Thomas Wignell (1753 – 21 February 1803) was an English-born actor and theatre manager in the colonial United States. Thomas Wignell was born into a working...
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followed the next year by the foundation of the Philadelphia Company of Thomas Wignell and Owen Morris. After this, the Old American Company was essentially...
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worked closely with Thomas Wignell in producing opera ballets with the New Company, at the Chestnut Street Theater. Reinagle and Wignell produced over 75...
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centers. The New American Company, founded in 1792 by Reinagle and Thomas Wignell, recruited a large number of singers and composers from England. Although...
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professional theatre, opening in 1793), built for his brother-in-law Thomas Wignell. When Richards died in 1810 he acknowledged that Mary Ann Ritchards...
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involved in a conflict with her colleague Maria Henry, supported by Thomas Wignell, while John Henry was in conflict with Owen Morris, conflicts which...
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Philadelphia was the dominant theatrical centre until the 1820s. There, Thomas Wignell established the Chestnut Street Theatre and gathered a group of actors...
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regular cast included such well-known actors of the day as John Henry, Thomas Wignell, Elizabeth Walker Morris and Charlotte Melmoth. In 1787, the theatre...
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early 1790s, when the Philadelphia Company of Alexander Reinagle and Thomas Wignell began dominating, based out of their Holliday Street Theater. Formal...
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brainchild of Thomas Wignell and Alexander Reinagle who in 1791 convinced a group of Philadelphia investors to build a theater suitable for Wignell's company...
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The Militia Act standardized the instrumentation of military bands. Thomas Wignell forms a theatrical company in Philadelphia, with Alexander Reinagle...
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(1747–1825), English organist, music teacher, composer, and singer Thomas Wignell (1753–1803), English-born actor and theatre manager The chiefs of eight...
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United States Naval Academy. Retrieved March 12, 2008. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography". Tori Amos. Retrieved March 19, 2008. Hale, pg. 161 "Biography"...
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three Rowsons were recruited for the Philadelphia theatre company of Thomas Wignell, also performing with them in Baltimore. Over the next three years in...
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Joseph Harper Lieutenant Campley by Stephen Woolls Doctor Quiescent by Thomas Wignell Cartridge by Mr. Ryan Jacob by Mr. Lake Mrs. Racket by Elizabeth Morris...
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as one of the larger and more successful. Alongside the company of Thomas Wignell and Owen Morris, who had broken off from the Old American Company to...
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forced her to leave the London stage, but an offer that was made through Thomas Wignell, of the New Theatre, Philadelphia, was readily accepted. The terms were...
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offer to appear in America. On 14 May 1794 she sang in "Robin Hood" at Thomas Wignell's theatre in Philadelphia. The playbills for the Chestnut Street Theatre...
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Pope, Harriet Smithson, Mary Tighe, Ellen Tree, Emma Wensley and Anne Wignell. Her sitters were sometimes dressed as their characters. She also painted...
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opening". travel.nine.com.au. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020. Wignell, Liam (24 November 2022). "Salesforce Tower marks official completion"...
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medal went to Anita Heiss in 2002; other recipients include Thomas Keneally (2019), Edel Wignell (2017), Valerie Parv (2014), Nadia Wheatley (2014), Robert...
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Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017. Wignell, O'Halloran & Tan 2018, pp. 197–198. Stevenson, Peter W. (February 10,...
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Fusiliers (Sheffield) Pte. A. Robinson, Australian Inf. L. Cpl. C. W. Wignell, Australian Inf. Pte. J. Tomlinson, Machine Gun Corps (Castleton) Sgt....
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9 November 2011 Sholing 2–3 Wimborne Town Wort 39', 53' Kemble 17' Cream 58' Wignell 88' Attendance: 94...
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United Kingdom Irvine Shipbuilding Company Irvine Agnes Ann Wignell Schooner For John Wignell. 1 January United Kingdom Messrs. T. & W. Smith. North Shields...
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some time before 15 January 1897, by an amateur sound recordist called Thomas Rome, of Warrnambool, Victoria, who imported the most modern equipment available...
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services to local government and the community. Councillor Alfred James Wignell, JP, of Bacchus Marsh. For services to education and local government....
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Kingdom Paul Rodgers Carrickfergus Richard Fisher Schooner For Messrs. John Wignell & Co. 30 September United Kingdom Messrs. D. & W. Henderson Meadowside...
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