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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.

10326
30 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield. True Briton, 26 May: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No 19, Piazza, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #427 14s. (69.1.6; 54.3.0; 2.2.6; tickets: 302.7.0) (charge: #212 13s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Cast
Role: Lodgings to Let for Single Gentlemen Actor: Suett.

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

10327
31 May 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Fosbrook, box-book and housekeeper. Receipts: #466 6s. (57.2.6; 61.13.0; 4.3.6; tickets: 343.7.0) (charge: #226 4s. 2 1@2d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Festival

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

Dance: As17970513

Song: End II: Ally Croaker-Miss Leak; End IV: Little Taffline-Mrs Bland

10328
31 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull and Macready. 1st piece: In Act IV a Martial Procession with the Body of Marcus. 2nd piece [1st time: M. INT 1, author unknown. Larpent MS 1173; not published]: With appropriate Scenery and Dresses. The Music selected from Boyce, Purcell, Reeve and Shield. Morning Herald, 31 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 7, Duke's-court, near Dean's-yard, Westminster; of Macready, No. 22, Charles-street, Tottenham-court-road. Receipts: #314 3s. (112.9.0; 4.14.6; tickets: 196.19.6, of which Hull sold 70.12.6, and Macready 126.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Cambro Britons or Fishguard in an Uproar

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Song: In 2nd piece: Together let us range the fields-Incledon, Mrs Mountain; Gallant Soldiers born to Arms, Old England will be England still-Incledon; To arms! Britons strike Home!-Incledon, Bowden

10329
01 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss DeCamp. 3rd piece: With a Sea Fight. True Briton, 15 May: Tickets to be had of Miss DeCamp, No. 32, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #376 6s. 6d. (121.8.6; 79.13.6; 2.14.0; tickets: 172.10.6) (charge: #221 1s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Governor of Tilbury Fort Actor: Hollingsworth

Entertainment: Monologue.End 2nd piece: as17970529

10330
02 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer and Russell. [Miss Dorell is identified in MS list in Kemble playbill of new performers for this season.] True Briton, 31 May: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 28, Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 46, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #290 13s. (65.13.0; 52.7.6; 4.3.0; tickets: 168.9.6, of which R. Palmer sold 107.9.6, and Russell 61.0.0) (charge: #225 9s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: First Love

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

10331
06 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Sedgwick. 2nd piece: Never performed here. True Briton, 2 June: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick, No. 22, corner of George-street, Adelphi. Receipts: #409 1s. (91.8.6; 67.5.6; 2.10.6; tickets: 247.16.6) (charge: #211 19s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: In the course of the evening: The Storm-Incledon

10332
08 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Dignum. [3rd piece in place of Lodoiska, advertised on playbill of 7 June.] Morning Herald, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Dignum, No. 23, New North-Street, Red-Lion-Square. Receipts: #578 7s. (60.5; 46.19; 6.6; tickets: 464.17) (charge: #223 11s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Purse

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum

Song: End II: Sweet Lillies of the Valley-Dignum (composed by Hook); End III: The Sailor's Journal-Dignum (composed by Dibdin); End IV: The Town and Country-Dignum (written by Morris); End I 3rd piece: Sally in our Alley-Dignum

10333
08 June 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Viganoni. [Opera produced in 1794 as I Contadini Bizzarri.] Song: The Music by Cimadoro [taken from his Pimmaglione, Venice, 1790]. Tickets to be had of Viganoni, No. 8, Panton-street, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Gelosie Villane

Dance: As17970513

Song: End Opera: Pygmalion-Viganoni

Ballet: Sapho et Phaon. As17970513

10334
09 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Caulfield, Trueman & Johnston. Afterpiece: With a Sea Fight. Receipts: #454 7s. 6d. (57.3.6; 45.14.6; 2.4.6; tickets: 349.5.0) (charge: #224 6s. 1d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Lord Alford Actor: Dignum
Role: Governor of Tilbury Fort Actor: Hollingsworth

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Entertainment: Imitations. End: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

10335
10 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Middleton. 1st piece: In IV a Grand Masquerade. True Briton, 7 June: Tickets to be had of Middleton, No. 16, Buckingham-street, York Building. Receipts: #229 11s. (105.18.6; 8.13.0; tickets: 114.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Song: In 2nd piece: The Heaving of the Lead, The Storm-Incledon

10336
12 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Davenport, Powel, Thompson & Sloper. [For Mrs Litchfield see 17 May.] Receipts: #291 10s. (46.6; 9.17; tickets: 235.7, of which Mrs Davenport sold 55.4, Powel #37.16, Thompson 26.12, Sloper 115.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin and Oberon

Song: 2nd piece: with additional songs-

10337
12 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Phillimore, Denman, Cooke, Stokes, Miss Tidswell, Miss Heard, Mrs Benson. Morning Herald, 9 June: Tickets to be had of Miss Heard at Mrs Fletcher's, No. 239, Piccadilly; True Briton, 5 June: of Mrs Benson, No. 31, Hart-street, Bloomsbury [no others listed]. Receipts: #78 10s. (35.0.6; 41.2.6; 2.7.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #224 15s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Cast
Role: Lodgings to Let for Single Gentlemen Actor: Suett.

Song: End I: When on board our trim Vessel-Cooke (composed by Carter); End IV: Chelsea Quarters (composed by Schroeder)-Cooke

Entertainment: Imitations. End: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

Ballet: Following Imitations: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

10338
13 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Haymes. The Last Night of the Company's performing this Season. Account-Book, 28 June: Received for his Majesty's Box 13 nights #130; for the Princess's Box #65; 1 Aug.: Paid half a year's Land, Commutations, Window & House Taxes #193 19s. True Briton 1 June: Tickets to be had of Haymes, No. 8, Duke-street, St. James's. Receipts: #228 18s. 6d. (109.19.0; after-money not listed; tickets: 118.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Holman; Tattle-Macready; Scandal-Murray; Sir Sampson Legend-Davenport; Ben-Haymes; Jeremy-Farley; Trapland-Powel; Snap-Thompson; Buckram-Simmons; Foresight-Quick; Miss Prue-Mrs Jordan (of dl); Angelica-Miss Chapman; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Gilbert; Mrs Frail-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Gilbert

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: End II piece: The Storm-Incledon; End: The Beggar-Townsend

10339
14 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Portal, Gibson, Percey, George, Bowley, Stevenson, Woollams, Massingham [box-keepers]. In consequence of the Indisposition of two Principal Performers The Fairy Festival [advertised on playbill of 13 June] cannot be performed this Evening. Receipts: #567 17s. 6d. (31.0.6; 30.19.0; 2.14.0; tickets: 503.4.0) (charge: #213 16s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Ballet: End afterpiece: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

10340
15 June 1797 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Didelot. Tickets to be had of Didelot, No. 8, Hay-market. 2nd ballet: 1st time, composed by Didelot, the Music entirely new by Cesare Bossi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Dance: End I: Le Rendez@vous, as17970513; Minuet de la Cour, as17970406; End Opera: Acis et Galatie- [see17970617

10341
16 June 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Shade, Cameron, Wood, Wilson, Dangerfield, Irish, Nix, Edwards, Wooldridge, Panchaud, Cole, Gray, Hough [box-keepers]. The Last Time of the Company's Performing this Season. Receipts: #85 0s. 6d. (42.0.6; 40.6.6; 2.13.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #204 14s. 10d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Clifford Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17960920

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17970605

10342
03 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. True Briton, 1 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Sga Bossi DelCaro

Music: After Dancing: a favourite concerto by Dussek upon the Grand Piano Forte-Miss Gaudry (1st appearance in public)

Song: End I afterpiece: a favourite song by Webbe-Master Sincock

Entertainment: In the course of the Evening: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

10343
08 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Munden. Afterpiece: Not acted these 10 years [acted 23 July 1788]. True Briton, 4 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Munden, No. 16, Clement's Inn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-Palmer; Captain Ambush-C. Kemble; Chronicle-Suett; Shadrach (for that night only)-Wewitzer; Spatterdash-R. Palmer; Clod-Munden; Araminta-Mrs Gibbs; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Davenport; Pink-Mrs Harlowe; Dinah Primrose-Miss DeCamp.

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar on Horseback

Song: In course: Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row-Munden; The Groupe of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden

Entertainment: Monologue Benjamin Bolus; or, The Newcastle Apothecary-Munden; In the course of the evening: Imitations (including several new ones)-Caulfield

10344
10 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett. True Briton, 8 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Suett at his chambers, No. 10, Hart-street, Covent-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: As17970624 but Perriwinkle (for that night only)-Munden; Obadiah Prim (for that night only)-Suett; Simon Pure-_; Aminadab-_; Servant-_; Waiter-_; Stockbrokers-_; Betty-_; Lady-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Song: Between: Little Taffline-Mrs Bland; The Town Crier (composed by Dibdin)-Suett; End: An Old Woman of Eighty-Munden

10345
14 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Gibbs. 1st piece: The Musick composed by Storace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Performance Comment: Sir Edward Mortimer-Elliston; Fitzharding-Aickin; Wilford-C. Kemble; Adam Winterton-Fawcett; Rawbold-Palmer; Samson-Suett; Armstrong-Trueman; Orson-R. Palmer; Robbers-Davies, Caulfield, Bannister; Helen-Miss DeCamp; Blanch-Mrs Gibbs; Barbara-Mrs Bland; Judith-Mrs Harlowe.
Cast
Role: Wilford Actor: C. Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and No Duke

Song: 1st piece: General Chorus-Philipps, Linton, Brown, Aylmer, Little, Walker, Willoughby, Dibble, Caulfield Jun., Ms Edward, Ms Benson, Ms Butler, Ms Gaudry, Ms Hale, Ms Masters, Ms Menage, Ms Norton, Ms Leserve

10346
22 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Cast
Role: Wilford Actor: C. Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Entertainment: Monologue.End: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Palmer; Imitations. Following monologue: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

10347
24 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Johnstone. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, but Walley Chamberlain Oulton; music by Thomas Attwood. Larpent MS 1178; not published]. True Briton, 23 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Johnstone, No. 19, Piazza, Covent-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Tar or Which is the Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Witch of the Wood; or, The Nutting Girls Author(s): Reginald Spofforth

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Song: 1st piece: Vocal Parts, as17970623 but _Caulfield Jun., _Walker, _Willoughby, Mrs _Butler, Mrs _Masters, Mrs _Norton, Miss _Menage, Mrs _Wall, Mrs _Benson, Miss _Leserve

10348
01 September 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Fawcett. 3rd piece: By permission of T. Harris, Esq.; never acted at this theatre. True Briton, 29 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Fawcett at his house, No. 10, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

10349
04 September 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Elliston [whose 1st appearance as Othello was at Bath, 8 July 1797]. Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. True Briton, 30 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Elliston, No. 3, Frith-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Song: End: Sweet Echo, the song-Mrs Bland, the echoMrs Atkins

10350
11 September 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. True Briton, 2 Sept.: Tickets to be had of Jewell, No. 26, Suffolk-street, Charing-Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer