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January 1697

Event Information
Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1696-1697
Volume: 1
Comments: Betterton's Company. The date of the first performance is not known, but the fact that the play was advertised in the Post Boy, 21-23 Jan. 1696@7, suggests that it was first acted not later than early January 1697. The Preface to the edition of 1697 implies that it met with a cold reception and had no more than three performances

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p9lif The Unnatural Brother. [Edition of 1697:% Prologue-; Epilogue-. *c9lif <i>Betterton's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known, but the fact that the play was advertised in the <i>Post Boy</i>, 21-23 Jan. 1696@7, suggests that it was first acted not later than early January 1697. The Preface to the edition of 1697 implies that it met with a cold reception and had no more than three performances.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1697 01 00 lif The Unnatural Brother. Edition of 1697: Prologue-; Epilogue-.*c1697 01 00 lif <i>Betterton's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known, but the fact that the play was advertised in the <i>Post Boy</i>, 21-23 Jan. 1696@7, suggests that it was first acted not later than early January 1697. The Preface to the edition of 1697 implies that it met with a cold reception and had no more than three performances.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 2051 | 16970100 | lif | <i>Betterton's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not known, but the fact that the play was advertised in the <i>Post Boy</i>, 21-23 Jan. 1696@7, suggests that it was first acted not later than early January 1697. The Preface to the edition of 1697 implies that it met with a cold reception and had no more than three performances
    Performance: 2062 | 2051 | p | The Unnatural Brother | Edition of 1697: Prologue-; Epilogue-.
    Cast:
    3905 | 2062 | Prologue
    3906 | 2062 | Epilogue | .

Mainpiece

Title: The Unnatural Brother
Comments:
Edition of 1697: Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date:
Author: Edward Filmer

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: January 1697 at Lincoln's Inn Fields." London Stage Database. Accessed April 2, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=2051.
MLA: "London Stage Event: January 1697 at Lincoln's Inn Fields." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=2051. Accessed 2 April 2025.