23 February 1669

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1668-1669
Volume: 1
Comments: Pepys' remarks suggest that Shadwell's The Royal Shepherdess may once have been intended to have its premiere on this day. Pepys, Diary: By a hackneycoach followed my wife and the girls, who are gone by eleven o'clock, thinking to have seen a new play at the Duke of York's house. But I do find them staying at my tailor's, the play not being to-day.... Thence to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there, finding the play begun, we homeward

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    *p7lif Comment. *c7lif $Pepys=' remarks suggest that $Shadwell='s <i>The Royal Shepherdess</i> may once have been intended to have its premiere on this day. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: By a hackneycoach followed my wife and the girls, who are gone by eleven o'clock, thinking to have seen a new play at the <i>Duke of York's house</i>. But I do find them staying at my tailor's, the play not being to-day.... Thence to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there, finding the play begun, we homeward.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1669 02 23 lif Comment.*c1669 02 23 lif $Pepys=' remarks suggest that $Shadwell='s <i>The Royal Shepherdess</i> may once have been intended to have its premiere on this day. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: By a hackneycoach followed my wife and the girls, who are gone by eleven o'clock, thinking to have seen a new play at the <i>Duke of York's house</i>. But I do find them staying at my tailor's, the play not being to-day.... Thence to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there, finding the play begun, we homeward.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 827 | 16690223 | lif | $Pepys=' remarks suggest that $Shadwell='s <i>The Royal Shepherdess</i> may once have been intended to have its premiere on this day. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: By a hackneycoach followed my wife and the girls, who are gone by eleven o'clock, thinking to have seen a new play at the <i>Duke of York's house</i>. But I do find them staying at my tailor's, the play not being to-day.... Thence to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there, finding the play begun, we homeward

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