30 May 1668

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1667-1668
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, and there saw Philaster; where it is pretty to see how I could remember almost all along, ever since I was a boy, Arethusa, the part which I was to have acted at Sir Robert Cooke's; and it was very pleasant to me, but more to think what a ridiculous thing it would have been for me to have acted a beautiful woman

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    *pbridges Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding. See 16 Nov. 1667. *cbridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse, and there saw <i>Philaster</i>; where it is pretty to see how I could remember almost all along, ever since I was a boy, <i>Arethusa</i>r, the part which I was to have acted at $Sir Robert Cooke='s; and it was very pleasant to me, but more to think what a ridiculous thing it would have been for me to have acted a beautiful woman.

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    *p1668 05 30 bridges Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding. ^See16671116^.*c1668 05 30 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse, and there saw <i>Philaster</i>; where it is pretty to see how I could remember almost all along, ever since I was a boy, <i>Arethusa</i>r, the part which I was to have acted at $Sir Robert Cooke='s; and it was very pleasant to me, but more to think what a ridiculous thing it would have been for me to have acted a beautiful woman.

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    Event: 719 | 16680530 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse, and there saw <i>Philaster</i>; where it is pretty to see how I could remember almost all along, ever since I was a boy, <i>Arethusa</i>, the part which I was to have acted at $Sir Robert Cooke='s; and it was very pleasant to me, but more to think what a ridiculous thing it would have been for me to have acted a beautiful woman
    Performance: 719 | 719 | p | Philaster; Or, Love Lies A Bleeding | See16671116.

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Title: Philaster; Or, Love Lies A Bleeding
Comments:
See16671116.
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