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12 May 1698

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1697-1698
Volume: 1
Comments: A Brief Relation, IV, 379, 12 May 1698: The justice of Middlesex did not only present the playhouses, but also Mr Congreve, for writing the Double Dealer; Durfey, for Don Quixot; and Tonson and Brisco, booksellers, for printing them: and that women frequenting the playhouses in masks tended much to debauchery and immorality

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p; dllif Comment. *c; dllif <i>A Brief Relation</i>, IV, 379, 12 May 1698: The justice of <i>Middlesex</i> did not only present the playhouses, but also $Mr Congreve=, for writing <i>the Double Dealer</i>; $Durfey=, for <i>Don Quixot</i>; and $Tonson= and $Brisco=, booksellers, for printing them: and that women frequenting the playhouses in masks tended much to debauchery and immorality.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1698 05 12 dllif Comment.*c1698 05 12 dllif <i>A Brief Relation</i>, IV, 379, 12 May 1698: The justice of <i>Middlesex</i> did not only present the playhouses, but also $Mr Congreve=, for writing <i>the Double Dealer</i>; $Durfey=, for <i>Don Quixot</i>; and $Tonson= and $Brisco=, booksellers, for printing them: and that women frequenting the playhouses in masks tended much to debauchery and immorality.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 2184 | 16980512 | dllif | <i>A Brief Relation</i>, IV, 379, 12 May 1698: The justice of <i>Middlesex</i> did not only present the playhouses, but also $Mr Congreve=, for writing <i>the Double Dealer</i>; $Durfey=, for <i>Don Quixot</i>; and $Tonson= and $Brisco=, booksellers, for printing them: and that women frequenting the playhouses in masks tended much to debauchery and immorality

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 12 May 1698 at Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields." London Stage Database. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=2184.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 12 May 1698 at Drury Lane Theatre and Lincoln's Inn Fields." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=2184. Accessed 18 April 2025.