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429 results for: Keyword - Behn
We found 417 matches on Author, 30 matches on Event Comments, 4 matches on Performance Comments, 2 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Performance Title.

1
10 August 1682 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Newdigate newsletters, 15 Aug. 1682: Thursday last being acted a play called the Tragedy of Romulus att the Dukes Theatre & the Epilogue spoken by the Lady Slingsby & written by Mrs Behn having reflected on ye Duke of Monmouth, ye Lord Chamberlaine thereupon has order[ed] them both in Custody to answer th[at] affront for ye same (Wilson, Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 81). See also True Protestant Mercury, 12-16 Aug. 1682, for essentially the same statement. The Prologue and Epilogue were printed separately, and Luttrell' copy (Huntington Library) bears his acquisition date of 8 Aug. 1682. They are reprinted in Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 132-34. The separately printed Prologue states that Mrs Behn also wrote it. A song, Where art thou god of love, the music by Giovanni Draghi, is in Theater of Music, The Third Book, 1686

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romulus And Hersillia; Or, The Sabine War

Performance Comment: Edition of 1683: Prologue-Mrs Butler [who probably acted Feliciana]; Epilogue [by Mrs A. Behn-Lady Slingsby [who acted Tarpeia.who acted Tarpeia.
Cast
Role: Behn Actor: Lady Slingsby

2
June 1680 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The date of the first performance is not known. Luttrell, however, dated the copy he purchased 6 July 1680 (VanLennep, Two Restoration Comedies, pp. 57-58) and attributed it to Mrs Aphra Behn. If copies were available in early July, the play was most probably performed in June 1680. Langbaine (English Dramatick Poets, p. 547) had heard that Mrs Behn was the author, but A Comparison between the Two Stages (p. 11) attributed it to Thomas Betterton. For a discussion of the authorship, see also Ten English Farces, ed. Leo Hughes and A. H. Scouten (Austin, Texas, 1948), pp. 203-4

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge; Or, A Match In Newgate

Related Works
Related Work: A Woman's Revenge Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Revenge; or, A Match in Newgate Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Abdelazer; or, The Moor's Revenge Author(s): Aphra Behn

3
17 January 1678 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@145, p. 120. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 349. There is no certainty that this is the first performance, but a licensing date of 28 Jan. 1677@8 and Mrs Behn's statement in the Preface that she hurried the play into print suggest a premiere not far from this date. Edition of 1678: To the Reader: I Printed this Play with all the impatient haste one ought to do, who would be vindicated from the most unjust and silly aspersion, Woman could invent to cast on Woman; and which only my being a Woman has procured me, That it was Bawdy, the least and most Excusable fault in the Men Writers, to whose Plays they all crowd, as if they came to no other end then to hear what they condemn in this: but from a Woman it was unnaturall. One song, Sitting by yonder river side, with music by Thomas? Farmer, is in Choice Ayres and Songs, The Second Book, 1679

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Patient Fancy

Related Works
Related Work: Sir Patient Fancy Author(s): Aphra Behn

4
March 1679 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The date of the first production is not known, but as the play was licensed for printing on 27 March 1679, the premiere must have been no later than March 1679. It is possible that Midnight's Intrigue--see introductory note to the 1676-77 season-is an earlier version of this play. The Epilogue suggests that the players faced thin audiences during the spring and that Drury Lane had been closed for some time: So hard the Times are, and so thin the Town, @Though but one Playhouse, that must too lie down. It is possible that Mrs Behn's The Young King may have been acted at this time. See September 1679

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Curtizans; Or, A Night's Intrigue

Related Works
Related Work: The Feign'd Curtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Feign'd Courtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Author(s): Aphra Behn

5
March 1682 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Like Father, Like Son; Or, The Mistaken Brothers

Performance Comment: Unpublished, but separate publication of A Prologue by Mrs Behn to her New Play, called Like Father, Like Son, or The Mistaken Brothers, spoken by Mrs Butler. Epilogue-Mr Gevan [Jevon]. [Richards speaks later in the Epilogue, and Williams, Wiltshire, and Mrs Butler are referred to in the Epilogue.Jevon]. [Richards speaks later in the Epilogue, and Williams, Wiltshire, and Mrs Butler are referred to in the Epilogue.
Related Works
Related Work: Like Father, Like Son; or, The Mistaken Brothers Author(s): Aphra Behn

6
11 February 1684 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Valentinian

Performance Comment: Edition of 1685: Prologue written by Mrs Behn-Mrs Cook (the first Day); Prologue to Valentinian-Mrs Cook (the second Day); Prologue intended for Valentinian-Mrs Barry; Epilogue by a Person of Quality-Mrs Barry; Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 40): Valentinian-Goodman; Aecius-Betterton; Maximus-Kynaston; Pontius-Griffin; Lucina-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Mrs Behn Actor: Mrs Cook

7
13 August 1701 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: An excellent Comedy, (not Acted these 18 Years)...Written by the Ingenious Mrs Ann Behn. [This performance was presumably a part of a summer season at dl. The presentation of The Gentleman Cully at lif implies a similar season there.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Heiress; Or, Sir Timothy Treatall

Related Works
Related Work: The City Heiress; or, Sir Timothy Treatall Author(s): Aphra Behn

