*p1675 06 12 dg The Libertine. Edition of 1676: Prologue-; Epilogue-Jacomo; $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 37): Libertine-Betterton.*c1675 06 12 dg [The <i>Duke's Company</i>. $Nell Gwyn= attended this performance. See $VanLennep=, <i>Nell Gwyn's Playgoing</i>, p. 407. There is no certainty that this performance is the premiere, btt an additional known performance on 15 June suggests that early June probably saw the initial run. The music for two songs, <i>Thou joy of all hearts</i> and <i>When you dispense your influence</i>, both set by $Dr William Turner=, is in <i>Choice Ayres and Songs</i>, Second Book, 1679. Preface, Edition of 1676: I have no reason to complain of the success of this Play, since it pleased those, whom, of all the World, I would please most: Nor was the Town unkind to it....[There] being no Act in it, which cost me above Five days writing: and the last Two (the Play-house having great occasion for a Play) were both written in Four Days. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 37): The <i>Libertine</i> and <i>Virtuoso</i>: Both Wrote by $Mr Shadwell=; they were both very well Acted, and got the Company great Reputation. <i>The Libertine</i>r perform'd by $Mr Betterton= Crown'd the Play.