08 December 1660
Event Information
Theatre:
Theatre in Vere Street
Theatrical Season:
1660-1661
Volume:
1
Comments:
See Herbert, Dramatic Records, p. 117. The King's Company. The Prologue is in Thomas Jordan's A Royal Arbour of Loyal Poesie (1664). Andrew Newport to Sir Richard Leveson, 15 Dec.: Upon our stages we have women-actors, as beyond seas (HMC, 5th Report, Part I, 1876, p. 158). For a discussion of actresses who may have played Desdemona on this day, see Wilson, All the King's Ladies, pp. 6-8. Possibly Clun acted Iago. See An Elegy Upon the Most Execrable Murther of Mr Clun, 1664
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Moore Of Venice
Comments:
See16601011 Othello-Burt?; Iago-Clun?; A Prologue to introduce the first Woman that came to act on the Stage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice-.
See16601011 Othello-Burt?; Iago-Clun?; A Prologue to introduce the first Woman that came to act on the Stage, in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice-.
Cast:
- Role: See16601011 Othello Actor: Burt?
- Role: Iago Actor: Clun?
- Role: in the tragedy called The Moor of Venice Actor: .