February 1678
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1677-1678
Volume:
1
Comments:
The King's Company. The date of the premiere is not known, but a licensing date of 28 March 1678 suggests a first performance not later than February 1678. One song, One night while all the village slept, with music by Louis Grabu and words by Sir Car Scroop, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, The Third Book, 1681. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 17): Major Mohun...[in] Mithridates, &c. An Eminent Poet seeing him Act this last, vented suddenly this Saying: Oh Mohun, Mohun! Thou little Man of Mettle, if I should write a 100 Plays, I'd Write a Part for thy Mouth; in short, in all his Parts, he was most Accurate and Correct. [Downes, p. 12, gives an identical cast except for omissions.] Princess Anne apparently played Ziphares and Frances Apsley played Semandra in a production of this drama, probably at St James's Palace or at Sir Allen Apsley's house in St James's Square, between January 1677@8 and August 1679. See Benjamin Bathurst, Letters of Two Queens (London, 1924), p. 61
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Mithridates, King Of Pontus
Comments:
Edition of 1678: Prologue-; Mithridates-Mohun; Ziphares-Hart; Pharnaces-Goodman; Archelaus-Griffin; Pelopidas-Wintershul; Andravar-Powell; Aquilius-Clark; Another Roman Officer-Wiltshire; Monima-Mrs Corbett; Semandra-Mrs Boutel; Epilogue by Mr Dryden-.
Edition of 1678: Prologue-; Mithridates-Mohun; Ziphares-Hart; Pharnaces-Goodman; Archelaus-Griffin; Pelopidas-Wintershul; Andravar-Powell; Aquilius-Clark; Another Roman Officer-Wiltshire; Monima-Mrs Corbett; Semandra-Mrs Boutel; Epilogue by Mr Dryden-.
Cast:
- Role: Prologue Actor:
- Role: Mithridates Actor: Mohun
- Role: Ziphares Actor: Hart
- Role: Pharnaces Actor: Goodman
- Role: Archelaus Actor: Griffin
- Role: Pelopidas Actor: Wintershul
- Role: Andravar Actor: Powell
- Role: Aquilius Actor: Clark
- Role: Another Roman Officer Actor: Wiltshire
- Role: Monima Actor: Mrs Corbett
- Role: Semandra Actor: Mrs Boutel
- Role: Mr Dryden Actor: .