London Stage Event: 26 August 1667 at The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

26 August 1667

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Theatrical Season: 1666-1667

Volume: 1

Comments: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: I walked to the King's playhouse, there to meet Sir W. Pen, and saw The Surprizall, a very mean play, I thought; or else it was because I was out of humour, and but very little company in the house. But there Sir W. Pen had a good deal of discourse with Moll Meggs?; who tells us that Nell Gwyn? is already left by my Lord Buckhurst, and that he makes sport of her, and swears she hath had all she could get of him; and Hart, her great admirer, now hates ner; and that she is very poor, and hath lost my Lady Castlemayne, who was her great friend also: but she is come to the House, but is neglected by them all

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*p?bridges The Surprisal. See 8 April. *c?bridges The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: I walked to the King's playhouse, there to meet $Sir W. Pen=, and saw The Surprizall, a very mean play, I thought; or else it was because I was out of humour, and but very little company in the house. But there Sir W. Pen had a good deal of discourse with $Moll Meggs?=; who tells us that $Nell Gwyn?= is already left by my $Lord Buckhurst=, and that he makes sport of her, and swears she hath had all she could get of him; and $Hart=, her great admirer, now hates ner; and that she is very poor, and hath lost my $Lady Castlemayne=, who was her great friend also: but she is come to the House, but is neglected by them all.
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*p1667 08 26 bridges The Surprisal. ^See16670408^.*c1667 08 26 bridges The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: I walked to the King's playhouse, there to meet $Sir W. Pen=, and saw The Surprizall, a very mean play, I thought; or else it was because I was out of humour, and but very little company in the house. But there Sir W. Pen had a good deal of discourse with $Moll Meggs?=; who tells us that $Nell Gwyn?= is already left by my $Lord Buckhurst=, and that he makes sport of her, and swears she hath had all she could get of him; and $Hart=, her great admirer, now hates ner; and that she is very poor, and hath lost my $Lady Castlemayne=, who was her great friend also: but she is come to the House, but is neglected by them all.
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Event: 572 | 16670826 | bridges | The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: I walked to the King's playhouse, there to meet $Sir W. Pen=, and saw The Surprizall, a very mean play, I thought; or else it was because I was out of humour, and but very little company in the house. But there Sir W. Pen had a good deal of discourse with $Moll Meggs?=; who tells us that $Nell Gwyn?= is already left by my $Lord Buckhurst=, and that he makes sport of her, and swears she hath had all she could get of him; and $Hart=, her great admirer, now hates ner; and that she is very poor, and hath lost my $Lady Castlemayne=, who was her great friend also: but she is come to the House, but is neglected by them all

Performance: 572 | 572 | p | The Surprisal | See16670408.

26 August 1667

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