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16190 results for: Keyword - Mr Vernon</i>-much Applause (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Vernon. <span class=
We found 14513 matches on Event Comments, 2620 matches on Performance Comments, 638 matches on Performance Title, 34 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

401
28 August 1734 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Butler. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. 7 P.M. N.B. The Reason of the Play being deferred from Tuesday the 20th of August . . . was on Account of the Absence of one of the principal Performers; so that Mr Butler humbly hopes his Friends will excuse it, and honour him with their Company; and to prevent any Disorder, Guards will attend at the Doors, every thing being to be perform'd in the same exact Manner as at the Theatres Royal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Egerton, who perform'd it some time ago at the Haymarket; Polydor-Butler, his first Appearance on the Stage .
Cast
Role: Castalio Actor: Egerton, who perform'd it some time ago at the Haymarket

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: By Mr Delawn

Song: II: Wasever Nymphlike Rosamondby Miss Hill. V: A Song by a Gentleman

402
22 April 1735 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Music: Select Pieces composed by Mr Handel

Dance: II: Clown by Nivelon. III: Dutchman and his Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. IV: Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon. V: Shepherd's Mount, as17350218

403
14 August 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Este. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Carey. Care will be taken to keep the House cool

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: Sir Charles-Cross; Foppington-Este; Morelove-a Gentleman for his own diversion; Lady Betty-Mrs Cantrell; Lady Easy-Mrs Cross; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Egerton; Edging-Mrs Este, her first on any stage .
Cast
Role: Morelove Actor: a Gentleman for his own diversion

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: By Mr and Mrs Davenport

404
03 February 1741 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Christopher Smith, who at his own Expence, hath provided for, and brought up the Children of the late Mr Dahuron. 7 p.m. 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Instrumental Music-Clegg, Weideman, Caporale, Miller; The Vocal Parts to consist of several of Mr Handel's Choruses-

405
13 March 1746 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Pritchard. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Servants admitted to keep places on the stage, which will be fram'd into Front and side boxes, and entirely enclosed after the manner of an Oratorio. Ladies are desired to send servants to keep places to prevent mistakes. Tickets and places to be had at Mrs Pritchard's in Duke's late Earl's Court, Bow St.; At Mr Vaughan's, the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, and at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Dance: PPeasant-Cooke; Comic Ballet-Cooke, Signora Campioni

Song: SSong of Diana from Dryden's Secular Masque,-Beard (set by Mr Boyce); Genius of England-Beard

406
06 May 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Berrisford, Parr, Broad, and Palmer. Tickets deliver'd out by Mr Costin will be taken. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Ross; Manly-Davies; Sir Francis-Yates; Basset-Blakes; John Moody-Burton; Squire Richard-Vernon; Trusty-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Myrtilla-Mrs Hippisley; Lady Grace-Miss Haughton; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Macklin; Miss Jenny-Miss Minors; Lady Townly-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: (BBy desire) a Hornpipe-Mr Harrison

407
22 April 1756 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Leviez. No Building on Stage. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Lethe, with Mr Garrick's new Scene

Dance: II: A New Dance-several Children, Scholars to Mr Leviez; III: A New Sailor's Dance, as17560217; IV: (By Particular Desire) Minuet-Leviez, Miss Macklin; V: The Garlands, as17560213

408
21 January 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Arne the composer of it (Cross). [Cross omits receipts for this night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eliza

Cast
Role: Genius of England Actor: Mrs Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

Music: II:By Particular Desire Concerto on the Harpsichord-Mr Arne Jun

409
03 March 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Arne. In the Manner of an Oratorio. The Music composed by Arne. Boxes Half a Guinea. Pit 5s. First Gallery 3s. Upper Gallery 2s. To begin exactly at half an hour after Six. Tickets to be had and places to be taken of Varney at the Stage Door; and of Arne, next door to the Passage, in Charles St., Covent Garden. The Book is sold at R. Francklin's in Covent Garden, and at the Theatre the night of the performance. Price 1s. [Cross lists no receipts.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eliza

Music: I: By Particular Desire, a Concerto on the Violin-Mr Hay

410
20 April 1758 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Hillyard. Receipts: #46 17s. Charges: #63. Deficiency cover'd by tickets, #105 9s. (boxes 170; pit 279; gallery 211). Rec'd from John Rich, #100, being part of the sum paid to Mr Finny on account of the New Building (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: II: Prussian Sailors-Master Settree, Miss Twist (Scholars to Mr Settree); III: Comic Dance-Master Settree, Miss Twist; IV: Roast Beef of Old England or The Antigallican-Leppie, Miss Hilliard; V: A Grotesque Minuet-Leppie, Miss Hilliard

