Event Comment: Edward Gower to
Sir R. Leveson, 20 Nov. 1660: Yesternight the
King,
Queen,
Princess, &c. supped at the
Duke of Albemarle's, where they had
the Silent Woman acted in the
cockpit (
HMC, 5th Report, 1876, p. 200). The
King's Company.
Pepys, Diary, 20 Nov. 1660: This morning I found my Lord in bed late, he having been with the King, Queen, and Princess, at the cockpit all night, where
General Monk treated them; and after supper a play, where the King did put a great affront upon
John? Singleton's musique, he bidding them stop and bade the
French musique play, which, my Lord says, do much outdo all ours. The prologue was printed in 1660:
The Prologue to
His Majesty at the first Play presented at the
cock-pit in
Whitehall, Being part of that Noble Entertainment which Their Majesties received Novemb. 19. from his Grace the Duke of Albemarle. [The Prologue has been reprinted by
Wiley,
Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 11-12.
Bodleian Wood 398 has a MS note: By
Sir Jo. Denham.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman