*p1662 09 30 lif The Duchess of Malfy. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 25): Duke Ferdinand-Harris; Bosola-Betterton; Antonio-Smith; Cardinal-Young; Dutchess of Malfey-Mrs Betterton [$Mrs Saunderson=]; Julia-Mrs Gibbs; [The edition of 1678 lists other performers who could have acted on this occasion: Delio-Midburn? [$Medbourne=]; Castruchio-Richards?; Sylvio-Cademan?; Pescara-Norris?; Molateste-Price?; Cariolo=-Mrs Norris?.*c1662 09 30 lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. $Downes= (p. 25) states that it was acted eight days successively, but as Pepys does not indicate whether he saw its first performance, the sequence of playing it is not known. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: We [$Mrs Pepys= and Pepys] took coach and to the Duke's playhouse, where we saw <i>The Duchess of Malfy</i> well performed, but $Betterton= and $Ianthe= [$Mrs Saunderson=] to admiration. $Downes= (p. 25): This Play was so exceeding Excellently Acted in all Parts; chiefly, <i>Duke Ferdinand</i>r and <i>Bosola</i>r: It fill'd the House 8 Days Successively, it proving one of the Best of Stock Tragedies.