03 August 1664

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1663-1664
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. For Mrs Corey as Dol Common, see 27 Dec. 1666. For the murder of Clun, see An Elegy Upon the Most Execrable Murther of Mr Clun (1664), and the reprint in A Little Ark, ed. G. Thorn-Drury, pp. 30-31. Pepys, Diary, 4 Aug.: Clun, one of their [King's] best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he had acted the Alchymist, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts) to his country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an Irish fellow. It seems most cruelly butchered and bound. The house will have a great miss of him

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    *pcbridges The Alchymist. Subtle?-Clun; Dol Common-Mrs Corey. [See also Dec. 1660.% *ccbridges The <i>King's Company</i>. For $Mrs Corey= as <i>Dol Common</i>r, see 27 Dec. 1666. For the murder of $Clun=, see <i>An Elegy Upon the Most Execrable Murther of Mr Clun</i> (1664), and the reprint in <i>A Little Ark</i>, ed. $G. Thorn-Drury=, pp. 30-31. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>, 4 Aug.: Clun, one of their [King's] best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he had acted the $Alchymist=, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts) to his country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an <i>Irish fellow</i>. It seems most cruelly butchered and bound. The house will have a great miss of him.

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    *p1664 08 03 bridges The Alchymist. Subtle?-Clun; Dol Common-Mrs Corey. See also Dec. 1660.*c1664 08 03 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. For $Mrs Corey= as <i>Dol Common</i>r, see 27 Dec. 1666. For the murder of $Clun=, see <i>An Elegy Upon the Most Execrable Murther of Mr Clun</i> (1664), and the reprint in <i>A Little Ark</i>, ed. $G. Thorn-Drury=, pp. 30-31. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>, 4 Aug.: Clun, one of their [King's] best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he had acted the $Alchymist=, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts) to his country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an <i>Irish fellow</i>. It seems most cruelly butchered and bound. The house will have a great miss of him.

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    Event: 412 | 16640803 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. For $Mrs Corey= as <i>Dol Common</i>, see 27 Dec. 1666. For the murder of $Clun=, see <i>An Elegy Upon the Most Execrable Murther of Mr Clun</i> (1664), and the reprint in <i>A Little Ark</i>, ed. $G. Thorn-Drury=, pp. 30-31. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>, 4 Aug.: Clun, one of their [King's] best actors, was, the last night, going out of towne (after he had acted the $Alchymist=, wherein was one of his best parts that he acts) to his country-house, set upon and murdered; one of the rogues taken, an <i>Irish fellow</i>. It seems most cruelly butchered and bound. The house will have a great miss of him
    Performance: 412 | 412 | p | The Alchymist | Subtle?-Clun; Dol Common-Mrs Corey. See also Dec. 1660.
    Cast:
    325 | 412 | Subtle? | Clun
    326 | 412 | Dol Common | Mrs Corey. See also Dec. 1660.

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Title: The Alchymist
Comments:
Subtle?-Clun; Dol Common-Mrs Corey. See also Dec. 1660.
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Work Title: The Alchymist
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Author: Ben Jonson
Birth: 1572
Death: 1637

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