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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Box"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Box")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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8100 results for: Keyword - Mr Box
We found 6775 matches on Event Comments, 1160 matches on Performance Comments, 555 matches on Performance Title, 18 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4001
15 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Rochetti and Mrs Legare. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #24 19s. 6d.; tickets; #114 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 22 by money and 203 by tickets; stage, 8 by money; pit, 14 by money and 318 by tickets; slips, 8 by money; first gallery, 59 by money and 157 by tickets; second gallery, 91 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Song: End I: Mrs Barbier; III: Rochetti; IV: Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: II: A new Ball Dance-Glover, Mrs Legare; V: Grand Dance of Lads and Lasses-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

4002
16 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan and Chapman, the Poet in The Beggar's Opera. Receipts: money #10 2s.; tickets #134 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 8 by money and 198 by tickets; stage, 6 by money; pit, 15 by money and 300 by tickets; first gallery, 12 by money and 299 by tickets; second gallery, 21 by money

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

4003
17 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty-Second Night. Receipts: #134 13s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 190 paid and 31 orders; stage, 19 paid; pit, 270 paid and 8 orders; slips, 32 paid and 6 orders; first gallery, 304 paid and 10 orders; second gallery, 164 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4004
18 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Rowland and Widow Atkins. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #9 9s.; tickets #108 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 13 by money and 200 by tickets; stage, 2 by money; pit, 8 by money and 256 by tickets; first gallery, 15 by money and 200 by tickets; second gallery, 19 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: LL'Amor Che Parte Sento, Gently Touch the Warbling Lyre-Miss Warren; two part Song-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Dutch Burgomaster and His Frow-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

4005
20 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Houghton, Lanyon, Papillon. Receipts: money #13 8s. 6d.; tickets #164 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 14 by money and 279 by tickets; stage, 4 by money; pit, 13 by money and 390 by tickets; slips, 1 by money; first gallery, 22 by money and 361 by tickets; second gallery, 43 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Bedlam

Dance: End I: Fingalian-; II: French Peasants and their Lasses-; III: A new Ball Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; V: Grand Dance of Moors-; Kettle Drums-Poitier

4006
21 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty Third Night. Receipts: #84 11s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 86 paid and 6 orders; stage, 13 paid; pit, 225 paid and 12 orders; slips, 13 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 168 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 147 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4007
23 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Palin. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #5 10s.; tickets #145 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 3 by money and 225 by tickets; stage, 5 by money; pit, 9 by money and 355 by tickets; first gallery, 4 by money and 355 by tickets; second gallery, 16 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Song: new Song-Miss Fenton; The Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Grand Dance of Moors-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour

4008
24 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty Fourth Night. Receipts: #74 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 66 paid and 24 orders; stage, 5 paid; pit, 206 paid and 19 orders; slips, 23 paid and 6 orders; first gallery, 169 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 117 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4009
28 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty Fifth Night. Receipts: #102 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 141 paid and 23 orders; stage, 8 paid; pit, 245 paid and 11 orders; slips, 21 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 185 paid and 17 orders; second gallery, 155 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4010
29 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Widow Redfern, Boxkeepers. Receipts: money #8 19s.; tickets #111 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 1 by money and 158 by tickets; stage, 3 by money; pit, 17 by money and 317 by tickets; first gallery, 12 by money and 248 by Tickets; second gallery, 32 oy money

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

4011
30 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence and Taylor, Boxkeepers. Receipts: money #14 14s.; tickets #90 13s. Probable attendance: boxes, 21 by money and 100 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit, 23 by money and 269 by tickets; slips, 2 by money; first gallery, 26 by money and 253 by tickets; second gallery, 31 by money

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

4012
31 May 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty-Sixth Night. Tickets for A Bold Stroke for a Wife taken. Receipts: #87 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 120 Paid and 11 orders; stage, 7 paid; pit, 211 paid and 15 orders; slips, 17 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 163 paid and 25 orders; second gallery, 9 paid and 2 orders. [Rich's Register also lists #10 18s. in tickets for Mrs Chianova.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4013
04 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty Seventh Night. Receipts: #87 5s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 97 paid and 11 orders; stage, 13 paid; pit, 236 paid and 14 orders; slips, 9 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 142 paid and 15 orders; second gallery, 158 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4014
07 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty Eighth Night. Receipts: #67 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 73 paid and 18 orders; stage, 14 paid; pit, 193 paid and 9 orders; slips, 20 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 106 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 86 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4015
10 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Fifty Ninth Night. Receipts: #53 6s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 47 paid and 16 orders; stage, 7 paid; pit, 122 paid and 13 orders; slips, 15 paid and 10 orders; first gallery, 124 paid and 6 orders; second gallery, 155 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4016
12 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Sixtieth Night. Being the last Time but once of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #68 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 79 paid and 20 orders; stage, 13 paid; pit, 148 paid and 17 orders; slips, 12 paid and 9 orders; first gallery, 146 paid and 15 orders; second gallery, 142 paid and 6 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4017
14 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Sixty First Night. Being the last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #84 11s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 79 paid and 23 orders; stage, 22 paid; pit, 222 paid and 34 orders; slips, 20 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 154 paid and 17 orders; second gallery, 135 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4018
19 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Being positively the last Time of the Company's performing this season. Receipts: #98 17s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 112 paid and 28 orders; stage, 21 paid; pit, 253 paid and 11 orders; slips, 12 paid and 12 orders; first gallery, 191 paid and 11 orders; second gallery, 140 paid and 4 orders. Craftsman, 22 June: To the great Surprize of the Audience, the Part of Polly Peachum was performed by Miss Warren, who was very much applauded; the first Performer being retired, as it is reported, from the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

4019
25 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years. Receipts: #10 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 13 paid and 6 orders; stage, 1 paid; pit, 28 paid and 30 orders; slips, 2 paid; first gallery, 30 paid and 18 orders; second gallery, 20 paid

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

4020
28 June 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #11 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 11 paid and 16 orders; pit, 39 paid and 42 orders; slips, 2 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 24 paid and 33 orders; second gallery, 32 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Successful Strangers

Song: As17280625

Dance: As17280625

4021
02 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #10 15s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 10 paid and 19 orders; stage, 1 paid; pit, 24 paid and 59 orders; slips, 1 paid; first gallery, 36 paid and 28 orders; second gallery, 43 paid and 6 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks; Or, The Yeoman Of Kent

Song: GGenius of England-Salway; Gentle Sighs-Miss Warren

Dance: SSwedish Dal Karle-Smith, Mrs Ogden; Peasant-Eaton, Mrs Anderson

4022
05 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #11 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 10 paid and 36 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 29 paid and 55 orders; slips, 2 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 39 paid and 59 orders; second gallery, 38 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba; Or, Hannibal's Overthrow

Song:

Dance:

4023
12 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 6:30 p.m. Receipts: #21 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 25 paid and 41 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 51 paid and 69 orders; slips, 5 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 78 paid and 61 orders; second gallery, 35 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Song: Several English and Scotch Ballads-Miss Warren

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Eaton, Mrs Anderson

4024
16 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Receipts: #15 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 22 paid and 42 orders; stage, 4 paid; pit, 40 paid and 44 orders; slips, 2 paid; first gallery, 42 paid and 44 orders; second gallery, 27 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Song: As17280712

Dance: As17280712

4025
19 July 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twelve Years. Receipts: #19 14s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 27 paid and 46 orders; pit, 63 paid and 65 orders; slips, 8 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 40 paid and 89 orders; second gallery, 31 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Dance: