*p1696 11 14 lif The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor. Edition of 1697: Prologue-Mr Betterton by $Mr Motteux=; Old Mr Gerald-Bright; Young Mr Gerald-Hodson; The Doctor-Underhill; Wife to the Doctor-Mrs Leigh; Mrs Angelica-Mrs Bowman; Beatrice-Mrs Lawson; Martin-T. Harris; Crispus-Bowen; Simon-Trout; Waiting Woman-Mrs Robinson; Prologue to Her Royal Highness-Mr Motteux; Epilogue-Mr Motteux.*a1696 11 14 lif The Loves of Mars and Venus. Prologue or Induction Set to Musick by $Mr Finger=-; Erato-Mrs Hodgson; Thalia-Mrs Perrin; Terpsichore-Mrs Ayliff; Mars-Bowman; Vulcan-Reading; Gallus-Lee; Cupid-Jemmy Laroche; Momus-Sherburn; Venus-Mrs Bracegirdle; Aglaia-Mrs Hodgson; Euphrosyne-Mrs Ayliff; Hora-Mrs Perrin; Jealousy-Mrs Hudson; Epilogue-Mr Bowen.*c1696 11 14 lif <i>Betterton's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not certain, but the evidence points toward this day. On Thursday 19 Nov. 1696, $Robert Jennens= reported that the two pieces had been acted four or five days together. If that day saw the fifth performance, the premiere probably occurred on 14 Nov. 1696. The <i>Single Songs and Dialogue in Mars and Venus</i>, set by $John Eccles= (Acts I and II) and $Godfrey Finger= (Act III), was published separately in 1697. The pieces for whom a performer is indicated are as follows: Prologue. The first Song Sung by $Mrs Hudson=, set by Finger: <i>Come all, with moving songs</i> [it is reproduced opposite page 300 in $Wiley=, <i>Rare Prologues and Epilogues</i>]. <i>Love alone can here alarm me</i>, sung by $Mrs Ayloffe=. <i>Scorn tho' Beauty frowns to tremble</i>, sung by $Mrs Hudson=. <i>To double the sports</i>, sung by Mrs Ayloffe. <i>To treble the pleasures with regular measures</i>, sung by Mrs Ayloffe. <i>To meet her, May, the Queen of Love comes here</i>, set by John Eccles and sung by Mrs Hudson. <i>See Vulcan, Jealousie, Jealousie appears</i>, set by Finger and sung by $Mrs Hudson=. <i>Yield, no, no</i>, sung by $Mrs Bracegirdle= and $Bowman=. $Gildon=, <i>English Dramatick Poets</i>, p. 115: This Play met with extraordinary Success having the Advantage of the excellent Musick of <i>The Loves of Mars and Venus</i> perform'd with it. $Downes=, <i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, pp. 44-45: <i>The Anatomist, or Sham Doctor</i>, had prosperous Success, and remains a living Play to this Day; 'twas done by $Mr Ravenscroft=. <i>A Comparison Between the Two Stages</i> (1702), p. 20: I remember the success of that was owing to the Musick.