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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.

626
08 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: End I: Milk Maids Dance with Garlands-; III: Nivelon, Poitier, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Song: I: The Milk Maid's Song-Miss Warren; II: In the Pleasant Month of May-; L'Amorche Peste Sento-; IV: Gently Touch the Warbling Lyre, Si Caro Cara Si-Miss Warren; V: Fie Ho-Salway, Miss Warren

627
11 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Song: TThe Merry Month of May, Ye Nymphs and Sylvan Gods-Miss Warren

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Milk Maids Dance-Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

628
16 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Song: GGently Touch the Warbling Lyre, The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; No Kissing At All-Leveridge, Salway; Dialogue-Salway, Miss Warren

Dance: PPastoral-Glover, Mrs Legare; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

629
29 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Song: End I: The Milk Maid's Song-Miss Warren; II: In the Pleasant Month of May, Si Caro-Miss Warren; IV: The Cobler-Leveridge

Dance: I: Milk Maid's Dance-; III: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

630
30 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: End I: The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; IV: L'Amorche Parte Sento-Miss Warren

Dance: I: Milkmaids' Dance-; II: A new Dance to the Tune of Tamo Tanto-Miss LaTour; III: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; V: Pastoral Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre

631
25 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Successful Strangers

Song: End II: In the Pleasant Month of May-Miss Warren; In IV: Salway; V: Miss Warren

Dance: III: Scottish Dance-Smith, Mrs Ogden; V: Miss LaTour

632
01 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: End I: Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Miss Wherrit; III: Flag Dance-Nivelon; IV: Tollet's Grounds-Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; V: Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon

Song: II: Now the Men and the Maids are Making of Hay-Leveridge, Salway; IV: The Merry Month of May-Miss Rogers, the Lilliputian Lucy

633
01 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Music: II: The Cuckow Concerto by Eversman

Dance: III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Scot's Dance by Mrs Bullock

Song: V: A new humorous dialogue, The May Morning's Adventure, by Jenkins and Miss Gerrard; in it The Milk-Pail Dance

634
01 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: The Drunken Peasant, as17590430 The Milkmaid's Holiday, with substitle The Humours of May-Day, as17590421

635
16 April 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance call'd The May Day Morning, or Fingalian Dance , the Lass-Miss Dawson; End: By Particular Desire a Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

636
21 April 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17601121, but Richard-Sheridan; Buckingham-Bransby; Lord Mayor-Philips.
Cast
Role: Lord Mayor Actor: Philips.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: T+The May Day Morning Fingalian Dance, as17610416

Song: By Particular Desire, the Mimic Comic Opera Song-Mrs Clive

637
17 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Dance: I: The English Gardeners, as17691206

Entertainment: End: Bucks have at ye all-Palmer

Ballet: IV: A New Medley Dance (1st time) call'd the May Day Garland. Tinker-Atkins; Housemaid-Mrs King

638
18 May 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Song: End: A Hunting Song-Kear

Ballet: IV: The May Day Garland. As17700517

639
20 April 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Schiava

Dance: End I: New Minuet-Simonet (1st appearance this season), Mme Simonet; a Cossaque, as now danced at the Court of Versailles (the music by Gluck)-; End II: The Serenade Interrupted (composed by Simonet)-; in which a Pas de Deux-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli (the music by Noferi); End Opera: The Female Warriors- (composed by Simonet), which the Author hopes will meet with the satisfaction of the Nobility and Gentry, and the Ladies in particular, as this is intended to shew that the Fair Sex may with success improve in that kind of Exercise that seems confined only to the Men. The Ballets will be executed entirely by principal Dancers

640
08 May 1783 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Dance: End of Act II Les Ruses de l'Amour (performers not listed, but see17830501), in which two Pas de Deux, as17830501, Sequedilla and Fandango, as17830410, and a Minuet and Gavotte, of her own composing, by Mlle Theodore; End of Opera an entire new Ballet, Tragi-Comic, La Dame Bienfaisante (performers not listed) [Public Advertiser, 10 May: composed by Lepicq], the story taken from a French Opera, the music by Floquet, with two Pas Seuls, as17830410

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

641
30 March 1784 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Knights

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: End of mainpiece September the Thirteenth proud Bourbon may mourn, from Gretna Green (composed by Dr Arnold) by Bannister

642
11 February 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Music That Was Selected For The Commemoration Of Handel In Westminster Abbey And The Pantheon The 26th And 27th Of May 1784

643
10 March 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption selected From The Great And Favourite Works Of Handel That Were Performed At His Commemorations In Westminster Abbey And At The Pantheon on 26 And 27 May 1784

644
23 February 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption 0 selected From The Great And Favourite Works Of handel That Were Performed At His commemoration In Westminster Abbeyv And At The pantheon on 26 And 27 May 1784

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 1

645
08 February 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption 0 selected From The Great And Favoprite Works Of handel That Were Performed At His commemoration In Westminster Abbeyv And At The pantheon on 26 And 27 May 1784

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 1

Music: End II: a new concerto on the hautboy-Parke

646
27 June 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Son in law

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Cast
Role: Mayor Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Mayoress Actor: Mrs Webb

Dance: End 1st piece: a new Comic Dance, January and May-Byrn, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin

647
05 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tit For Tat

Afterpiece Title: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

Cast
Role: Mayor Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Mayoress Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Gnome or Harlequin Underground

Dance: End 1st piece: January and May-[see17880627

648
06 March 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0 of Sacred Music From The Works Of handel Chiefly Performed At westminster abbey At The handel Commemoration 26 May 1784 Messiah

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation Anthem God save the King

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Music: End II: concerto on the violin-Mme Gautherot

649
26 February 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Redemption A Sacred Oratorio Selected From The Great And Favourite Works Of handel That Were Performed At His Commemoration In westminster abbey And At The pantheon On 26 And 27 May 1784 0 Messiah

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 1

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 2

Afterpiece Title: Redemption 3

Music: As17900219

650
03 June 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Song: End I afterpiece: Tho' Bacchus may boast (composed by Shield)-Duffey; End II: Mad Tom (composed by Purcell)-Duffey