16 January 1690

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1688-1689
Volume: 1
Comments: The United Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@151, p. 369. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 352. The MS music composed for a revival of this play, apparently at this time, by G. Finger and Daniel Purcell, is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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    *p.?dlordg The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great. [A copy of the 1690 quarto (<i>New York Public Library</i>) has the following MS cast which may well pertain to this season:% Alexander-Mountfort; Lysimachus-Williams; Hephestion-Bowman; Cassander-Powell; Statira-Mrs Bracegirdle; Roxana-Mrs Barry. *c.?dlordg The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@151, p. 369. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 352. The MS music composed for a revival of this play, apparently at this time, by $G. Finger= and $Daniel Purcell=, is in the <i>Fitzwilliam Museum</i>, <i>Cambridge</i>.

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    *p1690 01 16 dlordg The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great. A copy of the 1690 quarto (<i>New York Public Library</i>) has the following MS cast which may well pertain to this season: Alexander-Mountfort; Lysimachus-Williams; Hephestion-Bowman; Cassander-Powell; Statira-Mrs Bracegirdle; Roxana-Mrs Barry.*c1690 01 16 dlordg The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@151, p. 369. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 352. The MS music composed for a revival of this play, apparently at this time, by $G. Finger= and $Daniel Purcell=, is in the <i>Fitzwilliam Museum</i>, <i>Cambridge</i>.

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    Event: 1740 | 16900116 | dlordg | The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@151, p. 369. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 352. The MS music composed for a revival of this play, apparently at this time, by $G. Finger= and $Daniel Purcell=, is in the <i>Fitzwilliam Museum</i>, <i>Cambridge</i>
    Performance: 1745 | 1740 | p | The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great | A copy of the 1690 quarto (<i>New York Public Library</i>) has the following MS cast which may well pertain to this season: Alexander-Mountfort; Lysimachus-Williams; Hephestion-Bowman; Cassander-Powell; Statira-Mrs Bracegirdle; Roxana-Mrs Barry.
    Cast:
    2855 | 1745 | Alexander | Mountfort
    2856 | 1745 | Lysimachus | Williams
    2857 | 1745 | Hephestion | Bowman
    2858 | 1745 | Cassander | Powell
    2859 | 1745 | Statira | Mrs Bracegirdle
    2860 | 1745 | Roxana | Mrs Barry.

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Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great
Comments:
A copy of the 1690 quarto (New York Public Library) has the following MS cast which may well pertain to this season: Alexander-Mountfort; Lysimachus-Williams; Hephestion-Bowman; Cassander-Powell; Statira-Mrs Bracegirdle; Roxana-Mrs Barry.
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