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10968 results for: Keyword - Sir Edward Smith
We found 7924 matches on Performance Comments, 2548 matches on Author, 1462 matches on Event Comments, 767 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

6326
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

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

6327
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
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

6328
06 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Wroughton. Mainpiece: By Desire. Charges #66 3s. 6d.Profit to Wroughton #36 2s., plus #43 4s. from tickets (Box 105; Pit 113) Receipts: #102 5s. 6d. (Account Book)

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

Performance Comment: As17740312 but add Sir J. Wilding-Dunstall.
Related Works
Related Work: The Citizen Turned Gentleman Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Monologue: True Blue. As 26 March

6329
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

6330
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

6331
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

6332
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

6333
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

6334
19 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar Or The Double Discovery

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Smith; Colonel-Lewis; Raymond-Hull; Bertran-Clarke; Alphonso-Gardner; Pedro-Thompson; Dominic-Dunstall; Gomez-Shuter; Elvira-Mrs Mattocks; Queen-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Torrismond Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: IV: The Frolick, as17740416

6335
07 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Kent

Performance Comment: Wm Strongbow-Vernon; George-Dimond; Sealand-J. Bannister; Sir Thomas-Parsons; Brian-Moody; Dr Goodman-Packer; La Poudre-Baddeley; Metre-Waldron; Robert-Griffith; Patty-Miss Pope; Dame Quickset-Mrs Bradshaw; Emily-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Parsons

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: As17740412 but Florizel-Dimond; Perdita (with the Sheep Shearing Song)-Mrs Smith, first time for both.
Cast
Role: Perdita Actor: Mrs Smith, first time for both.
Role: the sheep@shearing song Actor: Mrs Smith

Dance: End: The Taylors, as17740428

6336
30 June 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

Performance Comment: Don Quixote-DuBellamy; Nicholas-Smith; Sancho-Reinhold; Maritornea-Miss Wilde; Teresa-Miss Wewitzer.
Cast
Role: Nicholas Actor: Smith

Music: Concerto on Violin-Fisher

6337
03 September 1774 @ Mary-le-Bone Gardens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

Performance Comment: As17740818, but parts given: Sancho-Reinhold; Quixote-DuBellamy; Nicholas-Smith; Maritornea-Mrs Ward; Teresa-Mrs Wewitzer.
Cast
Role: Nicholas Actor: Smith

6338
21 September 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duellist

Performance Comment: Parts-Follet, Owenson, Smith, Vowell, Wilson, Kennedy, Frances, Hamilton, Walker, Miss Ambrose, Trowell, Mrs Nost, Mrs S. Gardner, Mrs Gardner (Harvard Playbill).
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Follet, Owenson, Smith, Vowell, Wilson, Kennedy, Frances, Hamilton, Walker, Miss Ambrose, Trowell, Mrs Nost, Mrs S. Gardner, Mrs Gardner

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

6339
24 September 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Lord Ogleby-King; Sir John Melvil-Brereton; Flower-Bransby; Sterling-Parsons, first time; Lovewell-Cautherly; Traverse-Keen; Trueman-Fawcett; Canton-Baddeley; Brush-Palmer; Betty-Mrs Love; Chambermaid-Mrs Davies; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Hopkins; Fanny-Mrs Baddeley, first time in three years in that character; Miss Sterling-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir John Melvil Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Cast
Role: Sir Patrick Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Leander-Vernon; Mungo-Dibdin; Leonora-Mrs Smith; Ursula-Mrs Love; Don Diego-Bannister.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Smith

6340
01 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Meeting of the Company

Cast
Role: Sir Patrick Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

Performance Comment: Zerbino-Vernon; Pandolfo-Bannister; Henrico-Davies; Lissetta-Mrs Wrighten; Felicia-Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Felicia Actor: Mrs Smith.

