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26 February 1669

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1668-1669
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse...and there saw The Faithfull Shepherdesse. But, Lord! what an empty house, there not being, as I could tell the people, so many as to make up above #10 in the whole house! The being of a new play at the other house, I suppose, being the cause, though it be so silly a play that I wonder how there should be enough people to go thither two days together, and not leave more to fill this house. The emptiness of the house took away our pleasure a great deal, though I liked it the better; for that I plainly discern the musick is the better, by how much the house the emptier

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p:bridges The Faithful Shepherdess. *c:bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse...and there saw <i>The Faithfull Shepherdesse</i>. But, Lord! what an empty house, there not being, as I could tell the people, so many as to make up above #10 in the whole house! The being of a new play at the other house, I suppose, being the cause, though it be so silly a play that I wonder how there should be enough people to go thither two days together, and not leave more to fill this house. The emptiness of the house took away our pleasure a great deal, though I liked it the better; for that I plainly discern the musick is the better, by how much the house the emptier.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1669 02 26 bridges The Faithful Shepherdess.*c1669 02 26 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse...and there saw <i>The Faithfull Shepherdesse</i>. But, Lord! what an empty house, there not being, as I could tell the people, so many as to make up above #10 in the whole house! The being of a new play at the other house, I suppose, being the cause, though it be so silly a play that I wonder how there should be enough people to go thither two days together, and not leave more to fill this house. The emptiness of the house took away our pleasure a great deal, though I liked it the better; for that I plainly discern the musick is the better, by how much the house the emptier.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 830 | 16690226 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To the King's playhouse...and there saw <i>The Faithfull Shepherdesse</i>. But, Lord! what an empty house, there not being, as I could tell the people, so many as to make up above #10 in the whole house! The being of a new play at the other house, I suppose, being the cause, though it be so silly a play that I wonder how there should be enough people to go thither two days together, and not leave more to fill this house. The emptiness of the house took away our pleasure a great deal, though I liked it the better; for that I plainly discern the musick is the better, by how much the house the emptier
    Performance: 830 | 830 | p | The Faithful Shepherdess

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Title: The Faithful Shepherdess
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Author: John Fletcher
Birth: 1579
Death: 1625

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