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19 November 1696

Event Information
Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1696-1697
Volume: 1
Comments: Robert Jennens to Thomas Coke, 19 Nov. 1696: There has been for four or five days together at the play house in Lincolns Inn Fields acted a new farce translated out of the French by Mr Monteux called the Shame Sham? Doctor or the Anatomist, with a great concert of music, representing the loves of Venus and Mars, well enough done and pleases the town extremely. The other house has no company at all, and unless a new play comes out on Saturday revives their reputation, they must break (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Part II, Cowper MSS., II, 367)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p8?lif The Anatomist. *a8?lif The Loves of Mars and Venus. See 14 Nov. *c8?lif $Robert Jennens= to $Thomas Coke=, 19 Nov. 1696: There has been for four or five days together at the play house in <i>Lincolns Inn Fields</i> acted a new farce translated out of the <i>French</i> by $Mr Monteux= called <i>the Shame Sham? Doctor or the Anatomist</i>, with a great concert of music, representing <i>the loves of Venus and Mars</i>, well enough done and pleases the town extremely. The other house has no company at all, and unless a new play comes out on Saturday revives their reputation, they must break (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, Part II, <i>Cowper MSS.</i>, II, 367).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1696 11 19 lif The Anatomist.*a1696 11 19 lif The Loves of Mars and Venus. ^See16961114^.*c1696 11 19 lif $Robert Jennens= to $Thomas Coke=, 19 Nov. 1696: There has been for four or five days together at the play house in <i>Lincolns Inn Fields</i> acted a new farce translated out of the <i>French</i> by $Mr Monteux= called <i>the Shame Sham? Doctor or the Anatomist</i>, with a great concert of music, representing <i>the loves of Venus and Mars</i>, well enough done and pleases the town extremely. The other house has no company at all, and unless a new play comes out on Saturday revives their reputation, they must break (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, Part II, <i>Cowper MSS.</i>, II, 367).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 2038 | 16961119 | lif | $Robert Jennens= to $Thomas Coke=, 19 Nov. 1696: There has been for four or five days together at the play house in <i>Lincolns Inn Fields</i> acted a new farce translated out of the <i>French</i> by $Mr Monteux= called <i>the Shame Sham? Doctor or the Anatomist</i>, with a great concert of music, representing <i>the loves of Venus and Mars</i>, well enough done and pleases the town extremely. The other house has no company at all, and unless a new play comes out on Saturday revives their reputation, they must break (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, Part II, <i>Cowper MSS.</i>, II, 367)
    Performance: 2047 | 2038 | p | The Anatomist
    Performance: 2048 | 2038 | a | The Loves of Mars and Venus | See16961114.

Mainpiece

Title: The Anatomist
Comments:
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Publish Date:
Flourish: 1659
Flourish: 1697

Afterpiece

Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus
Comments:
See16961114.
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Publish Date: 1717
Author: John Weaver
Birth: 1673
Death: 1760

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