8
11 August 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years. Written by the Ingenious Mrs Behn. Receipts: #25 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count; Or, A New Way To Play An Old Game

Related Works
Related Work: The False Count; or, A New Way to Play an Old Game Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The False Count Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Merry Counterfeit; or, Viscount a-la-mode Author(s): Aphra Behn

Song: A Dialogue-Pack, Cook

Dance: Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross

9
03 August 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by the late ingenious Mrs Behn. Receipts: #23 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feigned Courtizans

Related Works
Related Work: The Feign'd Curtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Author(s): Aphra Behn

Dance: Mrs Schoolding, Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

10
08 August 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by the late ingenious Mrs Behn. Receipts: #19 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feigned Courtizans

Related Works
Related Work: The Feign'd Curtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Author(s): Aphra Behn

Dance: As17160727

11
07 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by the late Ingenious Mrs Behn. Receipts: #22 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Courtezans; Or, A Night's Intrigue

Related Works
Related Work: The Feign'd Curtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Feign'd Courtizans; or, A Night's Intrigue Author(s): Aphra Behn

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Kellom's Scholar, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle

12
09 July 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Price, to relieve him out of Trouble. Mainpiece: Written by the late ingenious Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count

Related Works
Related Work: The False Count; or, A New Way to Play an Old Game Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The False Count Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Merry Counterfeit; or, Viscount a-la-mode Author(s): Aphra Behn

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Song:

Dance:

13
24 July 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years. Written by the late Ingenious Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lucky Chance; Or, An Alderman's Bargain

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Luckey Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain Author(s): Aphra Behn

Dance: As17180627

14
17 November 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mrs Behn. Receipts: #20 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Related Works
Related Work: The Emperour of the Moon Author(s): Aphra Behn

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Dance:

15
23 November 1721 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Related Works
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Second Part of the Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part II Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part I Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn

16
29 January 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Related Works
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Second Part of the Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part II Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part I Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn

17
09 May 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Oates. Written by Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Related Works
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Second Part of the Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part II Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part I Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Tenoe; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock

18
17 October 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Related Works
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Second Part of the Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part II Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part I Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn

19
20 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Mrs Behn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Related Works
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Second Part of the Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part II Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part I Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn

20
06 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Written by Mrs A. Behn. Benefit Mrs Seal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Related Works
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Second Part of the Rover Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part II Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover, Part I Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn

Song: A Song-Miss Thornowets; Susan's Complaint-Miss Mountfort

Dance: PPierrots-; Shepherds and Shepherdesses-

21
26 December 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for a Performer, thirty years a Servant of the Publick at Covent-garden and Haymarket Theatres [unidentified]. Mainpiece: Written by the ingenious Mrs Behn, with Alterations by a Gentleman well known in the Dramatick World and Republick of Letters. The Characters new dressed in the Habits of the Times. [Writers and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown.] Afterpiece: Altered from Sir John Vanbrugh. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Prince

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Prince Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Amorous Prince; or, The Curious Husband Author(s): Aphra Behn

Afterpiece Title: The Battle Royal

Dance: In Act V of mainpiece a Masquerade, and a Minuet de la Cour by Master Corbyn and Miss Keen

Song: End of mainpiece most of the favourite airs from The Poor Soldier [singers not listed]. Vaudeville. End of afterpiece a short Pantomimical Scene, in which Harlequin will leap through a Hogshead on Fire

22
08 March 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by John Philip Kemble]: Taken from [The Rover, by] Mrs Behn, with considerable Alterations. With new Dresses and Decorations. Receipts: #165 14s. 6d. (133.8.0; 31.14.0; 0.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In Many Masks

Related Works
Related Work: Love In Many Masks Author(s): Aphra Behn
Related Work: The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers Author(s): Aphra Behn

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Dance: End: a new Comic Dance, The Elopement; or, Marriage-a-la-Mode-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

23
September 1677 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The date of the first production is not known, and it may have been acted before this season; hence, it is entered also in the preliminary list in the season of 1676-77. As the play was licensed for printing on 4 Oct. 1677, September 1677 is probably the latest time at which it could have been produced. The play is an alteration of Thomas Middleton's No Wit, No Help, Like a Woman's. It has been attributed to both Mrs Aphra Behn and Thomas Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Counterfeit Bridegroom; Or, The Defeated Widow

Performance Comment: Possibly by Mrs Aphra Behn or ThomasBetterton. Edition of 1677: Prologue-Mrs Currar; Sir Oliver Santloe-A. Leigh; Peter Santloe-Bowman; Sanders-Gilloe; Noble-Crosby; Hadland-Williams; Sir Gregory Lovemuch-Persivall; Gazer-Norris; Noddy-John Lee; Sam-Richards; Lady Santloe-Mrs Norris; Clarina-Mrs Gibbs; Widow Laudwell-Mrs Osborne; Eugenia-Mrs LeGrand; Mrs Hadland-Mrs Currar.

24
20 September 1670 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Forc'd Marriage; Or, The Jealous Bridegroom

Related Works
Related Work: The Forc'd Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom Author(s): Aphra Behn

25
09 January 1671 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Forc'd Marriage; Or, The Jealous Bridegroom

Related Works
Related Work: The Forc'd Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom Author(s): Aphra Behn