Event Comment: The
United Company. The date of the first performance is not known, but the play was noticed in the
Gentleman's Journal, April 1692 (licensed 13 April 1692) as having been acted "last month" (March). It was entered in the
Term Catalogues, May 1692.
Gentleman's Journal, April 1692 (licensed 13 April 1692):
The Traytor, an old Tragedy, hath not only been revived the last Month, but also been reprinted with Alterations and Amendments; It was suppos'd to be
Shirly's, but he only
usher'd it in to the Stage; the Author of it was one
Mr Rivers a
Jesuite, who wrote it in his Confinement in
Newgate, where he died. It hath always been esteemed a very good Play, by the best Judges of Dramatick Writing
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Traytor