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 silly
    Performance: 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.
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Work Title: The Usurper
Publish Date: 1668
Author: Edward Howard
Baptism: 1624
Death: 1712

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