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27 November 1703

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1703-1704
Volume: 2
Comments: [This performance, following the Great Storm of 1703, aroused the wrath of the reformers, typified by Jeremy Collier's remark in his Dissuasive from the Play-House: "But Stupidity under that Convulsion was not the worst of our Case: No, that dreadful Hurricane, the Voice of an angry Heaven, and Terrour of Earth and Sea, was it seems a Jest at the Play House: Macbeth with his Lightning and Thunder the Entertainment of the Day, and the Mention of Chimnies blown down, clapt by the Audience with an unusual Length of Pleasure and Approbation" (p. 18).

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pC[dl Macbeth. *mC[dl [All the %Musick [being compos'd%-Mr Leveridge[, wherein he performs his own parts%. *sC[dl As 25 Nov. *dC[dl Several comical Dances-. *cC[dl [This performance, following the <i>Great Storm of 1703</i>, aroused the wrath of the reformers, typified by $Jeremy Collier='s remark in his <i>Dissuasive from the Play-House</i>: "But Stupidity under that Convulsion was not the worst of our Case: No, that dreadful Hurricane, the Voice of an angry Heaven, and Terrour of Earth and Sea, was it seems a Jest at the Play House: <i>Macbeth</i> with his Lightning and Thunder the Entertainment of the Day, and the Mention of Chimnies blown down, clapt by the Audience with an unusual Length of Pleasure and Approbation" (p. 18).]
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1703 11 27 dl Macbeth.*m1703 11 27 dl All the Musick being compos'd-Mr Leveridge, wherein he performs his own parts.*s1703 11 27 dl ^As17031125^.*d1703 11 27 dl Several comical Dances-.*c1703 11 27 dl [This performance, following the <i>Great Storm of 1703</i>, aroused the wrath of the reformers, typified by $Jeremy Collier='s remark in his <i>Dissuasive from the Play-House</i>: "But Stupidity under that Convulsion was not the worst of our Case: No, that dreadful Hurricane, the Voice of an angry Heaven, and Terrour of Earth and Sea, was it seems a Jest at the Play House: <i>Macbeth</i> with his Lightning and Thunder the Entertainment of the Day, and the Mention of Chimnies blown down, clapt by the Audience with an unusual Length of Pleasure and Approbation" (p. 18).]
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 2666 | 17031127 | dl | [This performance, following the <i>Great Storm of 1703</i>, aroused the wrath of the reformers, typified by $Jeremy Collier='s remark in his <i>Dissuasive from the Play-House</i>: "But Stupidity under that Convulsion was not the worst of our Case: No, that dreadful Hurricane, the Voice of an angry Heaven, and Terrour of Earth and Sea, was it seems a Jest at the Play House: <i>Macbeth</i> with his Lightning and Thunder the Entertainment of the Day, and the Mention of Chimnies blown down, clapt by the Audience with an unusual Length of Pleasure and Approbation" (p. 18).
    Performance: 2979 | 2666 | p | Macbeth
    Performance: 2980 | 2666 | m | All the Musick being compos'd-Mr Leveridge, wherein he performs his own parts
    Performance: 2981 | 2666 | s | As17031125
    AsSeeDate: 2981 | dl | s | As | 17031125
    Performance: 2982 | 2666 | d | Several comical Dances-

Mainpiece

Title: Macbeth
Comments:
Cast:
None Listed

Music

Comment: All the Musick being compos'd-Mr Leveridge, wherein he performs his own parts

Song

Comment: As17031125

Dance

Comment: Several comical Dances-

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