*p1696 07 00 dl The Unhappy Kindness; or, A Fruitless Revenge. Edition of 1697: Prologue-Mr Verbruggen; The Epilogue written and-Mr Haynes in the Habit of a <i>Horse Officer</i>r, mounted on an Ass; Alphonso, King of Naples-Verbruggen; Frederick-Harland; Valerio-Williams; Sorano-Disney; Pisano-Mills; Petruchio-Hill; Pedro-Newth; Evanthe-Mrs Rogers; Queen Mother-Mrs Powel.*c1696 07 00 dl <i>Rich's Company</i>. There is no certainty as to the date of the first performance, and the play has been sometimes assigned to mid-summer 1697 because the Preface refers to a summer production and the play was printed in 1697. Nevertheless, the presence of Verbruggen in the cast suggests that the summer of 1696 is more likely, as $Verbruggen= left <i>Drury Lane</i> on 1 Jan. 1696@7 and thereafter appeared at Lincoln's Inn Fields. Preface, Edition of 1697: Amongst a number of New Plays that of late have crowded the Stage.... As it is, it may bear up in the Winter, notwithstanding the little Encouragement it met with at its first Appearance from a thin Town, and the Scarcity of Money. <i>A Comparison Between the Two Stages</i> (1702): Sullen: Unhappy Kindness, the same Author's [as of <i>Mock Marriage</i>], but very word stole. <i>Ramble</i>: The success? <i>Sullen</i>: Damn'd.