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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mrs Minns"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mrs Minns")') 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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22233 results for: Keyword - Mrs Minns
We found 23319 matches on Performance Comments, 4237 matches on Event Comments, 4199 matches on Performance Title, 9 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

701
30 March 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bicknell. Written by the late Mr Wycherley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: As17200910, but Alithea-Mrs Booth.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Booth.
Role: Mrs Pinchwife Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Saunders.

Dance: Shaw, Denoyer, Mrs Younger, Miss Smith

702
17 May 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock, the Dancer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Cast
Role: Hypolita Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Rosara Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Saunders.

Dance: Burgomaster and Wife , composed by delaGarde-Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock

703
23 February 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barbier. Front Boxes and Pit at 6s. Middle Box 3s. Gallery 2s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Singing-Mrs Barbier

704
27 February 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Sarah Ottey. Receipts: money #53 13s.; tickets #84 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Music: With several Pieces of Musick to be perform'd on Harpsicord Bass@Viol Violin-Mrs Ottey

705
15 March 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Betty Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lady Easy Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Edgin Actor: Mrs Bicknell.

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth; particularly The Coquette Shepherdess, The Hussar, The Harlequin-

706
17 December 1722 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bowman Jr and Mrs Orfeur

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Performance Comment: Volatil-Orfeur; Riot-Bowman; Horatio-Miller; Sir Tristram-Paul; Young Cash-Phipps; Spitfire-Drew; Cynthia-Mrs Orfeur; Arabella-Mrs Ratcliffe; Aurelia-Mrs Cooper; With a new Prologue-Mr Orfeur; a new Epilogue-Mrs Orfeur.
Cast
Role: Cynthia Actor: Mrs Orfeur
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Ratcliffe
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs Cooper
Role: a new Epilogue Actor: Mrs Orfeur.

Song: Particularly Singing-Mrs Bowman

Dance:

707
13 February 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit James, Eyre, and Mrs Ratcliff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: Belvidera-Mrs Ratclif; Jaffeir-Boman; Pierre-Orfeur; Renault-Miller; Priuli-Mynns; Duke-Wells; Antonio-Drew.
Cast
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Ratclif

Dance: James, Mrs Ratcliff

708
27 April 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Rogier. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #39 14s. 6d.; tickets #84 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus; or, The Mouse Trap

Performance Comment: The Cyclops-the Comedians; Mars-Dupre; Venus-Mrs Rogier; Vulcan-Lun.
Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Rogier

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Rogier

709
10 May 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Moore. Written by Mr Banks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Performance Comment: Essex-Wilks; Queen-Mrs Porter; Southampton-Mills; Burleigh-Cory; Rutland-Mrs Thurmond; Nottingham-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Rutland Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Nottingham Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: Hussars-Shaw, Mrs Booth

710
24 April 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley and Mrs Rogeir. Receipts: money #19 19s. 6d.; tickets #82 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Juletta Actor: Mrs Egleton
Role: Alinda Actor: Mrs Bret.

Dance: French Peasant, Running Footman-Nivelon Sr, Mrs Rogeir; Myrtillo-

Ballet: The Humours of Bedlam. As17231127, but Mad Soldier-Dupre

Cast
Role: Mad Lady Actor: Mrs Rogeir.

711
30 April 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Vincent and Cross (Numberer). Receipts: money #19 1s.; tickets #86

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Song: In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legar; Mrs Chambers

Music: Lesson on Harpsicord-a Scholar of Short his first appearance in public

Dance: Scating Dance-Nivelon

712
09 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Cast
Role: Evadne Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Aspatia Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Younger; Topham, Miss Tenoe

713
23 June 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twelve Years. Written by the late Mrs Farquhar. Carefully revis'd. Receipts: #33 1s. 6d. [The opening of the summer season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Performance Comment: Roebuck-Walker; Lovewell-Ogden; Lyrick-Bullock; Mockmode-W. Bullock; Club-Hall; Pamphlet-Morgan; Brush-Spiller; Rigadoon-Norris; Leanthe-Mrs Vincent; Pindress-Mrs Morgan; Mrs Trudge-H. Bullock; Lucinda-Mrs Moffett, being the first Time of her Appearance upon the Stage.
Cast
Role: Leanthe Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Pindress Actor: Mrs Morgan
Role: Mrs Trudge Actor: H. Bullock
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Moffett, being the first Time of her Appearance upon the Stage.

Dance: A newIrish Dance in Fingalian Habits-Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Ogden

714
15 March 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Booth.

Dance: HHussars-Thurmond, Mrs Booth

715
29 March 1725 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Dumont, the Colombine , and Mr Phillipe, the Scaramouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Amours De Colombine & De Scaramouche, Pedant, Scrupuleux, & Pierot Escallier

Afterpiece Title: L'Ombre D'Arlequin, & le Diable Boitteux

Dance: Variety of New Dances-Mrs Roger, the pierrot,, also by young Scaramouch lately arriv'd

716
01 May 1725 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bridgwater and Mrs Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Booth

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe

717
10 March 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. Receipts: money #56 12s.; tickets #160 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Flippanta Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Parker
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Moffet
Role: Corinna Actor: Mrs Rice
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mlle Salle; Running Footman-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle

718
28 March 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barbier. Receipts: money #50 13s. 6d.; tickets #56 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: In which Dove sei et non e si vago e Bello, Ombra Cara (a New Italian Song), Song with French Horns, Bella Asteria et horla Tromba-, with the Trumpet Mrs Barbier

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mlle Salle; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle

719
31 March 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Heron

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Moore
Role: Lucidna Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: PPassacaille-Miss Robinson; Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Roger, Lally, Duplessis; Muzette-Rainton, Miss Robinson; Pierette-Roger, Mrs Brett

720
31 March 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Chambers. For the Entertainment of his Excellency Mohamet Ben Ali A Boggly, Ambassador from the Emperour of Morocco. Receipts: money #65 7s.; tickets #132 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Cast
Role: Hellena Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Florinda Actor: Mrs Parker
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Moretta Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Chambers; particularly the Cantata See From Silent Groves-by Dr Pepusch

Dance: FFrench Clown-Nivelon; Chacone-Mrs Bullock; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Young LeSac, Miss LaTour

721
29 April 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Cross (Numberer) and Mrs Vincent. Written by Sir George Etheridge. Receipts: money #14 15s.; tickets #78 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

Cast
Role: Gatty Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Lady Cockwood Actor: Mrs Parker
Role: Ariana Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Sentry Actor: Mrs Egleton

Dance: TThe Marriage-Salle, Mlle Salle; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Young LeSac, Miss Latour; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Barbier

722
29 April 1726 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Forsyth, who never appeared in Publick before. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal Part, consisting of the choicest Songs from the Operas-Mrs Forsyth; Instrumental Music-best Hands from the Opera-House

723
30 April 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Performance Comment: As17251028, but Mrs Clerimont-_.
Cast
Role: Biddy Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Mrs Clerimont Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Moore.

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis, Mrs Brett, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

724
16 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Moore. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Cast
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: Lally, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

725
18 May 1726 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Walter and Sandham's Children. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: King-Mills; Osmyn-Booth; Gonsalez-Thurmond; Garcia-Williams; Heli-Boman; Selim-W. Mills; Alonzo-Watson [Daily Courant or Roberts: Daily Post]; Zara-Mrs Porter; Almeria-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Almeria Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

Dance: SShepherd and Shepherdess-Young Sandham, Young Sandham's Sister; Scaramouch-Young Sandham; Serious Dance-Lally, Mrs Walter