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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.

14001
04 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

14002
06 November 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Mill; or, The Country Revels Author(s): William Rowley
Related Work: The Maid in the Mill Author(s): William Rowley

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Garland, as17661023

14003
01 December 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid of the Mill; or, The Country Revels Author(s): William Rowley
Related Work: The Maid in the Mill Author(s): William Rowley

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17661120

14004
20 December 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17661008

Entertainment: OOccasional Prologue-Ross; The London Cries-Shuter

14005
22 December 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Accomplish'd Maid

Dance: As17661215The Peasants-_

14006
15 January 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

14007
16 January 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Accomplish'd Maid

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: TThe Happy Villagers-; The Female Archer, as17670109

14008
23 January 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

14009
02 February 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

14010
19 February 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexities

Cast
Role: Don Antonio Actor: Smith
Role: Parts Actor: Gardner, R. Smith, Holtom, Weller, Buck, Murden

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

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

Dance: II: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113; End: The Female Archer, as17661215

Music: End: By Command, Violin Solo-Linley

14011
06 March 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Music: CConcerto on Organ-Stanley

14012
24 March 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: TThe Female Archer, as17661215

14013
09 June 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

14014
26 August 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Countess Of Salisbury

Cast
Role: Lord William Actor: Miss Palmer
Role: Parts Actor: Keen, Smith, Strange, Loveman.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: Miss Froment

14015
23 December 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: End of Opera: The Garland, as17671214

14016
21 January 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

14017
04 May 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Song: I: A Trio-Vernon, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman; End: The Albion Song-Vernon

Dance: II: A Minuet-Tassoni, Miss Granier , his Apprentice; IV: The Medley-Tassoni, Mrs King

14018
11 October 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

14019
15 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

14020
24 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: III: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe, as17690408

14021
11 May 1769 @ 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

14022
07 August 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

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

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

14023
05 September 1769 @ King's Theatre

Performances

14024
21 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

14025
17 November 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: C. Smith, Mrs Pitt, Barnshaw, Banks, Reyner, Holtom