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16199 results for: Keyword - Mr Vernon</i>-much Applause (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for <span class=
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.

8651
18 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Merryfield, King, Dumay and Curtat. Receipts: #35 16s. (Account Book). Charges #81 10s. Deficit to each #11 12s. 1 1!2d. cover'd by tickets: @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value@Dumay 149 128 81 #64 11s.@King 92 145 71 #51 17s.@Merryfield 136 94 62 #54 6s.@Curtat 71 161 149 #56 16s.@Total 448 528 363 #227 10s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: Minuets, Cotillons-Merryfield, Dumay, King, Curtat, Mrs Invill, Miss Bassan, Miss Matthews, Mrs Hartle; End I Farce: A New Dance-Rudd, his 1st appearance any stage Miss Matthews

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady (with Sixfold Hornpipe). As17740512

8652
19 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell (box keepers). Tickets deliver'd for The Kind Imposter, will be taken. Charges #81 12s. 6d. Deficit to each #24 13s. 3d., cover'd by income from tickets: Green, #111 5s. (Box 389; Pit 78; Gallery 23): Ansell, #124 7s. (Box 362; Pit 195; Gallery 46). Receipts: #32 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: End: The Recruits, as17740513

Cast
Role: A New Comic Dance call'd The Frolick Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon, Miss Besford

8653
20 May 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs P. Green, Hussey and Morris. Last time of performing till the holidays. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each #8 18s. 8d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Green #44 2s. (Box 53; Pit 137; Gallery 103); Hussey, #59 18s. (Box 162; Pit 92; Gallery 56); Morris, #46 19s. (Box 39; Pit 114; Gallery 201). [The Account Book indicates that The Padlock was substituted as the afterpiece at the last minute.] Receipts: #37 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Blurton; IV: A Minuet-Hussey, Mrs Stephens; Cotillons-Hussey, Dumay, King, Curtat, Mrs Inville, Miss Bassan, Miss Matthews, Mrs Hartle, as17740518; End: A Comic Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens, as17740517

8654
26 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Wilson and Palmer. Tickets delivered by Humphreys will be taken. Receipts: #267 13s. Charges: #84. Profits to beneficiaries: #183 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Entertainment: End Opera: Bucks Have at Ye All-Palmer

8655
23 July 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wewitzer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

8656
28 July 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Benefit for DuBellamy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Performance Comment: As17740723 but Vespone, the Old Woman-Bannister (for that night only).

8657
18 August 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Benefit for Piguenit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

8658
19 August 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the author [Dibdin]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: As17740810; End: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

8659
29 August 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Weston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Monologue: Interlude. Piety in Pattens. As 1 June

Entertainment: End I: Imitations, vocal and rhetorical-Bannister; After Interlude: Abel Drugger's Return from the Fete Champetre at Marybone-Weston

Dance: Giorgi's Scholars

8660
05 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell (Treasurer). Afterpiece: For that night only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Song: II: Hunting Song-Brett

Monologue: An InterludePiety in Pattens. As 1 June

Entertainment: After the Interlude: Abel Drugger's return-Weston[, as17740829

8661
05 September 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Event Comment: Benefit for the Waiters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

8662
06 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Monologue: An Interlude,Piety in Pattens. As 1 June, but Mrs Candy-Mrs Love

Entertainment: After the Interlude: Abel Drugger's Return-Weston, as17740829; Imitations-Bannister

Dance: Giorgi's Scholars

8663
22 December 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit towards the establishment of a Fund for the relief of Performers and others retiring from the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; End Opera: The Frolick, as17741214

8664
23 December 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for the Westminster New Lying In Hospital, near Westminster Bridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Song: I: The Favourite Song of Guardian Angels (for this Night only)-Miss Catley; II: The Favourite Duet of Ellen Aroon-Miss Catley, Miss Brown

Dance: End Comedy: The Reel, as17741028

8665
26 January 1775 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for an Increase of a Fund in support of decayed Musicians, or their families

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

8666
16 March 1775 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Rauzzini. Afterpiece: A new Tragic Cantata

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Armida

Afterpiece Title: Piramo E Tisbe

8667
20 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 26 May 1773.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Druids with two New Scenes

Performance Comment: As17750316 but Sig_ Rossignol and "With Alterations to make room for Two Entire New Scenes; The Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as Usual".
Cast
Role: Concerto on A Violin Without Strings Actor: OrchestraWith the Last New Scene, Additional Performances. Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as usual.

8668
21 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Last time of performing it this season. Part of Pit laid into the Boxes where servants will be allowed to keep Places. [See additional performance 25 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin with Additional Songs

Song: End Piece: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms, from the Opera Artaxerxes-Miss Catley

Dance: End Opera: Rural Merriment, as17741209

8669
23 March 1775 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Schindlerini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Armida

Afterpiece Title: Pyramo E Tisbe

Dance: I: Ballet called La Mascherata-Lany, Vallouis, Mlle Baccelli; II: A Grand Chaconne-Mlle Baccelli; End Opera: Heroic Historic Ballet-Lany, Vallouis, Mlle Vallouis, Mlle Bacelli

8670
25 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Tickets deliver'd for the Distress'd Mother will be taken. Positively the last time of Miss Catley's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End Opera: The Frolick, as17741214

8671
27 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Barry. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, perform'd but once. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Tickets deliver'd for The Grecian Daughter will be admitted. Send servants by 4 O'clock. Come early to avoid confusion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward And Eleonora

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End of Tragedy: Rural Merriment, as17741209

8672
28 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: In Act V a New Dance of Forresters Actor: Daguville, Helme.
Role: Adam Actor: Lee, first time for all three these characters

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Performance Comment: As17750121, but Harriet-Miss Brown (first time), for Miss Cately.

Dance: I: The Frolick, as17741214

Entertainment: End Act III: The Cries of London-Shuter; End: an Epilogue, riding on an Ass-Shuter; After the Farce: (by Particular Desire) Observations in his Post Haste Journey to Paris-Shuter (playbill)

8673
30 March 1775 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Lovattini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Ridicoli

Dance: As17750311

8674
01 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Clarke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Cast
Role: Clifford Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Entertainment: Interlude. End: True Blue; or, The Press Gang. Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Baker

Dance: End Interlude: The Merry Sailors, as17741026

8675
03 April 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. Mainpiece: By Desire. Tickets for The Countess of Salisbury will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End Tragedy: The Frolick, as17741214