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22 February 1669

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Theatre: Whitehall or St. James's
Theatrical Season: 1668-1669
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. This play is on the L. C. list, 5@12., p. 17. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 344. Pepys, Diary: And in the evening I do carry them to White Hall, and there did without much trouble get into the playhouse, there in a good place among the Ladies of Honour, and myself also sat in the pit; and there by and by come the King and Queen, and they begun Bartholomew Fayre. But I like no play here so well as at the common playhouse; besides that, my eyes being very ill since last Sunday and this day se'nnight, with the light of the candles, I was in mighty pain to defend myself now from the light of the candles

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p6atcourt Bartholomew Fair. *c6atcourt The <i>King's Company</i>. This play is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@12., p. 17. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 344. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And in the evening I do carry them to <i>White Hall</i>, and there did without much trouble get into the playhouse, there in a good place among the <i>Ladies of Honour</i>, and myself also sat in the pit; and there by and by come the $King= and $Queen=, and they begun <i>Bartholomew Fayre</i>. But I like no play here so well as at the common playhouse; besides that, my eyes being very ill since last Sunday and this day se'nnight, with the light of the candles, I was in mighty pain to defend myself now from the light of the candles.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1669 02 22 atcourt Bartholomew Fair.*c1669 02 22 atcourt The <i>King's Company</i>. This play is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@12., p. 17. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 344. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And in the evening I do carry them to <i>White Hall</i>, and there did without much trouble get into the playhouse, there in a good place among the <i>Ladies of Honour</i>, and myself also sat in the pit; and there by and by come the $King= and $Queen=, and they begun <i>Bartholomew Fayre</i>. But I like no play here so well as at the common playhouse; besides that, my eyes being very ill since last Sunday and this day se'nnight, with the light of the candles, I was in mighty pain to defend myself now from the light of the candles.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 826 | 16690222 | atcourt | The <i>King's Company</i>. This play is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@12., p. 17. See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 344. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: And in the evening I do carry them to <i>White Hall</i>, and there did without much trouble get into the playhouse, there in a good place among the <i>Ladies of Honour</i>, and myself also sat in the pit; and there by and by come the $King= and $Queen=, and they begun <i>Bartholomew Fayre</i>. But I like no play here so well as at the common playhouse; besides that, my eyes being very ill since last Sunday and this day se'nnight, with the light of the candles, I was in mighty pain to defend myself now from the light of the candles
    Performance: 826 | 826 | p | Bartholomew Fair

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Title: Bartholomew Fair
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Publish Date: 1716
Author: Ben Jonson
Birth: 1572
Death: 1637

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