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18385 results for: Keyword - Mr John Christopher Smith
We found 11229 matches on Author, 5403 matches on Event Comments, 4472 matches on Performance Comments, 1075 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

14601
04 January 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair (By Desire)-Mrs Woffington; Col Standard-Delane; Beau Clincher-Cibber Jun.; Clincher Jun-Neale; Vizard-Havard; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Clive; Angelica-Mrs Mills; Pearly-Mr Macklin; Smuggler-Johnson; Dicky-Ray; Tom Errand-Leigh; Constable-Turbutt; Lady Darling-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Smuggler Actor: Johnson

Song: As17420101

Dance: II: Le Boufon, as17411030; IV: Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17411128

14602
29 January 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Happy Captive

14603
29 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Ryan
Role: Smith Actor: Cashell
Related Works
Related Work: The Contrast: A Tragi-Comical Rehearsal of Two Modern Plays: Match Upon Match; or, No Match at All, and the Tragedy of Epaminodas Author(s): John Hoadley

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: A New Pierot Dance-Picq, Mlle Auguste

14604
08 April 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: As17420406

14605
24 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Performance Comment: Henry-Berry; Wolsey-Mills; Buckingham-Winstone; Gardiner-Johnson; Cranmer-Turbutt; Norfolk-Havard; Suffolk-Ridout; Lord Chamberlain-Woodburn; Campeius-Shepard; Abergavenny-Raftor; Cromwell-Cross; Lord Sands-Neale; Surveyor-Taswell; Lovel-Ray; Old Lady-Mrs Egerton; Anna Bullen-Mrs Ridout; Queen Katherine-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Gardiner Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: I: A Concerto, as17420105; II: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; III: Le Boufon, as17420325

Song: IV: A Ballad-Lowe; V: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

14606
24 November 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Carney, Mrs Roland

14607
27 December 1742 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Imprisonment of Harlequin

14608
17 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wedding Day

14609
25 February 1743 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Flora or Hob in the Well

Related Works
Related Work: Hob's Wedding Author(s): John Leigh
Related Work: Hob's Opera Author(s): John Hippisley
Related Work: Sequel to the Opera of Flora; or, Hob's Wedding Author(s): John Hippisley

14610
16 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sampson

14611
21 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: II: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310 IV: Italian Gardeners, as17421231

Song: III: Beard

14612
02 January 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Dance: II: As17431013; IV: Italian Masquerade, as17431126

14613
10 February 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semele

14614
28 March 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: II: New Song by Handel-Beard; IV: To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Dance: III: Scotch Dance, as17431124; V: Ballet-Cooke, Mlle Domitilla

14615
04 April 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: Mrs Auguste; II: New Comic Dance-Muilment, Mrs Auguste; IV: New Serious Dance, as17440119 V: A New Comic Dance-Muilment, Mrs Auguste

14616
16 April 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Queen Of Spain

Afterpiece Title: The Kiss Accepted and Returned

14617
18 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

14618
20 April 1744 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Stephens. Mainpiece: At the particular desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets deliver'd out for As You Like It will be taken. Tickets to be had of Stephens at the Jar, opposite Red-Lion St., Holborn; of Mr Johnson, at the White Hart in Paternoster Row; and at the stage door next Bow St. where places may be taken. Last Night Shakespear's play of King Henry the Fifth, was performed at Covent Garden, with the many incidents that are applicable to the present Juncture of Affairs with France, occasioned the whole to be receiv'd with an uncommon Applause.--General Advertiser, 21 April

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life Of King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17440404

14619
09 May 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

14620
11 June 1744 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Hermit

14621
27 September 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Brazen-Cibber; Plume-Mills; Silvia-Mrs Mills; Balance-Johnson; Kite-Paget; Melinda-Mrs Bailey; Rose-Miss Jenny Cibber; Worthy-Mozeen; Scale-Naylor; Scruple-Holtham; Bullock-Paddick; Pearmain-Bernard; Appletree-Hacket; Welsh Collier-Richards; Constable-Jackson; Lucy-Mrs George; Prologue-Mr Mills.
Cast
Role: Balance Actor: Johnson

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces of Musick-

14622
01 November 1744 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

14623
03 November 1744 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife of Bath Author(s): John Gay
Related Work: The Distrest Wife Author(s): John Gay
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

14624
13 December 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: Lowe

Dance: Muilment

14625
07 January 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Contrast: A Tragi-Comical Rehearsal of Two Modern Plays: Match Upon Match; or, No Match at All, and the Tragedy of Epaminodas Author(s): John Hoadley