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28 August 1675

Event Information
Theatre: Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1674-1675
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. This performance is known from a disturbance which occurred on this day; Langbaine states that the play was Macbeth. John Verney to Sir Ralph Verney, 30 Aug. 1675: On Saturday last, at the Duke's playhouse, Sir Tho. Armstrong killed Mr Scrope....Their quarrel is said to [be] about Mrs Uphill, the player, who came into the house maskt, and Scrope would have entertained discourse with her, which Sir T. Armstrong would not suffer, so a ring was made wherein they fought (HMC Verney MSS., 7th Report, 1879, p. 465). See also The Hatton Correspondence, Camden Society, XXII (1878), 121

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?dg Macbeth. [See 18 Feb. 1672@3.% *c?dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This performance is known from a disturbance which occurred on this day; $Langbaine= states that the play was <i>Macbeth</i>. $John Verney= to $Sir Ralph Verney=, 30 Aug. 1675: On Saturday last, at the Duke's playhouse, $Sir Tho. Armstrong= killed $Mr Scrope=....Their quarrel is said to [be] about $Mrs Uphill=, the player, who came into the house maskt, and Scrope would have entertained discourse with her, which Sir T. Armstrong would not suffer, so a ring was made wherein they fought (<i>HMC Verney MSS., 7th Report</i>, 1879, p. 465). See also The <i>Hatton Correspondence</i>, <i>Camden Society</i>, XXII (1878), 121.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1675 08 28 dg Macbeth. ^See16720218^@3.*c1675 08 28 dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This performance is known from a disturbance which occurred on this day; $Langbaine= states that the play was <i>Macbeth</i>. $John Verney= to $Sir Ralph Verney=, 30 Aug. 1675: On Saturday last, at the Duke's playhouse, $Sir Tho. Armstrong= killed $Mr Scrope=....Their quarrel is said to [be] about $Mrs Uphill=, the player, who came into the house maskt, and Scrope would have entertained discourse with her, which Sir T. Armstrong would not suffer, so a ring was made wherein they fought (<i>HMC Verney MSS., 7th Report</i>, 1879, p. 465). See also The <i>Hatton Correspondence</i>, <i>Camden Society</i>, XXII (1878), 121.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1177 | 16750828 | dg | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. This performance is known from a disturbance which occurred on this day; $Langbaine= states that the play was <i>Macbeth</i>. $John Verney= to $Sir Ralph Verney=, 30 Aug. 1675: On Saturday last, at the Duke's playhouse, $Sir Tho. Armstrong= killed $Mr Scrope=....Their quarrel is said to [be] about $Mrs Uphill=, the player, who came into the house maskt, and Scrope would have entertained discourse with her, which Sir T. Armstrong would not suffer, so a ring was made wherein they fought (<i>HMC Verney MSS., 7th Report</i>, 1879, p. 465). See also The <i>Hatton Correspondence</i>, <i>Camden Society</i>, XXII (1878), 121
    Performance: 1180 | 1177 | p | Macbeth | See16720218@3.

Mainpiece

Title: Macbeth
Comments:
See16720218@3.
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None Listed

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