Event Comment: The
Duke's Company.
The Prologue to the Queen of Arragon Acted before
the Duke of York, Upon his Birthday, and
Epilogue to the Same To the Duchess, by
Samuel Butler, are in
The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler, ed.
R. B. Johnson (
London, 1893), II, 175-77. Newsletter, 12 Oct. 1668: The Duke of York's birthday will be celebrated with the usual solemnities, a play being prepared for the entertainment of the ladies. The piece chosen is
The Queen of Arragon. It will be acted in the
Guard Chamber at St James's (
HMC, Fleming MSS., 12th Report, Appendix, Part VII, p. 59).
Pepys, Diary: But the Duke of York being gone out, and to-night being a play there, and a great festival, we would not stay
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Queen Of Arragon