Event Comment: Luttrell,
A Brief Relation, II, 313, 17 Dec. 1691: Last Tewsday [i.e., Wednesday] a great disorder at the playhouse, where the
lord Grey of Ruthin and
viscount Longueville were knockt downe, and 2 other lords puncht with the butt ends of muskets; they complained of the affront to
his majestie, who referred them to the
house of lords, where they made their application yesterday; and the lords thereon desired his majestie would be pleased to command the suspending acting of playes till further order.
Newdigate newsletters, 17 Dec. 1691: Last night the
Kings play House was shut up upon complaints given in to the King by the Lord Grey
Viscount Longville and other Lords that they had received severall Affronts from and were badly used by ye door keepers, and 'tis said the future Acting is suspended till further order (
Wilson,
Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 82). See also
HMC, 13th Report, Appendix Five, pp. 464-65