*p1695 09 00 dl The Mock-Marriage. Edition of 1696: Prologue-Miss Cross; Epilogue-Mrs Knight; Lord Goodland-Disney; Fairly-Horden; Willmot-Powell; Belfont-Verbruggen; Sir Simon Barter-Johnson; Sir Arthur Stately-Lee; Lady Barter-Mrs Knight; Marina-Mrs Rogers; Clarinda-Mrs Verbrugen; Flavia-Mrs Finch; Betty-Mrs Newman; Alice-Mrs Clark; Landlady-Bullock; Quaker-Mrs Powell; Daughter-Mrs Urwin.*c1695 09 00 dl <i>Rich's Company</i>. The date of the first production is not known, but the fact that it was advertised in the <i>London Gazette</i>, No. 3122, 10-14 Oct. 1695, indicates that it was probably acted not later than September 1695. Three songs were published separately: <i>O how you protest</i>, possibly set by $Henry Purcell= and sung by $Mrs Knight=; <i>'Twas within a Furlong</i>, the words by $Thomas D'Urfey=, set by Henry Purcell, and sung by $the Girl= [$Miss Cross=]; and <i>Man is for the woman made</i>, the words by $Pierre Motteux= and set by Henry Purcell, are in <i>Deliciae Musicae</i>, The Third Book, 1696. See also <i>Purcell's Works</i>, <i>Purcell Society</i>, XX (1916), xix-xx. Preface, Edition of 1696: Notwithstanding the many Accidents that concurr'd to the Ruin of this Play, it succeeded above my Expectations: And I must own my self infinitely oblig'd to the Town, in receiving so favourably, what I at first never design'd for the Stage. $Gildon=, <i>English Dramatick Poets</i>, p. 121: This particular Play met with pretty good Success, for the Season of the Year, considering it the first Essay by a Young Writer, unacquainted with the Town. <i>A Comparison Between the Two Stages</i> (1702), p. 18: <i>Sullen</i>: <i>Mock-Marriage</i>, a young Fellows of the Town, a Retainer, and kind of Pensioner to the Stage. <i>Ramble</i>: What was it's Fate? Sullen: Damn'd, Damn'd.