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We found 2824 matches on Roles/Actors, 1326 matches on Event Comments, 797 matches on Performance Comments, 110 matches on Performance Title, and 12 matches on Author.
Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125: The Witts at court. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346

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Mainpiece Title: The Wits

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Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lovers

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125: The Schoole of Complements at Court. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346. The edition of 1667 was licensed 24 May 1667. Gildon, Life of Betterton (1710), states that Betterton had a role in it

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Mainpiece Title: The Schoole Of Complements

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Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Event Comment: The King's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@12, p. 17: Auglaura at court [but not on 5@139, p. 129]. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 343

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Mainpiece Title: Auglaura

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Mainpiece Title: The Country Captain

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346. Pepys, Diary: But, Lord! how it went against my heart to go away from the very door of the Duke's play-house, and my Lady Castlemayne's coach, and many great coaches there, to see The Siege of Rhodes. I was very near making a forfait, but I did command myself

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Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Rhodes

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. It is not certain this is the first performance, but it may well have been. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@139, p. 125. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 346. Pepys, Diary: Sir W. Pen and I to the Duke's house, where a new play. The King and Court there: the house full, and an act begun. And so went to the King's. Downes (p. 28): Sir Martin Marral, The Duke of New-Castle, giving Mr Dryden a bare translation of it, out of a Comedy of the Famous French Poet Monseur Moleire: He adapted the Part purposely for the Mouth of Mr Nokes, and curiously Polishing the whole....All the Parts being very Just and Exactly perform'd, specially Sir Martin and his Man, Mr Smith, and several others since have come very near him, but none Equall'd, nor yet Mr Nokes in Sir Martin: This Comedy was Crown'd with an Excellent Entry. In the Last Act at the Mask, by Mr Priest and Madam Davies; This, and Love in a Tub, got the Company more Money than any preceding Comedy

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Mainpiece Title: Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

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Mainpiece Title: Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

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Mainpiece Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox

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Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage

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Mainpiece Title: Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

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Mainpiece Title: The Poetess

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Mainpiece Title: Tarugo's Wiles; Or, The Coffee House

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Mainpiece Title: Tarugo's Wiles; Or, The Coffee House

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Mainpiece Title: Mustapha

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Mainpiece Title: The English Monsieur

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Mainpiece Title: Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Marall

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Event Comment: The King's Company, This performance is on the L. C. lists 5@139, p. 129, and 5@12, p. 17. The latter states: The King here. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 344. Elkanah Settle's Prologue to his revision of Philaster (1695): @The good old Play Philaster ne're can fail@But we Young Actors, how shall we prevail?@Philaster and Bellario, let me tell ye,@For these Bold Parts we have no Hart, no Nelly;@Those Darlings of the Stage, that charm'd you there.

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Mainpiece Title: Philaster; Or, Love Lies A Bleeding

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Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

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Mainpiece Title: The Goblins

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Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

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Mainpiece Title: Tu Quoque