12 March 1673
Event Information
Theatre:
Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1671-1672
Volume:
1
Comments:
The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@141, p. 2. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 347. This performance may well be the premiere. In the Preface the author states that the play was asked for on Shrove Tuesday and he wrote it within a week; a premiere, then, before this date would allow very little time for rehearsal. This play is certainly a "Lenten" performance, for it was acted on a Wednesday in Lent and was referred to in the Prologue as a "Lenten Play." See the discussion under The Spanish Rogue (March 1673) and Gray, pp. 785-86. See also J. G. McManaway, The Copy for The Careless Lovers," MLN, XLVI (1931), 406-9. Preface to the edition of 1673: [This play] was written at the Desire of the Young Men of the Stage, and given them for a Lenten-Play, they ask't it not above a Week before Shrove-Tuesday
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Careless Lovers
Comments:
Edition of 1673: Mr Machworth-Norrice; Mr Lovell-Cademan; Mr Careless-Smith; De Boastado-Angell; Toby-Sherwood; Jacinta-Mrs Burroughs; Hillaria-Mrs Clough; Beatrice-Mrs Leigh; Mrs Clappam-Mrs Osborn; Mrs Breedwell-Mrs Norris; Epilogue by Mr Settle-.
Edition of 1673: Mr Machworth-Norrice; Mr Lovell-Cademan; Mr Careless-Smith; De Boastado-Angell; Toby-Sherwood; Jacinta-Mrs Burroughs; Hillaria-Mrs Clough; Beatrice-Mrs Leigh; Mrs Clappam-Mrs Osborn; Mrs Breedwell-Mrs Norris; Epilogue by Mr Settle-.
Cast:
- Role: Mr Machworth Actor: Norrice
- Role: Mr Lovell Actor: Cademan
- Role: Mr Careless Actor: Smith
- Role: De Boastado Actor: Angell
- Role: Toby Actor: Sherwood
- Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Burroughs
- Role: Hillaria Actor: Mrs Clough
- Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Leigh
- Role: Mrs Clappam Actor: Mrs Osborn
- Role: Mrs Breedwell Actor: Mrs Norris
- Role: Epilogue by Mr Settle Actor: .