Dance: I: A Dance-Giorgi's Scholars

6341
11 October 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: Henry-Vernon; Russett-Bannister; Skirmish-Parsons; Simkin-Dibdin; Flint-Wright; Soldiers-Fawcett, Kear, Carpenter; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Louisa-Mrs Smith; Margery-Mrs Love.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Smith

6342
11 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Lee; Johnson-Lewis; Smith-Clarke; Others-Dunstall, Quick, Clinch, Lewes, Whitefield, DuBellamy, Baker, Davis, Fearon, Cushing, Thompson, Hollingsworth, Wewitzer, Fox, Bates, Burton, Miss Dayes, Miss Pearce, Miss Besford, Miss Barsanti; With Suitable Dances-, Machinery, Decorations, a Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Raised Troops.
Cast
Role: Smith Actor: Clarke
Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

6343
01 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Smith; Shore-Reddish; Gloster-Jefferson; Ratcliffe-Griffiths; Belmour-Packer; Derby-Hurst; Catesby-Wright; Alicia-Miss Younge; Jane Shore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

6344
04 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Palmer, first time; Bajazet-Smith; Moneses-Reddish; Axalla-Brereton; Prince of Tanais-Davies; Selima-Miss Hopkins; Arpasia-Miss Younge; Dervise-Bransby; Omar-Hurst; Stratocles-Aickin; Haly-Wheeler; The Usual Prologue-Reddish; In IV, The Original Song of To Thee Oh Gentle Sleep-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: Bajazet Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Bannister; Jerry Sneak-Weston; Sir Jacob-Waldron; Lint-Wrighten; Bruin-Wright; Heel@Tap-Bransby; Mrs Bruin-Miss Platt; Mrs Sneak-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir Jacob Actor: Waldron

6345
09 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Reddish; Renault-Jefferson; Priuli-J. Aickin; Pierre-Smith; Officer-Griffiths; Duke-Bransby; Bedamor-Packer; Spinoza-Wright; Elliot-Keen; Belvidera-Miss Younge, first time.
Cast
Role: Pierre Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler or a Wife of Ten Thousand

6346
19 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Man

Performance Comment: Parts by King, Reddish, Moody, Packer, Waldron, Everard, Mrs Hopkins, Weston, Aickin, Baddeley, Wright, Miss Pope, and Mrs Abington. Prologue-Smith; Epilogue-Mrs Abington; Nightshade-King; Charles Manlove-Reddish; Jack Nightshade-Weston; Gregory-Moody; Manlove-Aickin; Stapleton-Packer; Dibble-Baddeley; Frampton-Waldron; Frederick-Wright; Servant-Everard; Lucy-Miss Pope; Mrs Stapleton-Mrs Hopkins; Laetitia-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Cast
Role: Sir ThomasTesty Actor: Hurst

6347
26 December 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Wright; Francisco-Norris; Boatswain-Griffiths; Hymen-Kear; Prospero-Packer; Ferdinand (With songs)-Vernon; Ceres-Mrs Wrighten; Miranda (with song)-Mrs Smith; Gonzalo-Aickin; Alonzo-Bransby; Sebastian-Keen; Master of ship-Wrighten; Ariel (With Songs)-Mrs Scott; With a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; The Other Dances-Como, Giorgi, Sga Crespi.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Smith
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: Sir Patrick Actor: Moody

6348
04 January 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Performance Comment: Orestes-Smith; Pyrrhus-Palmer; Hermione-Miss Younge (all three for the first time); Phoenix-Usher; Pylades-Packer; Andromache-Mrs Yates; Cleone-Mrs Johnston; Cephissa-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Orestes Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jacket

6349
25 January 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17750118, but Col. Briton-Smith.
Cast
Role: Briton Actor: Smith.

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

6350
27 February 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Mr Preston for Men's cloaths #3 3s.; Mrs Smith (singer) per order #20. Receipts: #205 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Cast
Role: Velasquez Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Muff Actor: Dodd