Event Comment: Pepys, Diary: So back to the
Cockpitt [
Whitehall], and there, by the favour of one
Mr Bowman, he [
Creed] and I got in, and there saw
the King, and
Duke of York and his Duchess (which is a plain woman, and like her mother, my
Lady Chancellor). And so saw
The Humersome Lieutenant acted before the King, but not very well done. But my pleasure was great to see the manner of it, and so many great beauties, but above all
Mrs Palmer, with whom the King do discover a great deal of familiarity. Sometime before the Coronation of
Charles II, on 23 April 1661, there may have been acted
The Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver. An edition of 1661 refers to its being "often publikely acted by some of
his Majesties Comedians" and the Dedication suggests that it would make a good entertainment at the mirthful time of the Coronation. The edition lists no actors' names, no prologue, no epilogue
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant