02 December 1668
Event Information
Theatre:
The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1668-1669
Volume:
1
Comments:
The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: So she [Mrs Pepys] and I to the King's playhouse, and there sat to avoid seeing Knepp in box above where Mrs Williams happened to be, and there saw The Usurper; a pretty good play, in all but what is designed to resemble Cromwell and Hugh Peters, which is mighty silly
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Original Data
Source: London Stage Information Bank
*p�bri@cour The Usurper. [The edition of 1668 lists no actors' names. See 2 Jan. 1663@4.% *c�bri@cour The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: So she [$Mrs Pepys=] and I to the King's playhouse, and there sat to avoid seeing $Knepp= in box above where $Mrs Williams= happened to be, and there saw <i>The Usurper</i>; a pretty good play, in all but what is designed to resemble $Cromwell= and $Hugh Peters=, which is mighty silly. -
Cleaned Data
*p1668 12 02 bridges The Usurper. The edition of 1668 lists no actors' names. ^See16630102^@4.*c1668 12 02 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: So she [$Mrs Pepys=] and I to the King's playhouse, and there sat to avoid seeing $Knepp= in box above where $Mrs Williams= happened to be, and there saw <i>The Usurper</i>; a pretty good play, in all but what is designed to resemble $Cromwell= and $Hugh Peters=, which is mighty silly. -
Parsed Data
Event: 778 | 16681202 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: So she [$Mrs Pepys=] and I to the King's playhouse, and there sat to avoid seeing $Knepp= in box above where $Mrs Williams= happened to be, and there saw <i>The Usurper</i>; a pretty good play, in all but what is designed to resemble $Cromwell= and $Hugh Peters=, which is mighty sillyPerformance: 778 | 778 | p | The Usurper | The edition of 1668 lists no actors' names. See16630102@4.
Mainpiece
Title:
The Usurper
Comments:
The edition of 1668 lists no actors' names. See16630102@4.
The edition of 1668 lists no actors' names. See16630102@4.
Cast:
None Listed
None Listed
Related Works
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Work Title:
The Usurper
Associated Date?:
1668
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Edward Howard (1624 - 1712)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The Usurper, a tragedy
Author(s):Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.
Publication Date:1668
Work Title:
The Unfortunate Usurper
Associated Date?:
1663
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Work Title:
The Sicilian Usurper
Associated Date?:
1681
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The history of King Richard the Second
Author(s):Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II.
Publication Date:1681
Title:The Sicilian usurper
Author(s):Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II.
Publication Date:1691
Work Title:
The Innocent Usurper; or, The Death of the Lady Jane Grey
Associated Date?:
1694
Associated Playwright(s)?:
John Banks (1652/3 - 1706)
Print Witness(es)
Title:The innocent usurper; or, The death of the Lady Jane Gray
Author(s):Banks, John, d. 1706.
Publication Date:1694
Work Title:
Richard II
Associated Date?:
1597
Associated Playwright(s)?:
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Print Witness(es)
Title:Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies
Author(s):Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Heminge, John, ca. 1556-1630.; Condell, Henry, d. 1627.
Publication Date:1623
Work Title:
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
Associated Date?:
1720
Associated Playwright(s)?:
Lewis Theobald (1688 - 1744)
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