16 October 1667

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1667-1668
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house, thinking as we appointed, to meet my wife there, but she was not; and more, I was vexed to see Young (who is but a bad actor at best) act Macbeth in the room of Betterton, who, poor man! is sick: but, Lord! what a prejudice it wrought in me against the whole play, and everybody else agreed in disliking this fellow. Thence home, and there find my wife gone home; because of this fellow's acting of the part, she went out of the house again

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p0lif Macbeth. [Altered by $Sir William Davenant=.] Macbeth-Young. [But see 5 Nov. 1664.% *c0lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke of York's house, thinking as we appointed, to meet my wife there, but she was not; and more, I was vexed to see $Young= (who is but a bad actor at best) act <i>Macbeth</i>r in the room of $Betterton=, who, poor man! is sick: but, Lord! what a prejudice it wrought in me against the whole play, and everybody else agreed in disliking this fellow. Thence home, and there find my wife gone home; because of this fellow's acting of the part, she went out of the house again.
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    *p1667 10 16 lif Macbeth. [Altered by $Sir William Davenant=.] Macbeth-Young. But ^see16641105^.*c1667 10 16 lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke of York's house, thinking as we appointed, to meet my wife there, but she was not; and more, I was vexed to see $Young= (who is but a bad actor at best) act <i>Macbeth</i>r in the room of $Betterton=, who, poor man! is sick: but, Lord! what a prejudice it wrought in me against the whole play, and everybody else agreed in disliking this fellow. Thence home, and there find my wife gone home; because of this fellow's acting of the part, she went out of the house again.
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    Event: 602 | 16671016 | lif | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke of York's house, thinking as we appointed, to meet my wife there, but she was not; and more, I was vexed to see $Young= (who is but a bad actor at best) act <i>Macbeth</i> in the room of $Betterton=, who, poor man! is sick: but, Lord! what a prejudice it wrought in me against the whole play, and everybody else agreed in disliking this fellow. Thence home, and there find my wife gone home; because of this fellow's acting of the part, she went out of the house again
    Performance: 602 | 602 | p | Macbeth | [Altered by $Sir William Davenant=.] Macbeth-Young. But see16641105.
    Cast:
    518 | 602 | Macbeth | Young. But see16641105.

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Title: Macbeth
Comments:
[Altered by Sir William Davenant.] Macbeth-Young. But see16641105.
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