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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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 for Philips and Mrs Cowper. Tickets deliver'd by Jefferson, Dennison, Ward, and Mrs Wright will be taken. Buck in the afterpiece being by Particular Desire, and the last time of his performing it this season. Tickets of Philips at his house in Martlet Court, Bow St., Covent Garden; of Mrs Cowper, at Fryer's, Hosier, corner of James St., Long-Acre. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: IV: The Pierrot's Dance-Dennison, Granier; V: A Punch Dance-Dennison

Event Comment: Benefit for Lacey & Miss Thomas (Cross). Tickets deliver'd by Clough, G. Burton, and Mrs Addison will be taken. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Event Comment: Benefit for White, Treasurer. No building on stage. Particular care will be taken to prevent any tickets sold at the doors of the theatre being admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: AA Peasant Dance-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; The Italian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mills. Tickets deliver'd out by Taswell and Morris will be taken. Tickets of Mrs Mills at her lodgings at Gardyner's a Printer, in Russel St., and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Song: I: The School of Anacreon-Beard; IV: A Ballad-Beard

Dance: II: Country Amusements, as17540416 III: The Drunken Peasant-Morris; the Clown-Shawford; V: A Hornpipe-Morris

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall and Mrs Dunstall. Mainpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 25 Jan. 1751.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Dunstall, 1st time; Ford-Ryan; Page-Ridout; Fenton-Gibson; Shallow-Collins; Caius-Stoppelaer; Slender-Bennet; Rugby-C. Smith; Evans-Arthur; Mrs Page-Mrs Barrington; Anne Page-Mrs Baker; Simple-Bencraft; Robin-Miss Mullart; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Pitt; Pistol-Cushing; Nym-Holtom; Bardolph-Wignel; Host-Marten; Mrs Ford-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Ford Actor: Ryan
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120; Les Taileurs, as17531210

Event Comment: Benefit for Stevens, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Pitt. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Jenny Bright as the Day-Mrs Chambers; IV: The Favourite Dialogue of No Never-Legg, Mrs Chambers

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Scrase, Vaughan, and the Sub-Treasurer [Boutcher]. Receipts: #202 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Event Comment: Benefit for Marten, Stoppelaer, Mme Gondou. Particular care will be taken to prevent tickets sold at the doors being taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120; Dutch Dance, as17531018

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Last time of performing it this season. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Event Comment: Benefit for Vanneschi, manager of Operas (Larpent MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Attilio Regolo

Event Comment: Benefit for Dickenson and Ackman. [Dickenson was First-Gallery Office-keeper.] Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: III: Miss Thomas

Dance: II: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; IV: A Hornpipe to the tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Anderson, Cushing, and Wignell. Mainpiece. Not acted these 8 years. [See 26 March 1748.] No building on Stage. Particular care will be taken to prevent tickets sold at the doors being admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Smith, 1st time; Sir Sampson-Dunstall; Scandal-Anderson; Tattle-Dyer; Ben-Cushing; Foresight-Arthur; Jeremy-Wignel; Trapland-Collins; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Elmy; Mrs Frail-Mrs Barrington; Miss Prue-Mrs Baker; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Jenny-Miss Cockayne; Angelica-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Arthur
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Elmy

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: I: Favourite Dialogue No Never-Lowe, Mrs Chambers; III: If Love's a Sweet Passion-Mrs Chambers

Dance: DDutch Dance, as17531018

Event Comment: Benefit for Raftor, Mozeen and Wilder. That this Entertainment may be perform'd with the proper scenes and Decorations, there will be no building on the Stage. Receipts. #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Taswell
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The London Prentice

Dance: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504

Event Comment: Benefit for Redman, Paddick, White and Desse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennett, Reed, R. Smith. No Building on Stage. [The usual notice about fraudulent tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: I: No Never-Lowe, Mrs Chambers; III: Song-Mrs Chambers

Dance: V: Dutch Dance, as17531018

Event Comment: Benefit for Harrison, Sturt, Bullbrick, Rooker. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Harrison

Song: IV: Miss Thomas

Event Comment: Benefit for Parr, Berrisford, Robinson and Goodwin. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: I: A Ballad (by Desire)-Beard; IV: Song-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for the Box-Keepers Evans and Plummer. [Usual notice about fraudulent tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: DDutch Dance, as17531018

Entertainment: EEpilogue Riding on an Ass-Shuter

Event Comment: Benefit for Foley and Veil. Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Song: II, IV: Singing-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Driscol, Barnard, Prince, Ross, Trott (Lobby Door-keeper). Tickets deliver'd by Wilford, Browse and others will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Gray, Dunbar, Smith and Broad. Receipts: #223 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Dance: II: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504

Event Comment: Benefit for the Box-Keepers Condell and Green. [Care taken about fraudulent tickets.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Wives Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: I: No Never-Lowe, Mrs Chambers; III: If Love's a Sweet Passion-Mrs Chambers

Dance: DDutch Dance, as17531018

Event Comment: Benefit for Tomlingson, Baker & 4 more (Cross). [Bride, Robinson, Palmer, Walker.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; IV: Hornpipe-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for the Box-Keepers, Lawrence and Vaughan. Mainpiece: Acted but once these seven years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Miss Thomas

Dance: IV: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker