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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Nell"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Nell")') 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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1046 results for: Keyword - Nell
We found 952 matches on Roles/Actors, 274 matches on Performance Comments, 73 matches on Event Comments, 28 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.

1001
25 September 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1002
08 October 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1003
11 October 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mad Lover

1004
27 October 1675 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wanton Wife

1005
November 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The date of this performance is not certain, but Nell Gwyn attended this play given by the Duke's Company sometime in (probably) November 1675. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

1006
December 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407. The day is not known, but the performance apparently occured in December 1675

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Valiant Cid

1007
January 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407. The date of the performance is uncertain, but it appears to have been in Jan. 1675@6

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1008
February 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attened a performance of this play, probably in February 1676, See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Would If She Could

1009
11 March 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@142, p. 81: At the Man of Mode. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 348. Nell Gwyn also attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407. It is uncertain whether this is the premiere, but the licensing date of 3 June 1676 suggests that the first production may have occurred at this time. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 36): This Comedy being well Cloath'd and well Acted, got a great deal of Money. One song, As Amoret with Phyllis sat, the words by Sir Car Scroope and the music by Nicholas Staggins, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, The Second Book, 1679; another, When first Amintas charmed my heart, the music by Staggins, is in the same collection, Fifth Book, 1684. John Dennis: I remember very well that upon the first acting this Comedy, it was generally believed to be an agreeable Representation of the Persons of Condition of both both Sexes, both in Court and Town; and that all the World was charm'd with Dorimont (A Defence of Sir Fopling Flutter, 1722, p. 18). For the full text of Dennis' discussion of this play, see The Critical Works of John Dennis, ed. E. N. Hooker (Baltimore, 1943), II, 241-50

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Cast
Role: Sir Car Scroope Baronet Actor:
Role: Mr Dryden Actor:
Role: Dorimant Actor: Betterton
Role: Medly Actor: Harris
Role: Sir Fopling Actor: Smith
Role: Old Bellair Actor: Leigh
Role: Young Bellair Actor: Jevon
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Bellinda Actor: Mrs Betterton
Role: Lady Woodvill Actor: Mrs Leigh
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Twiford.

1010
25 May 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@142, p. 81: At the Virtuoso. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 348. Nell Gwyn also attended this performance; see VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407. The Diary of Robert Hooke, 25 May 1676: Mr Abraham Hill gave J. Hoskins, Aubery and I an account of Vertuoso play. A song, How retched is the slave to love, the music by Francis Forcer, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, The Second Book, 1679. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 37): The Libertine and Virtuoso: Both Wrote by Mr Shadwell; they were both very well Acted, and got the company great Reputation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virtuoso

Cast
Role: Prologue Actor:
Role: Epilogue Actor:
Role: Sir NicholasGimcrack Actor: Percivall
Role: Sir Formal Trifle Actor: Anthony Leigh
Role: Sir Samuel Hearty Actor: Underhill
Role: Longvill Actor: Betterton
Role: Bruce Actor: Smythe
Role: Hazard Actor: Jevon
Role: Lady Gimcrack Actor: Mrs Shadwell
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Currer
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Betterton
Role: unassigned Actor: Mrs Price.

1011
09 June 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spain

1012
03 July 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 408. It is not known when the premiere occurred, but this is the earliest known performance. The Prologue, missing in the 1677 edition, is in the 1693 edition. A song, Make haste, my shepherd, come away, with music by Francis Forcer, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, Second Book, 1679

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abdelazer; Or, The Moor's Revenge

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Harris
Role: Philip Actor: Smith
Role: Abdelazer Actor: Betterton
Role: Mendozo Actor: Medburne
Role: Alonzo Actor: Crosbie
Role: Roderigo Actor: Norris
Role: Sebastian Actor: John Lee
Role: Osmin Actor: Percivall
Role: Zarrack Actor: Richards
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Mary? Lee
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Barrer
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs Betterton
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Osborne
Role: Epilogue Actor: little Mis. Ariell

1013
25 July 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 408. There is no certainty that this is the premiere, but the reference in the Prologue to the long vacation and the licensing date of 25 Sept. 1676 point to a summer production

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers; Or, The Invisible Mistress

Cast
Role: Count de Benevent Actor: Leigh
Role: Don Diego de Sluniga Actor: Smith
Role: Don Ruis de Moncado Actor: Medburn
Role: Don Gusmun Actor: Harris
Role: Sanco Actor: Underhill
Role: Ordgano Actor: Percivall
Role: Prating Shop Keeper Actor: Richards
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Hughes
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Gillo
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Gibbs
Role: Prologue Actor: .

1014
12 September 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Guardian

1015
21 September 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit

1016
23 September 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408. An edition appeared in 1676

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epsom Wells

1017
25 September 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

1018
02 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

1019
05 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Libertine

1020
11 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Herod And Mariamne

1021
12 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spain

1022
16 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408: Sr Fopling

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

1023
18 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

1024
26 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Adventures Of Five Hours

1025
27 October 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p.408

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain