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August 1688

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Theatre: Bartholomew Fair
Theatrical Season: 1684-1685
Volume: 1
Comments: In The Theatre of Compliment, 1688, are verses similar to those apparently referring to August 1686: @Here is the Rarity of the whole Fair,@Pimper-la-Pimp, and the Wise Dancing Mare;@Here's valiant St George and the Dragon, a farce;@Here's Vienna Besieged, a most delicate thing;@And here's Punchinello, shown thrice to the King.@ John Verney entertained some of his wife's family who were in town to see Bartholomew Fair. See Memoirs of the Verney Family, ed. Margaret M. Verney (London, 1699), IV, 435

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p,`bf Comment. *c,`bf In <i>The Theatre of Compliment</i>, 1688, are verses similar to those apparently referring to August 1686: @Here is the Rarity of the whole Fair,@Pimper-la-Pimp, and the Wise Dancing Mare;@Here's valiant St George and the Dragon, a farce;@Here's Vienna Besieged, a most delicate thing;@And here's Punchinello, shown thrice to the King.@ $John Verney= entertained some of his wife's family who were in town to see <i>Bartholomew Fair</i>. See <i>Memoirs of the Verney Family</i>, ed. $Margaret M. Verney= (<i>London</i>, 1699), IV, 435.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1688 08 00 bf Comment.*c1688 08 00 bf In <i>The Theatre of Compliment</i>, 1688, are verses similar to those apparently referring to August 1686: @Here is the Rarity of the whole Fair,@Pimper-la-Pimp, and the Wise Dancing Mare;@Here's valiant St George and the Dragon, a farce;@Here's Vienna Besieged, a most delicate thing;@And here's Punchinello, shown thrice to the King.@ $John Verney= entertained some of his wife's family who were in town to see <i>Bartholomew Fair</i>. See <i>Memoirs of the Verney Family</i>, ed. $Margaret M. Verney= (<i>London</i>, 1699), IV, 435.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1706 | 16880800 | bf | In <i>The Theatre of Compliment</i>, 1688, are verses similar to those apparently referring to August 1686: @Here is the Rarity of the whole Fair,@Pimper-la-Pimp, and the Wise Dancing Mare;@Here's valiant St George and the Dragon, a farce;@Here's Vienna Besieged, a most delicate thing;@And here's Punchinello, shown thrice to the King.@ $John Verney= entertained some of his wife's family who were in town to see <i>Bartholomew Fair</i>. See <i>Memoirs of the Verney Family</i>, ed. $Margaret M. Verney= (<i>London</i>, 1699), IV, 435

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