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We found 14530 matches on Event Comments, 2620 matches on Performance Comments, 638 matches on Performance Title, 35 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Benefit Ford (Numberer) and Gwinn. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #16 2s. 6d.; tickets #123 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: III: French Peasant-Mrs Laguerre; IV: Saraband, Tambourin-Miss Rogers, Scholar to Salle; After I afterpiece: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Song: II: Miss Rogers; V: Mrs Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Bardin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Benefit Thompson, Aston, Widow Atkins. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #22 12s.; tickets #94 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Song: I: Peggy O-Tony Aston; III: The Medley Hodge@Podge-Aston; V: Hold John-Aston; I afterpiece: Mrs Wright

Dance: II: French Clown-Nivelon; IV: Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; End of Farce: Drunken Man-Aston

Event Comment: Benefit Brothers and Sisters of Charles Williams, deceas'd. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Patie and Peggy

Performance Comment: As17301130, but Patie-a young Actor, who never perform'd on any Stage before; Jenny-Miss Oates; Symon-Berry; Margery-_.

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Widow Redfern, Boxkeeper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #7 12s.; tickets #100 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: PPeasant-Nivelon; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan. For the Entertainment of a Foreign Prince. With Scenes, Machines, and Habits, proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba

Song: Singing in Scotch and English-the two Misses Hambleton, who n ever appeared on any Stage before

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence, Warriner, Hughes, Boxkeepers.Receipts: money #5 15s.; tickets #103 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: II: Nivelon; III: Last new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; IV: Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Waghorne. 6 p.m. 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Bullock, in Confinement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Thomas
Role: Foresight Actor: Barden

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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Event Comment: Benefit Smith. [The bill contains a summary of the plot, and adds: Plays are like Mirror, made for Men to see How bad they are; how good they ought to be. Cowly.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wilson. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. At the New Theatre on Wind-mill Hill. Pit and Boxes laid together by Desire at 2s. each

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Calista-Mrs Wilson; Lothario-a young Gentleman of Exchange Alley for his Diversion.
Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: Miss Raftor

Event Comment: Benefit Waghorne. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Where an Violin Solo-eminent Master; Six select Opera Songs-Lady, who never sung in Publick in England

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality.Daily Journal, 9 July: We hear that a Play-house is to be erected on Hampton-Green, will all Expedition, for acting Plays for the Entertainment of the Royal Family

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song:

Music: As17310625

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Mainpiece: a New Play of Three Acts. [By Thomas Cooke.] At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of Love And Honour

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Papillion. 6 p.m. At the Swan Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocals-Gentleman, Papillion

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Odell. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks Or The Yeoman Of Kent

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: Eaton, Miss Sandham

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Excell. At the Sun Tavern behind the Royal Exchange. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction, and Eminent Merchants of the City of London

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Event Comment: Benefit the Daughter of a Decay's Merchant. Receipts: money #36 10s., 6d.; tickets #42 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit John Roberts, now Confin'd in the Fleet Prison. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injurd Innocence

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman who has wrote for the Stage. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #64 7s. 6d.; tickets #134 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [Prince and Princess Royal present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injurd Innocence

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman in Distress. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Blanford Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: