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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Mr William Smith"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Mr William 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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17426 results for: Keyword - Mr William Smith
We found 10821 matches on Author, 4811 matches on Event Comments, 4282 matches on Performance Comments, 806 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

13876
25 September 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

13877
26 October 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Related Works
Related Work: The Shepherd's Lottery Author(s): William Boyce

Song:

13878
30 November 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

13879
05 December 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Cyclops Actor: Roberts, Smith, Holtham, Bennet, Davis

13880
03 January 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Ballet: SSavoyard Travellers. As17491110

13881
02 February 1750 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Cyclops Actor: Roberts, Smith, Holtham, Bennet, Davis

Dance: As17500201

13882
14 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Smith Actor: Bridges

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: Master Maltere, Miss Foulcades

13883
17 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Don Saverio

Ballet: SSavoyard Travellers. As17500126

13884
21 February 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: CComic Dance-Mathews, MacNeale, Miss Baker

13885
16 March 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

13886
03 April 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats

Song: Between the acts: Miss Norris

13887
04 April 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

13888
18 September 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

13889
28 November 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17501117

Ballet: V: The Birdcatchers. As17501127

13890
05 February 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gil Blas

13891
07 March 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, By Gentlemen

Related Works
Related Work: Two Gentleman of Verona Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Gentleman Dancing Master Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Noble Gentlemen Author(s): William Rowley
Related Work: The Gentlemen of Verona Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: A Shoemaker's a Gentleman Author(s): William Rowley

13892
17 April 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: I: Devisse, Mad Auretti

13893
23 April 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti

13894
26 April 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: I: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; II: The Savoyard-Mathews, Mad Camargo; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020; IV: A Harlequin Dance-the Little Swiss; V: The Scotch Dance-Mathews, Mad Auretti

13895
29 April 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Devisse, Mad Auretti, Little Swiss

13896
01 May 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: Master Mattocks

Dance: Mathews, Mad Camargo, McNeil

13897
14 May 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: IV: Comic Dance, as17501231

13898
10 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Related Works
Related Work: Wits Led by the Nose; or, A Poet's Revenge Author(s): William Chamberlayne
Related Work: The Lady’s Revenge; or, The Rover Reclaim'd Author(s): William Popple

13899
30 October 1751 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Related Works
Related Work: The Shepherd's Lottery Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: IV: L'Entree de Flore, as17511017; Peasant Dance, as17511017

13900
02 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer