02 May 1664

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1663-1664
Volume: 1
Comments: This play, possibly an adaptation from Corneille, was apparently not printed. It bears, however, some resemblances to Walter Hawkesworth's Latin comedy, Labyrinthus (which was first acted at Trinity College, Cambridge, in March 1602@3); and this Restoration play may be a variation on Hawkesworth's. Pepys, Diary: To the King's Playhouse...my wife and I and Madamoiselle. I paid for her going in, and there saw The Labyrinth, the poorest play, methinks, that ever I saw, there being nothing in it but the odd accidents that fell out, by a lady's being bred up in men's apparel, and a man in a woman's

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    *pbridges The Labyrinth. *cbridges This play, possibly an adaptation from $Corneille=, was apparently not printed. It bears, however, some resemblances to $Walter Hawkesworth='s <i>Latin comedy</i>, <i>Labyrinthus</i> (which was first acted at <i>Trinity College, Cambridge</i>, in March 1602@3); and this Restoration play may be a variation on Hawkesworth's. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To <i>the King's Playhouse</i>...my wife and I and $Madamoiselle=. I paid for her going in, and there saw <i>The Labyrinth</i>, the poorest play, methinks, that ever I saw, there being nothing in it but the odd accidents that fell out, by a lady's being bred up in men's apparel, and a man in a woman's.

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    *p1664 05 02 bridges The Labyrinth.*c1664 05 02 bridges This play, possibly an adaptation from $Corneille=, was apparently not printed. It bears, however, some resemblances to $Walter Hawkesworth='s <i>Latin comedy</i>, <i>Labyrinthus</i> (which was first acted at <i>Trinity College, Cambridge</i>, in March 1602@3); and this Restoration play may be a variation on Hawkesworth's. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To <i>the King's Playhouse</i>...my wife and I and $Madamoiselle=. I paid for her going in, and there saw <i>The Labyrinth</i>, the poorest play, methinks, that ever I saw, there being nothing in it but the odd accidents that fell out, by a lady's being bred up in men's apparel, and a man in a woman's.

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    Event: 404 | 16640502 | bridges | This play, possibly an adaptation from $Corneille=, was apparently not printed. It bears, however, some resemblances to $Walter Hawkesworth='s <i>Latin comedy</i>, <i>Labyrinthus</i> (which was first acted at <i>Trinity College, Cambridge</i>, in March 1602@3); and this Restoration play may be a variation on Hawkesworth's. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To <i>the King's Playhouse</i>...my wife and I and $Madamoiselle=. I paid for her going in, and there saw <i>The Labyrinth</i>, the poorest play, methinks, that ever I saw, there being nothing in it but the odd accidents that fell out, by a lady's being bred up in men's apparel, and a man in a woman's
    Performance: 404 | 404 | p | The Labyrinth

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Title: The Labyrinth
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Work Title: The Labyrinth
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Work Title: Labyrinthus
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Birth: 1573
Death: 1606

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