07 January 1669

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1668-1669
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: [Mrs Pepys] and I to the King's playhouse, and there saw The Island Princesse, the first time I ever saw it; and it is a pretty good play, many good things being in it, and a good scene of a town on fire. We sat in an upper box, and the jade Nell come and sat in the next box; a bold merry slut, who lay laughing there upon people; and with a comrade of hers of the Duke's house, that come in to see the play

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    *pbridges The Island Princess. See 6 Nov. 1668. *cbridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: [$Mrs Pepys=] and I to the $King='s playhouse, and there saw <i>The Island Princesse</i>, the first time I ever saw it; and it is a pretty good play, many good things being in it, and a good scene of a town on fire. We sat in an upper box, and the jade $Nell= come and sat in the next box; a bold merry slut, who lay laughing there upon people; and with a comrade of hers of the Duke's house, that come in to see the play.

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    *p1669 01 07 bridges The Island Princess. ^See16681106^.*c1669 01 07 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: [$Mrs Pepys=] and I to the $King='s playhouse, and there saw <i>The Island Princesse</i>, the first time I ever saw it; and it is a pretty good play, many good things being in it, and a good scene of a town on fire. We sat in an upper box, and the jade $Nell= come and sat in the next box; a bold merry slut, who lay laughing there upon people; and with a comrade of hers of the Duke's house, that come in to see the play.

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    Event: 795 | 16690107 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: [$Mrs Pepys=] and I to the $King='s playhouse, and there saw <i>The Island Princesse</i>, the first time I ever saw it; and it is a pretty good play, many good things being in it, and a good scene of a town on fire. We sat in an upper box, and the jade $Nell= come and sat in the next box; a bold merry slut, who lay laughing there upon people; and with a comrade of hers of the Duke's house, that come in to see the play
    Performance: 795 | 795 | p | The Island Princess | See16681106.

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Title: The Island Princess
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See16681106.
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