-place, Tottenham-court-road [Palmer not listed]. Receipts: #194 1s. 6d. (120.10.0; 66.10.6; 7.1.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #212 4s. 7d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Performance Comment: As18000428, but added: Apewell (with some favorite Imitations)-Caulfield; The Lord Mayor's Show-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Song: In: The Blue Bell of Scotland, as18000512; accompanied on the Lute, as18000512; In course Evening: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland; In 3rd piece: a new ballad, The Fisherman and the River Queen (Written and Composed by M. G. Lewis, Esq, M. P., Author of Crazy Jane.)-Mrs Bland

4188
30 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield. Morning Chronicle, 17 May: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 10, Clifford's Inn. Receipts: #353 19s. (52.11; 3.2; tickets: 298.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia

Song: End I: The Sailor's Journal-Incledon; In course Evening: Young William was a seaman true-Incledon; All get drunk together-Townsend; United Englishmen-Munden; The Anchor Smiths-Townsend

4189
03 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire of His Excellency The Turkish Ambassador [Ismail Ferrouh Effendi]. Benefit for Miss Leak. ["His Excellency never made his appearance during the whole evening" (Dramatic Censor, II, 238).] Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Morning Chronicle, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Leak, Upper Mews-gate, Castle-street. Receipts: #445 9s. (101.11; 64.1; 2.14; tickets: 277.3) (charge: #212 3s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Song: End: a new song (composed by Dr Arnold,)-Miss Leak; accompanied on the Tamborine-Miss Leak

Ballet: After Singing: The Scotch Ghost. As17991202

4190
04 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum. Morning Chronicle, 28 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, No. 23, New North-street, Red Lion-square. Receipts: #628 0s. 6d. (92.5.6; 41.1.6; 8.11.0; tickets: 486.2.6) (charge: #70 7s. 11d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

4191
05 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Trueman. [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Walcot as Mrs Heidelberg, but "An apology was made on behalf of Mrs Walcot, in whose stead the papt of Mrs Heidelberg was ably sustained by Mrs Sparks" (Dramatic Censor, II, 243. As afterpiece the playbill announces Three Weeks after Marriage, but "Mrs Jordan happening, like other great performers, to be taken ill (it is wonderful how much great actors and actresses are subject to sudden indisposition!) Trueman was under the necessity of subsituting The Prize for the afterpiece" (ibid, p. 244).] Morning Chronicle, 30 May: Tickets to be had of Trueman, No. 38, Norfolk-street, Strand. Receipts: #127 8s. (70.6; 55.6; 1.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #201 2s. 2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Song: End: Strike the Harp-Master Suett, Master Heather, Danby; with an accompaniment of Piano Forte-; [a New Loyal Song Secure within her sea@girt Reign [(Dramatic Censor, II, 243)] (written by Dutton and composed by Moorehead,)-Trueman; End IV: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland

4192
06 June 1800 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Crouch. [Miss Jacobs, who had previously appeared at this theatre as a chorus singer, is identified in MS list in Kemble playbills of new performers for this season. Afterpiece in place of The Pannel, advertised on playbill of 5 June.] Morning Chronicle, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Crouch, No. 9, New Lisle-street, Leicester-square. Receipts: #520 16s. 6d. (233.11.0; 60.19.6; 0.4.0; tickets: 226.2.0) (charge: #213 0s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Belgrade

Afterpiece Title: Of Age To-morrow

Song: III: a new song (composed by Kelly)-Mme Bolla

4193
16 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Humane Society. A new grand Commemorative Oratorio [1st time; in two parts], as originally performed by Busby, in aid of the Fund for the Naval Pillar, including the new Music [by Busby: Song and Chorus, From where the sun; Song, To thy brave sons; Recitative and Song, Peace to the soul, Around the ever-honoured urn], introduced in the Grand National Concert, performed the 28th of May, at the Opera House. Leader of the Band-Cramer. Organ-Russell. The performance to be conducted by Busby, who will preside at the Piano Forte. Tickets, at playhouse prices, to be had at all the principal music shops...and of Busby, No. 9, China Terrace, Vauxhall Road. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00. "The words [of Part I] are taken entirely from Gray's well-known Pindaric Ode, The Progress of Poesy," with six introductory lines written by John Gretton andthe concluding stanzas by Thomas Dutton; the text of Part II by Gretton (Dramatic Censor, II, 285-86)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Britannia

4194
16 October 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

4195
20 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Bush

4196
22 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traitor

4197
04 January 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

4198
08 January 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow

4199
19 March 1661 @ Salisbury Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

4200
26 March 1661 @ Salisbury Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman