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28 December 1695

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1695-1696
Volume: 1
Comments: Flying Post, 26-28 Dec. 1695: Mr William Smith, a Gentleman, belonging to the Theatre Royal, who had acquired a considerable Estate, and thereupon desisted from Acting, was prevailed upon by the New Play house to remount the Stage; but upon shifting his cloathes in the last New Play, took cold and died thereof this week. [See Cyrus the Great, 15 December.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p7lif Comment. *c7lif <i>Flying Post</i>, 26-28 Dec. 1695: $Mr William Smith=, a Gentleman, belonging to the <i>Theatre Royal</i>, who had acquired a considerable Estate, and thereupon desisted from Acting, was prevailed upon by the New Play house to remount the Stage; but upon shifting his cloathes in the last New Play, took cold and died thereof this week. [See <i>Cyrus the Great</i>, 15 December.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1695 12 28 lif Comment.*c1695 12 28 lif <i>Flying Post</i>, 26-28 Dec. 1695: $Mr William Smith=, a Gentleman, belonging to the <i>Theatre Royal</i>, who had acquired a considerable Estate, and thereupon desisted from Acting, was prevailed upon by the New Play house to remount the Stage; but upon shifting his cloathes in the last New Play, took cold and died thereof this week. [See <i>Cyrus the Great</i>, 15 December.]

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1997 | 16951228 | lif | <i>Flying Post</i>, 26-28 Dec. 1695: $Mr William Smith=, a Gentleman, belonging to the <i>Theatre Royal</i>, who had acquired a considerable Estate, and thereupon desisted from Acting, was prevailed upon by the New Play house to remount the Stage; but upon shifting his cloathes in the last New Play, took cold and died thereof this week. [See <i>Cyrus the Great</i>, 15 December.

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