September 1671
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1671-1672
Volume:
1
Comments:
The Duke's Company. The date of the first performance is quite uncertain, but the fact that the Prologue was spoken at Lincoln's Inn Fields and refers to that theatre as "a damn'd House," appropriate to its status before the Company's removal to Dorset Garden (9 Nov. 1671), would place it in the early autumn. The presence of unfamiliar names in the cast and the statement in the Dedication to its "hasty Representation" suggest a summer or early autumn performance before the principals had resumed their places in the Company. See Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 424, for other complications in the dating of this play
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Herod And Mariamne
Comments:
Edition of 1673: Prologue at the Theatre in Lincolns@Inn@Fields-; Epilogue-Mariamne; Herod-Medburn; Pheroras-Crosby; Alexas-John Lee; Tyridates-Smith; Arsanes-Norris; Polites-Anthony Lee; Sosius-Gillow; Mariamne-Mrs Spencer; Salome-Mrs Mary Lee; Alexandra-Mrs Osborn.
Edition of 1673: Prologue at the Theatre in Lincolns@Inn@Fields-; Epilogue-Mariamne; Herod-Medburn; Pheroras-Crosby; Alexas-John Lee; Tyridates-Smith; Arsanes-Norris; Polites-Anthony Lee; Sosius-Gillow; Mariamne-Mrs Spencer; Salome-Mrs Mary Lee; Alexandra-Mrs Osborn.
Cast:
- Role: Prologue at the Theatre in Lincolns@Inn@Fields Actor:
- Role: Epilogue Actor: Mariamne
- Role: Herod Actor: Medburn
- Role: Pheroras Actor: Crosby
- Role: Alexas Actor: John Lee
- Role: Tyridates Actor: Smith
- Role: Arsanes Actor: Norris
- Role: Polites Actor: Anthony Lee
- Role: Sosius Actor: Gillow
- Role: Mariamne Actor: Mrs Spencer
- Role: Salome Actor: Mrs Mary Lee
- Role: Alexandra Actor: Mrs Osborn.