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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.

16901
08 December 1762 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patie And Roger; Or, The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Lauder; Occasional Winter's Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Lauder

Dance: Middlemist

16902
18 January 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17621229, but Sir William Meadows-Bennet for Collins.
Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Bennet for Collins.

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

16903
08 March 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patie And Roger; Or, The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William-Lauder.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Lauder.

Dance: Middlemist

16904
19 March 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Sir Bashful Constant-Yates; Sir Brilliant Fashion-Palmer; William-King; Lady Constant-Mrs Davies; Muslin-Mrs Clive; Sideboard-Ackman; Mignionette-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Pritchard; Widow Bellmour-Mrs Cibber (with songs); Lovemore-Garrick.
Cast
Role: William Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: The Irish Lilt, as17621025

16905
03 May 1763 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patie And Roger

Performance Comment: Sir William-Lauder.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Lauder.

Entertainment: CCries of Edinburgh-Lauder, by Desire

Dance: Middlemist

16906
12 October 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty Fashion-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Clarke; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Cushing; Lawyer-Wignel; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William Wisewou'd-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Miss Hallam; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Sir William Wisewou'd Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: New Grand Comic Dance (Never Perform'd Before) call'd, The Amorous Knife Grinders. The Knife Grinders-Duquesney, Miss Wilford. See17600417.

16907
27 December 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Performance Comment: As17631226, but Moody; Other characters-Mrs Bradshaw, Miss _Williams.
Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Mrs Bradshaw, Miss _Williams.

16908
09 April 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Lauder; Prologue-; Cries of Edinburgh-Glaud.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Lauder

16909
17 September 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Lauder; Occasional Prologue-Lauder; several favorite Scots songs-Lauder; several musical entertainments-; Cries of Edinburgh-Player representing Glaud.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Lauder

16910
12 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Clarke; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Costollo; Lawyer-Wignel; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William Wisewou'd-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Vincent; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward (playbill).
Cast
Role: Sir William Wisewou'd Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: III: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: La Femme Maitresse, as17641004

16911
08 November 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Holland; Sir Bashful Constant-Yates; Sir Brilliant Fashion-Palmer; William-King; Widow Bellmour (with song in character)-Mrs Cibber; Lady Constant-Mrs Hopkins; Muslin-Mrs Clive; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Yates; Mignionet-Mrs Bradshaw; Furnish-Mrs Hippisley.
Cast
Role: William Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: I: The Irish Lilt, as17641011; III: A New Scaramouch Dance, as17641013; IV: New Tambourine, as17640929

16912
12 December 1764 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patie And Roger

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Lauder.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Lauder.

Dance: Middlemist

16913
31 December 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: As17641108, but William-Preston; Sideboard-Ackman.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Preston

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: The Medley, as17641120

16914
07 February 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: As17641231, but Widow Bellmour-Miss Pope; William-King; Furnish-_.
Cast
Role: William Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: The Medley, as17641120

16915
11 April 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: As17650207, but William-Baddeley.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Baddeley.

Afterpiece Title: The Frenchified Lady never in Paris

Dance: III: The Medley, as17641120; End: The Irish Lilt, as17641011; End Farce: A Minuet-Sg Giorgi, Miss Pope

16916
16 May 1765 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Lauder (with favorite Scots songs); Prologue-Lauder.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Lauder

Entertainment: The Cries of Edinburgh-Lauder

Dance: McClean, 1st appearance on the stage

16917
04 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Beard; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Miss Twist (first attempt as an actress); Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Walker; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Brent; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; with a Dance incidental to the Opera-.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: The Garland, as17651003

16918
11 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Holland; Sir Bashful-Yates; Sir Brilliant-Palmer; William-Baddeley; Sideboard-Ackman; Lady Constant-Mrs Hopkins; Muslin-Mrs Clive; Mignionet-Mrs Bradshaw; Widow Bellmour (with song in character)-Miss Pope; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

16919
28 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Hull; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Cushing; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Lawyer-Wignel; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William Wisewou'd-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Mattocks; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Sir William Wisewou'd Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

16920
19 May 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William Worthy-Lauder; who will introduce several favourite Scots Songs, Prologue-Lauder; Glaud-Boyack; who will sing the Cries of Edinburgh-Boyack.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Lauder

Entertainment: Dancing-

Related Works
Related Work: The Dancing Master Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Related Work: The French Dancing Master Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Related Work: The Gentleman Dancing Master Author(s): William Wycherley

16921
14 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Books of the Burletta to be had at the Theatre. Paid Thos. Williamson for 4 pounds spermeceti candles 7s. (Account Book). Receipts: #133 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Clarke; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Cushing; Lawyer-Wignel; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Mattocks; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: Midas

16922
18 October 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Beard; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William Meadows-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Walker; Lucinda-Mrs Mahon, 1st appearance that stage; Rosetta-Mrs Mattocks, 1st time; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; Dance-incidental to the opera.
Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17661008

16923
22 April 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Holland; Sir Bashful Constant-Yates; Sir Brilliant Fashion-Palmer; William-Baddeley; Widow Bellmour (with song in character)-Mrs Abington; Lady Constant-Mrs Hopkins; Muslin-Mrs Clive; Sideboard-Ackman; Mignionet-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: Marriage a la Mode; or, Conjugal Douceurs

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17670212

16924
18 September 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Morris, 1st time; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Mrs Pinto; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; With a Dance- incident to the opera; The New Occasional Prologue-Powell.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: Serious Dance, as17670916

16925
23 September 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Holland,1st time; Lord Falbridge-Reddish, 1st time; Sir William Douglas-Havard; Owen-Burton; Officer-Strange; La France-Baddeley; Spatter-King; Lady Alton-Mrs Abington; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Hopkins; Molly-Miss Pope; Amelia-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Sir William Douglas Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit