09 May 1685

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1684-1685
Volume: 1
Comments: The United Company. This play was in rehearsal before the death of Charles II-see 6 Feb. 1684@5-and was staged shortly after the playhouse reopened. Luttrell's date of acquisition of the separately-printed Prologue and Epilogue is 9 May 1685 (in possession of Pickering and Chatto, Ltd., 1938), and the play may have been first given on that date or during the week preceding Saturday 9 May 1685. For Cibber's account of Mountfort as Sir Courtly, see Cibber, Apology, ed. Lowe, I, 129. The separately-printed Prologue and Epilogue are reprinted in Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 228-30. A separately-printed Three New Songs in Sir Courtley Nice (1685) contains three songs, with the music by Samuel Ackroyde and an unknown composer. In addition, two songs, As I grazed unaware and O be kind my dear be kind, both composed by R. King, are in The Theater of Music, Second Book, 1685. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp. 40-41): The first new Comedy after King James came to the Crown, was Sir Courtly Nice, wrote by Mr Crown:...The Comedy being justly Acted, and the Characters in't new, Crown'd it with a general Applause: Sir Courtly was so nicely Perform'd, that not any succeeding, but Mr Cyber has Equall'd him. Note, Mr Griffin so Excell'd in Surly, Sir Edward Belfond, The Plain Dealer, none succeeding in the 2 former have Equall'd him, except his Predecessor Mr Hart in the latter. The Lover's Session; In Imitation of Sir John Suckling's Session of Poets (in Poems on Affairs of State, II [1703], 162): @Montrath was in Foppery conceiv'd another@Of Whitehall true Breed, Sir Nices Twin Brother:@None could tell, so alike all their Follies did seem,@Whether he acted Mumford, or Mumford him.

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    *p'?dl Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be. [Edition of 1685:% Prologue-; Epilogue-; [$Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 40):% Sir Courtly-Mountfort; Hothead-Underhill; Testimony-Gillo; Lord Beaugard-Kynaston; Surly-Griffin; Sir Nicholas Callico-Anthony Leigh; Leonora-Mrs Barry. *c'?dl The <i>United Company</i>. This play was in rehearsal before the death of <i>Charles II</i>-see 6 Feb. 1684@5-and was staged shortly after the playhouse reopened. $Luttrell='s date of acquisition of the separately-printed <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i> is 9 May 1685 (in possession of <i>Pickering and Chatto, Ltd.</i>, 1938), and the play may have been first given on that date or during the week preceding Saturday 9 May 1685. For $Cibber='s account of $Mountfort= as <i>Sir Courtly</i>r, see <i>Cibber, Apology</i>, ed. $Lowe=, I, 129. The separately-printed Prologue and Epilogue are reprinted in $Wiley=, <i>Rare Prologues and Epilogues</i>, pp. 228-30. A separately-printed <i>Three New Songs in Sir Courtley Nice</i> (1685) contains three songs, with the music by $Samuel Ackroyde= and an unknown composer. In addition, two songs, <i>As I grazed unaware</i> and <i>O be kind my dear be kind</i>, both composed by $R. King=, are in <i>The Theater of Music</i>, Second Book, 1685. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, pp. 40-41): The first new Comedy after $King James= came to the Crown, was <i>Sir Courtly Nice</i>, wrote by $Mr Crown=:...The Comedy being justly Acted, and the Characters in't new, Crown'd it with a general Applause: Sir Courtly was so nicely Perform'd, that not any succeeding, but Mr Cyber has Equall'd him. Note, $Mr Griffin= so Excell'd in <i>Surly</i>r, <i>Sir Edward Belfond</i>r, <i>The Plain Dealer</i>r, none succeeding in the 2 former have Equall'd him, except his Predecessor $Mr Hart= in the latter. <i>The Lover's Session; In Imitation of Sir John Suckling's Session of Poets</i> (in <i>Poems on Affairs of State</i>, II [1703], 162): @Montrath was in Foppery conceiv'd another@Of Whitehall true Breed, Sir Nices Twin Brother:@None could tell, so alike all their Follies did seem,@Whether he acted Mumford, or Mumford him.@

