London Stage Event: March 1693 at Drury Lane Theatre

March 1693

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre

Theatrical Season: 1692-1693

Volume: 1

Comments: The United Company. The date of the first production is not known, but the Gentleman's Journal, February 1692@3 (issued in March) makes clear that it followed Congreve's play: We have had since a Comedy, call'd, The Wary Widow, or Sir Noisy Parrot, by Henry Higden Esq; I send by here the Prologue to it by Sir Charles Sedley, and you are too great an Admirer of Shakespeare, not to assent to the Praises given to the Fruits of his rare Genius (p. 61). The play was announced in the London Gazette, No. 2875, 29 May-June 1693. The music for one song, All hands up aloft, was by Berenclow, and the song appears in D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth, 1699. Dedication, edition of 1693: But now it is forced to beg for your Protection from the malice and severe usage it received from some of my Ill natured Friends, who with a Justice peculiar to themselves, passed sentence upon it unseen or heard and at the representation made it their business to persecute it with a barbarous variety of Noise and Tumult. Gildon, The Life of Mr Thomas Betterton (p. 20): The actors were completely drunk before the end of the third act, and being therefore unable to proceed with this "Pleasant Comedy," they very properly dismissed the audience

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*p3@dl The Wary Widow; or, Sir Noisy Parrat. [Edition of 1693:% The Prologue [by $Sir Charles Sydly=%-; Epilogue-Mrs Lassells. *c3@dl The United Company. The date of the first production is not known, but the Gentleman's Journal, February 1692@3 (issued in March) makes clear that it followed $Congreve='s play: We have had since a Comedy, call'd, The Wary Widow, or Sir Noisy Parrot, by $Henry Higden= Esq; I send by here the Prologue to it by $Sir Charles Sedley=, and you are too great an Admirer of $Shakespeare=, not to assent to the Praises given to the Fruits of his rare Genius (p. 61). The play was announced in the London Gazette, No. 2875, 29 May-June 1693. The music for one song, All hands up aloft, was by $Berenclow=, and the song appears in $D'Urfey=, Wit and Mirth, 1699. Dedication, edition of 1693: But now it is forced to beg for your Protection from the malice and severe usage it received from some of my Ill natured Friends, who with a Justice peculiar to themselves, passed sentence upon it unseen or heard and at the representation made it their business to persecute it with a barbarous variety of Noise and Tumult. $Gildon=, The Life of Mr Thomas Betterton (p. 20): The actors were completely drunk before the end of the third act, and being therefore unable to proceed with this "Pleasant Comedy," they very properly dismissed the audience.
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*p1693 03 00 dl The Wary Widow; or, Sir Noisy Parrat. Edition of 1693: The Prologue by $Sir Charles Sydly=-; Epilogue-Mrs Lassells.*c1693 03 00 dl The United Company. The date of the first production is not known, but the Gentleman's Journal, February 1692@3 (issued in March) makes clear that it followed $Congreve='s play: We have had since a Comedy, call'd, The Wary Widow, or Sir Noisy Parrot, by $Henry Higden= Esq; I send by here the Prologue to it by $Sir Charles Sedley=, and you are too great an Admirer of $Shakespeare=, not to assent to the Praises given to the Fruits of his rare Genius (p. 61). The play was announced in the London Gazette, No. 2875, 29 May-June 1693. The music for one song, All hands up aloft, was by $Berenclow=, and the song appears in $D'Urfey=, Wit and Mirth, 1699. Dedication, edition of 1693: But now it is forced to beg for your Protection from the malice and severe usage it received from some of my Ill natured Friends, who with a Justice peculiar to themselves, passed sentence upon it unseen or heard and at the representation made it their business to persecute it with a barbarous variety of Noise and Tumult. $Gildon=, The Life of Mr Thomas Betterton (p. 20): The actors were completely drunk before the end of the third act, and being therefore unable to proceed with this "Pleasant Comedy," they very properly dismissed the audience.
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Event: 1879 | 16930300 | dl | The United Company. The date of the first production is not known, but the Gentleman's Journal, February 1692@3 (issued in March) makes clear that it followed $Congreve='s play: We have had since a Comedy, call'd, The Wary Widow, or Sir Noisy Parrot, by $Henry Higden= Esq; I send by here the Prologue to it by $Sir Charles Sedley=, and you are too great an Admirer of $Shakespeare=, not to assent to the Praises given to the Fruits of his rare Genius (p. 61). The play was announced in the London Gazette, No. 2875, 29 May-June 1693. The music for one song, All hands up aloft, was by $Berenclow=, and the song appears in $D'Urfey=, Wit and Mirth, 1699. Dedication, edition of 1693: But now it is forced to beg for your Protection from the malice and severe usage it received from some of my Ill natured Friends, who with a Justice peculiar to themselves, passed sentence upon it unseen or heard and at the representation made it their business to persecute it with a barbarous variety of Noise and Tumult. $Gildon=, The Life of Mr Thomas Betterton (p. 20): The actors were completely drunk before the end of the third act, and being therefore unable to proceed with this "Pleasant Comedy," they very properly dismissed the audience

Performance: 1884 | 1879 | p | The Wary Widow; Or, Sir Noisy Parrat | Edition of 1693: The Prologue by $Sir Charles Sydly=-; Epilogue-Mrs Lassells.
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3232 | 1884 | Sir Charles Sydly=

3233 | 1884 | Epilogue | Mrs Lassells.

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