411
29 April 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lalauze. No Building on Stage. Mr Lalauze having had for the most part of this season, a severe indisposition, and still continuing very weak, he hopes those Ladies and Gentlemen, who will favor him with their companies, will excuse his not performing, on this night as he has been accustomed to do

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: LLa Petite Bergere-Miss Lalauze; a Hornpipe, 1st time-Miss Lalauze (Music by Dr Arne); A Ball Dance, call'd the Louvre, ending with a Minuet-a Young scholar of Mr Lalauze, Miss Lalauze. Being the last time of their appearing on the stage. These Dances By Particular Desire

412
10 March 1701 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow of Thomas Williams, who perform'd in the Theatre Royal. At 8 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, particularly that celebrated Song, set by the late Mr Henry Purcell (for the Yorkshire Feast)-the best Masters of each Profession in England performing their Parts

413
05 May 1701 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Haines. Beginning between 8 and 9 of the Clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, all new composed by Mr Barrett-

414
20 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Boxkeepers. Boxes 5s., Pit 3s., First Gallery 2s., Upper Gallery, 1s. No Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ibrahim; The 13th Emperor Of The Turks

Song: A new song-Mrs Shaw, never perform'd before, compos'd by a Gentleman lately arriv'd from Dublin

Music: An Extraordinary Entertainment , all of Flutes-Mr Paisible

Dance: A Mimick Night Scene- after the Italian Manner by a newScaramouch, Harlequin; A new dance-Cottin, Mrs Bicknell

415
23 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Campion

Performances

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

Song: A new song-Mrs Campion; Dialogue between two Beaus and two Coquet Ladies-

Dance: A new dance-Mrs Campion, Laferry; An Entry-Mrs Campion; the Dance- originally performed in The World in the Moon

Music: An Entertainment of New Instrumental Musick-Mr Bannister

416
03 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks [but see 2 Feb.]. Not acted there these 12 Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Music: A Masque set to Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcell-

Dance: duRuel, others

417
31 May 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight. Not Acted there these Six Years. Written by the late Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, others

Song: And at the Desire of some Persons of Quality, several Entertainments of Singing in Italian- the Famous Segniora Francisca Margareta del'Epine being the best Songs she has Sung in England, the Musick that accompanies her compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber; also an English Song of the late Mr Henry Purcell's-Segniora Francisca Margareta del'Epine

418
01 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Boman. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Song: Several new Songs-Mrs Hodgson; A New Song by way of Ballad, call'd The Misses' Lamentation for want of their Vizard Masks in the Play/house-Mr Boman

Dance:

419
09 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. Not Acted these Six Years. This being the first Performance of an Opera this Year. All the Scenes and Flyings as they were formerly presented. [Genest II, 300, lists this performance for 10 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche; Or, Love's Mistress

Music: All the Vocal and Instrumental Music compos'd by the Famous Mr Matthew Lock-

Dance: New dances- proper to the occasion; particularly Arbour Dance in Imitation of the Original-duRuel, Cherrier, Laforest

420
24 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Fieldhouse. [Afterpiece: By Thomas Walker. Premiere.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Wit of a Woman

Song: a young Gentleman who never perform'd on the Stage before; a new Dialogue between him and one of the House, being set by Mr Hicks-

421
16 November 1704 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 8 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by that Great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys, and likewise a Sonata for two Flutes-the best Masters; And several Songs in Italian, with Flutes and Hautboys-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Concert in England but twice; The whole being new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

422
02 January 1705 @ Hill's Dancing Room

Event Comment: Benefit Henry Eccles, Jr. At 6 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d. The Dancing Room is in Crosby Square in Bishopsgate Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-several Eminent Masters; with several Italian Sonatas perform'd on the Violin-Mr Henry Eccles

423
07 March 1705 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hodgson. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 8 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; with several Pieces of the late Mr Purcell-; Variety of new Songs-

424
26 June 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Fairbank and Bickerstaff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass

Song: In: the Songs new set by Mr Clark-Mrs Cross who both sings and dances several times; Singing in Italian-Mrs Tofts; Leveridge, Hughes, Mrs Lindsey, the new Boy; including comical dialogues, two/part songs-

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss, others; in the play: Mrs Cross

425
12 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks. Not acted these Six Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca; Or, The British Heroine

Music: All the Original Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcell-

Dance: As17051201