Event Comment: The
King's Company. This play appears on
Herbert's List, following the entry for 26 Oct. 1661. (See
William VanLennep, "
Thomas Killigrew prepares his Plays for Production,"
J. Q. Adams Memorial Studies (
Washington, D. C., 1948, p. 803.)
Pepys, Diary:
W. Pen and I to the Theatre, but it was so full that we could hardly get any room, so he went up to one of the boxes, and I into the 18d. places, and there saw
Love at first sight, a play of
Mr Killigrew's and the first time that it hath been acted since before the troubles, and great expectation there was, but I found the play to be a poor thing, and so I perceive every body else do.
BM Add. Mss. 34217, fol. 31b, in
Hotson Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 246: @First then to speake of his Majestys Theatre@Where one would imagine Playes should be better@Love att the first sight did lead the dance@But att second sight it had the mischance@To be so dash'd out of Countenance as@It never after durst shew itts face@All though its bashfullnesse as tis thought@Be far from being the Authors ffault.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Princess; Or, Love At First Sight
Related Works
Related Work: The Injured Princess; or, The Fatal Wager Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Cymbeline Author(s): William Shakespeare