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October 1689

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1688-1689
Volume: 1
Comments: The data in Langhans, New Restoration Theatre Accounts, pp. 130-31, leave the acting days uncertain. Between 13 May 1689 and 7 Dec. 1689 the company acted on 91 days. It then played regularly through 8 Feb. 1689@90, and acted on 83 days (out of a possible 84) between 10 Feb. and 7 June, on 8 days from 13 June through 4 July 1690. In Poems on Affairs of State= (Fifth Edition, 1703), I, ii, 238, is A Prologue spoken by Mr Mountfort, after he came from the Army, and Acted on the Stage (see also A. S. Borgman, The Life and Death of William Mountfort [Cambridge, Mass., 1935], p. 55). The date at which Mountfort spoke this Prologue is not certain, but he was certainly in London ca. Tuesday 15 Oct. 1689 when he was involved in a disagreement within the United Company. See L. C. 5@192, in Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 334n

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p. dlordg Comment. *c. dlordg The data in $Langhans=, <i>New Restoration Theatre Accounts</i>, pp. 130-31, leave the acting days uncertain. Between 13 May 1689 and 7 Dec. 1689 the company acted on 91 days. It then played regularly through 8 Feb. 1689@90, and acted on 83 days (out of a possible 84) between 10 Feb. and 7 June, on 8 days from 13 June through 4 July 1690.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1689 10 00 dlordg Comment.*c1689 10 00 dlordg The data in $Langhans=, <i>New Restoration Theatre Accounts</i>, pp. 130-31, leave the acting days uncertain. Between 13 May 1689 and 7 Dec. 1689 the company acted on 91 days. It then played regularly through 8 Feb. 1689@90, and acted on 83 days (out of a possible 84) between 10 Feb. and 7 June, on 8 days from 13 June through 4 July 1690. In Poems on Affairs of State= (Fifth Edition, 1703), I, ii, 238, is A <i>Prologue</i> spoken by $Mr Mountfort=, after he came from the Army, and Acted on the Stage (see also $A. S. Borgman=, <i>The Life and Death of William Mountfort</i> [<i>Cambridge, Mass.</i>, 1935], p. 55). The date at which Mountfort spoke this Prologue is not certain, but he was certainly in <i>London</i> ca. Tuesday 15 Oct. 1689 when he was involved in a disagreement within the <i>United Company</i>. See <i>L. C.</i> 5@192, in <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 334n.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1723 | 16891000 | dlordg | The data in $Langhans=, <i>New Restoration Theatre Accounts</i>, pp. 130-31, leave the acting days uncertain. Between 13 May 1689 and 7 Dec. 1689 the company acted on 91 days. It then played regularly through 8 Feb. 1689@90, and acted on 83 days (out of a possible 84) between 10 Feb. and 7 June, on 8 days from 13 June through 4 July 1690. In Poems on Affairs of State= (Fifth Edition, 1703), I, ii, 238, is A <i>Prologue</i> spoken by $Mr Mountfort=, after he came from the Army, and Acted on the Stage (see also $A. S. Borgman=, <i>The Life and Death of William Mountfort</i> [<i>Cambridge, Mass.</i>, 1935], p. 55). The date at which Mountfort spoke this Prologue is not certain, but he was certainly in <i>London</i> ca. Tuesday 15 Oct. 1689 when he was involved in a disagreement within the <i>United Company</i>. See <i>L. C.</i> 5@192, in <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 334n

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