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21 December 1668

Event Information
Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1668-1669
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. This play is on the L. C. list at Harvard. See VanLennep, "Plays on the English Stage," p. 13. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke's playhouse, and saw Macbeth. The King and Court there; and we sat just under them and my Lady Castlemayne, and close to the woman that comes into the pit, a kind of a loose gossip, that pretends to be like her, and is so, something...The King and Duke of York minded me, and smiled upon me, at the handsome woman near me: but it vexed me to see Moll Davis, in the box over the King's and my Lady Castlemayne's head, look down upon the King, and he up to her; and so did my Lady Castlemayne once, to see who it was; but when she saw her, she looked like fire; which troubled me

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?lif Macbeth. [See 12 Aug. 1668.% *c?lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This play is on the <i>L. C. list</i> at <i>Harvard</i>. See $VanLennep=, "<i>Plays on the English Stage</i>," p. 13. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke's playhouse, and saw <i>Macbeth</i>. $The King= and $Court= there; and we sat just under them and my $Lady Castlemayne=, and close to the woman that comes into the pit, a kind of a loose gossip, that pretends to be like her, and is so, something...The King and $Duke of York= minded me, and smiled upon me, at the handsome woman near me: but it vexed me to see $Moll Davis=, in the box over the King's and my Lady Castlemayne's head, look down upon the King, and he up to her; and so did my Lady Castlemayne once, to see who it was; but when she saw her, she looked like fire; which troubled me.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1668 12 21 lif Macbeth. ^See16680812^.*c1668 12 21 lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This play is on the <i>L. C. list</i> at <i>Harvard</i>. See $VanLennep=, "<i>Plays on the English Stage</i>," p. 13. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke's playhouse, and saw <i>Macbeth</i>. $The King= and $Court= there; and we sat just under them and my $Lady Castlemayne=, and close to the woman that comes into the pit, a kind of a loose gossip, that pretends to be like her, and is so, something...The King and $Duke of York= minded me, and smiled upon me, at the handsome woman near me: but it vexed me to see $Moll Davis=, in the box over the King's and my Lady Castlemayne's head, look down upon the King, and he up to her; and so did my Lady Castlemayne once, to see who it was; but when she saw her, she looked like fire; which troubled me.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 787 | 16681221 | lif | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This play is on the <i>L. C. list</i> at <i>Harvard</i>. See $VanLennep=, "<i>Plays on the English Stage</i>," p. 13. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the Duke's playhouse, and saw <i>Macbeth</i>. $The King= and $Court= there; and we sat just under them and my $Lady Castlemayne=, and close to the woman that comes into the pit, a kind of a loose gossip, that pretends to be like her, and is so, something...The King and $Duke of York= minded me, and smiled upon me, at the handsome woman near me: but it vexed me to see $Moll Davis=, in the box over the King's and my Lady Castlemayne's head, look down upon the King, and he up to her; and so did my Lady Castlemayne once, to see who it was; but when she saw her, she looked like fire; which troubled me
    Performance: 787 | 787 | p | Macbeth | See16680812.

Mainpiece

Title: Macbeth
Comments:
See16680812.
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