In 1746, Smart became tutor to John Hussey Delaval, but this was abruptly cancelled because Delaval was removed from Pembroke after a variation of broken rules and mischief. After recovering from this, Smart returned to studying. In April 1747, a comedy he wrote just months before, "A Trip to Cambridge", or "The Grateful Fair", was performed in Pembroke College Hall, with many parts, including female roles, played by Smart himself. The prologue was printed in "The Cambridge Journal Weekly Flying-Post", which claimed that the play received "Universal Applause".