SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "William Smith"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "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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We found 10804 matches on Author, 3378 matches on Performance Comments, 771 matches on Event Comments, 281 matches on Performance Title, and 1 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Performance Comment: As17741013, but Osman-Smith, first time.
Cast
Role: Osman Actor: Smith, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Timanthes-Smith; Demophoon-Palmer; Methusius-Jefferson; Cherinthus-Brereton; Adrastus-Hurst; Orcanes-Wheeler; Officer-Griffiths; Cephisa-A Young Lady; Ismena-Miss Younge; In Act III a procession-; a Solemn Sacrifice-; Vocal Parts-Legg, Fawcett; Kear, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarrat. Kear, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarrat.
Cast
Role: Timanthes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202; End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17740917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Smith; Capt. Brazen-King; Worthy-DuBellamy (from Covent Garden); Bullock-Moody; Recruits-Parsons, Weston; Justice Balance-Jefferson; Kite-Palmer; Melinda-Mrs Greville, first time; Rose-Miss Jarratt, first time; Lucy-Mrs Davies, first time; Sylvia-Miss Younge, first time.
Cast
Role: Plume Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: II: The Grand Garland Dance, as17750406 End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17740917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Earl of Warwick-Smith; Suffolk-Packer; Pembroke-J. Aickin; King Edward-Palmer, first time; Lady Elizabeth Gray-Mrs Baddeley; Lady Clifford-Miss Platt; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates; Buckingham-Fawcett; Messenger-Griffiths.
Cast
Role: Earl of Warwick Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Smith, first time

Dance: End Act I: Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

Entertainment: End Act V: By Desire, Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17741222, but Don Diego-Bannister; Mungo-Burton; first time; Leonora-Mrs Smith; Ursula-Mrs Love (playbill); Public Advertiser lists Ursula-$Mrs Green; Don Diego-$Reinhold.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Smith

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17740920

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom-Master Blanchard; King-Davies; Grizzle-Bannister; Glumdalca-Kean; Noodle-Fawcett; Doodle-Carpenter; Bailiff-Wheeler; Follower-Everard; Queen-Mrs Wrighten; Huncamunca-Smith.
Cast
Role: Huncamunca Actor: Smith.
Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): William Hatchett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Related Works
Related Work: She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Performance Comment: As17750925, but Black Smith-_; Flint-_.
Cast
Role: Black Smith Actor: Fearon

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet, The Italian Gardeners-; End Comedy: [A New Dance call'd The Gamesters-Sg and Sga Zuchelli[, being their first appearance in England. [For Italian Gardeners see17740919.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Smith; Pylades-Packer; Pyrrhus-Palmer; Phoenix-Usher; Hermione-Miss Younge; Cleone-Mrs Johnston; Cephissa-Miss Platt; Andromache-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Orestes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jacket

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Smith; Sir Francis Wronghead-Yates; Manly-Packer; John Moody-Moody; Richard-Burton; Count Bassett-Dodd; Lady Grace-Miss Sherry; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny-Mrs Davies; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Trusty-Mrs Johnston; Myrtilla-Miss Platt; Lady Townly-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Townly Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Stratocles-Farren; Zama-Wright; Mirvan-Norris; Hali-Whitfield; Tamerlane-Palmer; Axalla-Brereton; Dervise-Bransby; Omar-Hurst; Bajazet-Smith; Selima-Mrs Hopkins; Prince of Tanais-Davies; Arpasia-Mrs King, first time; Moneses-Reddish; The Usual Prologue-Reddish; in Act IV, the Original Song, To Thee Oh Gentle Sleep-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: Bajazet Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Cast
Role: William Actor: Vernon

Dance: End: The Savage Hunters, as17751020

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Old City Manners

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: Parts-Wright, Garland, Grimaldi, Burton, Carpenter, Cubitt, Kear, Griffith, Norris, Mas. Blanchard, Fawcett, Legg, Bannister, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Smith, Mrs Sutton.
Event Comment: Paid Mr Thos. Smith per order Mr D. G. #31 10s.; Barrow andCo for oil #52. Receipts: #149 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Old City Manners

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Messenger-Everard; Officer-Norris; Earl of Warwick-Smith; Suffolk-Packer; Pembroke-Aickin; Buckingham-Fawcett; King Edward-Palmer; Lady Elizabeth Gray-Miss P. Hopkins, first time; Lady Clifford-Miss Platt; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates; Original Epilogue-Mrs Yates, By Particular Desire.
Cast
Role: Earl of Warwick Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Performance Comment: Morcar-Reddish; Siward-Palmer; Oswald-Whitfield; Harold-Wrighten; Edwin-Smith; Matilda-Miss Younge; Bertha-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Edwin Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Performance Comment: As17751215, but the Vocal Parts-Mrs Smith, Mrs _Scott, Mrs _Jewell; +The Last New Epilogue-Mrs Abington (playbill). [The Public Advertiser retains Mrs Scott and Mrs Jewell and makes no mention of Mrs Smith.]The Public Advertiser retains Mrs Scott and Mrs Jewell and makes no mention of Mrs Smith.]

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Performance Comment: Biron-Smith; Villeroy-Packer; Carlos-Aickin; Belford-Usher; Count Baldwin-Jefferson; Child-Mas. Pulley; Nurse-Mrs Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Yates; Sampson-Bransby; in III, an Epithalamium-Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Biron Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: II: The Savage Hunters, as17751118, but _Blurton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Cast
Role: Hargrave Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17751223, but Leonora-Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Smith.
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman Is A Riddle

Performance Comment: Sir Amorous Vainwit-King; Courtwell-Smith; Col. Manly-Reddish; Aspin-Yates; Vulture-Moody; Butler-Bransby; Lady Outside-Miss Younge; Clarinda-Miss Hopkins; Necessary-Mrs Davies; Betty-Mrs Whitfield; Miranda-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Courtwell Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Mat@O@Mint-Kear; Ben Budge-Burton; Player-Whitfield; Beggar-Waldron; Filch-Parsons; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Polly-Mrs Smith; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; In Act III, a Hornpipe-Mrs Sutton; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: End Opera: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Performance Comment: As17760208, but Old Groveby-Baddeley, first time; the Vocal Parts-Mrs Scott, Mrs +Jewell, Mrs +Smith.
Cast
Role: the Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs Scott, Mrs +Jewell, Mrs +Smith.

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: Alexander-Smith; Clytus-Bensley; Perdiccas-Whitfield; Eumenes-Farren; Aristander-Wrighten; Cassander-Palmer; Thessalus-Wright; Lysimachus-Brereton; Hephestion-Davies; Polyperchon-Bransby; Roxana-Miss Younge; Statira-Mrs Yates; Parisatis-Miss Hopkins; Sysigambis-Mrs Johnston; Slave-Griffiths; With the Grand Triumphal Entry-.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Performance Comment: As17760409 but Hurry-Waldron, first time; Architect-Norris; Maria-Miss P. Hopkins; Shepherdess, with songs incident to the piece-Miss Abrams; Vocal Parts-Mrs Smith, Mrs _Scott.
Cast
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs Smith, Mrs _Scott.
Role: the Vocal Parts Actor: Mrs Scott, Mrs +Jewell, Mrs +Smith.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Song: V: (By Desire) The Soldier Tir'd-Miss Abrams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Capt. Plume-Smith; Justice Balance-Jefferson; Kite-Palmer; Worthy-Whitefield; Bullock-Moody; Two Recruits-Waldron, Burton; Capt. Brazen-King; Rose-Miss Jarratt; Lucy-Mrs Davies; Sylvia-Miss Younge; Melinda-Miss Platt, first time.
Cast
Role: Plume Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: II: The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Performance Comment: As17760429 but Narcissa-Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Smith.
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith.

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760410

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-King; Johnson-Lamash; Smith-Aickin; Others-Baddeley, Parsons, Moody, Whitfield, Hurst, Fawcett, Waldron, Bransby, Burton, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Garland, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Messink, Cubitt, Everard, Master Pulley, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies; With an Additional Reinforcement of Bayes's New Raised Troops-.
Cast
Role: Smith Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Tragedy Actor: Mrs Smith

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17751003; II: The Sailors Revels, as17751220