15 February 1662

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1661-1662
Volume: 1
Comments: This performance was attended by Jacques Thierry and Will Schellinks, who stated: Judged to be their best play (Seaton, Literary Relationships, pp. 334-36). This performance may have been the premiere. The Duke's Company. BM Add. Mss. 34217, in Hotson (Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 247): @Then came the Knight agen with his Lawe@Against Lovers the worst that ever you sawe@In dressing of which he playnely did shew it@Hee was a far better Cooke then a Poet@And only he the Art of it had@Of two good Playes to make one bad.

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    *p?lif The Law against Lovers. [Altered from $William Shakespeare='s <i>Measure for Measure</i> and <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> by $Sir William Davenant=.] [$Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 26) and the edition of 1673 have no actors' names. But see 18 Feb. 1661@2.% *c?lif This performance was attended by $Jacques Thierry= and $Will Schellinks=, who stated: Judged to be their best play ($Seaton=, <i>Literary Relationships</i>, pp. 334-36). This performance may have been the premiere. The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>BM Add. Mss. 34217</i>, in $Hotson= (<i>Commonwealth and Restoration Stage</i>, p. 247): @Then came the Knight agen with his Lawe@Against Lovers the worst that ever you sawe@In dressing of which he playnely did shew it@Hee was a far better Cooke then a Poet@And only he the Art of it had@Of two good Playes to make one bad.@

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    *p1662 02 15 lif The Law against Lovers. [Altered from $William Shakespeare='s <i>Measure for Measure</i> and <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> by $Sir William Davenant=.] $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 26) and the edition of 1673 have no actors' names. But ^see16610218^@2.*c1662 02 15 lif This performance was attended by $Jacques Thierry= and $Will Schellinks=, who stated: Judged to be their best play ($Seaton=, <i>Literary Relationships</i>, pp. 334-36). This performance may have been the premiere. The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>BM Add. Mss. 34217</i>, in $Hotson= (<i>Commonwealth and Restoration Stage</i>, p. 247): @Then came the Knight agen with his Lawe@Against Lovers the worst that ever you sawe@In dressing of which he playnely did shew it@Hee was a far better Cooke then a Poet@And only he the Art of it had@Of two good Playes to make one bad.@

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    Event: 229 | 16620215 | lif | This performance was attended by $Jacques Thierry= and $Will Schellinks=, who stated: Judged to be their best play ($Seaton=, <i>Literary Relationships</i>, pp. 334-36). This performance may have been the premiere. The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>BM Add. Mss. 34217</i>, in $Hotson= (<i>Commonwealth and Restoration Stage</i>, p. 247): @Then came the Knight agen with his Lawe@Against Lovers the worst that ever you sawe@In dressing of which he playnely did shew it@Hee was a far better Cooke then a Poet@And only he the Art of it had@Of two good Playes to make one bad.
    Performance: 229 | 229 | p | The Law Against Lovers | [Altered from $William Shakespeare='s <i>Measure for Measure</i> and <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> by $Sir William Davenant=.] $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 26) and the edition of 1673 have no actors' names. But see16610218@2.

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Title: The Law Against Lovers
Comments:
[Altered from William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing by Sir William Davenant.] Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 26) and the edition of 1673 have no actors' names. But see16610218@2.
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