Event Comment: [The
Duke's Company. For
Harris' role, see
Pepys, 11 May 1668. For
Angel as
Stephano, see
An Elegy Upon...Mr Edward Angell, reprinted in
A Little Ark, pp. 38-39: @Who shall play Stephano now? your Tempest's gone@To raise new Storms i' th' hearts of every one.@ For
Underhill as
Trincalo, note his nickname of
Prince Trincalo. (For
Mary Davis as
Ariel and
Mrs Long as
Hypolito, see
J. H. Wilson,
All the King's Ladies, pp. 140, 166.)
Downes (
Roscius Anglicanus, p. 33):
The Tempest...Acted in
Lincolns-Inn-Fields...alter'd by
Sir William Davenant and
Mr Dryden before 'twas made into an Opera.
Pepys, Diary: At noon resolved with
Sir W. Pen to go see The Tempest, an old play of
Shakespeare's, acted, I hear, the first day; and so my wife, and girl, and
W. Hewer by themselves, and Sir W. Pen and I afterwards by ourselves; and forced to sit in the side balcone over against the musique-room at the Duke's house, close by my
Lady Dorset and a great many great ones. The house mighty full;
the King and
Court there: and the most innocent play that ever I saw; and a curious piece of musique in an echo of half sentences, the echo repeating the former half, while the man goes on the latter, which is mighty pretty. The play [has] no great wit, but yet good, above ordinary plays. Thence home with Sir W. Pen, and there all mightily pleased with the play
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Tempest
Performance Comment: Adapted by Sir William Davenant and John Dryden. A possible cast: Ferdinand-Harris?; Stephano-Angel?; Trincalo-Underhill?; Ariel-Mary Davis?; Hypolito-Mrs Long?.