Event Comment: The Duke's Company.
Pepys, Diary: Against my judgment and conscience (which God forgive, for my very heart knows that I offend God in breaking my vows
therein) to
the Opera, which is now newly begun to act again, after some alteracion of
their scene, which do make it very much worse; but
the play,
Love and Honour, being
the first time of
their acting it, is a very good plot, and well done.
Downes (pp. 21-22): This Play was Richly Cloath'd;
The King giving
Mr Betterton his Coronation Suit;...
The Duke of York giving
Mr Harris his...and my
Lord of Oxford gave
Mr Joseph Price his...and all
the o
ther Parts being very well done:
The Play having a great run, Produc'd to
the Company great Gain and Estimation from
the Town
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Love And Honour
Performance Comment: Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp.21-22): Prince Alvaro-Betterton; Prince Prospero-Harris; Lionel-Joseph Price; Duke-Lilliston; Evandra-Mrs Hester? Davenport. [Possibly Peg Fryer acted the Old Widow; when she appeared at lif on 11 Jan. 1720, she was announced as having appeared in Love and Honour when she was young. As she was 85 in 1720, she was about 26 at this time.]Possibly Peg Fryer acted the Old Widow; when she appeared at lif on 11 Jan. 1720, she was announced as having appeared in Love and Honour when she was young. As she was 85 in 1720, she was about 26 at this time.]