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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.

1326
16 April 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Cast
Role: Concluding with Grand Naval Review Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17730918

1327
11 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Last time of performing the Mainpiece this season. Thirteenth and last time this season of performing the afterpiece. House (Hopkins Diary). Paid Chorus 3 nights (this incl.) #5 6s. 6d. Receipts: #134 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Performance Comment: As17740217, but Good and Evil spirits-W. _Palmer, Waldron.
Cast
Role: Good and Evil spirits Actor: W. _Palmer, Waldron.
Role: Good and Evil spirits in various characters Actor: Hurst, Ackman, W. Palmer, Wright, Wrighten, Courtney, Miss Platt, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Millidge, Mrs Scott, Fawcett, Mrs Hunt, Mrs Smith, Kear, Burton

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand

Cast
Role: Sunderland Actor: Jefferson
Related Works
Related Work: The Note of Hand; or, Trip to Newmarket Author(s): Richard Cumberland

1328
14 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Wright and Keen. Rec'd stopages #14 12s.; Paid salary list #525 12s.; Mr King's extra salary #3. Receipts: #133 12s. Charges: #65 15s. Profits to beneficiaries: #67 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

1329
25 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love

Entertainment: End: (By Particular Desire) Bannister's Imitations-Bannister

1330
11 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for LaMash, Griffith, Blurton, and Cubitt. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Tickets delivered by Miss Berkley will be taken. Mainpiece: Nor acted these two years. [See 8 April 1774.] Receipts: #57 11s. 6d. Charges: #71 9s. Deficit to La Mash, Griffith, Blutton, and Cubitt: #13 17s. 6d. (Treausrer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-King; Johnson-Lamash; Smith-Aickin; Others-Baddeley, Parsons, Moody, Whitfield, Hurst, Fawcett, Waldron, Bransby, Burton, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Garland, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Messink, Cubitt, Everard, Master Pulley, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies; With an Additional Reinforcement of Bayes's New Raised Troops-.
Cast
Role: Others Actor: Baddeley, Parsons, Moody, Whitfield, Hurst, Fawcett, Waldron, Bransby, Burton, Carpenter, Griffiths, Norris, Garland, Wrighten, Wright, Legg, Messink, Cubitt, Everard, Master Pulley, Mrs W. Palmer, Miss Platt, Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Related Works
Related Work: The Election Author(s): Miles Peter Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17751003; II: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

1331
22 May 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

1332
03 July 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: The Coopers-

1333
10 July 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: Taste; or The Diversions of the Morning

Monologue: A Modern, Operatical, Sentimental, Crying, Tragedy call'd Purity [sic] in Pattens. Butler-Parsons; Squire-Fearon; Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell

Performance Comment: Butler-Parsons; Squire-Fearon; Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

Dance: The Haymakers-

1334
24 July 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

1335
16 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jewell. By Permission. A Tragedy for Warm Weather, not acted these ten Years, written after the manner of the worst as well as the best English Poets [author unknown] Containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars curious, entertaining, and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors, their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief, their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils and Combats; their Division into Flints, and Dungs; with the Defection of the Dungs, at the Pass of Butcher Row and total Overthrow of the Flints at the famous Battle of Temple Bar; together with the Captivit and End of their valiant leader. [Colman's shortened version of the 1767 play (Biographia Dramatica).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Entertainment: The Cries of London-Shuter

1336
25 September 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii; With The Fall Of Cardinal Wolsey

Performance Comment: King Henry-A Gentleman (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh [unidentified]); Duke of Buckingham-Stacy; Duke of Norfolk-Comerford; Duke of Suffolk-Kenny; Earl of Surry-Garland; Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury)-Lewis; Gardiner (Bishop of Winchester)-Massey; Lord Sands-Ware of Deptford; Lord Chamberlain-Johnson; Cardinal Campeius (the Pope's Legate)-Sparrow; Cromwell (Gentleman Usher)-W. Smith; Doctor Butts (Physician to the King)-Ward; Cardinal Wolsey-Stokes; Queen Katherine-Miss Reynolds; Anne Bullen-Mrs West; Patience (with a song in character)-Mrs Davies; Dame Prattle-Mrs Ross; Lady of the bed chamber [to Queen Katherine-Miss C. Reynolds.
Cast
Role: Earl of Surry Actor: Garland
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Ware of Deptford

