*p1694 01 13 dl The Double Dealer. ^See16931000^.*c1694 01 13 dl The <i>United Company</i>. This performance is on the <i>L. C. list</i>, 5@151, p. 369: $ye Q= a Box & a Box for ye Maids of Honr <i>double dealer</i>. [See also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 352.] $Cibber= relates an incident which may pertain to this performance, <i>Apology</i>, I, 185-86: $Queen Mary= having commanded the <i>Double Dealer</i> to be acted, $Kynaston= happen'd to be so ill that he could not hope to be able next Day to perform his Part of the <i>Lord Touchwood</i>r. In this Exigence, the Author, $Mr Congreve=, advis'd that it might be given to me, if at so short a Warning I would undertake it. The Flattery of being thus distinguish'd by so celebrated an Author, and the Honour to act before a $Queen=, you may be sure made me blind to whatever Difficulties might attend it. I accepted the Part, and was ready in it before I slept; next Day the Queen was presented at the Play, and was received with a new <i>Prologue</i> from the Author, spoken by $Mrs Barry=, humbly acknowledging the great Honour done to the Stage....After the Play, Mr Congreve made me the Compliment of saying, That I had not only answer'd, but had exceeded his Expectations, and that he would shew me he was sincere in his saying more of me to the Masters.--He was as good as his Word, and the next Pay-day I found my Sallary of fifteen was then advanced to twenty Shillings a Week.