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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.

8951
15 April 1779 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Simonet and Mlle Simonet. Tickets to be had of Simonet, No. 5, Dover-street, Piccadilly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zemira E Azore

Dance: II: Ballet by Genii, as17790302 but Pedal Harp-_; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790302End Opera: a new grand Military Pantomime Ballet, La Bravoure des Femmes, in which-Mme Simonet,in the character of Leading Officer, will fight a Duel at Small Sword; The other Principal Parts Mlle Baccelli, Simonet, Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Slingsby; Minuet-Mme Simonet, Mlle Baccelli

8952
16 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Walpole. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Public Advertiser, 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Walpole, No. 15, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #203 19s. 6d. (100.2.0; 15.10.0; 3.15.6; tickets: 84.12.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Lady Fuz Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: End: a Dance-Miss Walpole

8953
19 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. [Mrs Dawes is identified in Kentish Gazette, 19 June and 3 July 1779.] Public Advertiser, 14 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mattocks at his house in Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: Romeo and Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Dance: I: As17781026, but Minuet-Dagueville, Miss Armstrong

Song: Solemn Dirge, as17781026, but Fox, Mrs _Willems

8954
20 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Daly. Public Advertiser, 14 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Daly, No. 8, George-street, York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17781024, but Posthumus-Crawford; Iachimo-Daly.
Cast
Role: Posthumus Actor: Crawford

Afterpiece Title: Midas

8955
21 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bulkley. Mainpiece: With a Medley Overture of favourite Sea Tunes. To conclude with a Representation of the grand Naval Review at Portsmouthv

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Fair Quaker or The Humours of the Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: In Naval Review: Dance of Sailors-Aldridge, others

Song: End Dance: the Air [in The Comedy of Errors see17790122]-Mrs Kennedy

8956
26 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Farce. Receipts: #174 11s. 6d. (100.2.0; 36.5.0; 7.067.0.6; tickets: 31.4.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: Aickin

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17790313

8957
26 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Afterpiece: Never acted here. Public Advertiser, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Quick, No. 151, Drury-lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Dr Last in his Chariot

8958
27 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wilson. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. 3rd piece: Written by D. Garrick, Esq., with Additions. 4th piece [1st time; MF 2, by Charles Stuart]: The Overture and Music chiefly new, by Gehot, and Shield, who composed the music to The Flitch of Bacon. Public Advertiser, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Wilson, No. 2, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. Ibid, 29 Apr. 1779: This Day is published The Cobler of Castlebury (1s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Funeral or Grief a la Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Farmers Return from London

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Castlebury

8959
28 April 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Public Advertiser, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aldridge at the Carpet Warehouse, Covent Garden Piazza

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17781017, but Macheath (for that night only)-Aldridge (1st appearance in a dramatic character); Lockit-Booth; Lucy-Mrs Morton; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt.

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: to conclude with: Country Dance-the characters; End I: new Comic Dance-Langrish, Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings; End II: a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; In III: Hornpipe, as17781212; End I afterpiece: a new Pantomimical Dance, The Sports of the Green-Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Besford, Miss Parish, Miss Valois; in which his celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge

8960
29 April 1779 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Tickets to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 8, Great Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End I: Les Oiseleurs, as17790123; End Opera: New Ballet, as17790227

Ballet: End II: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

8961
01 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Peile. Mainpiece: With the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylonv. Public Advertiser, 22 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Peile, North-street, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Mahon

Afterpiece Title: The Farmers Return from London

Afterpiece Title: Midas

8962
01 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren and Miss Sherry. Tickets delivered by Bidwell, Mrs Pulley, and for The Way of the World will be taken. Public Advertiser, 29 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 14, Catherine Street, Strand; of Miss Sherry, No. 2, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #214 13s. (39.8.0; 15.17.6; 0.12.6; tickets: 158.15.0) (charge: #69 3s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfor't Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: End IV: Tally ho!, as17790413; In afterpiece: Sweet Echo, as17790413

8963
03 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sharp and Mrs Brereton. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Sharp, No. 10, Bow-street; of Mrs Brereton, No. 11, Tavistock-street. Receipts: #133 9s. 6d. (79.13.0; 25.0.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 28.8.0) (charge: #75 9s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17790126, but Mrs Ford-Mrs Brereton (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Brereton
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Song: End IV: Tally ho!, as17790413

8964
03 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild, prompter. Afterpiece: Not acted these 7 years. With a Mock Processionv, and Triumphal Entry of Chrononhotonthologos. Morning Chronicle, 1 May: Tickets to be had of Wild at Pennington's, watch-maker, opposite Broad Court, Drury-Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Wroughton; Aboan-Aickin; Blandford-Hull; Governor-Whitfield; Stanmore-Robson; Captain Driver-Thompson; Daniel-Quick; Charlotte Weldon-Miss Ambrose; Lucy-Mrs Whitfield; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda (for that night only)-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Ballet: End: The Humours of Newmarket; with the Poney Races. Jockeys-Dagueville, Harris, Master Dagueville, Master Holland; Ladies-Miss Ross, Sga Tinte

