20 June 1668

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1667-1668
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: And so she [Mrs Pepys] and I alone to the King's house, and there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday, and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as The Maiden Queen, or The Indian Emperour, of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the Illustre Bassa

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p4bridges An Evening's Love. See 12 June. *c4bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And so she [$Mrs Pepys=] and I alone to the King's house, and there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday, and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as <i>The Maiden Queen</i>, or <i>The Indian Emperour</i>, of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the <i>Illustre Bassa</i>.

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    *p1668 06 20 bridges An Evening's Love. ^See16680612^.*c1668 06 20 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And so she [$Mrs Pepys=] and I alone to the King's house, and there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday, and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as <i>The Maiden Queen</i>, or <i>The Indian Emperour</i>, of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the <i>Illustre Bassa</i>.

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    Event: 729 | 16680620 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And so she [$Mrs Pepys=] and I alone to the King's house, and there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday, and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as <i>The Maiden Queen</i>, or <i>The Indian Emperour</i>, of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the <i>Illustre Bassa</i>
    Performance: 729 | 729 | p | An Evening's Love | See16680612.

Mainpiece

Title: An Evening's Love
Comments:
See16680612.
Cast:
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Related Works

Publish Date: 1671
Author: John Dryden
Birth: 1631
Death: 1700

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