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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "R J Smith"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "R J 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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4646 results for: Keyword - R. J. Smith
We found 3941 matches on Performance Comments, 939 matches on Event Comments, 346 matches on Performance Title, 36 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2201
21 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

2202
28 May 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber Or The Fruitless Precaution

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Dance: End of mainpicce a new dance, The Medley, by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne and others (their 1st appearance)

2203
31 May 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fox

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Music: [Prologue by George Colman, the elder.]

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17840528

2204
05 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Afterpiece Title: The Election of the Managers

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

2205
25 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Afterpiece Title: The Author

2206
28 June 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

2207
08 July 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

2208
13 July 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Dance: End of mainpiece The Rivals by Byrne, Ratchford, Mrs Goodwin, &c

2209
15 July 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: As17840713

2210
30 July 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17840727

Song: In the Temple of Health [in afterpiece] (1st time, and for this night only) a new, shocking Electrical Caleb, set to Medical Music by Dr Arnold, sung by Edwin, Bannister, Davies, Brett. imitations. End of mainpiece Various Imitations, Vocal and Rhetorical, by Bannister Jun

2211
06 August 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17840528; End of mainpiece, as17840713

2212
26 August 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Foote Weston and Shuter in the Shades

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: In Act III of 2nd piece Hornpipe by Byrne

Monologue: 1784 08 26 As 10 Aug

2213
13 September 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

2214
18 September 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Smith; Manly-Bensley; Count Basset-Dodd; John Moody-Moody; Squire Richard-Suett; Sir Francis Wronghead-Parsons; Lady Grace (1st time)-Mrs Ward; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss jenny-Miss Field; Trusty-Miss Hale; Myrtilla-Miss Barnes; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Love; Lady Townly-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Lord Townly Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Dance: End of mainpiece The Sportsmen's Return, as17840916

2215
21 September 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece The Irish Fair by Williamson and Miss M. Stageldoir. [This was danced, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]

2216
05 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

2217
07 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Comus

2218
19 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

2219
21 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: As17841002

2220
26 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece The Sportsmen's Return, as17840916

Song: In Act V of mainpiece a song by Miss Field. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

2221
27 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

2222
02 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Dance: As17841002

2223
20 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Rivals

2224
22 November 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Col. Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Ward; Inis-Mrs Wells; Violante-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Don Felix Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

2225
06 January 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Song: Mainpiece to finish with a Grand Naval Review, with a Dance of Sailors by Williamson, Mills, Miss Stageldoir, &c, and Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c