Event Comment: The
United Company. Writing on 3 Jan. 1692@3,
Anthony Wood states: A new comedie composed by
Mr Tate,
poet laureat, was acted before
their majesties, M. 2 Jan. (
Andrew Clark,
The Life and Times of Anthony Wood [
Oxford, 1894], III, 413). Since no new play by
Tate is known to have been acted at this time, and since A Duke and No Duke was reprinted in 1693 (
Term Catalogues, May 1693), and acted several times (
Gentleman's Journal, January 1692@2, issued in March):
A Duke and no Duke being often acted now, and scarce, is reprinted, with the addition of a curious Preface, by our Laureat, concerning Farce. [Possibly Wood was mistaken in thinking that A Duke and no Duke was a new play. It seems the one most likely to fit the circumstances of this period.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: A Duke And No Duke