*p1696 04 00 lif The Country-Wake. Edition of 1696: Prologue-Mrs Barry; Epilogue-Mrs Betterton; Sir Thom^as^Testie-Underhill; Woodvill-Betterton; Friendly-Kenneston; Old Hob-Trefise; Young Hob-Dogget; Lady Testie-Mrs Barry; Flora-Mrs Bracegirdle; Lucia-Mrs Bowman; Betty-Mrs Lee.*c1696 04 00 lif <i>Betterton's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not certain, but the fact that the play was advertised in the <i>London Gazette</i>, 6-11 May 1696, suggests that it was first acted not later than April 1696. A song, <i>Come, Hodge, come, Robin</i>, set by $John Eccles= and sung by $Wiltshire= and $Mrs Hudson=, was printed in <i>Deliciae Musicae</i>, The Second Book of the Second Volume, 1696. Dedication, Edition of 1696: Which I wrote three Years ago....nor the Displeasure of the Judicious, who I hope will not condemn this Play from the appearance it had upon the Stage, where it suffer'd in the Acting....$Tho. Dogget=. <i>A Comparison Between the Two Stages</i> (1702), pp. 16-17: <i>Ramble</i>: Oh that's Dogget's: The Players have all got the itching Leprosie of Scribling as Ben. Johnson calls it; twill in time descend to the Scene-keepers and Candle-snuffers: Come, what came on't? <i>Sullen</i>: Not then directly Damn'd, because he had a part in't himself, but it's now dead and buried.