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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "G and W Nicol"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "G and W Nicol")') 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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We found 1459 matches on Performance Comments, 466 matches on Event Comments, 70 matches on Performance Title, 56 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Taken from Plautus and Moliere by Mr Fielding. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Doctor-Cibber; Dorcas-Mrs Clive; Sir Jasper-Shepard; Leander-Salway; Davy-Mechlin; Harry-Winstone; James-Turbutt; Charlotte-Miss Mann .
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Salway

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: Pierrots by Nivelon and Poitier. V: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Chose, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Brett

Performance Comment: III: Pierrots by Nivelon and Poitier. V: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Chose, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Brett .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Salway

Dance: II: Peasant by Master Oates and Miss Oates Jr. III: Dutchman and his Wife by Le Brun and Mrs Walter. IV: Irish Trot by Master Oates. V: Revellers, as17340910

Performance Comment: III: Dutchman and his Wife by Le Brun and Mrs Walter. IV: Irish Trot by Master Oates. V: Revellers, as17340910.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Performance Comment: Essex-Milward; Burleigh-Quin; Southampton-W. Mills; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Butler; Rutland-Mrs Thurmond; Nottingham-Mrs Shireburn .
Cast
Role: Rutland Actor: Mrs Thurmond

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: As17341010

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Harper; Wolsey-Mills; Buckingham-W. Mills; Surrey-Cibber; Cranmer-Milward; Gardiner-Johnson; Sands-Miller; Norfolk-Hewitt; Suffolk-Boman; Lord Chamberlain-Corey; Campeius-Shepard; Abergavenny-Salway; Capucius-Turbutt; Cromwell-Cross; Butts-Griffin; Surveyor-Oates; Queen Katherine-Mrs Thurmond; Anna Bullen-Miss Holliday .
Cast
Role: Sands Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: As17341010

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Hulett; Hotspur-Delane; King-Huddy; Prince-Giffard; Prince John-Woodward; Worcester-W. Giffard; Mortimer-Havard; Westmoreland-Moore; Vernon-Bardin; Douglas-Harbin; Blunt-Rosco; Poins-Hamilton; Bardolph-Monlass; Carriers-Lyon, R. Wetherilt; Francis-Penkethman; Lady Piercy-Mrs Hamilton; Hostess-Mrs Wetherilt .
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Moore

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: Hornpipe by Taylor. III: Friendly Lasses by Mrs Woodward and Miss Sandham. V: La Follette s'est Ravisee by Tench and Mrs Woodward

Performance Comment: III: Friendly Lasses by Mrs Woodward and Miss Sandham. V: La Follette s'est Ravisee by Tench and Mrs Woodward .

Song: IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law; Or, The Doctor's The Disease

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: As17341017

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh and C. Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Afterpiece: Intermix'd with Dances and Songs made to Ballad Tunes. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto al' Fresco

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With proper Scenes, Machines, Decorations, Songs, and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Performance Comment: Prospero-Mills; Ferdinand-W. Mills; Hippolito-Miss Holliday; Trincalo-Miller; Alonzo-Hewitt; Antonio-Turbutt; Ventoso-Oates; Gonzalo-Winstone; Stephano-Shepard; Mustacho-Mecklin; Caliban-Johnson; Ariel-Master Arne; Dorinda-Mrs Clive (with the song of Dear, Pretty Youth); Miranda-Mrs Walter; Sycorax-Jones; Neptune-Salway; Milcha-Roberts; Amphitrite-Mrs Cantrel; Earthy Spirit-Rainton; Chief Spirit in Grand Dance-Le Brun; Winds-Thurmond, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport; Watermen-Harper, Pelling, Davenport, Wright .
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: W. Mills
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: Chief Spirit in Grand Dance Actor: Le Brun

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: III: Revellers, as17340910 IV: Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze, the first time of his appearance on that stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin in the City

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Sir John Bevil-Mills; Bevil Jr-Quin; Tom-Cibber; Indiana-Mrs Heron; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Myrtle-W. Mills; Sealand-Milward; Humphrey-Shepard; Daniel-Master Arne; Cimberton-Griffin; Luanda-Miss Holliday; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Shireburn; Isabella-Mrs Pritchard .
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Milward
Role: Luanda Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Shireburn

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: IV: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Song: In II: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Mrs Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Event Comment: Not Acted [there] these Eight Years [but see 4 Jan. 1728]. Written by Shakespeare. With New Scenes, Habits, and other Decorations, and proper Pieces of Musick between the Acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Dance: By Poitier and Mlle Roland

Event Comment: As this Entertainment has been frequently perform'd at another Theatre [CG] (but notwithstanding has been equally Expensive as if entirely New) to oblige the Town, it will, for the future, be perform'd At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann. IV: Dutchman and his Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann

Performance Comment: II: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, Pelling, Davenport, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann. IV: Dutchman and his Frow by Le Brun and Miss Brett. V: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, Villeneuve, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: La Follette s'cest Ravisee by F. Tench and Mrs Woodward. Pastoral by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. Scots Dance, as17341202

Performance Comment: Tench and Mrs Woodward. Pastoral by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. Scots Dance, as17341202.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Merlin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Performance Comment: Oedipus-Delane; Adrastus-Giffard; Creon-Hulett; Tiresias-Lyon; Haemon-W. Giffard; Alcander-Bardin; Diodes-Richardson; Pyracmon-Harbin; Ghost of Laius-Huddy; Aegeon-Rosco; Phorbas-Havard; Jocasta-Mrs Roberts; Eurydice-Mrs Giffard; Citizens-Penkethman, Wetherilt, Norris, Monlass .
Cast
Role: Alcander Actor: Bardin

Music: With the Original Music, the Vocal Parts by Nichols, Mrs Chambers, Miss Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: Les Bergeries by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Giffard; Sir Sampson-Penkethman; Ben-Ray; Scandal-W. Giffard; Tattle-Wetherilt; Trapland-Norris; Foresight-Lyon; Jeremy-Rosco; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Haughton; Mrs Frail-Mrs Roberts; Prue-Mrs Hamilton; Nurse-Mrs Wetherilt; Angelica-Mrs Giffard .
Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Giffard
Role: Trapland Actor: Norris

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17341212 Ill: Hornpipe by Taylor

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from Plautus and Moliere by Mr Fielding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. Black Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. Polonese by Essex and Mrs Walter

Performance Comment: Black Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. Polonese by Essex and Mrs Walter .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: Whim by Mrs Woodward and Miss Sandham. La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward

Performance Comment: La Follette c'est Ravizee by Tench and Mrs Woodward .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Performance Comment: Essex-Delane; Southampton-Rosco; Burleigh-W. Giffard; Raleigh-Harbin; Lieutenant-Hamilton; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Roberts; Rutland-Mrs Giffard; Nottingham-Mrs Haughton .
Cast
Role: Rutland Actor: Mrs Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17341231

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Sir George-W. Mills; Sir Francis-Griffin; Miranda-Mrs Clive; Sir Jealous-Shepard; Charles-Este; Whisper-Mechlin; Isabinda-Miss Holliday; Patch-Mrs Pritchard; Scentwell-Miss Dancey; Marplot-Cibber .
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: BlackJoak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17350107