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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr and Madam Bentley"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr and Madam Bentley")') 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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We found 4246 matches on Event Comments, 1186 matches on Performance Comments, 553 matches on Performance Title, 37 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Benefit for Theatrical Fund. Kitely-Mr Garrick (Cross Diary). Pit and Boxes laid together. Ad[mission] to Boxes only through Boxes (Winston MS 10). Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: V: The Butterfly-Daigville, Sga Vidini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Madman

Dance: marly (By particular desire that night only) Hornpipe by Mrs Thompson. music, 1st Violin and Solo by Barthelemon

Performance Comment: music, 1st Violin and Solo by Barthelemon .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Sheridan; Southampton-Aickin; Cecil-Gardner; Raleigh-Dancer; Lieutenant-Griffiths; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Burton; Nottingham-Mrs Jefferies; Rutland-Miss Hayward .
Cast
Role: Rutland Actor: Miss Hayward

Afterpiece Title: hay The Author

Dance: hay IV: The Nosegay, as17700611

Song: hay IV: By Mrs Jewell

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No Persons to be admitted behind the scenes, nor any money returned after the Curtain is Drawn up. Places for the boxes to be had (only) of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door. The Doors to be opened at Five o'clock. To begin exactly at Six o'clock. Vivant Rex & Regina! [Customary note for each bill. Only significant changes will be further noted. The company was weakened by the loss of Woodward (see 23 Oct.) who accompanied Foote to Edinburgh, and of Mrs Bellamy who was not engaged. Miss Catley, however, returned from Ireland after an absence of 9 years. And Ross returned after four years.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford. [See17691111.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: By authority. Benefit for Vandermere. As this play is desired in Lieu of the Clandestine Marriage, Mr Vandermere humble hopes it will be acceptable to his Friends in general. Tickets for the Clandestine Marriage will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Vandermere; Sir Jealous Traffick-Lloyd; Butler-Griffith; Charles-Smith; Whisper-Dancer; Sir George Airy-Robson; Drawer-Mas. Lapper; Servant-Ledwith; Sir Francis Gripe-Brownsmith; Isabinda-Miss Trowell; Scentwell-Miss Vincent; Patch-Miss Fairlamb; Miranda-Miss Ogilvie.
Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Vandermere
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Ogilvie.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble with a Song in Character-Vandermere; Capt. Loveit-Griffith; Puff-Smyth; Jasper-Ledwith; Flash-Dancer; Miss Biddy-Miss Trowell; Tag-Miss Fairlamb.

Dance: IV: Hornpipe-Mas. Lapper; End of Play: Hornpipe-Mrs Cope

Event Comment: Several of the songs dew-set by Mr Fisher. [The Tete-a-Tete in the Town and Country Magazine for this month (pp. 569-70) tells of Miss Catley's affair with Col. Lascelles. Her father a hackney coachman, her mother a washerwoman. She met Lascelles in Dublin where she was playing in Mossop's theatre, and condescended to live with him.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End Opera: The Reel, as17701103

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Everyman In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Event Comment: Afterpiec : A New Burletta [by George Colman]. The Characters New Dress'd. The Music entirely New composed by Mr Arnold. Books of the Burletta to be had at the Theatre. [Books sold at each subsequent performance this season. See Town and Country Magazine (from Theatre No. XII, p. 593) for comment on the afterpiece.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Parts-Shuter, Reinhold, Morris, Mrs Thompson, Miss Catley. Pantaloon-Shuter; Leander-Reinhold; Pierrot-Morris; Colombine-Mrs Thompson; Isabella-Miss Catley (Edition of 1770).
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Reinhold

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Strictland-Love; Frankly-Aickin; Bellamy-Packer; Meggot-Dodd; Tester-J. Burton; Mrs Strictland-Mrs W. Barry; Lucetta-Mrs Love; Milliner-Miss Radley; Jacintha-Mrs Jeffries; Clarinda-Miss Pope; Ranger's Servant-Ackman; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Love
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs W. Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. This New Comedy by Mr Bickerstaff much hiss'd (Hopkins Diary). [See comment on mainpiece in Town and Country Magazine (from Theatre No. XXII, p. 593.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 'tis Well It's No Worse

Performance Comment: Parts-King, Reddish, Parsons, Brereton, Baddeley, Davies, J. Aickin, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Keen, Castle, Booth, J. Burton, Mrs Baddeley, Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Love, Mrs Dorman, Mrs Abington. Muskato-King; Don Carlos-Reddish; Don Guzman-Parsons; Don Ferdinand-Brereton; Lazarillo-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Davies; Officers, Lawyers, Servants-J. Aickin, W. Palmer, Wrighten, Keen, Castle, Booth, J. Burton; Aurora-Mrs Baddeley; Marcella-Mrs Jeffries; Leonarda-Mrs Love; Old Nun-Mrs Dorman; Beatrice-Mrs Abington; Prologue written by Garrick spoken-Moody; Epilogue by Garrick spoken-King (Edition of 1770).
Cast
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Love
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs W. Barry

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 4s. First Gallery 3s. Upper Gallery 2s. Tickets and places for Boxes to be taken of Mr Sarjeant (only) at the Stage Door. Books of the performance sold at the Theatre. Doors to be opened at Five o'clock. To begin exactly at Half past Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Macchabeus

Music: End Part I: A Solo-; End Part II: A Concerto on Violin-Sga Lombardini Sirmen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cure Of Saul

Music: As17710220

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17700922

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17710416 but Daigville

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs DuBellamy. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece [comedy by Samuel Foote]: never perform'd there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Music: II: A Favourite Concerto on the Harpsichord-Hook

Ballet: End Opera: The Wapping Landlady and Double Hornpipe. As17710422

Cast
Role: As17710412Landlady Actor: Mrs White.
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs White

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Cast
Role: Lord Randolph Actor: Jefferson
Role: Lady Randolph Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17710416

Entertainment: End: Burlesque Cantata, as17710504