December 1673
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1673-1674
Volume:
1
Comments:
The King's Company. It is difficult to assign a date to this burlesque, but it is obviously a satiric thrust at Elkanah Settle's The Empress of Morocco, which had been acted on 3 July 1673, and on Macbeth, which had been most recently acted (probably) on 9 Aug. 1673. As the title page of Duffett's burlesque does not name a theatre, it is not known whether it was acted before the King's Company left Lincoln's Inn Fields for the new theatre in Drury Lane. But the fact that Settle's Empress of Morocco was acted again at Dorset Garden on 6 Dec. 1673 makes December 1673 a likely month (or the King's Company to play its burlesque, although it may have been given in the late summer or early autumn, as many lesser actors are in the cast
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Empress Of Morocco
Comments:
. Edition of 1674: Prologue-Ghost of Labas, Morena; Muly Labas-Coysh; Muly Hamet-Kew [Cue?]; Grimalhaz-Watson; Hamet Alhaz-Powel; Abdrahaman-Bird; Abdelcador-Carlton; Messenger-Kempton; Eunch-Venner; Laula-Griffin; Mariamne-Goodman; Morena-Harris; Epilogue [being a new Fancy after the old, and most surprising way of Macbeth, perform'd with new and costly Machines...invented and managed by Henry Wright.-Hecate, Three Witches; Hecate-Powel; 1 Witch-Harris; 2 Witch-Adams; 3 Witch-Lyddal; Thunder-Goodman; Lightning-Kew; An Epilogue [an additional one]-.
. Edition of 1674: Prologue-Ghost of Labas, Morena; Muly Labas-Coysh; Muly Hamet-Kew [Cue?]; Grimalhaz-Watson; Hamet Alhaz-Powel; Abdrahaman-Bird; Abdelcador-Carlton; Messenger-Kempton; Eunch-Venner; Laula-Griffin; Mariamne-Goodman; Morena-Harris; Epilogue [being a new Fancy after the old, and most surprising way of Macbeth, perform'd with new and costly Machines...invented and managed by Henry Wright.-Hecate, Three Witches; Hecate-Powel; 1 Witch-Harris; 2 Witch-Adams; 3 Witch-Lyddal; Thunder-Goodman; Lightning-Kew; An Epilogue [an additional one]-.
Cast:
- Role: Prologue Actor: Ghost of Labas, Morena
- Role: Muly Labas Actor: Coysh
- Role: Muly Hamet Actor: Kew
- Role: Grimalhaz Actor: Watson
- Role: Hamet Alhaz Actor: Powel
- Role: Abdrahaman Actor: Bird
- Role: Abdelcador Actor: Carlton
- Role: Messenger Actor: Kempton
- Role: Eunch Actor: Venner
- Role: Laula Actor: Griffin
- Role: Mariamne Actor: Goodman
- Role: Morena Actor: Harris
- Role: . Actor: Hecate, Three Witches
- Role: Hecate Actor: Powel
- Role: 1 Witch Actor: Harris
- Role: 2 Witch Actor: Adams
- Role: 3 Witch Actor: Lyddal
- Role: Thunder Actor: Goodman
- Role: Lightning Actor: Kew
- Role: an additional one] Actor: .