February 1696
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1695-1696
Volume:
1
Comments:
Betterton's Company. The date of the premiere is not known. The Dedication to the play, written in Rome, is dated 20 Aug. 1695 N.S., and advertisement of the play in the London Gazette, No 3200, 9-13 July 1696, represent the limits on its production. In a letter, dated (probably) November 1695, Dryden refers to the forthcoming appearance of his son's play, and on 26 May 1696 he negotiates with Tonson for its publication (Letters of John Dryden, pp. 79, 82). Probably the play appeared early in 1696, and certainly not much later than April 1696. John Barnard, The Dates of Six Dryden Letters, Philological Quarterly, XLII (1963), 400-401, believes that Dryden's letter was written ca. 26 May 1695 and that the play was probably acted in late 1695
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Husband His Own Cuckold
Comments:
Edition of 1696: Prologue by Mr Congreve-Mr Betterton; Epilogue-Mrs Bracegirdle by Mr Dryden.
Edition of 1696: Prologue by Mr Congreve-Mr Betterton; Epilogue-Mrs Bracegirdle by Mr Dryden.