Afterpiece Title: Miss Hoyden; or, The Man of Quality

Dance: A Hornpipe-Mrs Marklew

Song: Between Acts: Singing-Mrs Davies

1337
31 December 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Scander Actor: Bannister

1338
30 May 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Foote, Parsons, Fearon, Massey, R. Palmer, Griffiths, Jackson, Bransby, Egan, T. Davis, Stevens, Peirce, Palmer, Mrs Hunter, Miss Hale, Mrs W. Palmer, Mrs Gardner. [Morning Chronicle, 3 June: Sir Matthew Mite-Foote; Mr Mayor-Palmer. Edition of 1778 (T. Cadell), which assigns the cast for season of 1772, lists the other parts: Sir John Oldham, Mr ThomasOldham, Young Oldham, Touchit, Antiquarians, Secretary, Rapine, Nathan, Moses, James and Putty, Conserve, Waiter, Lady Oldham, Sophy, Mrs Match'em, Crocus.] Prologue as17770515. Prologue as17770515.

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

1339
02 June 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tailors

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

1340
30 June 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polly

Cast
Role: Vanderbluff Actor: Massey

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

1341
15 July 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: As17770707

1342
04 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Performance Comment: As17770611 but Mrs Candy-Mrs W. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Mrs Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer.

1343
19 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Performance Comment: Don John-Henderson (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Petruchio-Aickin; Duke-Fearon; Peter-Blissett; Anthony-Massey; Francisco-Jackson; Surgeon-Griffiths; Antonio-Parsons; Don Frederick-Davies; 1st Constantia-Mrs Hunter; Landlady-Mrs Love; Nurse-Mrs W. Palmer; Kinswoman-Miss Hale; Mother-Miss Platt; 2nd Constantia-Miss Barsanti.
Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End Monologue: a Dance-

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: The Picture of a Playhouse or Bucks have at Ye All-Palmer

1344
17 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Mrs Jewell. The Out-standing Tickets of Mr Jewell [from his benefit on 3 Sept.], and those issued for King Richard III will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-

Entertainment: ImitationsEnd: New Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Hutton

1345
19 September 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Occasional Prelude

Related Works
Related Work: A New Occasional Prelude Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

1346
21 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Song: End: Hunting@song-Griffin

1347
18 September 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Mrs Jewell. The out-standing Tickets of Jewell's, for September the 2d, will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Digges; Manly-Usher; Count Basset-Taylor; Squire Richard-Everard; John Moody-Massey; James-Davis; Poundage-Brownsmith; Constable-Summers; Sir Francis Wronghead-Blissett; Lady Grace-Mrs Hitchcock; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Standen; Miss Jenny-A Young Lady (5th appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Motherly-Mrs Everard; Trusty-Mrs W?. Palmer; Lady Townly-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Standen

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Performance Comment: Butler-Usher; The Squire-Everard; Mrs Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly Pattens-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Mrs Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

1348
21 September 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: King Henry the Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Dance: End: The Shepherd's Wedding-Harris, Miss Matthews

1349
04 November 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years acted 6 Nov. 1775. Prologue by Nicholas Rowe. Afterpiece [ 1st time; f 2, by Frederick Pilon. Prologue by the author (Public Advertiser, 5 Nov.). In speaking a line in the Prologue that won applause Whitfield waved his hat so vehemently tha he "dislocated a Bone in his Arm. He went to the side of the stage, and one of the Scene-men taking him by the Wrist, and giving four or five pretty severe jerks, the Bone recovered its place" (ibid). In all subsequent performances the Prologue was spoken by Lee Lewes.]. Public Advertiser, 18 Nov. 1778: This Day at Noon is published The Invasion (1s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion; or, A Trip to Brighthelmstone

Song: In: To thee O gentle sleep!-Mrs Farrell

1350
19 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: