*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>).