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    *p1685 05 09 dl Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be. Edition of 1685: Prologue-; Epilogue-; $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 40): Sir Courtly-Mountfort; Hothead-Underhill; Testimony-Gillo; Lord Beaugard-Kynaston; Surly-Griffin; Sir Nichol^as^Callico-Anthony Leigh; Leonora-Mrs Barry.*c1685 05 09 dl The <i>United Company</i>. This play was in rehearsal before the death of <i>Charles II</i>-see 6 Feb. 1684@5-and was staged shortly after the playhouse reopened. $Luttrell='s date of acquisition of the separately-printed <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i> is 9 May 1685 (in possession of <i>Pickering and Chatto, Ltd.</i>, 1938), and the play may have been first given on that date or during the week preceding Saturday 9 May 1685. For $Cibber='s account of $Mountfort= as <i>Sir Courtly</i>r, see <i>Cibber, Apology</i>, ed. $Lowe=, I, 129. The separately-printed Prologue and Epilogue are reprinted in $Wiley=, <i>Rare Prologues and Epilogues</i>, pp. 228-30. A separately-printed <i>Three New Songs in Sir Courtley Nice</i> (1685) contains three songs, with the music by $Samuel Ackroyde= and an unknown composer. In addition, two songs, <i>As I grazed unaware</i> and <i>O be kind my dear be kind</i>, both composed by $R. King=, are in <i>The Theater of Music</i>, Second Book, 1685. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, pp. 40-41): The first new Comedy after $King James= came to the Crown, was <i>Sir Courtly Nice</i>, wrote by $Mr Crown=:...The Comedy being justly Acted, and the Characters in't new, Crown'd it with a general Applause: Sir Courtly was so nicely Perform'd, that not any succeeding, but Mr Cyber has Equall'd him. Note, $Mr Griffin= so Excell'd in <i>Surly</i>r, <i>Sir Edward Belfond</i>r, <i>The Plain Dealer</i>r, none succeeding in the 2 former have Equall'd him, except his Predecessor $Mr Hart= in the latter. <i>The Lover's Session; In Imitation of Sir John Suckling's Session of Poets</i> (in <i>Poems on Affairs of State</i>, II [1703], 162): @Montrath was in Foppery conceiv'd another@Of Whitehall true Breed, Sir Nices Twin Brother:@None could tell, so alike all their Follies did seem,@Whether he acted Mumford, or Mumford him.@

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    Event: 1575 | 16850509 | dl | The <i>United Company</i>. This play was in rehearsal before the death of <i>Charles II</i>-see 6 Feb. 1684@5-and was staged shortly after the playhouse reopened. $Luttrell='s date of acquisition of the separately-printed <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i> is 9 May 1685 (in possession of <i>Pickering and Chatto, Ltd.</i>, 1938), and the play may have been first given on that date or during the week preceding Saturday 9 May 1685. For $Cibber='s account of $Mountfort= as <i>Sir Courtly</i>, see <i>Cibber, Apology</i>, ed. $Lowe=, I, 129. The separately-printed Prologue and Epilogue are reprinted in $Wiley=, <i>Rare Prologues and Epilogues</i>, pp. 228-30. A separately-printed <i>Three New Songs in Sir Courtley Nice</i> (1685) contains three songs, with the music by $Samuel Ackroyde= and an unknown composer. In addition, two songs, <i>As I grazed unaware</i> and <i>O be kind my dear be kind</i>, both composed by $R. King=, are in <i>The Theater of Music</i>, Second Book, 1685. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, pp. 40-41): The first new Comedy after $King James= came to the Crown, was <i>Sir Courtly Nice</i>, wrote by $Mr Crown=:...The Comedy being justly Acted, and the Characters in't new, Crown'd it with a general Applause: Sir Courtly was so nicely Perform'd, that not any succeeding, but Mr Cyber has Equall'd him. Note, $Mr Griffin= so Excell'd in <i>Surly</i>, <i>Sir Edward Belfond</i>, <i>The Plain Dealer</i>, none succeeding in the 2 former have Equall'd him, except his Predecessor $Mr Hart= in the latter. <i>The Lover's Session; In Imitation of Sir John Suckling's Session of Poets</i> (in <i>Poems on Affairs of State</i>, II [1703], 162): @Montrath was in Foppery conceiv'd another@Of Whitehall true Breed, Sir Nices Twin Brother:@None could tell, so alike all their Follies did seem,@Whether he acted Mumford, or Mumford him.
    Performance: 1579 | 1575 | p | Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be | Edition of 1685: Prologue-; Epilogue-; $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 40): Sir Courtly-Mountfort; Hothead-Underhill; Testimony-Gillo; Lord Beaugard-Kynaston; Surly-Griffin; Sir NicholasCallico-Anthony Leigh; Leonora-Mrs Barry.
    Cast:
    2586 | 1579 | Prologue
    2587 | 1579 | Epilogue
    2588 | 1579 | Sir Courtly | Mountfort
    2589 | 1579 | Hothead | Underhill
    2590 | 1579 | Testimony | Gillo
    2591 | 1579 | Lord Beaugard | Kynaston
    2592 | 1579 | Surly | Griffin
    2593 | 1579 | Sir NicholasCallico | Anthony Leigh
    2594 | 1579 | Leonora | Mrs Barry.

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Title: Sir Courtly Nice; Or, It Cannot Be
Comments:
Edition of 1685: Prologue-; Epilogue-; Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 40): Sir Courtly-Mountfort; Hothead-Underhill; Testimony-Gillo; Lord Beaugard-Kynaston; Surly-Griffin; Sir NicholasCallico-Anthony Leigh; Leonora-Mrs Barry.
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