8965
04 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst and Burton. Public Advertiser, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hurst, No. 368, opposite Norfolk-street, Strand; of Burton, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #194 13s. (54.10.0; 16.5.6; 0.2.6; tickets: 123.15.0) (charge: #66 1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

8966
04 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield and Mrs Morton. Public Advertiser, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 14, New Crown Court, Russel Street, Covent Garden; of Mrs Morton, No. 15, same address

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Comedy of Errors

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Cast
Role: George Belford Actor: Whitfield
Role: Old Belford Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Mahon

Dance: 3rd piece: As17790405; End IV: Hornpipe-Master Davies (scholar to Hurst; 1st appearance in public)

Song: In III: song in character-Mrs Morton

8967
05 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi, ballet-master, and Lamash. The Rivals [announced on playbill of 4 May] is obliged to be deferred on account of Dodd's sudden Illness. Tickets delivered by Kenny, and [for] The Rivals will be taken. Paid Printer [of playbills, weekly throughout season] #9. Public Advertiser, 4 May: Tickets to be had of Grimaldi at his house, No. 125, Holbourn; of Lamash, No. 3, Air-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #175 5s. 6d. (43.10.0; 17.17.6; 0.14.0; tickets: 113.4.0) (charge: #69 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In: Grand Dance, as17781102, but _Henry, Grimaldi, Master +Mills, Miss +Grimaldi

Song: As17790413

8968
07 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Harwood, Thompson & Miss Wright [who had 1st appeared as a singer in the oratorios, 19 Feb.]. Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Harwood at Mrs Powel's, New Nelson-street; of Thompson, No.7, Great Marlborough-street; of Miss Wright, No. 136, Drury-lane. Receipts: #267 4s. (69.5.0; 19.2.6; 0.6.6; tickets: 178.10.0) (charge: #105). The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Mrs Heidelberg Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Song: As17790503

Entertainment: End: Imitations-Bannister Jun

8969
08 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron and Miss Abrams. Morning Chronicle, 6 May: Tickets to be had of Waldron, No. 16, Glanville-street, Rathbone Place; of Miss Abrams, Little Bridges-street. Receipts: #138 5s. (50.10; 22.17; 0.9; tickets: 64.9) (charge: #71 4s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In IV: Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: As17790413

8970
08 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. [For Wright see 13 May. Mrs Sutton was from dl.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Harris, No. 42, Wells-street, Cavendish-square; of Holloway, Newington Butts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Cast
Role: Old Belford Actor: L'Estrange
Role: George Belford Actor: Whitfield

Dance: End II: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; and the Minuet de la Cour-Holloway, Miss Besford; End I afterpiece: New Dance-Harris, Mrs Sutton (1st appearance on that stage); with a New Allemande-

Ballet: End: The Humours of Newmarket. As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford

Performance Comment: As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford.
Cast
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss +Besford.

8971
10 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and house-keeper. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: Amphitryon or The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Monologue: In IV: Masque of Singing and Dancing. Plutus-Reinhold; Wit-Miss Valois

8972
11 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wright and Butler, carpenter. Afterpiece: To conclude with the Scene of the Waterfallv, as it was originally performed. Public Advertiser, 5 May: Tickets to be had of Wright, No. 24, Bennet-street, Westminster; of Butler, next door to the Theatre. Receipts: #267 9s. 6d. (37.11.0; 13.8.6; 0.4.0; tickets: 216.6.0) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performance Comment: Harlequin (for that night only)-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Clown-Grimaldi (1st appearance in that character); Pantaloon-Burn; Lover-Burton; Drunken Valet-Griffiths; Scaramouch-R. Palmer; Country Girls-Mrs Colles, Miss Abrams; Colombine-Miss Collett.

Dance: End II: Hornpipe-Wright

Song: As17790503

8973
12 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #83 1s. (65.5; 16.18; 0.18; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deception

Cast
Role: Welford Actor: Parsons
Role: Lady Varnish Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Sophia Welford Actor: Mrs Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

8974
12 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Messink, Fearon, Egan & Guard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: A Bold Stroke for a Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Farmers Return from London

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

8975
13 May 1779 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sacchini. Tickets to be had of Sacchini, No. 5, Whitcomb-street, Leicester Fields. Opera: With some Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lavaro Deluso

Dance: End I: Les Oiseleurs, as17790123; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790302End Opera: New Ballet, as17790227

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