*p1680 12 00 dl The Sicilian Usurper. [<i>The History of King Richard the Second</i>, by $Nahum Tate=.] Edition of 1681: The History of King Richard the Second Acted at the <i>Theatre Royal</i> under the Name of the <i>Sicilian Usurper</i>. Prologue-; Epilogue-Mrs Cook.*c1680 12 00 dl The <i>King's Company</i>. The date of the premiere is not certain, but the Dedication speaks of its being acted two days and an order, <i>L. C.</i> 5@144, p. 29 (<i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p.1 on), dated 14 Dec. 1680, banning it suggest that it was performed on 11 and 13 Dec. 1680. It is possible, however, that $Tate='s statements may refer to performances on 18 and 19 Jan. 1680@1. Dedication, Edition of 1681: For the two Days in which it was Acted, the Change of the Scene, Names of Persons, &c. was a great Disadvantage: many things were by this means render'd obscure and incoherent that in their native Dress had appear'd not only proper but gracefull. I call'd my Persons Sicilians but might as well have made 'em Inhabitants of the <i>Isle of Pines</i>. $Henry Purcell= composed the music for a song, "<i>Retir'd from any mortal's sight</i>." See <i>Purcell, Works</i>, <i>The Purcell Society</i>, XX (1916), ix-x.