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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.

14601
21 January 1696 @ no theater listed

Performances

14602
26 March 1696 @ no theater listed

Performances

14603
July 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

14604
08 September 1696 @ no theater listed

Performances

14605
November 1696 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Bride's Revenge

14606
19 November 1696 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

14607
19 February 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

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14608
03 March 1697 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14609
17 March 1697 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14610
08 April 1697 @ York Buildings

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

14611
18 August 1697 @ Lambeth Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14612
24 August 1697 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: Luttrell, A Brief Relation, IV, 268, 24 Aug. 1697: The lord mayor has published an order forbidding all unlawfull gameing, excesse in drinking, swearing, cursing in Bartholomew fair. The only notice of a performance is an advance one, Post Boy, 12-14 Aug. 1697: At Mr Barns's Booth, between the Crown Tavern, and the Hospital-Gate, over against the Cross-Daggers in West-Smithfield Rounds, during the time of Bartholomew Fair, is to be seen the famous Rope-Dancers of Europe, being four Companies join'd in one, viz. the English, High-German, French and Morocco Companies of Rope-Dancers, by whom will be presented a Variety of Agility of Body, as Danceing, Tumbling, Walking, and Vaulting, the like was never seen before

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14613
15 September 1697 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Lincoln's Inn Fields

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14614
20 September 1697 @ New Wells Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14615
27 September 1697 @ New Wells Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14616
22 November 1697 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast; Or, The Power Of Musique

14617
16 February 1698 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14618
26 February 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields

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14619
16 March 1698 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14620
30 March 1698 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14621
01 April 1698 @ Clark's School, Paul's Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14622
25 April 1698 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14623
12 May 1698 @ Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields

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14624
25 May 1698 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

14625
30 May 1698 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert