Nicholas in The Stage

Nicholas Vlieland in the pages of The Stage, 1929–55

The Stage was the premier newspaper of the performing arts, and particularly the theatre, founded as The Stage Directory – A London and Provincial Theatrical Advertiser in 1880 and published weekly as The Stage after 1881. They have kindly given Barbara the cuttings from their archives that they have on Nicholas Vlieland.

31 October 1929: Nicholas is appearing at the King’s Theatre Glasgow

12 June 1930: Nicholas is mentioned in a big piece on ‘London Theatres’

8 and 17 June 1943:  Nicholas is appearing at the Theatre Royal Nottingham, which may have been one of his bases during the war

23 July 1943: Nicholas is appearing at the Golders Green Orpheum in North London, which opened in 1930 and featured hearthrob stars such as Ronald Colman

14 July 1949: The cutting mentions the Theatrical Employers’ Registration Acts, 1925–1928, so one guesses Nicholas had infringed the law in some way

18 December 1952, King’s Theatre Gainsborough: ‘Nicholas Vlieland presents The Christmas Card, A new and seasonal comedy in three acts by Ralph Timberlake’

8 July 1954: ‘Rep Manager fined £20 [for] Insurance Offences’

1 December 1955: Nicholas was in the Magistrates’ Court for breaking the Theatres Act 1843 by presenting ‘plays on unlicensed premises’