Event Comment: The
King's Company.
Downes (
Roscius Anglicanus, p. 16) refers to
Hart's acting
Don John.
Wilson (
All the King's Ladies, p. 170) lists
Rebecca Marshall as possibly play1ng
First Constantia.
The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher (1711), p. ix: Mr Hart played the Part of Don
John to the highest Satisfaction of the Audience, the Play had a great run, and ever since has been follow'd as one of the best Entertainments of the Stage.
Pepys, Diary: And took them [
Mrs Pepys and
Betty Michell] against my vowes, but I will make good my forfeit, to the King's house, to show them a play,
The Chances. A good play I find it, and the actors most good in it; and pretty to hear
Knipp sing in the play very properly,
All night I weepe; and sung it admirably. The whole play pleases me well; and most of all, the sight of many fine ladies--among others, my
Lady Castlemayne and
Mrs Middleton
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Chances
Performance Comment: Don John-Hart?; First Constantia-Rebecca Marshall?.Related Works
Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher