*p1693 10 00 dl The Double Dealer. Edition of 1693: Prologue-Mrs Bracegirdle; Epilogue-Mrs Mountford; Maskwell-Betterton; Lord Touchwood-Kynaston; Mellefont-Williams; Careless-Alexander [$Verbruggen=]; Lord Froth-Bowman; Brisk-Powell; Sir Paul Plyant-Dogget; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Barrey; Cynthia-Mrs Bracegirdle; Lady Froth-Mrs Mountfort; Lady Plyant-Mrs Leigh.*c1693 10 00 dl The <i>United Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known, but $Dryden=, on 12 Dec. 1693, reported that it had then been acted eight times. If these performances were consecutive, the premiere probably occurred in November; but the fact that the play was advertised in the <i>London Gazette</i>, 4-7 Dec. 1693, suggests tnat the premiere was near the end of October or early in November. $Henry Purcell= composed the overture and act tunes. See <i>Purcell's Works</i>, <i>Purcell Society</i>, XVI (1906), xxxi. Two of the songs whose music he composed are in <i>Thesaurus Musicus</i>, 1694: <i>Cynthia frowns when e're I woo her</i>, sung by $Mrs Ayliff=; and <i>Ancient Phillis has young Graces</i>, sung by $Bowman=. See also 12 Dec. 1693 and 22 March 1692@3.