11 February 1686

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1684-1685
Volume: 1
Comments: Peregrine Bertie to the Countess of Rutland, 11 Feb. 1685@6: To-day was the French opera. The King and Queen were there, the musicke was indeed very fine, but all the dresses the most wretched I ever saw; 'twas acted by none but French. A Saturday the Court goes to another play, to take their leaves of those vanitys till after Lent (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 104). [This performance is on the L. C. list 5@147, p. 125: The King & Queene & a Box for ye Maydes of honor at ye French Opera [the charge for the royal box was increased from #20 to #25 on this occasion]. W. J. Lawrence conjectured that this French opera was Cadmus et Hermione and that Jacques Rousseau, a scene painter of Paris, provided the decor. See W. J. Lawrence, The French opera in London; A Riddle of 1686, TLS, 28 March 1936, p. 268

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    *p(?dlordg Cadmus et Hermione. [By $J. B.? Quinault= and $John Baptist Lully=. By <i>French performers</i>.% *c(?dlordg $Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 11 Feb. 1685@6: To-day was the French opera. The $King= and $Queen= were there, the musicke was indeed very fine, but all the dresses the most wretched I ever saw; 'twas acted by none but <i>French</i>. A Saturday the $Court= goes to another play, to take their leaves of those vanitys till after <i>Lent</i> (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS</i>., Part V, Vol. II, p. 104). [This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i> 5@147, p. 125: The King & Queene & a Box for ye Maydes of honor at ye French Opera [the charge for the royal box was increased from #20 to #25 on this occasion]. $W. J. Lawrence= conjectured that this <i>French opera</i> was <i>Cadmus et Hermione</i> and that $Jacques Rousseau=, a scene painter of <i>Paris</i>, provided the decor. See W. J. Lawrence, <i>The French opera in London; A Riddle of 1686</i>, <i>TLS</i>, 28 March 1936, p. 268.

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    *p1686 02 11 dlordg Cadmus et Hermione. By $J. B.? Quinault= and $John Baptist Lully=. By <i>French performers</i>.*c1686 02 11 dlordg $Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 11 Feb. 1685@6: To-day was the French opera. The $King= and $Queen= were there, the musicke was indeed very fine, but all the dresses the most wretched I ever saw; 'twas acted by none but <i>French</i>. A Saturday the $Court= goes to another play, to take their leaves of those vanitys till after <i>Lent</i> (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS</i>., Part V, Vol. II, p. 104). [This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i> 5@147, p. 125: The King & Queene & a Box for ye Maydes of honor at ye French Opera [the charge for the royal box was increased from #20 to #25 on this occasion]. $W. J. Lawrence= conjectured that this <i>French opera</i> was <i>Cadmus et Hermione</i> and that $Jacques Rousseau=, a scene painter of <i>Paris</i>, provided the decor. See W. J. Lawrence, <i>The French opera in London; A Riddle of 1686</i>, <i>TLS</i>, 28 March 1936, p. 268.

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    Event: 1615 | 16860211 | dlordg | $Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 11 Feb. 1685@6: To-day was the French opera. The $King= and $Queen= were there, the musicke was indeed very fine, but all the dresses the most wretched I ever saw; 'twas acted by none but <i>French</i>. A Saturday the $Court= goes to another play, to take their leaves of those vanitys till after <i>Lent</i> (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS</i>., Part V, Vol. II, p. 104). [This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i> 5@147, p. 125: The King & Queene & a Box for ye Maydes of honor at ye French Opera [the charge for the royal box was increased from #20 to #25 on this occasion]. $W. J. Lawrence= conjectured that this <i>French opera</i> was <i>Cadmus et Hermione</i> and that $Jacques Rousseau=, a scene painter of <i>Paris</i>, provided the decor. See W. J. Lawrence, <i>The French opera in London; A Riddle of 1686</i>, <i>TLS</i>, 28 March 1936, p. 268
    Performance: 1619 | 1615 | p | Cadmus Et Hermione | By $J. B.? Quinault= and $John Baptist Lully=. By <i>French performers</i>.

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Title: Cadmus Et Hermione
Comments:
By J. B.? Quinault and John Baptist Lully. By French performers.
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