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3053 results for: Keyword - G. Colman Esq.
We found 2187 matches on Author, 724 matches on Event Comments, 236 matches on Performance Comments, 45 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2701
27 January 1787 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, By John O'Keeffe. Prologue by George Colman elder (Colman, Prose, III, 276)]. The curtain was obliged to be dropt before the piece was finished, amidst the disapprobation of a very splendid and numerous audience" (Public Advertiser, 29 Jan.). Receipts: #219 6s. 6d. (216.5.0; 3.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Man Milliner

2702
28 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. 2nd piece [1st time; F 2, by George Colman, elder, based of L'Avocat Patelin, by David Augustin de Brueys. This is usually ascribed to William Macready. But on the title-page of his copy (K-D 295 in Huntington Library) J. P. Kemble has written "This Piece was not written by Mr Macready." Public Advertiser, 29 Aug. states that "Colman...presented Edwin upon this occasion with a new Farce, taken from a celebrated French Play." World, 15 Oct. 1787 refers to Colman's dislike of L'Avocat Patelin, but adds, "When [he] came to translate it himself, he found reason to alter his opinion."]. Public Advertiser, 25 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 19, Piazza, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir John Cockle, At Court

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost; or, The Man Bewitch'd

Song: End 2nd piece: the new Four@and@twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin

2703
09 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Mariana Starke. Prologue by George Colman, elder. Epilogue by George Colman, ynger (see text)]: With new Dresses, Decorations, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sword Of Peace; Or, A Voyage Of Love

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

2704
13 April 1796 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. 1st piece [1st time; MD 2, by Samuel Birch]: The Musick by Attwood. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. 2nd piece [1st time; INT 1, by George Colman, ynger. This was the 1st scene from Colman's New Hay at the Old Market, slightly revised; in subsequent seasons it was acted under the title of Sylvester Daggerwood]: By Permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal Hay-Market. 3rd piece: With a Sea Fight. [The playbill assigns Sneer to Palmer, but "The Public are most respectfully informed that Palmer being too ill to perform this Evening, the character of Sneer will be attempted by Benson, who humbly hopes for their usual indulgence" (printed slip attached to Kemble playbill).] Oracle, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 65, Gower-street, Bedford Square. Receipts: #613 12s. (332.0.6; 45.19.6; 4.3.0; tickets: 231.9.0) (charge: #221 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Smugglers

Afterpiece Title: A Favourite Scene from New Hay [Sylvester Daggerwood]

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

2705
29 May 1660 @ no theater listed

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2706
11 October 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Moore Of Venice

2707
08 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fourthe Part I

2708
10 August 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Devil Of Edmunton

2709
06 June 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Renegado

2710
06 January 1663 @ Stationer's Hall

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2711
June 1664 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Ladies

2712
03 August 1664 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

2713
18 August 1664 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Court Secret

2714
24 May 1669 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche; Or, Love's Mistress

2715
06 April 1670 @ Whitehall or St. James's

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2716
09 January 1671 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Forc'd Marriage; Or, The Jealous Bridegroom

2717
15 January 1671 @ no theater listed

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2718
26 January 1671 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of Granada, Part I

2719
31 January 1671 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of Granada, Part Ii

2720
09 March 1672 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hannibal

2721
12 March 1673 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Lovers

2722
April 1673 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ordinary

2723
17 January 1676 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox

2724
19 January 1683 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

2725
10 October 1685 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert