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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.

9926
30 April 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: End I: Amphion et Thalie, as17910409; End Opera: an entire new Ballet in 2 acts (composed by D'Auberval), La Fille Mal Gardee-See17910610

9927
04 May 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

9928
04 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Cast
Role: John Dory Actor: Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentleman Author(s): John O'Keeffe

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

9929
07 May 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: As17910503

9930
10 May 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17910217; End Opera: La Fille Mal Gardee, as17910430

9931
16 May 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Related Works
Related Work: The Confederacy Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

9932
18 May 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Apollo [i

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

9933
21 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Cast
Role: John Dory Actor: Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentleman Author(s): John O'Keeffe

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

9934
25 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Cast
Role: John Dory Actor: Wilson
Related Works
Related Work: Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentleman Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Cast
Role: Frederick Actor: Johnstone
Role: Of the Ancients its speaking Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sure an't the World a Masquerade Actor: Johnstone, Chorus
Related Works
Related Work: A Divertisement Author(s): John Cartwright Cross
Related Work: The New Divertisement Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

Dance: As17901123

9935
26 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle of Andalusia Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: John Actor: Thompson
Role: Frederick Actor: Johnstone
Role: Of the Ancients its speaking Actor: Johnstone
Role: Sure an't the World a Masquerade Actor: Johnstone, Chorus

Dance: As17910507

9936
27 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: John Dory Actor: Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Related Works
Related Work: Lovers' Quarrels Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Song: End I: The Musical Courtship, as17910506; End II 2nd piece: Say Bonny Lass, as17910506; In 3rd piece: Sweet Echo-Mrs Mountain; accompanied on the hautboy-W. Parke; Nor on beds of fading flowers (1st time these 7 years)-Incledon; O! thou wert born to please me (1st time at this theatre)-Incledon, Mrs Mountain

9937
28 May 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: End I: Amphion et Thalie-Duquesney; End Opera: La Fille Mal Gardee, as17910430

9938
02 June 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble

9939
09 June 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Captain Macheath Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Modern Antiques

Cast
Role: see17910315 John Actor: Blurton
Related Works
Related Work: Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Blurton

9940
10 June 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17910217; End Opera: La Fille Mal Gardee-Didelot, Vigano, Fialon, Mlle L. Simonet, Mme Theodore D'Auberval, Mlle Troche, Mme Vigano, Mlle Simonet, Mlle Vedie, Mlle Bithmer

9941
14 June 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

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

Dance: As17901204

9942
23 June 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

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

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

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

9943
25 June 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: As17910616

9944
28 June 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Kentish Barons

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

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

9945
11 July 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Seeing Is Believing

Afterpiece Title: Next Door Neighbours

Cast
Role: John Actor: Lyons

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

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

9946
16 July 1791 @ Pantheon, Oxford Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Idalide

Related Works
Related Work: Idalide Author(s): John Mazzinghi

Dance: As17910510

9947
23 July 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Cast
Role: John Actor: Phillimore

Afterpiece Title: Next Door Neighbours

Cast
Role: Sir John Falstaff Actor: Palmer
Role: John Actor: Ledger

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

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

9948
10 August 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: As17910719 but Sir Christopher Curry-Wilson (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Sir Christopher Curry Actor: Wilson
Role: Inkle Actor: Johnstone.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Elysium; or, Foote, Weston, Shuter, and Edwin in the Shades

Related Works
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

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

9949
29 August 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

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

Afterpiece Title: The Surrender of Calais

Cast
Role: John de Vienne Actor: Aickin's part read by Kemble.
Role: John d'Aire Actor: Evatt
Role: O'Carrol Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Half an Hour after Supper

9950
30 August 1791 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Next Door Neighbours

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

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