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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.

16151
09 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

16152
10 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

16153
12 December 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: II: A Dance call'd The Reel-Aldridge, Miss Valois, Sga Manesiere. [See17680307.

16154
14 December 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

16155
21 December 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zingis

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

16156
21 December 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: Cambyses Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: End: The Reel, as17681212

16157
23 December 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

16158
30 December 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Lovemore Actor: Smith
Role: William Actor: Cushing

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

16159
06 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Related Works
Related Work: Ramah Droog; or, Wine does Wonders Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

16160
09 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

16161
10 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17681007

16162
25 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

16163
03 February 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

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

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

16164
09 February 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

16165
20 February 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Cast
Role: Sir William Evans Actor: Holland
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

16166
01 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: Concerto on Hautboy-Fischer

16167
03 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Israel In Egypt

Music: Concerto on Violin-Paganini

16168
01 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17680930

16169
05 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Miss Harslet Actor: Miss Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Invasion; or, A Christmas Gambol Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

16170
08 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Miss Harslet Actor: Miss Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Invasion; or, A Christmas Gambol Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17681210; End: By Desire, the entertainment The Cries of London-Vernon

16171
10 April 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

16172
12 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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 Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

Entertainment: End of Opera: King (for that night only) will present the Audience with a Comic Paraphrase-King on Shakespeare's The Seven Ages

16173
17 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: New Comic Dance, as17681210

16174
12 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Miss Harslet Actor: Miss Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Invasion; or, A Christmas Gambol Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Wright

16175
15 May 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Tassoni, Miss Street