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5770 results for: Keyword - Charles Smith
We found 2940 matches on Performance Comments, 2425 matches on Author, 651 matches on Event Comments, 318 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

5051
18 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Smith; King-Gardner; Ghost-Bensley; Horatio-Hull; Ostrick-Dyer; Laertes-Davis; Polonius-Shuter; Grave Diggers-Dunstall, Stoppelaer; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Midas

5052
21 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Performance Comment: Athelwold-Smith; Edgar-Bensley; Orgar-Clarke; Edwin-Hull; Albina-Miss Miller, first time; Elfrida-Mrs Hartley; Chorus of British Virgins-Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Miss Twist, Miss Brown, Miss Valois, Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Athelwold Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: End: New Dance-Aldridge, Miss Capon. [See17731014 and 6. Feb.

5053
25 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Smith; Capulet-Kniveton; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Mercutio-Woodward; Benvolio-Davis; Escalus-Gardner; Paris-Thompson; Tibalt-Owenson; Lady Capulet-Miss Pearce; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Mrs Hartley; In I a Masquerade Scene incident to the play, a Minuet-Fishar, Miss Twist; End IV, the Funeral Procession of Juliet-, with a Solemn Dirge.
Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Midas

5054
04 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Bensley; Bajazet-Smith; Axalla-a Gentleman, his second appearance; Dervise-Gardner; Moneses-Wroughton; Omar-Owenson; Stratocles-Fox; Hali-Davis; Prince of Tanais-Thompson; Selima-Miss Sherman; Arpasia-Miss Miller; With the Usual Prologue-Wroughton; In IV, To Thee O Gentle Sleep!-DuBellamy (playbill).
Cast
Role: Bajazet Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Tamerlane the Great Author(s): Charles Saunders

Afterpiece Title: Comus

5055
08 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Smith; Southampton-Wroughton; Burleigh-Hull; Raleigh-Thompson; Lieut.-Fox; Rutland-Miss Miller; Nottingham-Miss Sherman; Queen Elizabeth-A Gentlewoman, first appearance.
Cast
Role: Essex Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Midas

5056
23 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowel-Hull; Young Knowel-Dyer; Welbred-Lewes; Bobadil-Woodward; Mas. Stephen-Shuter; Clement-Kniveton; Brainworm-Dunstall; Downright-Gardner; Mas. Matthew-Cushing; Cash-Thompson; Bridget-Mrs Baker; Dame Kitely-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Kitely Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

5057
01 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Smith; Manly-Clarke; Richard-Hamilton; Moody-Dunstall; Count Basset-Dyer; Sir Francis-Shuter; Lady Grace-Mrs Baker; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Pitt; Miss Jenny-Mrs Kniveton; Lady Townly-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Townly Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

5058
04 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Antony-Smith; Ventidius-Clarke; Dolabella-Wroughton; Alexas-Dyer; Serapion-Gardner; Romans-Davis, Bates; Octavia-Miss Miller; Charmion-Miss Pearce; Iras-Mrs Willems; Cleopatra-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Antony Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Love's Victim: or, the Queen of Wales Author(s): Charles Gildon

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

5059
07 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Smith; Brazen-Woodward; Worthy-DuBellamy; Ballance-Hull; Bullock-Dunstall; Kite-Gardner; Recruits-Quick, Lewes; Melinda-Mrs Baker; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Rose-Mrs Kniveton; Sylvia-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Plume Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: End: The Lamplighter-Aldridge, Miss Twist. [See17711016.

5060
18 December 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: Young Mirabel-Smith; Old Mirabel-Shuter; Duretete-Woodward; Dugard-Gardner; Petit-Cushing; Oriana-Mrs Lessingham; Lamorce-Miss Ogilvie; Bizarre-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Young Mirabel Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: III: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

5061
13 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17731124, but Whisper-R. Smith.
Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith.
Role: Charles Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

5062
26 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17740101, but King Henry-Clarke; Ratcliff-Lewes; Lord Mayor-Cushing; Lieut.-R. Smith; Stanley-Thompson; Prince Edward-_; Duke of York-_.
Cast
Role: Lieut. Actor: R. Smith
Role: Richard Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

5063
08 February 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Garrick; King-Jefferson; Ghost-Bransby; Horatio-Packer; Polonius-Baddeley; Laertes-J. Aickin; Rosencrans-Davies; Guildenstern-Fawcett; Marcellus-Ackman; Player King-Keen; Lucianus-Parsons; Messenger-Wright; Bernardo-Wrighten; Francisco-Griffith; Queen-Mrs Hopkins; Player Queen-Mrs Johnston; Ophelia-Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Smith.

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

5064
11 February 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Timanthes-Smith; Demaphoon-Bensley; Mathusius-Clarke; Cherinthus-Wroughton; Adrastus-Gardner; Orcanes-Thompson; Cephisa-Mrs Bulkley; Ismena-Mrs Hartley; In Act III, a Procession-; The Vocal parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, Miss Brown, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Timanthes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

5065
12 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Smith; Polixines-Bensley; Florizel-Lewis; Camillo-Hull; Autolicus-Quick; Old Shepherd-Kniveton; Clown-Woodward; Perdita (with Sheep Shearing Ballad)-Miss Dayes; Paulina-Mrs P. Green; Hermione-Mrs Hartley; The Vocal Parts-Fox, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker; In Act II, a Dance-Aldridge, Miss Twist (playbill). [The Public Advertiser lists Reinhold instead of Fox as vocalist.]The Public Advertiser lists Reinhold instead of Fox as vocalist.]
Cast
Role: Leontes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

5066
14 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-King; Smith-J. Aickin; Johnson-Jefferson; Others-Weston, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Collett, Baddeley, Palmer, W. Palmer, Hurst, Parsons, Moody, Jacobs, Bransby, Wheeler, Ackman, Kear, Keen, Fawcett, Johnston, Wrighten, Wright, Rooker, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies; With an Additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-.
Cast
Role: Smith Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

Monologue: End: Linco's Travels. Linco-King; Old Woman-Mrs Bradshaw

5067
22 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Performance Comment: Don Sebastian-Smith; Dorax-Bensley; Muley Moloch-Gardner; Don Antonio-Lewis; Don Alvarez-Hull; Benducar-Thompson; Mufti-Quick; Mustapha-Dunstall; Muley Zeydan-Owenson; Orchan-Bates; Morayma-Mrs Mattocks; Johayma-Mrs Green; Almeyda-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Don Sebastian Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: The Captive Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

5068
04 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Palmer; Ferdinand (With songs)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Ackman; Ceres-Mrs Wrighten; Ariel (With songs)-Mrs Scott; Miranda (With song)-Mrs Smith; Hymen-Fawcett; Gonzalo-J. Aickin; Alonzo-Bransby; Sebastian-Keen; Francisco-Griffith; Boatswain-Wright; Master of Ship-Wrighten; With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; The Other Dances-Giorgi, Mrs Sutton.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

5069
06 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17740110, but Shore-Wroughton; Derby-R. Smith.
Cast
Role: Derby Actor: R. Smith.
Role: Hastings Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Monologue: True Blue. As 26 March

5070
07 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prince Of Agra

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Bensley, Lewis, Wroughton, Gardner, Owenson, Thompson, Fox, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Dayes, Miss Pearce, Mrs Lessingham; with a Prologue-; Epilogue-. [Larpent MS 370 lists parts: Emperor; Aureng-Zebe; Morat; Arimant; Asaph Chan; Mirza; Abos; Ambassador; Fazel Chan; Solyman; Diamet; Soldier; Indamora; Nourmahal; Melisinda; Zaida.] Morat; Arimant; Asaph Chan; Mirza; Abos; Ambassador; Fazel Chan; Solyman; Diamet; Soldier; Indamora; Nourmahal; Melisinda; Zaida.]
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Bensley, Lewis, Wroughton, Gardner, Owenson, Thompson, Fox, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Dayes, Miss Pearce, Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17731005

5071
09 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader, Vamp-Quick; Young Cape-Lewes; Sprightly-DuBellamy; Governor-Gardner; Robin-R. Smith; Poet-Hamilton; Arabella-Miss Pearce; Mrs Cadwallader-a Young Gentlewoman, first appearance this stage (playbill).
Cast
Role: Robin Actor: R. Smith

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailors, as17731013; End Opera: The Highland Reel, as17731112

5072
11 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Performance Comment: Cyrus-a Gentleman [Brunton] first appearance any stage; Cambyses-Smith; Astyages-Clarke; Harpagus-Hull; Mithranes-Bensley; Aspasia-Mrs Mattocks; Mandane-Mrs Melmoth.
Cast
Role: Cambyses Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton with Stockwell Scenes

5073
12 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Autolicus-King; Florizel-Cautherly; Polixines-Hurst; Antigonus-J. Aickin; Clown-Moody; Perdita-Mrs Canning, first time in this character; the sheep@shearing song-Mrs Smith; Camillo-Wright; The Vocal Parts-Bannister, Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten; With a Dance incidental to the piece,-Como, Giorgi, Sga Crespi, Mrs Sutton.
Cast
Role: the sheep@shearing song Actor: Mrs Smith

Entertainment: End: Bucks have at ye all-Palmer

5074
15 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Performance Comment: Oliver-Dodd; Clack-Parsons; Scentwell-Griffith; Meriel-Mrs Hunt; Rachel-Mrs Wrighten, first time; Hilliard-Davies; Vincent-Fawcett; Beggars-Wright, Waldron, Kear, Messink, Courtney, Jones, Mrs Love, Mrs Smith; A New Song-; will be introduced and In Act I, the Crutch Dance-.
Cast
Role: Beggars Actor: Wright, Waldron, Kear, Messink, Courtney, Jones, Mrs Love, Mrs Smith

Song: II: Rise Glory-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

5075
19 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Performance Comment: Elfina (With song)-Master Blanchard; Grotilla-Miss Lings; Lady-Mrs S. Smith; Emmeline-Mrs Greville; first time; Edgar-Cautherly; Florimond-King; With Dances- incidental to the piece.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs S. Smith

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17730918