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02 July 1661

Event Information
Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1660-1661
Volume: 1
Comments: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To Sir William Davenant's Opera; this being the fourth day that it hath begun, and the first that I have seen it. To-day was acted the second part of The Siege of Rhodes. We staid a very great while for the King and the Queen of Bohemia. And by the breaking of a board over our heads, we had a great deal of dust fell into the ladies' necks and the men's hair, which made good sport. The King being come, the scene opened; which indeed is very fine and magnificent, and well acted, all but the Eunuch, who was so much out tha he was hissed off the stage

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?lif The Siege of Rhodes, Part II. [See 28 June.% *c?lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To $Sir William Davenant='s Opera; this being the fourth day that it hath begun, and the first that I have seen it. To-day was acted the second part of <i>The Siege of Rhodes</i>. We staid a very great while for the $King and the Queen of Bohemia=. And by the breaking of a board over our heads, we had a great deal of dust fell into the ladies' necks and the men's hair, which made good sport. The King being come, the scene opened; which indeed is very fine and magnificent, and well acted, all but <i>the Eunuch</i>r, who was so much out tha he was hissed off the stage.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1661 07 02 lif The Siege of Rhodes, Part II. ^See16610628^ .*c1661 07 02 lif The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To $Sir William Davenant='s Opera; this being the fourth day that it hath begun, and the first that I have seen it. To-day was acted the second part of <i>The Siege of Rhodes</i>. We staid a very great while for the $King and the Queen of Bohemia=. And by the breaking of a board over our heads, we had a great deal of dust fell into the ladies' necks and the men's hair, which made good sport. The King being come, the scene opened; which indeed is very fine and magnificent, and well acted, all but <i>the Eunuch</i>r, who was so much out tha he was hissed off the stage.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 120 | 16610702 | lif | The <i>Duke's Company</i>. <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: To $Sir William Davenant='s Opera; this being the fourth day that it hath begun, and the first that I have seen it. To-day was acted the second part of <i>The Siege of Rhodes</i>. We staid a very great while for the $King and the Queen of Bohemia=. And by the breaking of a board over our heads, we had a great deal of dust fell into the ladies' necks and the men's hair, which made good sport. The King being come, the scene opened; which indeed is very fine and magnificent, and well acted, all but <i>the Eunuch</i>, who was so much out tha he was hissed off the stage
    Performance: 120 | 120 | p | The Siege Of Rhodes, Part Ii | See16610628 .

Mainpiece

Title: The Siege Of Rhodes, Part Ii
Comments:
See16610628 .
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Publish Date: 1656
Birth: 1606
Death: 1668

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 02 July 1661 at Lincoln's Inn Fields." London Stage Database. Accessed April 2, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=120.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 02 July 1661 at Lincoln's Inn Fields." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=120. Accessed 2 April 2025.