April 1698
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1697-1698
Volume:
1
Comments:
Betterton's Company. The date of the premiere is not known, but the fact that the play was advertised in the London Gazette, 18-20 June 1698, suggests that its first performance occurred in late April or early May 1698. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (1702), p. 20: Damn'd
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Beauty In Distress
Comments:
Edition of 1698: Prologue-Bowen [an induction scene, with a player coming forward to announce that there is no prologue, then Bowen entering, having forgotten it, but the prompter gets Bowen's memory restored and the prologue proceeds]; Epilogue-Mrs Bracegirdle; Don Vicentio-Betterton; Ricardo-Verbruggen; Duke Ferdinand-Kynaston; Fabiano-Hodgson; Zemet-Arnold; Laura-Mrs Barry; Placentia-Mrs Bracegirdle; Morella-Mrs Moore; Melinda-Mrs Prince.
Edition of 1698: Prologue-Bowen [an induction scene, with a player coming forward to announce that there is no prologue, then Bowen entering, having forgotten it, but the prompter gets Bowen's memory restored and the prologue proceeds]; Epilogue-Mrs Bracegirdle; Don Vicentio-Betterton; Ricardo-Verbruggen; Duke Ferdinand-Kynaston; Fabiano-Hodgson; Zemet-Arnold; Laura-Mrs Barry; Placentia-Mrs Bracegirdle; Morella-Mrs Moore; Melinda-Mrs Prince.
Cast:
- Role: Prologue Actor: Bowen
- Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
- Role: Don Vicentio Actor: Betterton
- Role: Ricardo Actor: Verbruggen
- Role: Duke Ferdinand Actor: Kynaston
- Role: Fabiano Actor: Hodgson
- Role: Zemet Actor: Arnold
- Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Barry
- Role: Placentia Actor: Mrs Bracegirdle
- Role: Morella Actor: Mrs Moore
- Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Prince.