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17462 results for: Keyword - Mr Vernon</i>-much Applause (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Vernon. Paid $<span class=
We found 15912 matches on Event Comments, 2621 matches on Performance Comments, 638 matches on Performance Title, 35 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

14176
06 February 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Tenth Night for the Tragedy. Paid Sarjant for a Trumpet Banner #2 10s. Paid Cooper (printer) #45 (Account Book). Receipts: #161 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zobeide

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

14177
19 February 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) #63; Barrett (wax chandler) #11 17s. 9d.; Advanc'd Perry as per note #12 12s. Paid Walker for a silver Tissue suit of Women's Cloaths #11 11s. (Account Book). Receipts: #142 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

14178
24 February 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [The scenes are of the Stockwell Witchcraftv, according to Theatrical Review, II, 103. See 31 Jan. and 8 Feb.] Paid Patrick (tinman) #33 4s.; Paid Tinsdale (haberdasher) #3 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #236 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton with Alterations

Performance Comment: As17711226, but The Characters-_Lewes; With alterations; The Two Additional Scenes as exhibited in Harlequin Skeleton are added and the Ballad Singer with a New Song for 7th time-Dunstall.

14179
07 March 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Paid Whitefield for cloaths bought #47 12s.; Paid Mayer for silver and gold lace as per bill #24 1s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #189 14s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

14180
01 October 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: by Particular Desire. Afterpiece: By Desire. Paid one year's Ground Rent for theatre due 10th Inst. #100, minus Land Tax allow'd #13 15s.; total #86 5s.; Paid ditto for New Building Adjoining theatre #30 minus Land tax #4 2s. 6d. Total: #15 17s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #232 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17720928

14181
24 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Sutton (goldsmith) for gold & silver Lace &c. #43 2s. 7d. Paid Dall on account of his salary #30 (Account Book). Receipts: #168 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: After: The Tartars-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

14182
04 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Simpson for New Music for the theatre for seasons 1772 and 1773 #10 10s. Paid Whitefield for Cloaths bought #31 7s. (Account Book). Receipts: #114 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: II: The Tartars, as17721124

14183
14 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Masque of Comus oblig'd to be deferr'd. Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) as per bill #40 6s. Paid Partridge (hosier) #12 8s. (Account Book). Recepts: #165 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

14184
02 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Words of the Music [for Alzuma] will be given away at the Theatre. Third Night. For the Author. Charges #67. Profit to author #96 13s. 6d. Paid Whitefield for Cloaths made #65 12s. 5d. Paid Scott (copper laceman) #59 9s. (Account Book). Receipts: #163 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzuma

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Baker.

14185
12 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Sixth Night. For the Author. Charges #64 5s. Profit to author #171 17s. Rec'd for the use of Organ this season in Oratorios #21 and for Coals burnt in Oratorios #2 2s. Paid Garton 11 Oratorio Nights for the Renters #110. Paid Dr Arne for Music for Alzuma #15 15s. (Account Book). Receipts: #236 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquor

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Watchman Actor: Besford

14186
28 September 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Venice Preserv'd deff'd on account of Barry's illness. Paid half year's Cleansing &c. to Lady Day last (St Martin's) #11; a Tow Bill 10s. [This tow bill came to this amount monthly for nine months, amounting to #4 10s. for the season. No further note will be taken of it this season.] Paid for Properties #1 7s. 10d. Receipts: #174 1s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

14187
13 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. Present Their Majestes. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s.; Paid Whitefield half year's salary due Mich Last #50; Paid ditto to Sarjant #20, and Mrs Carne #15. Receipts: #220 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17731005; End Opera: The Corsican Sailors [Punch House]-Fishar, Miss Twist. [See17720930.

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

14188
15 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A Comedy [by Richard Cumberland] never performed there. Paid John Doe for sticking Black Bills #3 12s. Paid Cooper (printer) as per bill #20 2s. (Account Book). [The Westminster Magazine held in reserve its judgment on Lewis as an actor until the reviewer could see him in another part.] Receipts: #137 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Midas

14189
16 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece. Not acted these 2 years. [See 13 May 1772.] Paid Strutt for suit of Blossom'd colored cloaths #4. Paid Younger for license for the Occasional Prologue and The Duellist #3 3s. Receipts: #114 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: End: New Dance, as17731021

14190
02 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Miser oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Mrs Green. Paid Stedman and Bewlay (linnen drapers) #79 16s. Paid Cooper (printer) #49 18s. Receipts: #108 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: A Dance, as17731014

Cast
Role: Double Hornpipe Actor: Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

14191
24 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Sixth Night. For the Author. Afterpiece: By Desire. Charges: #67 15s. Profit to Hull #139 6s. 6d. Paid Whitefield one quarter year's salary due Xmas last #25, and Sarjant, ditto #10. Paid Bibb (sword cutler's) bill #14 13s. Receipts: #207 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: Midas

14192
08 February 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The New Comedy, The Man of Business is still deferr'd on account of Woodward's Illness. Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) #49 13s. Paid Cooper (printer) #42 8s. (Account Book). Receipts: #202 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

14193
20 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The Fifteenth Night. For the Author. Charges #64 5s. Profit to Hull #51 9s., plus #68 15s. from tickets (Box 151; Pit 134; Gallery 109). Paid Holme & Cooper (timber merchants) #69 8s.; Paid Evans (sawyer) #3 1s. Receipts: #115 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

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

14194
17 October 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: New Scene [1st time; by Edward Thompson, with music by Dr Arne. Larpent MS 438; synopsis ("Macheath, after trial, is sentenced to work on the Thames" in London Chronicle, 18 Oct.]. Paid Hull on Acct. of salary as Acting Manager #30. Account-Book, 23 Mar. 1778: Paid Capt. Thompson for writing the new Scene in The Beggar's Opera #25. Receipts: #240 9s. (240.2.6; 0.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath (with additional songs)-Mrs Farrell (1st appearance in that character); Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Baker; Lucy-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Brown; To conclude with a New Scene-. [This was included in all subsequent performances, although notice of it is omitted from the playbills of 8 and 15 Dec., 2 and 14 May 1778.]This was included in all subsequent performances, although notice of it is omitted from the playbills of 8 and 15 Dec., 2 and 14 May 1778.]

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: As17771008; III: a Hornpipe-Miss Besford

14195
31 October 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman elder.] Paid DeLoutherbourg #41 13s. 4d. [this paid monthly throughout season]. Receipts: #104 3s. 6d. (75.9.0; 27.16.0; 0.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Dance: II: Masquerade Scene with Dancing-Burton, Henry, Mrs Marklew; End III: Rural Grace, as17771002

Song: II: Masquerade Scene song-Miss Abrams

14196
27 November 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [not acted since 20 Sept. 1774]. Paid DeLoutherbourg 1 Modth #41 13s. 4d. [this salary paid monthly]. Receipts: #146 16s. (114.0.0; 30.17.6; 1.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Governor of Tilbury Fort Actor: Wrighten

14197
04 October 1782 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Tom Thumb, announced on playbill of 3 Oct.] "Covent Garden Theatre. As personal allusions and party views have been attributed to the dramatic satire, called The Wishes, the author thinks he cannot so effectively disclaim them as by entirely withdrawing the piece" (Unidentified clipping, dated 5 Oct. 1782, The Tale Edition of Horace Walpoles Correspondence, cd. W. S. Lewis, 1955, xxix, 219). Paid Guard for Scene Men from 8 June to 21 Sept., on 9 occasions, approximately #900. Paid Music #7 14s.; properties 9s. [both being an average payment throughout the season per night]. Receipts: #221 8s. 6d. (218/11/0; 2/17/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Walloons

Afterpiece Title: The Wishes

14198
05 June 1783 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. [Mainpiece acted for the 22nd time this season. The playbill states, "for the 23rd Time"; on the Kemble playbill this has been corrected in MS to 22nd. Genest, VI, 262, says that this play was also acted on both 3 and 4 June. But on those nights the theatre was dark.] Receipts: #270 11s. (260/7; 10/4; after-money not listed). Account-Book, 5 June: Paid Mrs Siddons a Present from the Proprietors #100; 6 June: Paid 100 Renters #20 4s. apiece; 23 June: Received of Their Majesties #156

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Cast
Role: Belford Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

14199
05 June 1786 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #185 17s. (181/14; 4/3). Account-Book, 9 June: Received Stage Forfeits this Season #61 2s.; received of His Majesty for the Box this Season #60; paid Barlow [treasurer] in full for salary this Season #200; 20 June: Paid one yrs Land Tax #105 os. 4J

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Song: As17860502 throughout

14200
20 September 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Maid of the Mill [advertised in Public Advertiser, 19 Sept.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Mrs Crouch. Paid Booth tailor, #4 6s. 6d.; Scenemen #5 4s.; Carpenters #3 16s.; Renters' Income #30 [this last paid daily]. Receipts: #111 8s. 6d. (71.11.0; 39.4.0; 0.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Song: In I: song-Dignum