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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr John Christopher Smith"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr John Christopher Smith")') 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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17468 results for: Keyword - Mr John Christopher Smith
We found 10008 matches on Author, 5400 matches on Event Comments, 4472 matches on Performance Comments, 1075 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

9601
22 July 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Oaks Author(s): John Burgoyne

9602
23 July 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Cast
Role: Captain Nightshade Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Cast
Role: John Actor: Phillimore

Afterpiece Title: A Beggar on Horseback

Cast
Role: Cosey Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: A Beggar on Horseback: A Dramatic Proverb Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: As17880707

9603
26 July 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9604
28 July 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Sir Christopher Curry Actor: Kemble
Role: Planters Actor: Usher, Gardner, Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Cast
Role: Phelim Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Prisoner at Large Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9605
11 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Related Works
Related Work: The Young Quaker Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Gnome

Cast
Role: John Actor: Phillimore
Role: Miser Actor: Johnson
Role: Blacksmith Actor: Phillimore

Song: Afterpiece: In the Covent-Garden Scene: (1st time) a Catch-Mathews, Chapman

9606
13 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Performance Comment: Love: Goldsmith's poem of Edwin and Angelina. Scene, A Hermit's Cell. Edwin-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage unidentified); Angelina-Mrs Plomer; War: Scene I. A Sea-port. Officers carousing. O say Bonny Lass-; Scene II. A Village. Serjeant-Davies; Country Lasses-Mrs Gaudry; Milkmaid-Miss Collett; Admiral Benbow-Bannister; A new dance, The British Soldier Triumphant-Byrn, Ratchford, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Goodwin.
Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9607
16 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sword Of Peace

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9608
22 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club [i

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: Look before You Leap

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Entertainment: Monologue End 1st piece: George Alexander Stevens's Original Lecture on Heads (Head of Alexander the Great, Head of a Cherokee Chief, Head of a Quack-Doctor, Cuckold's Head, Nobody's Head, The laughing and crying Philosophers' Heads, Head of Flattery, A fine Lady's Head, Head of an Old Maid, Cleopatra's Head, Plain Moll's Head, Head of a Married Lady)-Palmer

9609
25 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Scandal Scandaliz'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

Related Works
Related Work: The Dead Alive Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9610
01 September 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner; or, Quality Binding Author(s): John Rose

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Cast
Role: Johnny Atkins Actor: Parsons
Role: Selim Actor: Johnson

Dance: End 1st piece: Dance-[probably The British Soldier Triumphant, as17880813

9611
04 September 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Cast
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Related Works
Related Work: Gretna Green Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: End IV: The Minuet de la Cour-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin

9612
10 September 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Sir Christopher Curry Actor: Kemble
Role: Planters Actor: Usher, Gardner, Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Cast
Role: Phelim Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Prisoner at Large Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9613
11 September 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner; or, Quality Binding Author(s): John Rose

Afterpiece Title: The Suicide

Cast
Role: John Actor: Phillimore

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: End I 2nd piece: The Minuet de la Cour, as17880904

9614
13 September 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Son-in-law

Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: The Son-in-Law Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Sprightly Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Related Works
Related Work: The Agreeable Surprise Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9615
13 September 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Son-in-law

Related Works
Related Work: The Son-in-Law Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Related Works
Related Work: The Agreeable Surprise Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9616
19 September 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performance Comment: Patrick-Mrs Kennedy; Fitzroy-Davies; Dermot-Johnstone; Father Luke-Booth; Bagatelle-Wewitzer; Darby-Edwin; Kathlane-Mrs Martyr; Norah-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Dermot Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9617
22 September 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia

Performance Comment: Captain Patrick-Johnstone; Quiz-Quick; Darby-Edwin; Marshal Fherbelin-Davies; Father Luke-Booth; Olmutz-Cubitt; Rupert-Bonville; Adjutant-Gardner; Mabel Flourish-Mrs Webb; Norah-Miss Wewitzer; Flora-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Captain Patrick Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: End IV: Juliet's Funeral Procession-; with the Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Bannister, Johnstone, Cubitt, Darley, Bonville, Lee, Rock, Janson, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Gray, Miss Rowson, Miss Paye, Mrs Byrne, Mrs Kennedy

Related Works
Related Work: Buthred Author(s): Charles Johnstone
Related Work: The Disbanded Officer; or, The Baroness of Bruchsal Author(s): James Johnstone
Related Work: Oedipus Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Oedipus, King of Thebes Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Duke of Guise Author(s): John Dryden

9618
06 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: As17880922

9619
09 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): John Burgoyne

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

Song: In II: song in character-Mrs Crouch [who sang it in all subsequent performances]

9620
10 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Dermot Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: End: a new dance, Fortune's Favor; or, The Lovers' Lottery-Byrn, Mrs Goodwin

9621
17 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Which Is The Man

Related Works
Related Work: Like Master Like Man Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: All Alive and Merry; or, Men in Pursuit of Money Author(s): Samuel Johnson
Related Work: The Medley; or, Hippisley's Drunken Man Author(s): John Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Performance Comment: Gregory-Edwin; General Howitzer-Quick; Captain Farquhar-Johnstone; Sulphur-Davies; Commissary-Fearon; Rifle-Darley; Corporal-Cubitt; Saib-Mrs Kennedy; Maria-Mrs Mountain; Susan-Miss Stuart; Lucy-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Captain Farquhar Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: Love and War Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: End: Fortune's Favour-[see17881010]

9622
20 October 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Manly-Bensley; Count Basset-Dodd; John Moody-Moody; Squire Richard-Suett; Sir Francis Wronghead-Parsons; Lady Grace-Mrs Ward; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny (with songs)-Mrs Forster; Trusty-Miss Heard; Myrtilla-Miss Barnes; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Love; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: John Moody Actor: Moody
Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Related Works
Related Work: Arthur and Emmeline Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: King Arthur; or, The British Worthy Author(s): John Dryden

9623
20 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: As17881013

9624
27 October 1788 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Cast
Role: Valentine Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Executed Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): John O'Keeffe

9625
06 November 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary