20 September 1667
Event Information
Theatre:
The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1667-1668
Volume:
1
Comments:
The King's Company. The date of the first performance is not known; Pepys does not suggest that this day was the premiere. Pepys, Diary: Sir W. Pen...and I by coach to the King's playhouse, and there saw The Mad Couple, which I do not remember that I have seen; it is a pretty pleasant play. Thence home, and my wife and I to walk in the garden, she having been at the same play with Jane, in the 18d. seat, to shew Jane the play
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Original Data
Source: London Stage Information Bank
*pbridges All Mistaken; or, The Mad Couple. [$Pepys=, 28 Dec. 1667, refers to% Philidor-Hart; Mirida-Nell Gwyn. [The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.% *cbridges The <i>King's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known; $Pepys= does not suggest that this day was the premiere. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: $Sir W. Pen=...and I by coach to the King's playhouse, and there saw <i>The Mad Couple</i>, which I do not remember that I have seen; it is a pretty pleasant play. Thence home, and my wife and I to walk in the garden, she having been at the same play with $Jane=, in the 18d. seat, to shew Jane the play. -
Cleaned Data
*p1667 09 20 bridges All Mistaken; or, The Mad Couple. $Pepys=, 28 Dec. 1667, refers to Philidor-Hart; Mirida-Nell Gwyn. The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.*c1667 09 20 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known; $Pepys= does not suggest that this day was the premiere. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: $Sir W. Pen=...and I by coach to the King's playhouse, and there saw <i>The Mad Couple</i>, which I do not remember that I have seen; it is a pretty pleasant play. Thence home, and my wife and I to walk in the garden, she having been at the same play with $Jane=, in the 18d. seat, to shew Jane the play. -
Parsed Data
Event: 587 | 16670920 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known; $Pepys= does not suggest that this day was the premiere. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: $Sir W. Pen=...and I by coach to the King's playhouse, and there saw <i>The Mad Couple</i>, which I do not remember that I have seen; it is a pretty pleasant play. Thence home, and my wife and I to walk in the garden, she having been at the same play with $Jane=, in the 18d. seat, to shew Jane the playPerformance: 587 | 587 | p | All Mistaken; Or, The Mad Couple | $Pepys=, 28 Dec. 1667, refers to Philidor-Hart; Mirida-Nell Gwyn. The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.Cast:505 | 587 | refers to Philidor | Hart506 | 587 | Mirida | Nell Gwyn. The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.
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Comments:
Pepys, 28 Dec. 1667, refers to Philidor-Hart; Mirida-Nell Gwyn. The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.
Pepys, 28 Dec. 1667, refers to Philidor-Hart; Mirida-Nell Gwyn. The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.
Cast:
- Role: refers to Philidor Actor: Hart
- Role: Mirida Actor: Nell Gwyn. The edition of 1672, the first one known, lists no prologue, no epilogue, no actors' names.
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All Mistaken; or, The Mad Couple
Associated Date?:
1672
Associated Playwright(s)?:
James Howard (1640 - 1669)
Print Witness(es)
Title:All mistaken, or the mad couple
Author(s):Howard, James, fl. 1672-1674.
Publication Date:1672
Work Title:
Like Father, Like Son; or, The Mistaken Brothers
Associated Date?:
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Aphra Behn (1640? - 1689)
Work Title:
Every Body Mistaken
Associated Date?:
Associated Playwright(s)?:
William Taverner (1677 - 1731)
Work Title:
The Mistaken Husband
Associated Date?:
1675
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Print Witness(es)
Title:The mistaken husband
Author(s):Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Publication Date:1675
Work Title:
The Young King; or, The Mistake
Associated Date?:
1683
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Aphra Behn (1640? - 1689)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The young king: or, The mistake
Author(s):Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.; La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste, seigneur de, d. 1663. Cléopatre.; Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. Vida es sueño.
Publication Date:1683
Work Title:
The Mistakes
Associated Date?:
1691
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Joseph Harris (1684 - 1703)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The mistakes, or, The false report
Author(s):Harris, Joseph, ca. 1650-ca. 1715.; Mountfort, William, 1664?-1692.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
Publication Date:1691
Work Title:
A Fatal Mistake; or, The Plot Spoil'd
Associated Date?:
1692
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Joseph Haines ( - 1701)
Print Witness(es)
Title:A fatal mistake, or, The plot spoil'd
Author(s):Haines, Joseph, d. 1701.
Publication Date:1692
Work Title:
The Mistake
Associated Date?:
1706
Associated Playwright(s)?:
John Vanbrugh (1664 - 1726)
Work Title:
The Perplex’d Couple: or, Mistake upon Mistake
Associated Date?:
1715
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Chalres Molloy ( - 1767)
Work Title:
The Jealous Clown; or, The Lucky Mistake
Associated Date?:
1730
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Thomas Gataker
Work Title:
Cephalus and Procris: With The Mistakes
Associated Date?:
1733
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Roger (1722 - 1802)
Henry Carey (1687 - 1743)
Work Title:
The Double Mistake
Associated Date?:
1766
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Elizabeth Griffith (1727 - 1793)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The double mistake
Author(s):Griffith, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720?-1793.
Publication Date:1766
Work Title:
She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night
Associated Date?:
1773
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774)
Print Witness(es)
Title:She stoops to conquer
Author(s):Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Publication Date:1773
Title:The poetical and dramatic works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B. Now first collected. With an account of the life and writings of the author. In two volumes
Author(s):Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Publication Date:1780
Work Title:
The Coquette; or, The Mistakes of the Heart
Associated Date?:
1777
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Robert Hitchcock ( - 1809)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The coquette; or, the mistakes of the heart: a comedy. As performed at the Theatres-Royal in York and Hull
Author(s):Hitchcock, Robert, d. 1809.
Publication Date:1777
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