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02 March 1667

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1666-1667
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: After dinner, with my wife, to the King's house to see The Mayden Queene, a new play of Dryden's, mightily commended for the regularity of it, and the strain and wit; and, the truth is, there is a comical part done by Nell, which is Florimell, that I never can hope ever to see the like done again, by man or woman. The King and Duke of York were at the play. But so great performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before as Nell do this, both as a mad girle, then most and best of all when she comes in like a young gallant; and hath the motions and carriage of a spark the most that ever I saw any man have. It makes me, I confess, admire her

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p Bbri@cour Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen. See 00 Feb., but Florimell-Nell Gwin. *c Bbri@cour The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: After dinner, with my wife, to the King's house to see <i>The Mayden Queene</i>, a new play of $Dryden='s, mightily commended for the regularity of it, and the strain and wit; and, the truth is, there is a comical part done by $Nell=, which is <i>Florimell</i>r, that I never can hope ever to see the like done again, by man or woman. The $King= and $Duke of York= were at the play. But so great performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before as Nell do this, both as a mad girle, then most and best of all when she comes in like a young gallant; and hath the motions and carriage of a spark the most that ever I saw any man have. It makes me, I confess, admire her.
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1667 03 02 bridges Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen. ^See16670200^, but Florimell-Nell Gwin.*c1667 03 02 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: After dinner, with my wife, to the King's house to see <i>The Mayden Queene</i>, a new play of $Dryden='s, mightily commended for the regularity of it, and the strain and wit; and, the truth is, there is a comical part done by $Nell=, which is <i>Florimell</i>r, that I never can hope ever to see the like done again, by man or woman. The $King= and $Duke of York= were at the play. But so great performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before as Nell do this, both as a mad girle, then most and best of all when she comes in like a young gallant; and hath the motions and carriage of a spark the most that ever I saw any man have. It makes me, I confess, admire her.
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 514 | 16670302 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: After dinner, with my wife, to the King's house to see <i>The Mayden Queene</i>, a new play of $Dryden='s, mightily commended for the regularity of it, and the strain and wit; and, the truth is, there is a comical part done by $Nell=, which is <i>Florimell</i>, that I never can hope ever to see the like done again, by man or woman. The $King= and $Duke of York= were at the play. But so great performance of a comical part was never, I believe, in the world before as Nell do this, both as a mad girle, then most and best of all when she comes in like a young gallant; and hath the motions and carriage of a spark the most that ever I saw any man have. It makes me, I confess, admire her
    Performance: 514 | 514 | p | Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen | See16670200, but Florimell-Nell Gwin.
    Cast:
    461 | 514 | Florimell | Nell Gwin.

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See16670200, but Florimell-Nell Gwin.
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