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4209 results for: Keyword - R. Smith
We found 3187 matches on Performance Comments, 980 matches on Roles/Actors, 546 matches on Event Comments, 253 matches on Performance Title, and 18 matches on Author.

251
30 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Smith; Capulet-Younger; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Mercutio-Dyer; Tibalt-Gardner; Paris-Perry; Benvolio-Fox; Escalus-Morris; Peter-Quick; Apothecary-Holtom; Lady Capulet-Mrs Barrington; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Miss Miller; first time; In I, a Minuet-Fishar, Miss Besford; a Masquerade Dance- incident to the play; With the Funeral Procession of Juliet-; a Solemn Dirge-; the Vocal Parts-Mattocks, DuBellamy, Baker, Barnshaw, Legg, Fox, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.
Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Mattocks; Jobson-Dunstall; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pitt; Conjuror-R. Smith; Nell-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Conjuror Actor: R. Smith

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17701017

252
03 May 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewes, first time; Sir George Airy-Mattocks; Charles-Hull; Sir Francis Gripe-Shuter; Sir Jealous Traffic-Dunstall; Whisper-R. Smith; Scentwell-Miss Pearce; Isabinda-Mrs Baker; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

253
23 September 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Ogleby-Kniveton; Lovewell-Mattocks; Sterling-Dunstall; Sir John-Bensley; Flower-Morris; Brush-Dyer; Canton-Quick; Traverse-Thompson; Truman-R. Smith; Miss Sterling-Mrs Gardner; Fanny-Mrs Mattocks; Betty-Mrs Lessingham; Chambermaid-Miss Ward; Mrs Heidleberg-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Truman Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End of Play: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17700924.

254
07 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Ross; Southampton-Wroughton; Burleigh-Hull; Raleigh-R. Smith; Lieutenant-Fox; Queen-Mrs Hull; Nottingham-Mrs Vincent; Rutland-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Raleigh Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Midas

255
09 November 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17710930, but Truman-R. Smith; Maria-Mrs Kniveton; singing in Act I-DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Truman Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Monologue: Between Main and Afterpiece: an Entertainment True Blue; or, The Press Gang. Principal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Mattocks; Dance-Aldridge

256
17 December 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17711025, but Mercutio-Woodward; Tibalt-Owenson; Paris-R. Smith; Benvolio-Davies; Add to Masquerade Scene in Act I a minuet-Fishar, Sga Manesiere.
Cast
Role: Paris Actor: R. Smith
Role: Romeo Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Monologue: Entertainment True Blue. As 14 Dec

257
23 December 1771 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: Marcourt-Woodward; Cross-Shuter; Kitchen-Dunstall; Col. Freeman-DuBellamy; Buck-Davis; Luke-Lewes; Snarl-Wignell; Fleece-R. Smith; Landlord-Morris; Mrs Cross-Mrs Green; Charlotte-Mrs Bulkley; Lettice-Mrs Kniveton; Landlady-Mrs Gardner; Sally-by the young Lady who performed in the Maid of the Mill and the Fairy Prince.
Cast
Role: Fleece Actor: R. Smith

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17711031

258
07 March 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17720204, but Ratcliff-R. Smith; Catesby-Perry; Derby-Thompson (playbill).
Cast
Role: Ratcliff Actor: R. Smith
Role: Hastings Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

259
23 March 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Woodward, 1st time; Strickland-Ross; Frankly-Bensley; Bellamy-Wroughton; Meggot-Lewes; Tester-Quick; Buckle-Cushing; Simon-R. Smith; Mrs Strickland-Mrs Mattocks; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Milliner-Miss Helme; Clarinda-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Simon Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: II: The Reel-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere,Miss Valois, as17711030

260
11 April 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: Iachimo Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Performance Comment: Worthy-Mattocks; Major Hearty-Lewes; Lieut.-Fox; Ensign-R. Smith; Anna-By the Young Lady [who perform'd the Fairy Prince and Man and Wife [see17711223]; The Spanish Lady-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Ensign Actor: R. Smith

Dance: III: The Lilt, as17720326

261
25 September 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Woodward; Sir George-Mattocks; Charles-Wroughton; Sir Francis-Shuter; Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Whisper-R. Smith; Scentwell-Miss Pearce; Isabinda-Mrs Baker; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Miss Macklin; With Marplot's Address to the Public-Woodward.
Cast
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Dutch Milkmaid-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford

Monologue: Before: The New Occasional Prelude. As 21 Sept

262
06 November 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Performance Comment: Henry-Clarke; Wolsey-Bensley; Surry-Dyer; Norfolk-Perry; Suffolk-Owenson; Capucius-DuBellamy; Butts-Stoppelaer; Surveyor-Thompson; Brandon-Fox; Old Lady-Mrs Pitt; Ld Chamberlain-Lewes; Buckingham-Wroughton; Cranmer-Gardner; Cromwell-Hull; Sands-Kniveton; Guilford-R. Smith; Lovell-Davis; Campeius-Morris; Gardiner-Shuter; Anne Bullen-Miss Ogilvie; Patience (with a Song)-Mrs Baker; Queen Catherine-Mrs Hartley; In Act I, The Banquet-; with Dancing-Fishar, Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist Act IV, The Procession in the Abbeyv at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv.
Cast
Role: Guilford Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

