*p1693 05 00 dg The Female Vertuosos. Edition of 1693: Prologue by $Mr Doggett=-Mr Doggett; Sir Maurice Meanwell-Underhill; Meanwell-Hodgson; Sir Timothy Witless-Bright; Wittless-Doggett; Sir Maggot Jingle-Bowman; Clerimont-Powell; Trap-Bowen; Bully-Hains; Lady Meanwell-Mrs Leigh; Lovewitt-Mrs Knight; Mariana-Mrs Bracegirdle; Catchat-Mrs Mountfort; Lucy-Mrs Rogers; The Epilogue-Mrs Catchat.*c1693 05 00 dg The <i>United Company</i>. The date of the premiere is not certain, but reference to it in the <i>Gentleman's Journal</i>, May 1693 (issued in June 1693), suggests that it appeared in May: We have had since my last a new Comedy called, <i>The Female Vertuosos</i>, something in it was borrowed from $Moliere='s <i>Femmes Savantes</i>, and as it hath Wit and Humour, it cannot but please in the perusal, as in the representation (p. 168). One song, <i>Love thou art best of human joys</i>, to words by $Anne, Countess of Winchelsea=, was set by $Henry Purcell=.