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5009 results for: Keyword - J. Smith
We found 2710 matches on Performance Comments, 783 matches on Event Comments, 325 matches on Performance Title, 69 matches on Roles/Actors, and 31 matches on Author.

51
31 March 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Follet, Smith & T. Smith, late of the Bear, Westminster-bridge. Tickets to be had of Follet, No. 20, Little Wild-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields; of T. Smith at the Golden Cross, Charing Cross. T. Smith hopes to be honoured with the company of his brother Free Masons, Bucks, &c., Gentlemen of the Welsh Society, Hereford Society and West-moreland Society

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Colonel Feignwell-Smith; Sir Philip Modelove-Massey; Periwinkle-Bailey; Freeman-Swindall; Simon Pure-Thompson; Tradelove-Bowles; Sackbut-Kenny; Quaker's Boy-Master Follet; Obadiah Prim-Follet; Ann Lovely-Miss Hale; Betty-Mrs Waldron; Mrs Prim-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Colonel Feignwell Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Song: Between Acts: Singing, particularly Black Ey'd Susanthe new Hunting Song-T. Smith

Performance Comment: Smith.

Entertainment: Monologue.End: The Farmer's Blunder-Follet

52
03 February 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Taken from a Midsummer Night's Dream written by Shakespear. The Songs from Shakespear, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Lansdown, Hammond. Music-Smith. [First edition Text by John Christopher Smith; see Garrick to James Murphey French, Dec. 1756; H. Walpole to R. Bentley 23 Feb. 1755.] Besides our own Singers, we had Sg Guadagni, Sga Passerini, Miss Potier [i.e., Mrs Vernon], and Savage's Boys. Very great Applause; Sabatini danced after it and fell down, not hurt (Cross). [See A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Hands of Garrick and Colman, G. W. Stone Jr, PMLA (June 1939).] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fairies

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairies Author(s): John Christopher Smith

Dance: CComic Dance-Sabatini, Sga Sabatini, Sabatini jun, his first time

53
20 November 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: A New English Opera after the Italian Manner. [Text by Henry Carey. Set to Musick by John Christopher Smith.] Pit and Boxes put together at 5s. First Gallery 3s. Upper Gallery 2s. 6 p.m. Receipts: For Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Teraminta

Related Works
Related Work: Teraminta Author(s): John Christopher Smith

54
11 October 1798 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; D 5, by Elizabeth Inchbald, adapted from Das Kind der Liebe, by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue. Prologue by John Taylor; Epilogue by Thomas Palmer (see text)]. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Charles Smith]: The Music composed by Attwood. The Overture accompanied on the Harp by Weippert. Morning Herald, 28 Nov. 1798: This Day is published Lovers' Vows [sic] (2s.). Times, 26 Oct. 1798: This Day is published A Day at Rome (1s.). Receipts: #197 15s. 6d. (194.3.6; 3.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lovers Vows

Afterpiece Title: A Day at Rome

Related Works
Related Work: A Day at Rome Author(s): Charles Smith

55
27 April 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Charlotte Smith. Prologue by the author (Knapp, 202). Author of Epilogue unknown]: With new Scenery, Dresses, &c. Morning Chronicle, 26 July 1799: This Day published What is She? (2s.). Receipts: #161 11s. (158.2.6; 3.8.6). pking's Ines de Castro. As 16 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: What Is She

Related Works
Related Work: What is She? Author(s): Charlotte Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: As17990418

56
05 October 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline Or The Fatal Wager

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Cook, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith

57
15 November 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess Or The Generous Portuguese

Music: With all the Original Music and Dialogues to be sung-Leveridge, Pack, Cook

Dance: Dupre, Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Boval, Cook, Lully, Newhouse, Cook Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Gautier, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith

58
11 December 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: Colombine or Harlequin Turnd Judge

Dance: A new Comic Dance-Dupre, Mrs Schoolding; A new Cotilian-Boval, Mlle Corail; Others-Moreau, Cook, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Gautier, Miss Smith

59
01 January 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Boval, Tully, Cook, Newhouse, Pelling, Cook Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Gautier, Miss Smith, Mlle Corail, Miss Schoolding; Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock; Indian Dance-Moreau

60
16 January 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joanna

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: Mainpiece: Chorusses-Denman, Lee, Thomas, Lewiss, Little, Potts, Everett, Oddwell, J. Linton, Tett, Smith, Kenrick, Silvester, Jones, Fairclough, Baron, Master Goodwin, Master Slape, Master Bernard, Master Standen, Master Little, Master Speare, Master Sawyer, Master Linton, Ms Trevor, Ms Gilbert, Ms Norton, Ms Watts, Ms Follett, Ms Castelle, Ms Sydney, Ms Burnett, Ms Masters, Ms Lloyd, Ms Blurton, Ms Cox

Performance Comment: Linton, Tett, Smith, Kenrick, Silvester, Jones, Fairclough, Baron, Master Goodwin, Master Slape, Master Bernard, Master Standen, Master Little, Master Speare, Master Sawyer, Master Linton, Ms Trevor, Ms Gilbert, Ms Norton, Ms Watts, Ms Follett, Ms Castelle, Ms Sydney, Ms Burnett, Ms Masters, Ms Lloyd, Ms Blurton, Ms Cox.

