*p1682 02 04 dl The Loyal Brother; or, The Persian Prince. Edition of 1682: The Prologue [Written by $John Dryden=]-; Seliman-Goodman; Tachmas-Clark; Ismael-Major Moon; Arbanes-Griffin; Osman-Saunders; Begona-Mrs Corey; Semanthe-Mrs Cook; Sunamire-Mrs Guin [$Quin=]; The Epilogue [Written by John Dryden]-Semanthe [$Mrs Cook=].*c1682 02 04 dl The <i>King's Company</i>. The date of the premiere is not certain. This performance is known from an entry in the <i>Newdigate newsletters</i>, which also states that <i>Rollo</i> was to be acted on the following Monday. If this statement is accurate, the performance of <i>The Loyal Brother</i> on 4 Feb. 1681@2 may be the third night rather than the opening performance. Newdigate newsletters, 4 Feb. 1681@2: On Monday morn [the <i>Moorish Ambassador</i>] & ye <i>Comers</i> meet to conclude ye treaty and in ye afternoon goes to see Rollo D. of Normandy at ye Ks playhouse wre ye $K= was this afternoon to see ye new play calld ye Loyall brothr (<i>Wilson, More Theater Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters</i>, p. 59). The <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i> were printed separately and have been reprinted in <i>Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues</i>, pp. 70-72. $Luttrell= acquired his copies (<i>Huntington Library</i>) on 7 Feb. 1681@2. In <i>The Life of John Dryden</i> (<i>Chapel Hill</i>, 1961), $Charles E. Ward= believes (pp. 166, 355) that <i>The Loyal Brother</i> was first acted in the autumn of 1681; but the entry in the Newdigate newsletters seems to make February 1682 the more probable time.