28 November 1689

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1688-1689
Volume: 1
Comments: The United Company. A somewhat puzzling entry in the Reverend Robert Kirk's description of London in 1689 implies a performance of The Committee undertaken but not completed: At a play in Whitehall King Charles, his trage-comedy, when the actors were come to that part of seducing King Charles II, some Williamites in the pit below hissed at it (as if the play had meant the like of King James in Ireland). At this there sprang such huzzas and holloes above applauding that part of the play, that it was in a confusion, and they durst pursue it no further, lest the two parties made violence one upon another. Two or three noblemen were remarked to be forward in the acclamations of joy, and therefore are looked on as Jacobites. The Play's name is The Committee, November 28, 1689 (Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archeological Society, New Series, VI, 655)

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    *p.\dlordg The Committee. *c.\dlordg The United Company. A somewhat puzzling entry in the $Reverend Robert Kirk='s description of <i>London</i> in 1689 implies a performance of <i>The Committee</i> undertaken but not completed: At a play in <i>Whitehall</i> King Charles, his trage-comedy, when the actors were come to that part of seducing King <i>Charles II</i>, some <i>Williamites</i> in the pit below hissed at it (as if the play had meant the like of $King James= in <i>Ireland</i>). At this there sprang such huzzas and holloes above applauding that part of the play, that it was in a confusion, and they durst pursue it no further, lest the two parties made violence one upon another. Two or three noblemen were remarked to be forward in the acclamations of joy, and therefore are looked on as <i>Jacobites</i>. The Play's name is <i>The Committee</i>, November 28, 1689 (<i>Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archeological Society</i>, New Series, VI, 655).
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    *p1689 11 28 dlordg The Committee.*c1689 11 28 dlordg The United Company. A somewhat puzzling entry in the $Reverend Robert Kirk='s description of <i>London</i> in 1689 implies a performance of <i>The Committee</i> undertaken but not completed: At a play in <i>Whitehall</i> King Charles, his trage-comedy, when the actors were come to that part of seducing King <i>Charles II</i>, some <i>Williamites</i> in the pit below hissed at it (as if the play had meant the like of $King James= in <i>Ireland</i>). At this there sprang such huzzas and holloes above applauding that part of the play, that it was in a confusion, and they durst pursue it no further, lest the two parties made violence one upon another. Two or three noblemen were remarked to be forward in the acclamations of joy, and therefore are looked on as <i>Jacobites</i>. The Play's name is <i>The Committee</i>, November 28, 1689 (<i>Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archeological Society</i>, New Series, VI, 655).
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    Event: 1733 | 16891128 | dlordg | The United Company. A somewhat puzzling entry in the $Reverend Robert Kirk='s description of <i>London</i> in 1689 implies a performance of <i>The Committee</i> undertaken but not completed: At a play in <i>Whitehall</i> King Charles, his trage-comedy, when the actors were come to that part of seducing King <i>Charles II</i>, some <i>Williamites</i> in the pit below hissed at it (as if the play had meant the like of $King James= in <i>Ireland</i>). At this there sprang such huzzas and holloes above applauding that part of the play, that it was in a confusion, and they durst pursue it no further, lest the two parties made violence one upon another. Two or three noblemen were remarked to be forward in the acclamations of joy, and therefore are looked on as <i>Jacobites</i>. The Play's name is <i>The Committee</i>, November 28, 1689 (<i>Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archeological Society</i>, New Series, VI, 655)
    Performance: 1738 | 1733 | p | The Committee

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