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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Sir James Smith"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Sir James Smith")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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12123 results for: Keyword - Sir James Smith
We found 8142 matches on Performance Comments, 3725 matches on Author, 1590 matches on Event Comments, 709 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4201
20 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Monologue: Interlude.End: True Blue; or, The Press Gang. Principal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Mattocks; Dance-Aldridge

4202
08 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: III: The Medley-Giorgi's Scholars

4203
10 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Dance: IV: A New Dance-Miss Gray, scholar of Tassoni; End: Cantata of Lydia, composed by Dr Arne-Mrs Scott

4204
10 May 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

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

4205
30 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

4206
06 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

4207
13 November 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Gardner

4208
19 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

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

4209
29 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Song: End: The song of Mad Tom [will be sung in character-Reinhold. [See17740408]

Dance: After Song: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

4210
16 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker; End: The Mountaineers, as17730930

4211
17 April 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

Afterpiece Title: Phebe; or, The Beggar's Wedding

Performance Comment: Amintas-Vernon; Chaunter-Usher; Justice Quorum-Hurst; Cant-Legg; Gage-Wheeler; Scrip-Griffiths; Swab-Fawcett; Mump-Carpenter; Grig-Wrighten; Tippet-Mrs Davies; Tib Tatter-Mrs S. Smith; Phebe-Mrs Smith; With a Crutch Dance incidental to the piece-.
Cast
Role: Tib Tatter Actor: Mrs S. Smith
Role: Phebe Actor: Mrs Smith

4212
24 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Sir Patrick Actor: Moody

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17740920

4213
19 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Cast
Role: Black Smith Actor: Fearon

4214
11 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's The Master

Related Works
Related Work: The Man's The Master Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17750927

4215
15 November 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's The Master

Related Works
Related Work: The Man's The Master Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Midas

4216
28 December 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's The Master

Related Works
Related Work: The Man's The Master Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

4217
01 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The Comedy of Old City Manners oblig'd to be deferr'd. On 31 Dec. (Sunday) died Th. Weston of Drury Lane Theatre (Winston MS 11). [See Memoirs of Thomas Weston that Celebrated Comedian (London, 1776, 59 pp). This year appeared A Serious Disuasion from Frequenting the Playhouse, by Jacob Orton (22 pp. pub. in Shrewsbury). His text is taken from Bulstrode's charge to the Grand Jury of Middlesex, 21 April 1718. "One Playhouse ruin'd more souls than fifty churches are able to save."] Paid Mr Grist on acct per Mr D. G. #20; Three extra trumpets 6 nights #6 15s. Supernumeraries for the Jubilee continued to cost 14s. 10d. during its run. Receipts: #219 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

4218
19 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

4219
04 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Related Works
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: IV: The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

4220
02 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems

4221
06 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: King Richard Actor: Smith

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier

4222
07 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Bellmour Actor: Smith
Role: Sir Joseph Wittol Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier

4223
09 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Sir Sampson Legend Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier

4224
10 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier

Dance: In I: Masquerade-; Dance-Giorgi, Blurton, Mrs Sutton. [This was included, as here assigned, in all subsequent perfomances.

Song: Mainpiece: with the Funeral Procession. Vocal Parts-Gaudry, Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Brown, Carpenter, Follett, Chaplin, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Scott, Mrs Greville, Mrs Davies, Miss Jarratt, Miss Boyd, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt

4225
11 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Bellmour Actor: Smith
Role: Sir Joseph Wittol Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Related Works
Related Work: Selima and Azor Author(s): Sir George Collier