SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Vernon much Applause Hopkins Diary Benefit for "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Vernon much Applause Hopkins Diary Benefit for ")') 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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Event Comment: Benefit Bradshaw (Boxkeeper)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17430415 but songs in character specified for-Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: III: Serious Ballet, as17430425 IV: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129

Event Comment: Benefit Fenn (Stage-Door-Keeper), Fuller, Fullwood, and Walker (Numberer)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: New Ballet, as17430502; IV: A New Hussar Dance, as17430425

Music: II: New Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth; V: Concerto on Violin-Piantanida

Song: III: The Noontide Air-Sullivan

Event Comment: Benefit Berkley, Bride, Pritchard, Saunders, and Keisher. Tickets for Lawley, Lathbury, George will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: II: Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan, Walker, Miss Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Forgard Actor: Yates

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: III, IV: Love

Music: V: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; II: a Tambourine-Master Matthews, Miss Wright after the Manner of the Moors

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow and Four Small Children of the late Henry Carey. Tickets at the stage door, or at the Widow Carey's in Cross St., Hatton-Garden; at Langbourn-Ward Coffee House; and of Mrs Suertt, at the Apple Tree in Cold Bath Fields. N.B. The Unfortunate Widow humbly hopes that the Good Nature and Humanity of her Friends will admit her melancholy circumstances, and the shortness of time, as a sufficient excuse for not waiting on them, and continue the favours, formerly shown to her late Husband, to her and her Distress'd Family, being left entirely destitute of any provision

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: n Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd

Event Comment: Benefit a Tradesman under misfortunes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Oxford Actor: Bencraft

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

Event Comment: Benefit for a Gentleman in Misfortune. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Benefit Cunningham. At the Desire of the Hon. Bell Ara Moleck, and the worshipful Fraternity of Free-Masons. A Concert, etc. [customary notice]. Prices 3s., 2s., 1s. Although there was such ill Decorum the last time the Beggar's Opera was exhibited there, particular care will be taken to have it now in the most regular manner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Music: Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Baker

Event Comment: Benefit Monticelli [consequently subscribers not admitted on silver tickets, this night not counting in the 50 nights guaranteed]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Roxana

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abramule Or Love And Empire

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: BBallet-Cooke; Scotch Dance, as17431124

Song: GGenius of England (By particular desire)-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Woffington. Six rows of the pit will be laid into the Boxes, and Boxes will be built on stage. Tickets of Hobson at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. Tickets at his lodgings in Queen's Court, in King St., Covent Garden; and at the Bedford Coffee House in the Great Piazza. Places for the Boxes to be Taken at the stage door of the theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: Muilment, Mrs Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit Smith and a Tradesman under Misfortunes. 6 p.m. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s. Tickets at Ed. Pinchbeck's in Fleet St.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses Or Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Fond Husband or The Intriguing Wife

Song: Blogg, Mrs Freeman

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jun. Tickets for Mrs Chetwood will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Muilment, Mlle Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Charke. 4s., 2s., 1s. Tickets at Mrs Charke's@Stake@and@Soup@House in Drury Lane, near Stuart's Rents

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fair Penitent

Song: Between Acts:

Music: Select Pieces-

Event Comment: Benefit and Increase of a Fund establish'd for the support of Decay'd Musicians or their Families

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Musical Entertainment

Music: Concerto on German Flute-Weideman; Concerto on Violoncello-Caporale; Concerto on Hautboy-T. Vincent; Concerto on Bassoon-Miller

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Giffard. Tickets may be had at her lodgings, James Street, Covent Garden; at the Bedford Coffee House, and places for the boxes may be taken at the Stage Door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Muilment, Mrs Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17440207, but Fair Penitent-Mrs Horton; Sciolto-Stephens; Lothario-a Gentleman (formerly Patentee of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane) [Highmore].Highmore].

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

Song: TTo Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Both pieces By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Song-Beard; To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Reinhold, Bencraft

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124; Dance-Cooke

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Pritchard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124; Dance-Cooke

Song: (BBy Desire) To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Bencraft; Favourite Duette My Faith and Truth, from oratorio Sampson,-Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards

Event Comment: Benefit Cooke. Mainpiece: At the Particular Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Amphitheatre on Stage. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets and places to be had at Cooke's in Great Ormond St., near Queen's Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: I: New Dance-Cooke; III: Grand Ballet-Cooke, Mlle Domitilla; IV: New Serious Dance-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; V: Ball Dance call'd the Louvre, concluding with a Minuet-Cooke, Mrs Domitilla

Event Comment: Benefit Russell. 6:30 p.m. Pit, Boxes, and Gallery 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Musical Entertainment

Music: Concerto on Violoncello-Caporale; Concerto on Violin-Festing; Concerto on Hautboy-Vincent; Concerto on Bassoon-Miller

Event Comment: Benefit Woodward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Ford Actor: Ryan
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: Benefit Picq and Reinhold. Tickets deliver'd out by the Widow Dupre and Mrs Mather will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Song: AA Bacchanalian Two Part Song-Beard, Reinhold

Dance: MMinuet-Picq, a scholar of his