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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir William Sidney Smith"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir William Sidney 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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18754 results for: Keyword - Sir William Sidney Smith
We found 11806 matches on Author, 8378 matches on Performance Comments, 1642 matches on Event Comments, 741 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

8576
03 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Smith
Role: Lieut. Actor: R. Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Dance: IV: The Sicilian Peasants, as17641001; End: a Hornpipe-Miss Pitt

8577
07 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Entertainment: II: By Desire, Bucks Have at ye All-Baddeley

Dance: End Opera: The Irish Lilt, as17641011

8578
10 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Dance: II: The Irish Milkmaids, as17650321 IV: Tambourine, as17650427

8579
13 May 1765 @ 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 Country Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17641011; End: Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley

8580
13 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Iago Actor: Smith, 1st time
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherds Artifice

Dance: II: A Medley Hornpipe, as17650430 End: Rural Love, as17641212

8581
15 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Cast
Role: Sir John Dorilant Actor: Holland, 1st time
Related Works
Related Work: The School for Lovers Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Dance: II: A New Dance-Tassoni, Miss Tetley; IV: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley; End: A New Comic Dance-Tassoni, Miss Baker

8582
16 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance-Tassoni, Miss Tetley, as17650515

8583
17 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Actor: Dunstall
Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

8584
22 May 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Antony Actor: Smith, 1st time
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: Love in a Wood; or, St. James's Park Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William Burnaby
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): William Corbett
Related Work: Anthony and Cleopatra Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: II: A New Dance-Hussey, Miss Pitt; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Daw; IV: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: Minuet-Curtet, Miss Barrowby

8585
23 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Cast
Role: concluding with the landing of Cherokees in Americ Actor: . By desire of Chukatah, the Mankiller of Settico, a great warrior of the Cherokee Nation.

8586
17 September 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

8587
07 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

8588
08 October 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowel-Gibson; Young Knowel-Dyer; Wellbred-Mattocks; Bobadil-Woodward; Mas. Stephen-Shuter; Clement-Lewis; Mas. Matthew-Cushing; Brainworm-Dunstall; Cash-Perry; Formal-Costollo; Downright-Walker; Cob-Buck; Cob's Wife-Mrs Pitt; Bridget-Mrs Baker; Dame Kitely-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Kitely Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: End: The Garland, as17651003

8589
14 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8590
22 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8591
30 October 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Lovers Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8592
14 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Those ladies and gentlemen who have taken places in the Boxes are desired to be at the theatre earlier than usual, to prevent mistakes; and to send their servants by 3 o'clock. [Garrick's first appearance. He afterwards played only occasionally 7 or 8 nights.] Disturbance at Drury Lane. Those not in black insulted, one young gentleman from Bond Street had a sword run into his eye (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

8593
18 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

8594
19 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Afterpiece with alterations and additions. [A song sung in the "New Scene in Harlequin's Invasion" appears in The Jester's Magazine, May 1766, p. 254. Harlequin enters with a Dancing Bear, and sings four stanzas in broken English about the advantages of dancing, for men, women, philosophers, and politicians. Harlequin's speech is Frenchified English.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: The School for Lovers Author(s): William Whitehead

Afterpiece Title: The Harlequins Invasion

8595
20 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Garrick did not resume any part of which Powell was in possession, except Lusignan, Lothario, and Leon (Genest, V, 88)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

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

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: III: A Dutch Dance-Aldridge

8596
20 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars

Related Works
Related Work: The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars Author(s): William Bates
Related Work: The Jovial Crew Author(s): William ConcanenWilliam YongeWilliam Bates

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17651115

8597
22 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule-Vernon (with Early Horn); Jobson-Love; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet; Nell-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon

8598
23 November 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

8599
25 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

8600
30 November 1765 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Actor: Smith
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Shuter
Role: Sir Jealous Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Related Works
Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: III: The Calabrian Peasants, as17651126; End: Rural Love, as17651115