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12 March 1700

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1699-1700
Volume: 1
Comments: Lady Marow to Arthur Kay, 12 March 1699@1700: The Way of the World, Congreve's new play doth not answer expectation, there being no plot in it but many witty things to ridicule the Chocolate House, and the fantastical part of the world (HMC, 15th Report, Appendix, Dartmouth MSS., Part I, p. 145). John Dryden to Mrs Steward, 12 March: Congreves New Play has had but moderate success; though it deserves much better (Letters of John Dryden, p. 134)

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  • Original Data

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  • Cleaned Data

    *p1700 03 12 lif Comment.*c1700 03 12 lif $Lady Marow= to $Arthur Kay=, 12 March 1699@1700: <i>The Way of the World</i>, $Congreve='s new play doth not answer expectation, there being no plot in it but many witty things to ridicule the Chocolate House, and the fantastical part of the world (<i>HMC, 15th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Dartmouth MSS.</i>, Part I, p. 145). $John Dryden= to $Mrs Steward=, 12 March: Congreves New Play has had but moderate success; though it deserves much better (<i>Letters of John Dryden</i>, p. 134).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 2315 | 17000312 | lif | $Lady Marow= to $Arthur Kay=, 12 March 1699@1700: <i>The Way of the World</i>, $Congreve='s new play doth not answer expectation, there being no plot in it but many witty things to ridicule the Chocolate House, and the fantastical part of the world (<i>HMC, 15th Report</i>, Appendix, <i>Dartmouth MSS.</i>, Part I, p. 145). $John Dryden= to $Mrs Steward=, 12 March: Congreves New Play has had but moderate success; though it deserves much better (<i>Letters of John Dryden</i>, p. 134)

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