07 March 1667

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1666-1667
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. L. C. 5@139, p. 125, lists it for 3 March, but as this date falls on Sunday, it is probably an error in dating. The play was licensed on 22 May 1667. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke's playhouse...and I in and find my wife and Mrs Hewer, and sat by them and saw The English Princesse, or Richard the Third; a most sad, melancholy play, and pretty good; but nothing eminent in it, as some tragedys are; only little Mis. Davis did dance a jig after the end of the play, and there telling the next day's play; so that it come in by force only to please the company to see her dance in boy's clothes; and, the truth is, there is no comparison between Nell's dancing the other day at the King's house in boy's clothes and this, this being infinitely beyond the other. Downes (p. 27): Wrote by Mr Carrol, was Excellently well Acted in every Part;...Gain'd them an Additional Estimation, and the Applause from the Town, as well as profit to the whole Company

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    *p Glif The English Princess; or, The Death of Richard the Third. [The edition of 1667 lists no actors' names, but Downes (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 27) lists:% King Richard-Betterton; Duke of Richmond-Harris; Sir William Stanly-Smith; Prologue-; [Edition of 1673: Epilogue.% *c Glif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>L. C.</i> 5@139, p. 125, lists it for 3 March, but as this date falls on Sunday, it is probably an error in dating. The play was licensed on 22 May 1667. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke's playhouse...and I in and find my wife and $Mrs Hewer=, and sat by them and saw <i>The English Princesse, or Richard the Third</i>; a most sad, melancholy play, and pretty good; but nothing eminent in it, as some tragedys are; only little $Mis. Davis= did dance a jig after the end of the play, and there telling the next day's play; so that it come in by force only to please the company to see her dance in boy's clothes; and, the truth is, there is no comparison between $Nell='s dancing the other day at the King's house in boy's clothes and this, this being infinitely beyond the other. $Downes= (p. 27): Wrote by $Mr Carrol=, was Excellently well Acted in every Part;...Gain'd them an Additional Estimation, and the Applause from the Town, as well as profit to the whole Company.

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    *p1667 03 07 lif The English Princess; or, The Death of Richard the Third. The edition of 1667 lists no actors' names, but Downes (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 27) lists: King Richard-Betterton; Duke of Richmond-Harris; Sir William Stanly-Smith; Prologue-; Edition of 1673: Epilogue.*c1667 03 07 lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>L. C.</i> 5@139, p. 125, lists it for 3 March, but as this date falls on Sunday, it is probably an error in dating. The play was licensed on 22 May 1667. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke's playhouse...and I in and find my wife and $Mrs Hewer=, and sat by them and saw <i>The English Princesse, or Richard the Third</i>; a most sad, melancholy play, and pretty good; but nothing eminent in it, as some tragedys are; only little $Mis. Davis= did dance a jig after the end of the play, and there telling the next day's play; so that it come in by force only to please the company to see her dance in boy's clothes; and, the truth is, there is no comparison between $Nell='s dancing the other day at the King's house in boy's clothes and this, this being infinitely beyond the other. $Downes= (p. 27): Wrote by $Mr Carrol=, was Excellently well Acted in every Part;...Gain'd them an Additional Estimation, and the Applause from the Town, as well as profit to the whole Company.

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    Event: 517 | 16670307 | lif | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>L. C.</i> 5@139, p. 125, lists it for 3 March, but as this date falls on Sunday, it is probably an error in dating. The play was licensed on 22 May 1667. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke's playhouse...and I in and find my wife and $Mrs Hewer=, and sat by them and saw <i>The English Princesse, or Richard the Third</i>; a most sad, melancholy play, and pretty good; but nothing eminent in it, as some tragedys are; only little $Mis. Davis= did dance a jig after the end of the play, and there telling the next day's play; so that it come in by force only to please the company to see her dance in boy's clothes; and, the truth is, there is no comparison between $Nell='s dancing the other day at the King's house in boy's clothes and this, this being infinitely beyond the other. $Downes= (p. 27): Wrote by $Mr Carrol=, was Excellently well Acted in every Part;...Gain'd them an Additional Estimation, and the Applause from the Town, as well as profit to the whole Company
    Performance: 517 | 517 | p | The English Princess; Or, The Death Of Richard The Third | The edition of 1667 lists no actors' names, but Downes (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 27) lists: King Richard-Betterton; Duke of Richmond-Harris; Sir William Stanly-Smith; Prologue-; Edition of 1673: Epilogue. Edition of 1673: Epilogue.
    Cast:
    462 | 517 | King Richard | Betterton
    463 | 517 | Duke of Richmond | Harris
    464 | 517 | Sir William Stanly | Smith
    465 | 517 | Prologue

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Title: The English Princess; Or, The Death Of Richard The Third
Comments:
The edition of 1667 lists no actors' names, but Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 27) lists: King Richard-Betterton; Duke of Richmond-Harris; Sir William Stanly-Smith; Prologue-; Edition of 1673: Epilogue. Edition of 1673: Epilogue.
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