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January 1664

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Theatre: Whitehall or St. James's
Theatrical Season: 1663-1664
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. The date of performance is uncertain. The play was entered in the Stationers' Register, 15 Feb. 1663@4, and its publication noted in The Newes, 3 March 1663@4. Katherine Philips, writing from Cardigan, Wales to Lady Temple in London, 24 Jan. 1663@4: I beleive er'e this you have seen the new Pompey either acted or written & then will repent your partiallity to ye other, but I wonder much what preparations for it could prejudice Will Davenant when I heare they acted in English habits, & yt so aprope yt Caesar was sent in with his feather & Muff, till he was hiss'd off ye Stage & for ye Scenes I see not where they could place any yt are very extra-ordinary, but if this play hath not diverted ye Cittizens wives enough Sr W: D: will make amends, for they say Harry ye 8th & some later ones are little better then Puppett-plays. I understand ye confederate-translators are now upon Heraclius, & I am contented yt Sr Tho. Clarges (who hath done that last yeare) should adorn their triumph in it, as I have done in Pompey (Harvard Theatre Collection)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?atcourt Pompey the Great. [Edition of 1664: wo actors' names.% Prologue At the House-; Epilogue at the House-; Epilogue to the King at Saint James's-; Epilogue To the Dutchess at Saint James's-; [One <i>Epilogue</i> was written by $Sir Edward Deering=.] [At the end: After which a% grand Masque [is% Danc'd before Caesar and Cleopatra[, made (as well as the other Dances and the Tunes to them) by $Mr John Ogilby=%-. *c?atcourt The <i>Duke's Company</i>. The date of performance is uncertain. The play was entered in the <i>Stationers' Register</i>, 15 Feb. 1663@4, and its publication noted in <i>The Newes</i>, 3 March 1663@4. $Katherine Philips=, writing from <i>Cardigan, Wales</i> to $Lady Temple= in <i>London</i>, 24 Jan. 1663@4: I beleive er'e this you have seen the new <i>Pompey</i> either acted or written & then will repent your partiallity to ye other, but I wonder much what preparations for it could prejudice $Will Davenant= when I heare they acted in English habits, & yt so aprope yt <i>Caesar</i>r was sent in with his feather & Muff, till he was hiss'd off ye Stage & for ye Scenes I see not where they could place any yt are very extra-ordinary, but if this play hath not diverted ye Cittizens wives enough Sr W: D: will make amends, for they say <i>Harry ye 8th</i> & some later ones are little better then Puppett-plays. I understand ye confederate-translators are now upon <i>Heraclius</i>, & I am contented yt $Sr Tho. Clarges= (who hath done that last yeare) should adorn their triumph in it, as I have done in Pompey (<i>Harvard Theatre Collection</i>).

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    *p1664 01 00 atcourt Pompey the Great. Edition of 1664: wo actors' names. Prologue At the House-; Epilogue at the House-; Epilogue to the King at Saint James's-; Epilogue To the Dutchess at Saint James's-; [One <i>Epilogue</i> was written by $Sir Edward Deering=.] [At the end: After which a grand Masque [is Danc'd before Caesar and Cleopatra[, made (as well as the other Dances and the Tunes to them) by $Mr John Ogilby=-.*c1664 01 00 atcourt The <i>Duke's Company</i>. The date of performance is uncertain. The play was entered in the <i>Stationers' Register</i>, 15 Feb. 1663@4, and its publication noted in <i>The Newes</i>, 3 March 1663@4. $Katherine Philips=, writing from <i>Cardigan, Wales</i> to $Lady Temple= in <i>London</i>, 24 Jan. 1663@4: I beleive er'e this you have seen the new <i>Pompey</i> either acted or written & then will repent your partiallity to ye other, but I wonder much what preparations for it could prejudice $Will Davenant= when I heare they acted in English habits, & yt so aprope yt <i>Caesar</i>r was sent in with his feather & Muff, till he was hiss'd off ye Stage & for ye Scenes I see not where they could place any yt are very extra-ordinary, but if this play hath not diverted ye Cittizens wives enough Sr W: D: will make amends, for they say <i>Harry ye 8th</i> & some later ones are little better then Puppett-plays. I understand ye confederate-translators are now upon <i>Heraclius</i>, & I am contented yt $Sr Tho. Clarges= (who hath done that last yeare) should adorn their triumph in it, as I have done in Pompey (<i>Harvard Theatre Collection</i>).

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    Event: 375 | 16640100 | atcourt | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. The date of performance is uncertain. The play was entered in the <i>Stationers' Register</i>, 15 Feb. 1663@4, and its publication noted in <i>The Newes</i>, 3 March 1663@4. $Katherine Philips=, writing from <i>Cardigan, Wales</i> to $Lady Temple= in <i>London</i>, 24 Jan. 1663@4: I beleive er'e this you have seen the new <i>Pompey</i> either acted or written & then will repent your partiallity to ye other, but I wonder much what preparations for it could prejudice $Will Davenant= when I heare they acted in English habits, & yt so aprope yt <i>Caesar</i> was sent in with his feather & Muff, till he was hiss'd off ye Stage & for ye Scenes I see not where they could place any yt are very extra-ordinary, but if this play hath not diverted ye Cittizens wives enough Sr W: D: will make amends, for they say <i>Harry ye 8th</i> & some later ones are little better then Puppett-plays. I understand ye confederate-translators are now upon <i>Heraclius</i>, & I am contented yt $Sr Tho. Clarges= (who hath done that last yeare) should adorn their triumph in it, as I have done in Pompey (<i>Harvard Theatre Collection</i>)
    Performance: 375 | 375 | p | Pompey The Great | Edition of 1664: wo actors' names. Prologue At the House-; Epilogue at the House-; Epilogue to the King at Saint James's-; Epilogue To the Dutchess at Saint James's-; [One <i>Epilogue</i> was written by $Sir Edward Deering=.] [At the end: After which a grand Masque [is Danc'd before Caesar and Cleopatra[, made (as well as the other Dances and the Tunes to them) by $Mr John Ogilby=-.
    Cast:
    282 | 375 | Prologue At the House
    283 | 375 | Epilogue at the House
    284 | 375 | Epilogue to the King at Saint James's
    285 | 375 | Epilogue To the Dutchess at Saint James's
    286 | 375 | Mr John Ogilby= | .

Mainpiece

Title: Pompey The Great
Comments:
Edition of 1664: wo actors' names. Prologue At the House-; Epilogue at the House-; Epilogue to the King at Saint James's-; Epilogue To the Dutchess at Saint James's-; [One Epilogue was written by Sir Edward Deering.] [At the end: After which a grand Masque [is Danc'd before Caesar and Cleopatra[, made (as well as the other Dances and the Tunes to them) by Mr John Ogilby-.
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Baptism: 1639
Death: 1701
Author: Edward Filmer
Birth: 1643
Death: 1706
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Chicago: "London Stage Event: January 1664 at Whitehall or St. James's." London Stage Database. Accessed March 31, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=375.
MLA: "London Stage Event: January 1664 at Whitehall or St. James's." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=375. Accessed 31 March 2025.