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30 December 1685

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1684-1685
Volume: 1
Comments: The United Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@147, p. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 350. Peregrine Bertie to the Countess of Rutland, 31 Dec. 1685: Yesterday was acted The Committee. The King and Queen were there and all the whole Court went to see it, but coming a little after it was begun [I] could not get any roome (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 100). Bridget Noel to the Countess of Rutland, ca. 6 Jan. 1685@6: [Last Wednesday] my Lady Exeter engaged us to goe to a play with her...which was a Commity. The King and Queen was at it, and the house as full as ever I saw it (ibid.)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p(~dlordg The Committee. *c(~dlordg The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@147, p. 125. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 350. $Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 31 Dec. 1685: Yesterday was acted <i>The Committee</i>. The $King= and $Queen= were there and all the whole $Court= went to see it, but coming a little after it was begun [I] could not get any roome (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS</i>., Part V, Vol. II, p. 100). $Bridget Noel= to the $Countess of Rutland=, ca. 6 Jan. 1685@6: [Last Wednesday] my $Lady Exeter= engaged us to goe to a play with her...which was a Commity. The King and Queen was at it, and the house as full as ever I saw it (<i>ibid</i>.).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1685 12 30 dlordg The Committee.*c1685 12 30 dlordg The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@147, p. 125. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 350. $Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 31 Dec. 1685: Yesterday was acted <i>The Committee</i>. The $King= and $Queen= were there and all the whole $Court= went to see it, but coming a little after it was begun [I] could not get any roome (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS</i>., Part V, Vol. II, p. 100). $Bridget Noel= to the $Countess of Rutland=, ca. 6 Jan. 1685@6: [Last Wednesday] my $Lady Exeter= engaged us to goe to a play with her...which was a Commity. The King and Queen was at it, and the house as full as ever I saw it (<i>ibid</i>.).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1599 | 16851230 | dlordg | The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@147, p. 125. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 350. $Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 31 Dec. 1685: Yesterday was acted <i>The Committee</i>. The $King= and $Queen= were there and all the whole $Court= went to see it, but coming a little after it was begun [I] could not get any roome (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS</i>., Part V, Vol. II, p. 100). $Bridget Noel= to the $Countess of Rutland=, ca. 6 Jan. 1685@6: [Last Wednesday] my $Lady Exeter= engaged us to goe to a play with her...which was a Commity. The King and Queen was at it, and the house as full as ever I saw it (<i>ibid</i>.)
    Performance: 1603 | 1599 | p | The Committee

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Title: The Committee
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Work Title: The Committee
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Birth: 1626
Death: 1698
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Birth: 1626
Death: 1698

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