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23 January 1667

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1666-1667
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's house, and there saw The Humerous Lieutenant: a silly play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall, and then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one, and tihen Knipp's singing, did please us. Here, in a box above, we spied Mrs Pierce; and, going out, they called us, and so we staid for them; and Knipp took us all in, and brought to us Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of Coelia to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed her, and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw Mrs Hall, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty Pretty: she is usually called Betty

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p bridges The Humorous Lieutenant. Caelia-Mrs Gwyn. [see also 7 May 1663.% *c bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's house, and there saw <i>The Humerous Lieutenant</i>: a silly play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall, and then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one, and tihen $Knipp='s singing, did please us. Here, in a box above, we spied $Mrs Pierce=; and, going out, they called us, and so we staid for them; and Knipp took us all in, and brought to us $Nelly=, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of <i>Coelia</i>r to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed her, and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw $Mrs Hall=, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty Pretty: she is usually called Betty.
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1667 01 23 bridges The Humorous Lieutenant. Caelia-Mrs Gwyn. see also 7 May 1663.*c1667 01 23 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's house, and there saw <i>The Humerous Lieutenant</i>: a silly play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall, and then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one, and tihen $Knipp='s singing, did please us. Here, in a box above, we spied $Mrs Pierce=; and, going out, they called us, and so we staid for them; and Knipp took us all in, and brought to us $Nelly=, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of <i>Coelia</i>r to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed her, and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw $Mrs Hall=, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty Pretty: she is usually called Betty.
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 497 | 16670123 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's house, and there saw <i>The Humerous Lieutenant</i>: a silly play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall, and then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one, and tihen $Knipp='s singing, did please us. Here, in a box above, we spied $Mrs Pierce=; and, going out, they called us, and so we staid for them; and Knipp took us all in, and brought to us $Nelly=, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of <i>Coelia</i> to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed her, and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw $Mrs Hall=, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty Pretty: she is usually called Betty
    Performance: 497 | 497 | p | The Humorous Lieutenant | Caelia-Mrs Gwyn. see also 7 May 1663.
    Cast:
    442 | 497 | Caelia | Mrs Gwyn. see also 7 May 1663.

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Caelia-Mrs Gwyn. see also 7 May 1663.

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