Event Comment: The
King's Company.
Pepys, Diary: To the King's house, and there saw
The Humerous Lieutenant: a silly play, I think; only the Spirit in it that grows very tall, and then sinks again to nothing, having two heads breeding upon one, and tihen
Knipp's singing, did please us. Here, in a box above, we spied
Mrs Pierce; and, going out, they called us, and so we staid for them; and Knipp took us all in, and brought to us
Nelly, a most pretty woman, who acted the great part of
Coelia to-day very fine, and did it pretty well: I kissed her, and so did my wife; and a mighty pretty soul she is. We also saw
Mrs Hall, which is my little Roman-nose black girl, that is mighty Pretty: she is usually called Betty
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant
Performance Comment: Caelia-Mrs Gwyn. see also 7 May 1663.