18 January 1681

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1680-1681
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. After the banning of The Sicilian Usurper, it was brought on again under a new title and survived two days before it also was banned. Tate's statement concerning its reception--see 11 Dec. 1680--may refer to these two performances rather than to the sequence in December. Newdigate newsletters (Folger Shakespeare Library), 20 Jan. 1680@1: K. Richd ye 2.d a play, being forbid acting att ye Ks house the Poet put the name Tyrant of Sicily upon it by wch means it was acted twice this weeke, but the Cheate being found out it was forbid acting againe (Wilson, Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 80)

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    *p!dl The Tyrant of Sicily. [See <i>The Sicilian Usurper</i>, 11 Dec. 1680.% *c!dl The <i>King's Company</i>. After the banning of <i>The Sicilian Usurper</i>, it was brought on again under a new title and survived two days before it also was banned. $Tate='s statement concerning its reception--see 11 Dec. 1680--may refer to these two performances rather than to the sequence in December. <i>Newdigate newsletters</i> (<i>Folger Shakespeare Library</i>), 20 Jan. 1680@1: <i>K. Richd ye 2.d</i> a play, being forbid acting att ye <i>Ks house</i> the Poet put the name <i>Tyrant of Sicily</i> upon it by wch means it was acted twice this weeke, but the Cheate being found out it was forbid acting againe (<i>Wilson, Theatre Notes</i> from the <i>Newdigate Newsletters</i>, p. 80).

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    *p1681 01 18 dl The Tyrant of Sicily. See <i>The Sicilian Usurper</i>, 11 Dec. 1680.*c1681 01 18 dl The <i>King's Company</i>. After the banning of <i>The Sicilian Usurper</i>, it was brought on again under a new title and survived two days before it also was banned. $Tate='s statement concerning its reception--see 11 Dec. 1680--may refer to these two performances rather than to the sequence in December. <i>Newdigate newsletters</i> (<i>Folger Shakespeare Library</i>), 20 Jan. 1680@1: <i>K. Richd ye 2.d</i> a play, being forbid acting att ye <i>Ks house</i> the Poet put the name <i>Tyrant of Sicily</i> upon it by wch means it was acted twice this weeke, but the Cheate being found out it was forbid acting againe (<i>Wilson, Theatre Notes</i> from the <i>Newdigate Newsletters</i>, p. 80).

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    Event: 1420 | 16810118 | dl | The <i>King's Company</i>. After the banning of <i>The Sicilian Usurper</i>, it was brought on again under a new title and survived two days before it also was banned. $Tate='s statement concerning its reception--see 11 Dec. 1680--may refer to these two performances rather than to the sequence in December. <i>Newdigate newsletters</i> (<i>Folger Shakespeare Library</i>), 20 Jan. 1680@1: <i>K. Richd ye 2.d</i> a play, being forbid acting att ye <i>Ks house</i> the Poet put the name <i>Tyrant of Sicily</i> upon it by wch means it was acted twice this weeke, but the Cheate being found out it was forbid acting againe (<i>Wilson, Theatre Notes</i> from the <i>Newdigate Newsletters</i>, p. 80)
    Performance: 1424 | 1420 | p | The Tyrant Of Sicily | See <i>The Sicilian Usurper</i>, 11 Dec. 1680.

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Title: The Tyrant Of Sicily
Comments:
See The Sicilian Usurper, 11 Dec. 1680.
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Author: Nahum Tate
Birth: 1652
Death: 1715

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