263
11 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Woodward; Strickland-Ross; Frankly-Bensley; Bellamy-Wroughton; Jack Meggot-Lewes; Tester-Quick; Buckle-Cushing; Simon-R. Smith; Mrs Strickland-Mrs Mattocks; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Milliner-Miss Helme; Clarinda-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Simon Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: II: The Old Ground Young, as17720928

264
01 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17721102, but Paris-R. Smith.
Cast
Role: Paris Actor: R. Smith.
Role: Romeo Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

265
10 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: Young Mask-Dyer; Old Mask-Quick; Freeman-R. Smith; Rozin-Thompson; Lady Scrape-Miss Pearce; Laundress-Mrs Pitt; The Musical Lady-Miss Barsanti, first time.
Cast
Role: Freeman Actor: R. Smith

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

Monologue: 1773 5 10Before the Play (Seventeenth Time): New Occasional Prelude. As 19 Jan., but Author-Quick

266
13 January 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

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

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

267
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

268
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

269
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

270
16 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Clarke; Buckingham-Wroughton; Crammer-Hull; Lord Chamberlain-Lee Lewes; Cromwell-Farren; Gardiner-Wilson; Lord Sands-Quick; Norfolk-Peile; Suffolk-Booth; Abergavenny-R.? Smith; Cardinal Wolsey-Digges; Anne Bullen-Mrs Morton; Patience (with a song)-Mrs Farrell; Queen Catherine-Miss Younge (of dl).
Cast
Role: Abergavenny Actor: R.? Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.

Dance: I: The Banquet, with Dancing-Dagueville, Sga Tinte

271
26 December 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Wroughton; Clytus-Clarke; Lysimachus-Whitfield; Hephestion-Robson; Cassander-Fearon; Polyperchon-Booth; Aristander-L'Estrange; Perdiccas-Thompson; Thessalus-R.? Smith; Eumenes-Egan; Roxana-Mrs Jackson; Sysigambis-Mrs Poussin; Parisatis-Mrs Morton; Statira-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Thessalus Actor: R.? Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

272
13 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Performance Comment: Lord Wronglove-Wroughton; Sir Friendly Moral-Hull; Brush-Booth; Surgeon-Fearon; Snug-Jones; Stranger-R? Smith; Lord George Brilliant-Lewis; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Jackson; Lady Gentle-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Notable-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Stranger Actor: R? Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): John Brownsmith

273
17 January 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Performance Comment: Phocyas-Wroughton; Eumenes-Hull; Abudah-Clarke; Herbis-Fearon; Artamon-Peile; Daran-L'Estrange; Sergius-R. Smith; Officers-Thompson, J. Wilson, Egan; Caled-Aickin; Eudocia-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Sergius Actor: R. Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

274
24 February 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Performance Comment: Parts-Smith, Bensley, Clarke, Wroughton, Gardner, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Bulkley, Mrs Yates. Prologue and Epilogue in Act III a Procession. The Vocal parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, Mrs DuBellamy, Baker, Fox. Timanthes-Smith; Demaphoon-Bensley; Mathusius-Clarke; Cherinthus-Wroughton; Adrastus-Gardner; Orcanes-Davis; Cephisa-Mrs Bulkley; Ismena-Mrs Yates; playbill matched with 1770 Edn. The 1770 Edn. includes Olinthus-;,a child but specifies no actor. Playbill includes R. Smith; but assigns no part. In Act III, a Procession-; the Vocal Parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Baker, Fox; Prologue-Bensley; Epilogue-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Smith, Bensley, Clarke, Wroughton, Gardner, Davis, R. Smith, Mrs Bulkley, Mrs Yates. Prologue and Epilogue in Act III a Procession. The Vocal parts-Reinhold, Mrs Baker, Mrs DuBellamy, Baker, Fox. Timanthes-Smith
Role: The Vocal parts Actor: Reinhold, Mrs Baker, Mrs DuBellamy, Baker, Fox. Timanthes-Smith
Role: Timanthes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Entertainment: II: Concert on Hautboy-Simpson

275
31 January 1767 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perplexities

Performance Comment: Parts by Smith, Ross, Mattocks, Hull, Cushing, Gardner, R. Smith, Holtom, Weller, Buck, Murden, Shuter, Miss Wilford, Mrs Green, Miss Macklin; Prologue-; Epilogue-; Don Antonio-Smith; Don Henriquez-Ross; Guzman-Shuter; Don Florio-Mattocks; Ernesto-Cushing; Don Juan-Hull; Honoria-Miss Macklin; Felicia-Miss Wilford; Rosa-Mrs Green; Parts-Gardner, R. Smith, Holtom, Weller, Buck, Murden (Genest, V, 132).
Cast
Role: Don Antonio Actor: Smith
Role: Parts Actor: Gardner, R. Smith, Holtom, Weller, Buck, Murden

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

Dance: End: The Gallant Peasants, as17670113