London Stage Event: 12 May 1688 at Drury Lane Theatre

12 May 1688

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre

Theatrical Season: 1684-1685

Volume: 1

Comments: The United Company--Peregrine Bertie to the Countess of Rutland, 12 May 1688: We have had since my last another new play, a comedy writ by Shadwell, called the Esquire of Alsatia. It has been acted nine days successively, and on the third day the poet got 16l. more than any other poet ever did. When all this is granted, there is nothing in it extraordinary--except it is a Latin song--but the thing reason why it takes soe well is, because it brings severall of the cant words upon the stage which some in town have invented, and turns them into ridicule (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 119)

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*p,dl The Squire of Alsatia. See 3 May. *c,dl The United Company--$Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 12 May 1688: We have had since my last another new play, a comedy writ by $Shadwell=, called the Esquire of Alsatia. It has been acted nine days successively, and on the third day the poet got 16l. more than any other poet ever did. When all this is granted, there is nothing in it extraordinary--except it is a Latin song--but the thing reason why it takes soe well is, because it brings severall of the cant words upon the stage which some in town have invented, and turns them into ridicule (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 119).
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*p1688 05 12 dl The Squire of Alsatia. ^See16880503^.*c1688 05 12 dl The United Company--$Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 12 May 1688: We have had since my last another new play, a comedy writ by $Shadwell=, called the Esquire of Alsatia. It has been acted nine days successively, and on the third day the poet got 16l. more than any other poet ever did. When all this is granted, there is nothing in it extraordinary--except it is a Latin song--but the thing reason why it takes soe well is, because it brings severall of the cant words upon the stage which some in town have invented, and turns them into ridicule (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 119).
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Event: 1699 | 16880512 | dl | The United Company--$Peregrine Bertie= to the $Countess of Rutland=, 12 May 1688: We have had since my last another new play, a comedy writ by $Shadwell=, called the Esquire of Alsatia. It has been acted nine days successively, and on the third day the poet got 16l. more than any other poet ever did. When all this is granted, there is nothing in it extraordinary--except it is a Latin song--but the thing reason why it takes soe well is, because it brings severall of the cant words upon the stage which some in town have invented, and turns them into ridicule (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, Vol. II, p. 119)

Performance: 1704 | 1699 | p | The Squire Of Alsatia | See16880503.

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