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07 January 1661

Event Information
Theatre: Theatre in Vere Street
Theatrical Season: 1660-1661
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: Tom and I and my wife to the Theatre, and there saw The Silent Woman. The first time that ever I did see it, and it is an excellent play. Among other things here, Kinaston, the boy, had the good turn to appear in three shapes: first, as a poor woman in ordinary clothes, to please Morose; then in fine clothes, as a gallant, and in them was clearly the prettiest woman in the whole house, and lastly, as a man; and then likewise did appear the handsomest man in the house

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pvere The Silent Woman. Epicoene-Kynaston. *cvere The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: Tom and I and my wife to the Theatre, and there saw <i>The Silent Woman</i>. The first time that ever I did see it, and it is an excellent play. Among other things here, $Kinaston=, the boy, had the good turn to appear in three shapes: first, as a poor woman in ordinary clothes, to please <i>Morose</i>r; then in fine clothes, as a gallant, and in them was clearly the prettiest woman in the whole house, and lastly, as a man; and then likewise did appear the handsomest man in the house.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1661 01 07 vere The Silent Woman. Epicoene-Kynaston.*c1661 01 07 vere The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: Tom and I and my wife to the Theatre, and there saw <i>The Silent Woman</i>. The first time that ever I did see it, and it is an excellent play. Among other things here, $Kinaston=, the boy, had the good turn to appear in three shapes: first, as a poor woman in ordinary clothes, to please <i>Morose</i>r; then in fine clothes, as a gallant, and in them was clearly the prettiest woman in the whole house, and lastly, as a man; and then likewise did appear the handsomest man in the house.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 70 | 16610107 | vere | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: Tom and I and my wife to the Theatre, and there saw <i>The Silent Woman</i>. The first time that ever I did see it, and it is an excellent play. Among other things here, $Kinaston=, the boy, had the good turn to appear in three shapes: first, as a poor woman in ordinary clothes, to please <i>Morose</i>; then in fine clothes, as a gallant, and in them was clearly the prettiest woman in the whole house, and lastly, as a man; and then likewise did appear the handsomest man in the house
    Performance: 70 | 70 | p | The Silent Woman | Epicoene-Kynaston.
    Cast:
    39 | 70 | Epicoene | Kynaston.

Mainpiece

Title: The Silent Woman
Comments:
Epicoene-Kynaston.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Epicene
Publish Date:
Author: Ben Jonson
Birth: 1572
Death: 1637

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 07 January 1661 at Theatre in Vere Street." London Stage Database. Accessed March 31, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=70.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 07 January 1661 at Theatre in Vere Street." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=70. Accessed 31 March 2025.