14 December 1671

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Theatre: The (first) Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1671-1672
Volume: 1
Comments: The King's Company. Evelyn, Diary: Whence to see the Duke of Buckingam's ridiculous farce & Rhapsody called the Recital, bouffoning all Plays yet prophane enough. In a collection of broadsides (Bodleian Wood 417) A Ballad (on Buckingham and his son) has some lines which apparently refer to a performance: @I confess the Dances were very well Writ, @And the Tune and the Time by Haynes as well Hit, @And Littlewood's Motion and Dress had much Wit: @But when his Poet John Bayes did appear, @'Tis known to more than half that were there, @The greatest part was his own Character.

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pnbridges The Rehearsal. See 7 Dec. 1671. *cnbridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Evelyn, Diary</i>: Whence to see the $Duke of Buckingam='s ridiculous farce & Rhapsody called the <i>Recital</i>, bouffoning all Plays yet prophane enough. In a collection of broadsides (<i>Bodleian Wood 417</i>) <i>A Ballad</i> (on Buckingham and his son) has some lines which apparently refer to a performance: @I confess the Dances were very well Writ, @And the Tune and the Time by Haynes as well Hit, @And Littlewood's Motion and Dress had much Wit: @But when his Poet John Bayes did appear, @'Tis known to more than half that were there, @The greatest part was his own Character.@

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1671 12 14 bridges The Rehearsal. ^See16711207^.*c1671 12 14 bridges The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Evelyn, Diary</i>: Whence to see the $Duke of Buckingam='s ridiculous farce & Rhapsody called the <i>Recital</i>, bouffoning all Plays yet prophane enough. In a collection of broadsides (<i>Bodleian Wood 417</i>) <i>A Ballad</i> (on Buckingham and his son) has some lines which apparently refer to a performance: @I confess the Dances were very well Writ, @And the Tune and the Time by Haynes as well Hit, @And Littlewood's Motion and Dress had much Wit: @But when his Poet John Bayes did appear, @'Tis known to more than half that were there, @The greatest part was his own Character.@

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    Event: 966 | 16711214 | bridges | The <i>King's Company</i>. <i>Evelyn, Diary</i>: Whence to see the $Duke of Buckingam='s ridiculous farce & Rhapsody called the <i>Recital</i>, bouffoning all Plays yet prophane enough. In a collection of broadsides (<i>Bodleian Wood 417</i>) <i>A Ballad</i> (on Buckingham and his son) has some lines which apparently refer to a performance: @I confess the Dances were very well Writ, @And the Tune and the Time by Haynes as well Hit, @And Littlewood's Motion and Dress had much Wit: @But when his Poet John Bayes did appear, @'Tis known to more than half that were there, @The greatest part was his own Character.
    Performance: 966 | 966 | p | The Rehearsal | See16711207.

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Title: The Rehearsal
Comments:
See16711207.
Cast:
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Work Title: The Rehearsal
Publish Date: 1672
Birth: 1628
Death: 1687

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