Event Comment: The United Company.
Newdigate newsletters, 28 Nov. 1682: This day was Acted a new play called
the Duke of Guise by
Mr Dryden it was formerly forbidd as reflecting upon
the D of Monmouth but by ye supplication of ye Author its now allowed to be acted (
Wilson,
Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 81).
The Prologue and Epilogue, separately printed, bear
Luttrell's date of acquisition (
Huntington Library) as 4 Dec. 1682, but above this date Luttrell has written: "30 Nov."
The Prologue and
Epilogue are reprinted in
Wiley,
Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 149-52. Dedication, Edition of 1683: In
the Representation itself, it was persecuted with so notorious Malice by one side, that it secur'd us
the Partiality of
the o
ther. In a report from
the Abbe Rouchi, in London, 14 Dec. 1682, it is stated that
the Duke of Guise was acted three times (
Campana de Cavelli,
Les Derniers Stuarts [
Paris and
London, 1871], I, 398). One song,
Tell me Thyrsis all your anguish, with music by
Captain Pack, is in
the edition of 1683 and also in
Choice Ayres and Songs,
The Fourth Book, 1683
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise
Performance Comment: Edition of 1683: Prologue by Mr Dryden-Mr Smith; King-Kynaston; Guise-Betterton; Mayenne-Jevon; Crillon-Smith; Cardinal-Wiltshire; Archbishop-Perrin; Corso-Montfort; Polin-Bowman; Aumale-Carlile; Bussy-Saunders; Curate-Underhill; Malicorne-Percival; Melanax-Gillo; Sheriffs-Bright, Samford; Queen Mother-Lady Slingsby; Marmoutier-Mrs Barry; Epilogue by Mr Dryden-Mrs Cook; Another Epilogue Intended to have been Spoken to the Play before it was forbidden last Summer-.