Event Comment: The
King's Company.
Newdigate newsletters (
Folger Shakespeare Library), 15 Nov. 1681: This being ye Q.s birthday ye K.s players acted
Alexdr ye great after wch was a ball & entertainment given to ye Ct. (
Wilson, Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 80).
Luttrell, 15 Nov. 1681: The 15th, being the birth day of
her majestie, was kept with ringing of bells, bonefires, &c.; and at night there was a play acted at
Whitehall before the
king and
queen, where the
court appeared in great splendor (
A Brief Relation, I, 144). The
Earl of Arran to
Ormond, 15 Nov. 1681: I am going to a play
at court (
HMC, Ormonde MSS., New Series, VI, 230).
L. C. 5@144, p. 246, 22 Nov. 1681: Whereas
Jeoffrey Ayleworth,
Thomas ffarmer,
Thomas ffinall &
Richard Tomlinson foure of his Mates Musitians have neglected their dury in attending at ye play acted before his Mate at Whitehall on Tuesday night last for which I have suspended them (
L. C. to the
Treasurer of the Chamber, in
Boswell,
Restoration Court Stage, p. 100)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, Alexander The Great