29 May 1660

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Theatre: no theater listed
Theatrical Season: 1659-1660
Volume: 1
Comments: Charles II entered London on this day, an event which occasioned several works of a quasi-dramatic nature. One was The Famous Tragedie of the Life and Death of Mrs Rump...As it was presented on a burning Stage at Westminster the 29th of May, 1660. It has a Prologue and Epilogue; the author is not known. A second is An Ode Upon the Happy Return of King Charles II to his Languishing Nations, May 29. 1660. This work, by James Shirley, with music by Dr Coleman, was printed in 1660, and reprinted in A Little Ark, ed. G. Thorn-Drury (1921), pp. 21-23. A third is A True Relation of the Reception of his Majestie and Conducting him through the City of London...on Tuesday the 29 of this instant May, being the Day of his Majesties Birth

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    *pnone Comment. *cnone <i>Charles II</i> entered <i>London</i> on this day, an event which occasioned several works of a quasi-dramatic nature. One was <i>The Famous Tragedie of the Life and Death of Mrs Rump...As it was presented on a burning Stage at Westminster the 29th of May, 1660</i>. It has a <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i>; the author is not known. A second is <i>An Ode Upon the Happy Return of King Charles II to his Languishing Nations, May 29. 1660</i>. This work, by $James Shirley=, with music by $Dr Coleman=, was printed in 1660, and reprinted in <i>A Little Ark</i>, ed. $G. Thorn-Drury= (1921), pp. 21-23. A third is <i>A True Relation of the Reception of his Majestie and Conducting him through the City of London...on Tuesday the 29 of this instant May, being the Day of his Majesties Birth</i>.

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    *p1660 05 29 none Comment.*c1660 05 29 none <i>Charles II</i> entered <i>London</i> on this day, an event which occasioned several works of a quasi-dramatic nature. One was <i>The Famous Tragedie of the Life and Death of Mrs Rump...As it was presented on a burning Stage at Westminster the 29th of May, 1660</i>. It has a <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i>; the author is not known. A second is <i>An Ode Upon the Happy Return of King Charles II to his Languishing Nations, May 29. 1660</i>. This work, by $James Shirley=, with music by $Dr Coleman=, was printed in 1660, and reprinted in <i>A Little Ark</i>, ed. $G. Thorn-Drury= (1921), pp. 21-23. A third is <i>A True Relation of the Reception of his Majestie and Conducting him through the City of London...on Tuesday the 29 of this instant May, being the Day of his Majesties Birth</i>.

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    Event: 12 | 16600529 | none | <i>Charles II</i> entered <i>London</i> on this day, an event which occasioned several works of a quasi-dramatic nature. One was <i>The Famous Tragedie of the Life and Death of Mrs Rump...As it was presented on a burning Stage at Westminster the 29th of May, 1660</i>. It has a <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i>; the author is not known. A second is <i>An Ode Upon the Happy Return of King Charles II to his Languishing Nations, May 29. 1660</i>. This work, by $James Shirley=, with music by $Dr Coleman=, was printed in 1660, and reprinted in <i>A Little Ark</i>, ed. $G. Thorn-Drury= (1921), pp. 21-23. A third is <i>A True Relation of the Reception of his Majestie and Conducting him through the City of London...on Tuesday the 29 of this instant May, being the Day of his Majesties Birth</i>

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