01 November 1697

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Theatre: Inner Temple
Theatrical Season: 1697-1698
Volume: 1
Comments: Betterton's Company. This performance is recorded in A Calendar of the Inner Temple Records, ed. Inderwick, III, 227. Post Boy, 30 Oct.-2 Nov. 1697: There was Yesterday a very great Feast in the Temple, there being present the High Honourable the Lord Chancellor, with Divers of the Judges; after Dinner there was a Play Acted. John Oldmixon, Reflections on the Stage (London, 1699), p. 69: The Bar-Gown has often been play'd with, and shewn in a more despicable Figure, yet the Lawyers don't think it worth their while to cry out against Comedy, as aiming at the ruin of the Courts in Westminster-hall, and the Judges themselves have desir'd Love for Love, with all the faults Mr Collier has laid to its charge, to be presented 'em, and were extreamly well pleas'd with their entertainment, tho' the Lawyer there makes a trivial appearance

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    *p:Ait Love for Love. *c:Ait <i>Betterton's Company</i>. This performance is recorded in <i>A Calendar of the Inner Temple Records</i>, ed. $Inderwick=, III, 227. <i>Post Boy</i>, 30 Oct.-2 Nov. 1697: There was Yesterday a very great Feast in the <i>Temple</i>, there being present the High Honourable the <i>Lord Chancellor</i>, with Divers of the Judges; after Dinner there was a Play Acted. $John Oldmixon=, <i>Reflections on the Stage</i> (<i>London</i>, 1699), p. 69: The Bar-Gown has often been play'd with, and shewn in a more despicable Figure, yet the Lawyers don't think it worth their while to cry out against Comedy, as aiming at the ruin of the Courts in <i>Westminster-hall</i>, and the Judges themselves have desir'd <i>Love for Love</i>, with all the faults $Mr Collier= has laid to its charge, to be presented 'em, and were extreamly well pleas'd with their entertainment, tho' the <i>Lawyer</i> there makes a trivial appearance.
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    *p1697 11 01 it Love for Love.*c1697 11 01 it <i>Betterton's Company</i>. This performance is recorded in <i>A Calendar of the Inner Temple Records</i>, ed. $Inderwick=, III, 227. <i>Post Boy</i>, 30 Oct.-2 Nov. 1697: There was Yesterday a very great Feast in the <i>Temple</i>, there being present the High Honourable the <i>Lord Chancellor</i>, with Divers of the Judges; after Dinner there was a Play Acted. $John Oldmixon=, <i>Reflections on the Stage</i> (<i>London</i>, 1699), p. 69: The Bar-Gown has often been play'd with, and shewn in a more despicable Figure, yet the Lawyers don't think it worth their while to cry out against Comedy, as aiming at the ruin of the Courts in <i>Westminster-hall</i>, and the Judges themselves have desir'd <i>Love for Love</i>, with all the faults $Mr Collier= has laid to its charge, to be presented 'em, and were extreamly well pleas'd with their entertainment, tho' the <i>Lawyer</i> there makes a trivial appearance.
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    Event: 2133 | 16971101 | it | <i>Betterton's Company</i>. This performance is recorded in <i>A Calendar of the Inner Temple Records</i>, ed. $Inderwick=, III, 227. <i>Post Boy</i>, 30 Oct.-2 Nov. 1697: There was Yesterday a very great Feast in the <i>Temple</i>, there being present the High Honourable the <i>Lord Chancellor</i>, with Divers of the Judges; after Dinner there was a Play Acted. $John Oldmixon=, <i>Reflections on the Stage</i> (<i>London</i>, 1699), p. 69: The Bar-Gown has often been play'd with, and shewn in a more despicable Figure, yet the Lawyers don't think it worth their while to cry out against Comedy, as aiming at the ruin of the Courts in <i>Westminster-hall</i>, and the Judges themselves have desir'd <i>Love for Love</i>, with all the faults $Mr Collier= has laid to its charge, to be presented 'em, and were extreamly well pleas'd with their entertainment, tho' the <i>Lawyer</i> there makes a trivial appearance
    Performance: 2149 | 2133 | p | Love For Love

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