SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Dennis"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Dennis")') 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 23323 matches on Performance Comments, 4258 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 39 matches on Author, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Triumphant; Or, The Rival Goddesses

Performance Comment: The Young Ladies of Mrs Bellamy's School; Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Fryar, who has played but once since the days of King Charles, and taught three Queens to Dance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Half Pay Officers

Afterpiece Title: Hob's Wedding

Dance: The Bashful Country Maid, Irish Trot-Peggy Fryar

Event Comment: Admission as 7 Nov. 1722. London Journal, 2 March: The new Opera Tickets are very high, and like to continue so as long as Mrs Cotzoni is so much admired. They are traded in at the other End of the Town, as much as Lottery Tickets are in Exchange-Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Related Works
Related Work: The Invader of His Country: or, The Fatal Resentment Author(s): John Dennis
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Atkins. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Concerto-Kytch

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Booth. By His Majesty's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: As17221211

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Francesca Cuzzoni. With an Addition of three new Songs, and an entire new Scene. Whereas this Benefit for Signora Cuzzoni is part of her Contract, the Directors...resolve not to make use of the Liberty of the House for this Night. And particular Care will be taken to place Benches on the Stage for the Accomodation of the Company. London Journal, 30 March: On Tuesday last was perform'd...Otho...for the Benefit fo Mrs Cuzzoni; and a considerable Benefit it was to her indeed, for, we hear, that some of the Nobility gave her 50 Guineas a Tickets. Daily Journal, 29 March: The Benefit of the famous Seignora Francesca Cuzzoni...we hear amounted to upwards of 700l

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho, King Of Germany

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. No Persons to be admitted into the Front Boxes or behind the Scenes, but by printed Tickets at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: As17221012

Event Comment: British Journal, 13 April: Mr Boheme and Mrs Seymour, two celebrated Actors belonging to Lincolns-Inn Theatre, were married the Beginning of this Week

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bicknell. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: As17221211

Event Comment: Benefit Bickerstaffe. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. N.B. The sudden and unexpected Death of Mrs Bickerstaffe (and his extream Pain, and Lameness with the Gout) has prevented the proper Application to the Quality, and his Friends. Yet (not withstanding) tis hoped, they will, with their usual Goodness, favor him with their Appearance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: As17230502

Event Comment: Benefit Clarkson, Miss Holliday, Hanson, Mrs Elliot. [Aylett?] Receipts: money #7; tickets #104 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cartouche

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance:

Event Comment: Daily Journal, 13 July: We have an Account from Norwich by Yeaterday's Post, that the celebrated Actress Mrs Seymour, who lately married Mr Boheme, died there of a Fever the 10th Instant

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Teague, Careless in The Committee, The Gravediggers in Hamlet, Sir Sampson, Angelica, Foresight in Love for Love, Jeremy, Valentine, Mrs Frail in Love for Love, Humours of Hob in The Country Wake, Prologue, Epilogue-.

Entertainment: The Ever-New Drunken Man-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Booth. No Person to be admitted behind the Scenes, or into the Boxes, but by printed Tickets at 5s. Two Benches of the Pit to be rail'd in at the same Price. N.B. To prevent the Ladies from coming too early, Servants will be admitted to keep Places open on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Burton, Middle-Gallery Boxkeeper. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Dance: As17231028

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hill. Pit and Boxes at 5s. Gallery 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Event Comment: Benefit J. Clegg (from Ireland), a Youth of Ten Years of Age, who play'd at Mrs Barbier's Benefit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several choiceConcertos-the Youth [J. Clegg][, never perform'd in Publick; [particularly, Concert of Vivaldi's called La Temista di Mare-; Solo-Mr Kitch; Solo Song [out of the Opera of Julius Caesar. Song Part-Mr Kitch; Violin-the Youth; [as done by Sig Castrucci in the Opera, Solo [of Sig Germiniani's-the Youth

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lagarroune, the Izabelle , and Laniere, the Lover . Mainpiece: Orne deutout son Spectacle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Festin De Pierre

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Embassadeur D'Amour

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Jacobs, the new Colombine, lately arrived from France. Mainpiece: The only Master-Piece that the famous Mons d'Noble ever writ. Afterpiece: Written by M Moliere. Pit and Boxes to be laid together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Deux D'arlequin

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor against His Will

Dance: Roger, new Colombine

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Willis, Widow Bowen, and Widow Leigh.Mainpiece: As 30 Oct. 1724

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Event Comment: At about 11 a Clock at Mrs Lee's@great@Booth on the Green in Southwark, happen'd a very sad Accident: The Gallery over the Stage not being thoroughly secured, gave way, when between Twenty and Thirty People fell with it....It is high Time for Authority to interpose, to suppress those Nurseries of Lewdness, if so little Care is taken that those who resort to their Entertainments, must be in Jeopardy.--Parker's Penny Post, 13 Sept

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barns. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Silvia's Revenge; or, The Berbadoes Fortune

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Robert. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m. His Excellency the Morocco Ambassador will be there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Event Comment: On this day and on several following days Mrs Violante offered tumbling, dancing and general entertainments, but no plays, at this theater

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Advertised but dismissed on the sudden illness of Mrs Oldfield.