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4303 results for: Keyword - R. Smith
We found 3187 matches on Performance Comments, 980 matches on Roles/Actors, 546 matches on Event Comments, 253 matches on Performance Title, and 24 matches on Author.

1951
17 October 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

1952
19 October 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Smith; Polixenes-Bensley; Florizel-Brereton; Camillo-Aickin; Old Shepherd-Packer; Autolicus-Vernon; Clown-Yates; Perdita-Mrs Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Paulina-Mrs Hopkins; Hermione-Miss Farren. [Edition of 1785 (Bathurst) adds: Cleomenes-$Chaplin; Gentleman-$Phillimore; Dorcas-$Miss Simson; Mopsa-$Miss Kirby.]
Cast
Role: Leontes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: II: Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs

Song: II: Sheep@shearing song-Miss Wright. [This was sung, as here assigned, in both subsequent performances.

1953
30 October 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: End II: The Irish Fair, as17800930

1954
14 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

1955
18 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

1956
24 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Impostor

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

1957
01 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

1958
16 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

1959
19 March 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End: The Dutch Quaker, as17810312End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17800930

1960
10 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: Scene IV: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End III: song-Miss Barnes (1st attempt on any stage); End 1st piece: the Grand Naval Review-; Rule Britannia-Gaudry, Edwards, Williams

1961
16 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Bucks have at ye all; or, The Picture of a Playhouse-R. Palmer

1962
17 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End IV: The Devonshire Minuet (1st time)-the Miss Stageldoirs (scholars of LeMercier); End: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End I: As17810424

1963
01 June 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End II: Tambourine Dance-Master Byrn, Miss Byrn

1964
16 June 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

1965
21 June 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

1966
01 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: The Silver Tankard

Dance: As17810620

1967
08 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: III 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn, in girl's clothes (London Chronicle, 9 Aug., and see17810810) This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances

1968
17 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School Of Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Young Actor

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Entertainment: Cento, as17810807

Song: End I of 1st piece: Admiral Benbow (in the character of a Sailor)-Bannister; End III: Moderation and Alteration-Edwin

1969
24 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Kensington Gardens

Afterpiece Title: Ripe Fruit

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Song: In 2nd piece: As17810822; End of 3rd piece: Moderation and Alteration, as17810817

1970
28 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Hodge Podge or A Receipt to Make a Benefit

Dance: As17810612

Entertainment: In 3rd piece: Speaking, Singing, Sneezing, Yawning, Acting, Pantomime-; particularly The Military Exercise-Mrs Wells; With Hounds and with Horns-Mrs Cargill; Sweet Echo, Mad Bess(1st time)-Miss Harper

1971
27 September 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: Sir Peter Teazle-King; Sir Oliver Surface-Yates; Joseph Surface-Palmer; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Dodd; Crabtrce-Parsons; Rowley-Aickin; Moses-Baddeley; Snake-Packer; Careless-Farren; Trip-Lamash; Charles-Smith; Mrs Candour-Miss Pope; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Sneerwell-Miss Sherry; Lady Teazle-Mrs Abington (1st appearance this season) .
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: In Act III of mainpiece song [Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen] by Vernon. [This was sung again by Vernon on 9 Oct., but in all subsequent performances by Williams (or Williames; see17811020).]

1972
06 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17811004

1973
29 October 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece a Highland Reel by Blurton and the two Miss Stageldoirs. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

1974
15 November 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

1975
14 December 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar