*p1681 11 15 atcourt The Rival Queens; or, Alexander the Great. ^See16760317^@7.*c1681 11 15 atcourt The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Newdigate newsletters</i> (<i>Folger Shakespeare Library</i>), 15 Nov. 1681: This being ye Q.s birthday ye K.s players acted <i>Alexdr ye great</i> after wch was a ball & entertainment given to ye Ct. (<i>Wilson, Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters</i>, p. 80). $Luttrell=, 15 Nov. 1681: The 15th, being the birth day of $her majestie=, was kept with ringing of bells, bonefires, &c.; and at night there was a play acted at <i>Whitehall</i> before the $king= and $queen=, where the $court= appeared in great splendor (<i>A Brief Relation</i>, I, 144). The $Earl of Arran= to $Ormond=, 15 Nov. 1681: I am going to a play <i>at court</i> (<i>HMC, Ormonde MSS</i>., New Series, VI, 230). <i>L. C.</i> 5@144, p. 246, 22 Nov. 1681: Whereas $Jeoffrey Ayleworth=, $Thomas ffarmer=, $Thomas ffinall= & $Richard Tomlinson= foure of his Mates Musitians have neglected their dury in attending at ye play acted before his Mate at Whitehall on Tuesday night last for which I have suspended them (<i>L. C.</i> to the <i>Treasurer of the Chamber</i>, in $Boswell=, <i>Restoration Court Stage</i>, p. 100).