18 February 1662
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1661-1662
Volume:
1
Comments:
The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I went [to the Opera] and there saw The Law Against Lovers, a good play and well performed especially the little girl's [Viola?-Moll Davis] (whom I never saw act before) dancing and singing; and were it not for her, the loss of $Roxalana [Hester Davenport] would spoil the house
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Original Data
Source: London Stage Information Bank
*p�lif The Law against Lovers. Viola-Moll Davis. [See 15 Feb.% *c�lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: I went [to the Opera] and there saw <i>The Law Against Lovers</i>, a good play and well performed especially the little girl's [<i>Viola?</i>r-$Moll Davis=] (whom I never saw act before) dancing and singing; and were it not for her, the loss of $Roxalana= [$Hester Davenport=] would spoil the house. -
Cleaned Data
*p1662 02 18 lif The Law against Lovers. Viola-Moll Davis. ^See16620215^ .*c1662 02 18 lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: I went [to the Opera] and there saw <i>The Law Against Lovers</i>, a good play and well performed especially the little girl's [<i>Viola?-$Moll Davis</i>] (whom I never saw act before) dancing and singing; and were it not for her, the loss of $Roxalana= [$Hester Davenport=] would spoil the house. -
Parsed Data
Event: 231 | 16620218 | lif | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: I went [to the Opera] and there saw <i>The Law Against Lovers</i>, a good play and well performed especially the little girl's [<i>Viola?-$Moll Davis</i>] (whom I never saw act before) dancing and singing; and were it not for her, the loss of $Roxalana= [$Hester Davenport=] would spoil the housePerformance: 231 | 231 | p | The Law Against Lovers | Viola-Moll Davis. See16620215 .Cast:105 | 231 | Viola | Moll Davis. See16620215 .
Mainpiece
Title:
The Law Against Lovers
Comments:
Viola-Moll Davis. See16620215 .
Viola-Moll Davis. See16620215 .
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