61
15 May 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Coker, Cook, Newhouse, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Cook, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Miss Smith; Scotch Dance-Newhouse, Miss Smith; Marie-Cook, Miss Schoolding; The last Comic Dance-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

62
22 March 1762 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets and Places to be had of Smith, at his house, opposite the concert room in Dean Street, Soho, and of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door of the Theatre. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes, where servants will be allowed to keep places. N.B. No building on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Comus Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Entertainment: fter the Masque will be presented the Humours of the Age-in imitation of Shakespeare's STAGES by Smith

63
17 March 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: For last time this Season. Part of Pit rail'd into Boxes. No Building on Stage. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted (playbill). [See 6 April 1763. Smith's Skit is Larpent MS 222, in which each of the seven ages is acted out and accompanied with generalized comment.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Entertainment: After: The Humours of the Age Imitation of Shakespeare's Stages-Smith

Dance: TThe Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

64
26 March 1799 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Frascatana

Dance: End I: A New Divertissement-

Ballet: End Opera: Telemaque (As composed by D'Auberval; under the direction of J. D'Egville; 1st time in London). Telemaque-Didelot; Mentor-D'Egville; Cupid-Master Menage; Calypso-Mme Rose Didelot; Eucharis-Mme Hilligsberg; Venus-Mme Laborie; Elise-Mlle J. Hilligsberg; Zelie-Mme D'Egville

65
04 March 1800 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Zingari In Fiera

Dance: End I: Le Mariage Mexicain, as18000225; End Opera: a new Ballet (1st time; composed by D'Egville) Hyppomene et Atalante-Deshayes, Laborie, Didelot, D'Egville, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mme Rose Didelot. [Cast from dl playbill of 14 May 1800 (and see18000322 Hyppomenus-Deshayes; +Adrastus-Laborie; +Pelus-Didelot; +Atalante-Mlle Parisot; +Zelie-Mme Laborie; +Clitie-Mme Hilligsberg; +Sererine-Mlle J. Hilligsberg.

66
13 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. Receipts: money #13; tickets #44 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Performance Comment: As17170328 but Lenox-Smith.
Cast
Role: Lenox Actor: Smith.

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-Leveridge, Cook

Dance: As17161109; A new Comic Dance, Spanish Entry-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

67
12 June 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Smith, Kellom's Scholar, Buck, Cross, Williams. Receipts: money #9 8s.; tickets #61 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew

Dance: Thurmond, Miss Smith; particularly a new Swedish Dale Karle-

68
30 April 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith, Cook, Mrs Scot. [At this performance] a Gentleman sitting in a Side-Box pointed at a young Gentlewoman, which another Gentleman perceiving, and she being one of his Acquaintance, he went to him and challenged him: They made some passes at each other, which put the Play-House in an Uproar, but they were parted, and neither was killed.-Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 3 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Example

Dance: As17171022; Thurmond's new Comic Dance-Thurmond, Miss Smith

69
12 May 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Smith and Miss Lindar. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Santlow; A new Dance-Miss Lindar, a Boy that never perform'd on the Stage before; Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

70
26 May 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: denefit Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Lally, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger, Lally's Scholar, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar

71
02 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Lesson on the Harpsichord-Smith; Solo on Hautboy-Kytch; Violin-Festing; Singing-Mrs Young

72
26 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, but for Last time this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Kitely Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Twist; End: New Grand Ballet, as17640320

Entertainment: After: The Follies of the Ages in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stages-Smith

73
07 May 1800 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. [In 1st piece the playbill retains Mrs Martyr as Dolly, but "Dolly was undertaken at a short notice, by Mrs Chapman, upon the sudden indisposition of Mrs Martyr" (Monthly Mirror, June 1800, p. 366). "In consequence of Mrs Martyr's accouchement...the part of Dolly was sustained by Miss Sims" (Dramatic Censor, II, 140).] 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, author unknown. Not in Larpent MS; not published]: To conclude with a Representation of the Storming the City of Acrev by the French [17 Mar.-20 May 1799], and the Heroic Defence made by the Turkish Troops led on by the British Sailors [under the command of Sir Sidney Smith]. Morning Chronicle, 23 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 16, Martlett-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #333 4s. 6d. (118.3.6; 11.16.6; tickets: 203.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: The Siege of Acre

Afterpiece Title: The Jew and the Doctor

Song: End I 1st piece: The Last Shilling (composed by Dibdin)-Incledon; (in the Course of the Evening) Old Towler-Incledon; In Scene I 2nd piece: by Permission of Dibdin, his following popular songs: The Sailor's Journal-Incledon; The Anchor Smiths-Townsend; All Hands to the Anchor-Fawcett; Jacky and the Cow-Munden; The Advantage of Toping-Townsend; A Comic Irish Song-Johnstone

74
08 May 1724 @ Haymarket Theatre

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

75
29 March 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode Or Sir Fopling Flutter

Afterpiece Title: The Gentleman Gardiner

Dance: Mr J. Granier, J. Granier's sister