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25 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: To the King's playhouse; and by and by comes Mr Lowther and his wife and mine, and into a box, forsooth, neither of them being dressed, which I was almost ashamed of. Sir W. Pen and I in the pit, and there saw The Mayden Queene again; which indeed the more I see the more I like, and is an excellent play, and so done by Nell, her merry part, as cannot be better done in nature, I think

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p Ybri@cour Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen. As 2 March. *c Ybri@cour The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse; and by and by comes $Mr Lowther= and his wife and mine, and into a box, forsooth, neither of them being dressed, which I was almost ashamed of. $Sir W. Pen= and I in the pit, and there saw <i>The Mayden Queene</i> again; which indeed the more I see the more I like, and is an excellent play, and so done by $Nell=, her merry part, as cannot be better done in nature, I think.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1667 03 25 bridges Secret Love; or, The Maiden Queen. ^As16670302^.*c1667 03 25 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse; and by and by comes $Mr Lowther= and his wife and mine, and into a box, forsooth, neither of them being dressed, which I was almost ashamed of. $Sir W. Pen= and I in the pit, and there saw <i>The Mayden Queene</i> again; which indeed the more I see the more I like, and is an excellent play, and so done by $Nell=, her merry part, as cannot be better done in nature, I think.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 522 | 16670325 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse; and by and by comes $Mr Lowther= and his wife and mine, and into a box, forsooth, neither of them being dressed, which I was almost ashamed of. $Sir W. Pen= and I in the pit, and there saw <i>The Mayden Queene</i> again; which indeed the more I see the more I like, and is an excellent play, and so done by $Nell=, her merry part, as cannot be better done in nature, I think
    Performance: 522 | 522 | p | Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen | As16670302.
    AsSeeDate: 522 | bridges | p | As | 16670302
    Cast:
    218199 | 522 | Florimell | Nell Gwin.

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Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen
Comments:
As16670302.
Cast:

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Publish Date: 1757
Author: Henry Dell
Birth: in or before 1733
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Author: John Dryden
Birth: 1631
Death: 1700

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