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4807 results for: Keyword - J. and P. Knapton
We found 2026 matches on Event Comments, 1158 matches on Performance Comments, 111 matches on Performance Title, 12 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1726
19 March 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ye Country Knight

1727
22 April 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: John Verney to Sir Ralph Verney, 25 April 1675: The King on Saturday night sent for the keys from the Earl of Clarendon--'tis said the reason is, that last Thursday a play was acted at court, and after orders given that no more should be let in, his lordship came to the door, which the guard refused to open, tho' he told them who he was, on which he broke it open and struck a yeoman of the guard. Some say a chamberlain was never before turned out for beating a yeoman of the guard (HMC, 7th Report, Appendix, [1879], p. 464)

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1728
23 April 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

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1729
22 June 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of China By The Tartars

1730
23 June 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Herod And Mariamne

1731
24 June 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1732
29 June 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: King Lear

1733
July 1675 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. The Prologue and Epilogue are in New Poems, Songs, Prologues and Epilogues. Written by Thomas Duffett, 1676. See also Langbaine, English Dramatick Poets, p. 291

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man Out His Humour

1734
24 July 1675 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: Andrew Marvell to William Popple, 24 July. Scaramuccio acting dayly in the Hall at Whitehall, and all Sorts of People flocking thither, and paying their Money as at a common Playhouse; nay even a twelve-penny Gallery is builded for the convenience of his Majesty's poorer Subjects (Marvell's Works, ed. H. M. Margoliouth, [Oxford, 1927], II, 320). For a warrant to Nicholas Staggins for writing "a chaccon" for "Scaramoucha" see Boswell, Restoration Court Stage, p. 122

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1735
August 1675 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The date of the premiere is not known, but Robert Hooke, attended play on 27 Aug. 1675 which might well refer not to Psyche but to Duffett's travesty of it. In addition, John Harold Wilson has argued that the reference in the Prologue to "The new-come Elephant" probably concerns the elephant imported by Lord George Berkeley and sold by 12 Aug. 1675 (see The Diary of Robert Hooke, p. 174). The cast also contains a number of "young actors" who might well have had an opportunity to act in a play in the summer vacation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche Debauched

Performance Comment: [Edition of 1678: King Andrew-Mrs Corbett; Nicholas-$Mrs Knep; Phillip-$Charleton; Bruine-$Harris; Apollo-$Lyddall; Jeffrey-$Coysh; Costard-$Poell $Powell?]; Justice Crabb-$Wiltshire; Wou'dhamore-$Mrs Rutter; None-so-fair-$Haynes; Redstreak-$Cory; Woossat-$Clarke; Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: King Andrew Actor: Mrs Corbett

1736
28 August 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is known from a disturbance which occurred on this day; Langbaine states that the play was Macbeth. John Verney to Sir Ralph Verney, 30 Aug. 1675: On Saturday last, at the Duke's playhouse, Sir Tho. Armstrong killed Mr Scrope....Their quarrel is said to [be] about Mrs Uphill, the player, who came into the house maskt, and Scrope would have entertained discourse with her, which Sir T. Armstrong would not suffer, so a ring was made wherein they fought (HMC Verney MSS., 7th Report, 1879, p. 465). See also The Hatton Correspondence, Camden Society, XXII (1878), 121

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

1737
24 September 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Doctor Faustus

1738
25 September 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1739
08 October 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1740
11 October 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Mad Lover

1741
27 October 1675 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Wanton Wife

1742
November 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

1743
December 1675 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Valiant Cid

1744
January 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Psyche

1745
February 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: She Would If She Could

1746
09 May 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

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1747
09 June 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos Prince Of Spain

1748
03 July 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 408. It is not known when the premiere occurred, but this is the earliest known performance. The Prologue, missing in the 1677 edition, is in the 1693 edition. A song, Make haste, my shepherd, come away, with music by Francis Forcer, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, Second Book, 1679

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abdelazer Or The Moors Revenge

Performance Comment: Edition of 1677: Ferdinand-Harris; Philip-Smith; Abdelazer-Betterton; Mendozo-Medburne; Alonzo-Crosbie; Roderigo-Norris; Sebastian-John Lee; Osmin-Percivall; Zarrack-Richards; Isabella-Mrs Mary? Lee; Leonora-Mrs Barrer; Florella-Mrs Betterton; Elvira-Mrs Osborne; Epilogue-little Mis. Ariell [Anne Bracegirdle?].Anne Bracegirdle?].
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Harris

1749
25 July 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Nell Gwyn attended this performance. See VanLennep, Nell Gwyn's Playgoing, p. 408. There is no certainty that this is the premiere, but the reference in the Prologue to the long vacation and the licensing date of 25 Sept. 1676 point to a summer production

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wrangling Lovers Or The Invisible Mistress

1750
August 1676 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. It is not certain that this play was revived at this time, but Tom Essence, which was probably acted toward the end of August or in early September (it was licensed 4 Nov. 1676) contains a scene in "Malfey's Chamber," suggesting that a revival of The Duchess of Malfi had occurred not long before the production of Tom Essence. On the other hand, it should be noted that the cast in the edition of 1678 contains names which point to a much earlier production; for example, Cademan probably acted little after his injury in the summer of 1673 and Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 35) states that Cogan and Price died ca. 1673-74

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Mainpiece Title: The Duchess Of Malfy

Performance Comment: [An edition of 1678 has a cast partially pertaining to this time (see also 31 Jan. 1672): Ferdinand-$Harris; Cardinal-$Young; Antonio-$Smith; Delio-$Midburn; Bosola-$Betterton; Castruchio-$Richards; Sylvio-$Cademan probably not acting now]; Pescara-$Norris; Malateste-$Price (not living in 1676); Roderigo-$Cogun (not living in 1676); Grisolan-$Percival; Dutchess of Malfey-$Mrs Betterton; Cariola-$Mrs Norris; Old Lady-$Mrs Osborn; Julia-$Mrs Shadwell.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Harris