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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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1954 results for: Keyword - G. and W. Nicol
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.

1226
25 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

1227
27 January 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

1228
05 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Baddeley. Mainpiece: Played this night By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd for The English Merchant will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

1229
11 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Plain Dealer Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: III: The Wake-, as17680929

1230
14 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miss Newton; V: Hearts of Oak, as17681013

1231
21 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: HHopkins MS Memorandum Book: Wrote to Mr Barry to know when they could play. Receiv'd a letter from him on Monday, desiring they might be excus'd playing till Saturday sennight, as they were both ill. Wrote to him the same day desiring they would send me word what play they would chuse to appear in, & when they would rehearse. Rec'd a letter on Thursday the 28th that the soonest they could appear would be the latter end of the next week. They play King Lear on Sat. 7 Oct

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

1232
26 September 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Performance Comment: Sir William Evans-Holland; Capt. Loyd-King; Frampton-Reddish; Lord Eustace-Cautherly; Col. Evans-Palmer; Willis-W. Palmer; Robert-Baddeley; Mrs Winifred-Mrs Hopkins; Harriet-Mrs Baddeley.
Cast
Role: Sir William Evans Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Colombine-Mrs King; Clod-Ackman; Silvio-Wright; Maigre-Keen; Puck-Master Cape; Cook-Johnston; Maid-Mrs Bradshaw; Watchman-Moody; Fairy-Miss Rogers; conclude: a Masquerade, the Allemande-Dagueville, Sg Vidini.
Cast
Role: the Allemande Actor: Dagueville, Sg Vidini.

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Daigueville, Sga Vidini

1233
02 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

1234
03 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Sir John Restless-King; Sir William Bellmont-Burton; Blandford-Bransby; Lady Restless-Mrs Hopkins; Clarissa-Mrs W. Barry; Beverly-Cautherly; Belmont-Packer; Robert-Parsons; Belinda-Mrs Abington; Tattle-Mrs Bradshaw; Tippet-Mrs Millidge.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Bransby

Afterpiece Title: The Ode

1235
04 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; Daemon of Revenge-Champnes; Linco-King; Urganda-Mrs Baddeley; Fatima-Mrs Abington; Shepherdesses-Mrs Jefferies, Miss Burton; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Sylvia-Miss Radley, first time; Dances-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Leppie, Mrs King, Sga Dagueville, Miss Rogers, Miss West, Miss Collet; With a Grand Procession of the Knights of the Different Orders of Chivalry-.
Cast
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: With a Grand Procession of the Knights of the Diff Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

1236
05 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: As17690926

1237
07 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17690926, and Masquerade .
Cast
Role: the Allemande Actor: Dagueville, Sg Vidini.

1238
13 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire, Tomorrow The School for Rakes. With a New Entertainment of Singing, Dancing, and Dialogue call'd The Jubilee, with the Pageant as it was intended for Stratford-Upon-Avon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Jaques-Love; Orlando-Reddish; Adam-Moody; Rosalind-Mrs Barry; Celia (with song)-Mrs Baddeley; Duke Sen-Hurst; Amiens (with song)-Vernon; Silvius-Wheeler; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Phoebe-Mrs W. Palmer; Frederick-Bransby; Oliver-Packer; Corin-Hartry; Le Beau-Ackman; Charles-Keen.
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Reddish

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17690926

1239
17 October 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Plain Dealer-Holland; Freeman-Palmer; Novel-King; Lord Plausible-Parsons; Major Oldfox-Love; Vernish-Packer; Jerry Blackacre-W. Palmer; Quillet-Baddeley; Oakum-Moody; Fidelia-Mrs Jeffries; Olivia-Miss Pope; Eliza-Mrs Johnston; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Hopkins, first time.
Cast
Role: Plain Dealer Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Richard III Actor: Holland

1240
02 November 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Richard III Actor: Holland

1241
03 November 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Cast
Role: Sir William Evans Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Richard III Actor: Holland

1242
22 November 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

1243
29 November 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

1244
16 December 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Richard III Actor: Holland

1245
17 January 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love

1246
24 January 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

1247
21 February 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

1248
26 March 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Barry. Part of pit laid into boxes. ["On 25 March Mrs Baddeley set off for Dublin, induced by her husband's behaviour" (Winston MS 10, from Dr Burney's News Clippings). But she was advertised as singing the part of Rhodope in the afterpiece the night of the twenty-sixth.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Related Works
Related Work: Odenato and Zenobia Author(s): Teresa Bandettino

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17690926

1249
16 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Hopkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17690926

1250
19 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17690926