*p1676 01 10 dg The Country Wit. Edition of 1675: Prologue-; Sir Thomas Rash-Sandford; Ramble-Batterton; Merry-Harris; Sir Mannerly Shallow-Nooks [$Nokes=]; Booby-Underhil; Lord Drybone-Medbourn; Rash-Leigh; Lady Faddle-Mrs Batterton; Christina-Mrs Leigh [$Mrs Mary Lee=]; Betty Frisque-Mrs Currer; Goody Rash-Mrs Norris; Isabella-Mrs Elinor? Leigh; Epilogue-.*c1676 01 10 dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@142, p. 81. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 348. There is no certainty that this is the premiere of this play; in fact, there is uncertainty concerning the first production, for $Nell Gwyn= saw a play on 19 March 1673@4, <i>The Country Knight</i>, about which nothing otherwise is known and which might be this play. Nevertheless, the fact that the play was not entered in the <i>Term Catalogues</i> until May 1676 makes it unlikely that the play was first acted two years before its publication, especially since it became a moderately popular play.