April 1672
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1671-1672
Volume:
1
Comments:
The King's Company. The date of the premiere is most uncertain. The play was apparently finished in July 1671-see C. E. Ward, The Life of John Dryden (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1961), p. 83-and the play may have been acted before April 1672. For the possibilities see Macdonald, Bibliography of Dryden, p. 110, and Nicoll, Restoration Drama, pp. 404-5. The Prologue and Epilogue are in Covent Garden Drollery, 1672. The song, Whilst Alexas lay prest, the music by Nicholas Staggins, was printed in Westminster Drollery (entered in the Stationers' Register, 3 June 1672) and in Choice Songs and Ayres, The First Book, 1673. Another song, Why should a foolish Marriage Vow, set by Robert Smith, is also in Choice Songs and Ayres, 1673
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Marriage A La Mode
Comments:
Edition of 1673: Prologue-Hart; Polydamas-Wintershall; Leonidas-Kynaston; Argaleon-Lydall; Hermogenes-Cartwright; Eubulus-Watson; Rhodophil-Mohun; Palamede-Hart; Palmyra-Mrs Coxe; Amalthea-Mrs James; Doralice-Mrs Marshall; Melantha-Mrs Bowtell; Philotis-Mrs Reeve; Belisa-Mrs Slade; Artemis-Mrs Uphill; Epilogue-Mohun.
Edition of 1673: Prologue-Hart; Polydamas-Wintershall; Leonidas-Kynaston; Argaleon-Lydall; Hermogenes-Cartwright; Eubulus-Watson; Rhodophil-Mohun; Palamede-Hart; Palmyra-Mrs Coxe; Amalthea-Mrs James; Doralice-Mrs Marshall; Melantha-Mrs Bowtell; Philotis-Mrs Reeve; Belisa-Mrs Slade; Artemis-Mrs Uphill; Epilogue-Mohun.
Cast:
- Role: Prologue Actor: Hart
- Role: Polydamas Actor: Wintershall
- Role: Leonidas Actor: Kynaston
- Role: Argaleon Actor: Lydall
- Role: Hermogenes Actor: Cartwright
- Role: Eubulus Actor: Watson
- Role: Rhodophil Actor: Mohun
- Role: Palamede Actor: Hart
- Role: Palmyra Actor: Mrs Coxe
- Role: Amalthea Actor: Mrs James
- Role: Doralice Actor: Mrs Marshall
- Role: Melantha Actor: Mrs Bowtell
- Role: Philotis Actor: Mrs Reeve
- Role: Belisa Actor: Mrs Slade
- Role: Artemis Actor: Mrs Uphill
- Role: Epilogue Actor: Mohun.