The London Stage Database team will be retiring the Legacy Search on May 1, 2025. Please take a moment before that date to reproduce any pre-2021 searches and export any resulting datasets you may wish to preserve for future use. We are making this change in order to free up computational resources for new features and data, currently in development with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Watch this space for more updates and, coming soon, new ways to keep up with the latest project developments!

03 September 1697

Event Information
Theatre: no theater listed
Theatrical Season: 1697-1698
Volume: 1
Comments: John Dryden to his sons, 3 Sept. 1697: After my return to Town, I intend to alter a play of Sir Robert Howards, written long since, & lately put by him into my hands: tis calld The Conquest of China by the Tartars. It will cost me six weeks study, with the probable benefit of an hunderd pounds. In the meane time I am writeing a Song for St Cecilia's feast, who you know is the Patroness of Musique. This is troublesome, & no way beneficiall: but I coud not deny the Stewards of the feast, who came in a body to me, to desire that kindness (Letters of John Dryden, p. 93)

Performance List

Event Downloads

JSON XML CSV

  • Your web browser doesn't have a PDF plugin. Instead, click here to download the PDF file

  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p:none Comment. *c:none $John Dryden= to his sons, 3 Sept. 1697: After my return to Town, I intend to alter a play of $Sir Robert Howards=, written long since, & lately put by him into my hands: tis calld <i>The Conquest of China by the Tartars</i>. It will cost me six weeks study, with the probable benefit of an hunderd pounds. In the meane time I am writeing a Song for <i>St Cecilia</i>'s feast, who you know is the $Patroness of Musique=. This is troublesome, & no way beneficiall: but I coud not deny the Stewards of the feast, who came in a body to me, to desire that kindness (<i>Letters of John Dryden</i>, p. 93).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1697 09 03 none Comment.*c1697 09 03 none $John Dryden= to his sons, 3 Sept. 1697: After my return to Town, I intend to alter a play of $Sir Robert Howards=, written long since, & lately put by him into my hands: tis calld <i>The Conquest of China by the Tartars</i>. It will cost me six weeks study, with the probable benefit of an hunderd pounds. In the meane time I am writeing a Song for <i>St Cecilia</i>'s feast, who you know is the $Patroness of Musique=. This is troublesome, & no way beneficiall: but I coud not deny the Stewards of the feast, who came in a body to me, to desire that kindness (<i>Letters of John Dryden</i>, p. 93).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 2123 | 16970903 | none | $John Dryden= to his sons, 3 Sept. 1697: After my return to Town, I intend to alter a play of $Sir Robert Howards=, written long since, & lately put by him into my hands: tis calld <i>The Conquest of China by the Tartars</i>. It will cost me six weeks study, with the probable benefit of an hunderd pounds. In the meane time I am writeing a Song for <i>St Cecilia</i>'s feast, who you know is the $Patroness of Musique=. This is troublesome, & no way beneficiall: but I coud not deny the Stewards of the feast, who came in a body to me, to desire that kindness (<i>Letters of John Dryden</i>, p. 93)

Cite this page

Chicago:
MLA: