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01 January 1685

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1684-1685
Volume: 1
Comments: Edward Bedingfield to the Countess of Rutland, 1 Jan. 1684@5: Wee are in expectation of an opera composed by Mr Dryden, and set by Grabuche [Grabut], and so well performed at the repetition that has been made before his Majesty at the Duchess of Portsmouth's pleaseth mightily, but the rates proposed will not take soe well, for they have set the boxes at a guyny a place, and the Pitt at halfe. They advance 4,000 l. on the opera, and therefore must tax high to reimburse themselves (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 85)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p'dlordg Comment. *c'dlordg $Edward Bedingfield= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 1 Jan. 1684@5: Wee are in expectation of an opera composed by $Mr Dryden=, and set by $Grabuche= [$Grabut=], and so well performed at the repetition that has been made before $his Majesty= at the $Duchess of Portsmouth='s pleaseth mightily, but the rates proposed will not take soe well, for they have set the boxes at a guyny a place, and the Pitt at halfe. They advance 4,000 l. on the opera, and therefore must tax high to reimburse themselves (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS.</i>, Part V, Vol. II, p. 85).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1685 01 01 dlordg Comment.*c1685 01 01 dlordg $Edward Bedingfield= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 1 Jan. 1684@5: Wee are in expectation of an opera composed by $Mr Dryden=, and set by $Grabuche= [$Grabut=], and so well performed at the repetition that has been made before $his Majesty= at the $Duchess of Portsmouth='s pleaseth mightily, but the rates proposed will not take soe well, for they have set the boxes at a guyny a place, and the Pitt at halfe. They advance 4,000 l. on the opera, and therefore must tax high to reimburse themselves (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS.</i>, Part V, Vol. II, p. 85).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1563 | 16850101 | dlordg | $Edward Bedingfield= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 1 Jan. 1684@5: Wee are in expectation of an opera composed by $Mr Dryden=, and set by $Grabuche= [$Grabut=], and so well performed at the repetition that has been made before $his Majesty= at the $Duchess of Portsmouth='s pleaseth mightily, but the rates proposed will not take soe well, for they have set the boxes at a guyny a place, and the Pitt at halfe. They advance 4,000 l. on the opera, and therefore must tax high to reimburse themselves (<i>HMC, 12th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Rutland MSS.</i>, Part V, Vol. II, p. 85)

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