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3151 results for: Keyword - Her Majesty's United Company of Comedians
We found 2944 matches on Event Comments, 174 matches on Performance Comments, 60 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1126
19 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house, all alone, and there saw Sir Martin Marr-all again, though I saw him but two days since, and do find it the most comical play that ever I saw in my life

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1127
20 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: With my Lord Bruncker to the Duke's playhouse (telling my wife so at the 'Change, where I left her), and there saw Sir Martin Marr-all again, which I have now seen three times, and it hath been acted but four times, and still find it a very ingenious play, and full of variety

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1128
21 August 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. It is quite likely that the run of this play extended for some time later in August. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1129
22 August 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: With my Lord Bruncker and his mistress to the King's playhouse, and there saw The Indian Emperour; where I find Nell come again, which I am glad of; but was most infinitely displeased with her being put to act the Emperour's daughter, which is a great and serious part, which she do most basely. The rest of the play, though pretty good, was not well acted by most of them, methought; so that I took no great content in it. But that, that troubled me most was, that Knipp sent by Moll [Mary Meggs] to desire to speak to me after the play; and she beckoned to me at the end of the play, and I promised to come; but it was so late

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

1130
23 August 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's house, and saw The Mayden Queene, which pleases us mightily

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love Or The Maiden Queen

1131
24 August 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: Saw The Cardinall at the King's house, wherewith I am mightily pleased; but, above all, with Becke Marshall. But it is pretty to observe how I look up and down for, and did spy Knipp; but durst not own it to my wife that I see her...and my belly now full with plays, that I do intend to bind myself to see no more till Michaelmas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cardinal

1132
28 August 1667 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: The King's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list 5@139, p. 129, but not on the second list, 5@12, p. 17. See Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 344

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone Or The Fox

1133
04 September 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's play house, and there saw Mustapha, which, the more I see, the more I like; and is a most admirable poem, and bravely acted; only both Betterton and Harris could not contain from laughing in the midst of a most serious part, from the ridiculous mistake of one of the men upon the stage; which I did not like

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mustapha

1134
11 September 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I by coach to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw part of The Ungratefull Lovers; and sat by Beck Marshall, who is very handsome near hand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ungrateful unfortunate Lovers

1135
12 September 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Davenant's alterations were apparently not published. Pepys, Diary: To a play...at the Duke's house, where Tu Quoque was the first time acted, with some alterations of Sir W. Davenant's; but the play is a very silly play, methinks; for I, and others that sat by me, Mr Povy and Mr Progers, were weary of it; but it will please the citizens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tu Quoque Or The City Gallant

1136
14 September 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: My wife to the King's playhouse to see The Northerne Castle, which I think I never did see before. Knipp acted in it, and did her part very extraordinary well; but the play is but a mean, sorry Play; but the house very full of gallants. It seems, it hath not been acted a good while

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Castle

Performance Comment: [possibly The Northern Lass.]

1137
20 September 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. The date of the first performance is not known; Pepys does not suggest that this day was the premiere. Pepys, Diary: Sir W. Pen...and I by coach to the King's playhouse, and there saw The Mad Couple, which I do not remember that I have seen; it is a pretty pleasant play. Thence home, and my wife and I to walk in the garden, she having been at the same play with Jane, in the 18d. seat, to shew Jane the play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All Mistaken Or The Mad Couple

1138
25 September 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, my eyes being so bad since last night's straining of them, that I am hardly able to see, besides the pain which I have in them. The play was a new play; and infinitely full: the King and all the Court almost there. It is The Storme, a play of Fletcher's; which is but so-so, methinks; only there is a most admirable dance at the end, of the ladies, in a military manner, which indeed did please me mightily....And there comes my wife home from the Duke of York's playhouse. Two songs, printed somewhat later in Choice Songs and Ayres, The First Book, 1673, may have been prepared for this revival: Hark the storm grows, set by Robert Smith; and Cheer up my mates, set by Pelham Humphrey

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Storm

Related Works
Related Work: The Storm Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Sea Voyage Author(s): John Fletcher

1139
26 September 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: With my wife abroad to the King's playhouse, to shew her yesterday's new play, which I like as I did yesterday, the principal thing extraordinary being the dance, which is very good

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage

Related Works
Related Work: The Sea Voyage Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Storm Author(s): John Fletcher

1140
27 September 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. This performance is on the L. C. second list 5@12, p. 17, with the date of 25 Sept., when the King was present; the first list, 5@139, p. 129, gives this play for 27 Sept. There may be an error in the listing, yet it is likely that the play continued its run through this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage

Related Works
Related Work: The Sea Voyage Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Storm Author(s): John Fletcher

1141
28 September 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw a piece of Sir Martin Marall, with great delight, though I have seen it so often

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1142
02 October 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's house to see The Traytour, which still I like as a very good play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Traitor

1143
04 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1144
05 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 31) lists it as one of several plays whose runs expired on the third day. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's playhouse, but the house so full, it being a new play, The Coffee House, that we could not get in...The Journals of John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (ed. Donald Crawford, 1900), pp. 174-75: heir is the Dukes playhouse, wheir we saw Tom Sydserfes Spanish Comedie Tarugo's Wiles, or the Coffee House, acted....He could not forget himselfe: was very satyricall sneering at the Greshamers for their late invention of the transfusion of blood, as also at our covenant, making the witch of Geneva to wy it and La Sainte Ligue de France togither

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tarugos Wiles Or The Coffee House

1145
07 October 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. This performance is on the L. C. lists, 5@139, p. 129, and 5@12, p. 17. The second list adds: The king here. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 344

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Poetess

1146
08 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 129. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tarugos Wiles Or The Coffee House

1147
14 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's House, and there went in for nothing into the pit, at the last act, to see Sir Martin Marr-all, and met my wife, who was there, and my brother, and W. Hewer and Willett, and carried them home, still being pleased with the humour of the play, almost above all that ever I saw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

1148
15 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This play in on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346. It is possible that this is a delayed third performance and that the conjectured one for 7 Oct. did not occur. Pepys, Diary: My wife and I and Willet to the Duke of York's house, where, after long stay, the King and Duke of York come, and there saw The Coffee House, the most ridiculous, inspid play that ever I saw in my life, and glad we were that Betterton had no part in it

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tarugos Wiles Or The Coffee House

1149
16 October 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house, thinking as we appointed, to meet my wife there, but she was not; and more, I was vexed to see Young (who is but a bad actor at best) act Macbeth in the room of Betterton, who, poor man! is sick: but, Lord! what a prejudice it wrought in me against the whole play, and everybody else agreed in disliking this fellow. Thence home, and there find my wife gone home; because of this fellow's acting of the part, she went out of the house again

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

1150
18 October 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: My wife and [Creed], and I, and Willet to the King's house, and saw Brenoralt, which is a good tragedy, that I like well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Brenoralt