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7652 results for: Keyword - Mr Thomson Smith
We found 4515 matches on Event Comments, 2952 matches on Performance Comments, 766 matches on Performance Title, 156 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

76
09 June 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman; Or, Love And Liberty

Song: Ray

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Topham, Miss Smith

77
31 July 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Solomon Single; Or, The Cautious Coxcomb

Song: As17190703

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith, Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

78
30 October 1719 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar

79
09 December 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Lally, Mrs Younger, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith

80
30 March 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: Shaw, Denoyer, Mrs Younger, Miss Smith

81
20 November 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: A New English Opera after the Italian Manner. [Text by Henry Carey. Set to Musick by John Christopher Smith.] Pit and Boxes put together at 5s. First Gallery 3s. Upper Gallery 2s. 6 p.m. Receipts: For Mr Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Teraminta

Related Works
Related Work: Teraminta Author(s): John Christopher Smith

82
13 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17731106, but Dance of the Furies-_; Macbeth-Smith; Vocal Parts-Reinhold, +Owenson.
Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208; After which: New Poetical Interlude, Henry and Emma: Parts-Smith, Hull, Miss Brown, Mrs Hartley; To conclude with: a New Air and Chorus by Dr Arne-

83
07 June 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Song: O What a Charming Thing's a Battle-Bannister; With Hounds and With Horns-Mrs Thompson; Favourite Cantata sung at Ranelagh-Mrs Smith; Nymphs and Shepherds (Arne), Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarm (from Artaxerxes)-Miss Catley

Music: Solos and Concertos on varieties of instruments-

84
April 1699 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Princess Of Parma

Related Works
Related Work: The Princess of Parma Author(s): Henry Smith

85
11 April 1711 @ Stationer's Hall

Event Comment: Benefit Cuthbert and Smith. For the Entertainment of several Foreign Ministers. Tickets 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Performers; Particularly several select Entertainments out of the following English Operas: The Fairy Queen, King Arthur, The Indian Queen, Dioclesian, with the Masque in Timon of Athens; all by that great Master the late Mr Henry Purcell-

86
14 May 1712 @ Stationer's Hall

Event Comment: Benefit Smith and Cuthbert. At 6 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, in the Opera of Dioclesian, with several Additions composed by the Immortal Henry Purcel, which, for the Beauty of Expression, Excellency of Harmony, and Grandeur of Contrivance, gives a first Place to no Musical Opera in Europe-; Several Entertainments on the Irish Harp-the famous Mr Morphy

87
18 February 1719 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Leneker and Mrs Smith. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands; A new Concerto by Mr Hendel-Mathew Dubourg; Piece for Harpsicord-Cook; Concerto, Solo-Kytch; Solo Bass@Viol, German@Flute-Pietro

88
31 January 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Betty Smith and Mrs Orfeur. All the Characters new dress'd. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca; Or, The British General

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-; particularly, Dancing-Girl of Six years of Age, for her Diversion, Scholar to Mr Roussau; being the first Time she ever appeared on the Stage

89
02 June 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Appleby, Bourk, Brigg, Daglish, Edwin, Fox, Jones, Maddocks, Smith, Walker, Harris, Webb will be admitted. Receipts: #56 5s. (28.7; 27.18; 0.0; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Dance: End III: Hornpipe-Whittow; End: Minuet de la Cour-Mr and Mrs Brigg; in which Codrile-; to conclude with a Scotch Reel-Whittow

90
15 May 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Coker, Cook, Newhouse, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Cook, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Miss Smith; Scotch Dance-Newhouse, Miss Smith; Marie-Cook, Miss Schoolding; The last Comic Dance-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

91
23 November 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Teraminta

Related Works
Related Work: Teraminta Author(s): John Christopher Smith

92
20 February 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fairies

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairies Author(s): John Christopher Smith

Dance: SShepherd's Holiday, as17541008

93
17 March 1763 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: For last time this Season. Part of Pit rail'd into Boxes. No Building on Stage. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted (playbill). [See 6 April 1763. Smith's Skit is Larpent MS 222, in which each of the seven ages is acted out and accompanied with generalized comment.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Entertainment: After: The Humours of the Age Imitation of Shakespeare's Stages-Smith

Dance: TThe Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

94
13 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. Receipts: money #13; tickets #44 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Performance Comment: As17170328 but Lenox-Smith.
Cast
Role: Lenox Actor: Smith.

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-Leveridge, Cook

Dance: As17161109; A new Comic Dance, Spanish Entry-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

95
12 June 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Smith, Kellom's Scholar, Buck, Cross, Williams. Receipts: money #9 8s.; tickets #61 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew

Dance: Thurmond, Miss Smith; particularly a new Swedish Dale Karle-

96
30 April 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith, Cook, Mrs Scot. [At this performance] a Gentleman sitting in a Side-Box pointed at a young Gentlewoman, which another Gentleman perceiving, and she being one of his Acquaintance, he went to him and challenged him: They made some passes at each other, which put the Play-House in an Uproar, but they were parted, and neither was killed.-Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 3 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Example

Dance: As17171022; Thurmond's new Comic Dance-Thurmond, Miss Smith

97
26 May 1720 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: denefit Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Lally, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger, Lally's Scholar, Miss Smith, Miss Lindar

98
02 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Lesson on the Harpsichord-Smith; Solo on Hautboy-Kytch; Violin-Festing; Singing-Mrs Young

99
03 February 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Taken from a Midsummer Night's Dream written by Shakespear. The Songs from Shakespear, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Lansdown, Hammond. Music-Smith. [First edition Text by John Christopher Smith; see Garrick to James Murphey French, Dec. 1756; H. Walpole to R. Bentley 23 Feb. 1755.] Besides our own Singers, we had Sg Guadagni, Sga Passerini, Miss Potier [i.e., Mrs Vernon], and Savage's Boys. Very great Applause; Sabatini danced after it and fell down, not hurt (Cross). [See A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Hands of Garrick and Colman, G. W. Stone Jr, PMLA (June 1939).] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fairies

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairies Author(s): John Christopher Smith

Dance: CComic Dance-Sabatini, Sga Sabatini, Sabatini jun, his first time

100
26 March 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, but for Last time this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Kitely Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Twist; End: New Grand Ballet, as17640320

Entertainment: After: The Follies of the Ages in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stages-Smith