London Stage Event: 14 September 1664 at The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

14 September 1664

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Theatrical Season: 1664-1665

Volume: 1

Comments: The King's company. On 31 Aug. or 1 Sept. 1664 Orrery wrote to Sir Henry Bennett: Ther was noe Play of myne Acted, they are now but Studyinge it; I hope within less then a Fortnight twill be on ye Theater And if you are not surfetted, with what of mine you have already seene [Henry V], I will beg ye honour to wait on you when tis Acted (see The Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, ed. W. S. Clark@II [Cambridge, Mass., 1937], 1, 102). The play is also on the list of Herbert, Dramatic Records, p. 138. Boswell, Restoration Court Stage, p. 281, lists it among the plays given at court, but Sir Heneage Finch's note (see below) seems to indicate an afternoon performance. Sir Heneage Finch to Sir Edward Dering, 15 Sept. 1664: Yesterday was acted, in the Greatest and noblest presence wch ye Court can make, before ye fullest Theatre, & with the highest applause imaginable, my Lo Orerys new play calld ye Generall formerly acted in Ireland by the name of Altamira, but much altered & improved. From thence the whole Court went to Wallingford house, where the Earl of Arran and the Lady Mary Stuart were that night before Supper marryd in the Gallery (Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, I, 103, from Stowe MS 744 f. 81)

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*p?bridges The Generall. *c?bridges The King's company. On 31 Aug. or 1 Sept. 1664 $Orrery= wrote to $Sir Henry Bennett=: Ther was noe Play of myne Acted, they are now but Studyinge it; I hope within less then a Fortnight twill be on ye Theater And if you are not surfetted, with what of mine you have already seene [Henry V], I will beg ye honour to wait on you when tis Acted (see The Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, ed. $W. S. Clark@II= [Cambridge, Mass., 1937], 1, 102). The play is also on the list of $Herbert=, Dramatic Records, p. 138. $Boswell=, Restoration Court Stage, p. 281, lists it among the plays given at court, but $Sir Heneage Finch='s note (see below) seems to indicate an afternoon performance. Sir Heneage Finch to $Sir Edward Dering=, 15 Sept. 1664: Yesterday was acted, in the Greatest and noblest presence wch ye Court can make, before ye fullest Theatre, & with the highest applause imaginable, my Lo Orerys new play calld ye Generall formerly acted in Ireland by the name of Altamira, but much altered & improved. From thence the whole $Court= went to Wallingford house, where the $Earl of Arran= and the $Lady Mary Stuart= were that night before Supper marryd in the Gallery (Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, I, 103, from Stowe MS 744 f. 81).
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*p1664 09 14 bridges The Generall.*c1664 09 14 bridges The King's company. On 31 Aug. or 1 Sept. 1664 $Orrery= wrote to $Sir Henry Bennett=: Ther was noe Play of myne Acted, they are now but Studyinge it; I hope within less then a Fortnight twill be on ye Theater And if you are not surfetted, with what of mine you have already seene [Henry V], I will beg ye honour to wait on you when tis Acted (see The Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, ed. $W. S. Clark@II= [Cambridge, Mass., 1937], 1, 102). The play is also on the list of $Herbert=, Dramatic Records, p. 138. $Boswell=, Restoration Court Stage, p. 281, lists it among the plays given at court, but $Sir Heneage Finch='s note (see below) seems to indicate an afternoon performance. Sir Heneage Finch to $Sir Edward Dering=, 15 Sept. 1664: Yesterday was acted, in the Greatest and noblest presence wch ye Court can make, before ye fullest Theatre, & with the highest applause imaginable, my Lo Orerys new play calld ye Generall formerly acted in Ireland by the name of Altamira, but much altered & improved. From thence the whole $Court= went to Wallingford house, where the $Earl of Arran= and the $Lady Mary Stuart= were that night before Supper marryd in the Gallery (Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, I, 103, from Stowe MS 744 f. 81).
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Event: 421 | 16640914 | bridges | The King's company. On 31 Aug. or 1 Sept. 1664 $Orrery= wrote to $Sir Henry Bennett=: Ther was noe Play of myne Acted, they are now but Studyinge it; I hope within less then a Fortnight twill be on ye Theater And if you are not surfetted, with what of mine you have already seene [Henry V], I will beg ye honour to wait on you when tis Acted (see The Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, ed. $W. S. Clark@II= [Cambridge, Mass., 1937], 1, 102). The play is also on the list of $Herbert=, Dramatic Records, p. 138. $Boswell=, Restoration Court Stage, p. 281, lists it among the plays given at court, but $Sir Heneage Finch='s note (see below) seems to indicate an afternoon performance. Sir Heneage Finch to $Sir Edward Dering=, 15 Sept. 1664: Yesterday was acted, in the Greatest and noblest presence wch ye Court can make, before ye fullest Theatre, & with the highest applause imaginable, my Lo Orerys new play calld ye Generall formerly acted in Ireland by the name of Altamira, but much altered & improved. From thence the whole $Court= went to Wallingford house, where the $Earl of Arran= and the $Lady Mary Stuart= were that night before Supper marryd in the Gallery (Dramatic Works of Roger Boyle, I, 103, from Stowe MS 744 f. 81)

Performance: 421 | 421 | p | The Generall

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