18 February 1673
Event Information
Theatre:
Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1671-1672
Volume:
1
Comments:
The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@141, p. 2. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 347. The same cast is listed in the Yale MS. See Davenant's Macbeth from the Yale Manuscript, ed. Christopher Spencer (New Haven, 1961), p. 78. Downes, Roscius Anglicanus, p. 34: Mr Nat. Lee, had the same Fate [as Otway in undertaking the King in Behn's The Jealous Bridgeroom] in Acting Duncan in Macbeth, ruin'd him for an Actor too
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Macbeth
Comments:
Edition of 1673: King of Scotland-Nath. Lee; Malcolm-Norris; Donalbain-Cademan; Lenox-Medburn; Macbeth-Betterton; Banquo-Smith; Macduff-Harris; Macbeth's Wife-Mrs Betterton; Macduff's Wife-Mrs Long; Hecate?-Sandford. See also 12 Aug. 1668.
Edition of 1673: King of Scotland-Nath. Lee; Malcolm-Norris; Donalbain-Cademan; Lenox-Medburn; Macbeth-Betterton; Banquo-Smith; Macduff-Harris; Macbeth's Wife-Mrs Betterton; Macduff's Wife-Mrs Long; Hecate?-Sandford. See also 12 Aug. 1668.
Cast:
- Role: King of Scotland Actor: Nath. Lee
- Role: Malcolm Actor: Norris
- Role: Donalbain Actor: Cademan
- Role: Lenox Actor: Medburn
- Role: Macbeth Actor: Betterton
- Role: Banquo Actor: Smith
- Role: Macduff Actor: Harris
- Role: Macbeth's Wife Actor: Mrs Betterton
- Role: Macduff's Wife Actor: Mrs Long
- Role: Hecate? Actor: Sandford. See also 12 Aug. 1668.