SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr Vernon much Applause Hopkins Diary Benefit for Vernon Paid Mr Barthelemon"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr Vernon much Applause Hopkins Diary Benefit for Vernon Paid Mr Barthelemon")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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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

Event Comment: Benefit for the Waiters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

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

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

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

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

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Armida

Afterpiece Title: Piramo E Tisbe

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".
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

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

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

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

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

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)

Event Comment: Benefit for Lovattini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Ridicoli

Dance: As17750311

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

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

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Part of pit laid into boxes. Receipts: #281 11s. Charges: #64 19s. Profits to Dodd: #216 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Clown Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee. Last Performance but two before the Holidays. Afterpiece: Never acted there. In the comic scenes will be introduced (as they were sung in Masqued and other Characters) the favorite songs, Ye Warwickshire Lads and Lasses, Sweet Willy O, The Mulberry Tree, and the Roundelay of Sisters of the Tuneful Strain. In the second act, a Statue of Shakespeare will be erected, and the ode on Dedicating a Temple to that great poet recited, with proper Airs and Chorusses-Particularly Sweetest Bard that Ever Sung, Tho' Crimes from Death and Torture Fly, the Characteristic Song on Falstaff, More Gentle than the Southern Gale, and Thou Soft-Flowing Avon. Part of Pit laid into boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee at Stratford upon avon

Dance: End I Afterpiece: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestina

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: I: Chaconne-Mlle Baccelli; II: Silvie (with additional Song)-Vallouis, Mlle Vallouis; III: La Mascherata-

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Mainpiece: Not acted these 14 years. [See 22 Nov. 1760.] Last time of the Company's performing till Easter Holidays. On Easter Monday, the Tragedy of Jane Shore, with the (fifty-fourth Time) Druids. [In original text Douglas is call'd Norval and Norval is called Stranger, or Prisoner.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue, as17750401

Dance: End Interlude: The Merry Sailors, as17741026

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lessingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Entertainment: Interlude.End: As17750401

Dance: End Interlude: A Hornpipe-Blurton (Public Advertiser)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bulkley. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 8 May 1770.] Afterpiece: Not acted these 12 years. [See 22 Jan. 1762.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius Or The Force Of Love

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: III: The Vintage Festival, as17741007; End: The Frolick, as17741214; End II Afterpiece: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. [Interest in this Wild Beast in the masquerade in the afterpiece seems to have lasted only throught the second performance.] Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Performance Comment: See17750417 With two additional scenes-; for the first time a Fiera in Mascherata-; Scenes painted by Dahl, Richards, Carver. Scenes painted by Dahl, Richards, Carver.
Event Comment: Benefit for Reinhold. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Ladies send Servants by 4 o'clock. The Englishman in Paris oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Miss Macklin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: As17741129, but Arbaces-Leoni (for that night only), first appearance; Mandane-Mrs Mattocks, 2nd time in that character.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End Opera: The Merry Sailors, as17741026

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten, who continuing ill and unable to sing, humbly hopes that her friends and the Public will excuse her. Receipts: #142 16s. Charges: #65 6s. Profits to Mrs Wrighten: #77 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Clown Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Song: End: Oh What a Charming Thing's a Ballet-Bannister

Dance: End Song: The Irish Fair, as17740917