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06 February 1672

Event Information
Theatre: Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1671-1672
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. There is no indication as to whether this is the premiere. This performance is on the L. C. lists at Harvard. See VanLennep, Plays on the English Stage, p. 19. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 32): The third new Play Acted there [dg] was the Gentleman Dancing-Master, Wrote by Mr Witcherly, it lasted but 6 Days, being like't but indifferently, it was laid by to make Room for other new ones. A song, with music by John Bannister, for this play is in Choice Songs and Ayres, The First Book, 1673

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?dg The Gentleman Dancing Master. [Edition of 1672:% <i>Prologue to the City</i>-; [Newly after the Removal of the Duke's Company from <i>Lincoln Inn Fields</i> to their new Theatre, near <i>Salisbury Court</i>.% Epilogue-Flirt; [allusions in the play imply:% Don Diego-Angel?; Monsieur de Paris-James Nokes?. *c?dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. There is no indication as to whether this is the premiere. This performance is on the <i>L. C. lists</i> at <i>Harvard</i>. See $VanLennep=, <i>Plays on the English Stage</i>, p. 19. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 32): The third new Play Acted there [<i>dg</i>] was <i>the Gentleman Dancing-Master</i>, Wrote by $Mr Witcherly=, it lasted but 6 Days, being like't but indifferently, it was laid by to make Room for other new ones. A song, with music by $John Bannister=, for this play is in <i>Choice Songs and Ayres</i>, The First Book, 1673.
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1672 02 06 dg The Gentleman Dancing Master. Edition of 1672: <i>Prologue to the City</i>-; Newly after the Removal of the Duke's Company from <i>Lincoln Inn Fields</i> to their new Theatre, near <i>Salisbury-Court</i>. Epilogue-Flirt; allusions in the play imply: Don Diego-Angel?; Monsieur de Paris-James Nokes?.*c1672 02 06 dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. There is no indication as to whether this is the premiere. This performance is on the <i>L. C. lists</i> at <i>Harvard</i>. See $VanLennep=, <i>Plays on the English Stage</i>, p. 19. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 32): The third new Play Acted there [<i>dg</i>] was <i>the Gentleman Dancing-Master</i>, Wrote by $Mr Witcherly=, it lasted but 6 Days, being like't but indifferently, it was laid by to make Room for other new ones. A song, with music by $John Bannister=, for this play is in <i>Choice Songs and Ayres</i>, The First Book, 1673.
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 978 | 16720206 | dg | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. There is no indication as to whether this is the premiere. This performance is on the <i>L. C. lists</i> at <i>Harvard</i>. See $VanLennep=, <i>Plays on the English Stage</i>, p. 19. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 32): The third new Play Acted there [<i>dg</i>] was <i>the Gentleman Dancing-Master</i>, Wrote by $Mr Witcherly=, it lasted but 6 Days, being like't but indifferently, it was laid by to make Room for other new ones. A song, with music by $John Bannister=, for this play is in <i>Choice Songs and Ayres</i>, The First Book, 1673
    Performance: 978 | 978 | p | The Gentleman Dancing Master | Edition of 1672: <i>Prologue to the City</i>-; Newly after the Removal of the Duke's Company from <i>Lincoln Inn Fields</i> to their new Theatre, near <i>Salisbury-Court</i>. Epilogue-Flirt; allusions in the play imply: Don Diego-Angel?; Monsieur de Paris-James Nokes?.
    Cast:
    945 | 978 | <i>Prologue to the City</i>
    946 | 978 | near <i>Salisbury | Court</i>. Epilogue-Flirt
    947 | 978 | Epilogue | Flirt
    948 | 978 | Don Diego | Angel?
    949 | 978 | Monsieur de Paris | James Nokes?.

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Edition of 1672: Prologue to the City-; Newly after the Removal of the Duke's Company from Lincoln Inn Fields to their new Theatre, near Salisbury-Court. Epilogue-Flirt; allusions in the play imply: Don Diego-Angel?; Monsieur de Paris-James Nokes?.
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