23 January 1721
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1720-1721
Volume:
2
Comments:
Written by Shakespear. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #27 1s. 6d.; tickets #26 5s. 6d. [Welstead wrote a Prologue and Steele an Epilogue for this occasion, but they were not spoken. Both were printed in 1712. See also Blanchard, Correspondence of Richard Steele, pp. 51, 96.
Mainpiece
Title:
Measure For Measure
Comments:
As17201208.
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Cast:
- Role: Duke Actor: Quin
- Role: Angelo Actor: Boheme
- Role: Claudio Actor: Ryan
- Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Seymour
- Role: Escalus Actor: Diggs
- Role: Lucio Actor: C. Bullock
- Role: Provost Actor: Egleton
- Role: Friar Thomas Actor: Orfeur
- Role: Elbow Actor: Hall
- Role: Clown Actor: Spiller
- Role: Abhorson Actor: Morgan
- Role: Barnardina Actor: H. Bullock
- Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Spiller
- Role: Juliet Actor: Miss Stone
- Role: Mrs Overdone Actor: Mrs Gulick.
Dance
Comment:
As17201125; Two Harlequins and Two Punches-