*p1676 03 11 dg The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter. Edition of 1676: Prologue [by $Sir Car Scroope Baronet=-; Epilogue [by $Mr Dryden=-; [$Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 36): Dorimant-Betterton; Medly-Harris; Sir Fopling-Smith; Old Bellair-Leigh; Young Bellair-Jevon; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Barry [possibly she did not play this role at the premiere but succeeded another actress, such as $Mrs Mary Lee=]; Bellinda-Mrs Betterton; Lady Woodvill-Mrs Leigh; Emilia-Mrs Twiford.*c1676 03 11 dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@142, p. 81: At <i>the Man of Mode</i>. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 348. $Nell Gwyn= also attended this performance. See $VanLennep=, <i>Nell Gwyn's Playgoing</i>, p. 407. It is uncertain whether this is the premiere, but the licensing date of 3 June 1676 suggests that the first production may have occurred at this time. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 36): This Comedy being well Cloath'd and well Acted, got a great deal of Money. One song, <i>As Amoret with Phyllis sat</i>, the words by $Sir Car Scroope= and the music by $Nicholas Staggins=, is in <i>Choice Ayres and Songs</i>, The Second Book, 1679; another, <i>When first Amintas charmed my heart</i>, the music by $Staggins=, is in the same collection, Fifth Book, 1684. $John Dennis=: I remember very well that upon the first acting this Comedy, it was generally believed to be an agreeable Representation of the Persons of Condition of both both Sexes, both in Court and Town; and that all the World was charm'd with <i>Dorimont</i>r (<i>A Defence of Sir Fopling Flutter</i>, 1722, p. 18). For the full text of Dennis' discussion of this play, see <i>The Critical Works of John Dennis</i>, ed. $E. N. Hooker= (<i>Baltimore</i>, 1943), II, 241-50.