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7109 results for: Keyword - Moll Davis</i>] (whom I never saw act be<span class=
We found 4703 matches on Event Comments, 1656 matches on Performance Comments, 1492 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

2726
28 March 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: With my wife and Deb., to the King's house, and there saw the Indian Emperour, a very good play indeed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperour

2727
01 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: All alone to the King's house, and there sat in an upper box, to hide myself, and saw The Black Prince, a very good play; but only the fancy, most of it, the same as in the rest of my Lord Orrery's plays; but the dance very stately; but it was pretty to see how coming after dinner and with no company with me to talk to, and at a play that I had seen, and went to now not for curiosity but only idleness, I did fall asleep the former part of the play, but afterward did mind it and like it very well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Black Prince

2728
03 April 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: My Lord Brouncker and I to the Duke of the York's playhouse, and there saw the latter part of The Master and the Man

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mans The Master

2729
08 April 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. See Pepys, Diary:, 9 April, for an account of Davenant's funeral on 9 April. Pepys, Diary: With Lord Brouncker to the Duke of York's playhouse, where we saw The Unfortunate Lovers, no extraordinary play, methinks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unfortunate Lovers

2730
14 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Pepys does not name the theatre in which he saw this play, but previous performances of the play were given by the King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To a play, Love's Cruelty.... Play part 2s. Oranges, 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Cruelty

2731
15 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, into a corner of the 18d. box, and there saw The Maid's Tragedy, a good play. Coach 1s.: play and oranges, 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maids Tragedy

2732
17 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: With Brouncker, to the King's house, and saw The Surprizall, where base singing, only Knepp, who come, after her song in the clouds, to me in the pit, and there, oranges, 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surprizal

2733
21 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: Took Mrs Turner out and carried her to the King's house, and saw The Indian Emperour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperour

2734
24 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's play-house, and there saw a piece of Beggar's Bush, which I have not seen some years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Bush

2735
25 April 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw Sir Martin Marr-all, which, the more I see, the more I like

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2736
27 April 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, and there saw most of The Cardinall, a good play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cardinal

2737
30 April 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw The Tempest, which still pleases me mightily

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

2738
01 May 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, and there saw The Surprizall: and a disorder in the pit by its raining in, from the cupola at top, it being a very foul day, and cold

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surprizal

2739
04 May 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house, and there saw The Impertinents again, and with less pleasure than before, it being but a very contemptible play, though there are many little witty expressions in it; and the pit did generally say that of it. Thence, going out, Mrs Pierce called me from the gallery

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sullen Lovers

2740
06 May 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: I back to the King's playhouse, and there saw The Virgin Martyr, and heard the musick that I like so well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virgin Martyr

2741
07 May 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I carried [Mercer and Mrs Turner] to the Duke of York's house, and there saw The Man's the Master, which proves, upon my seeing it again, a very good play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mans The Master

2742
14 May 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: I carried [Mercer and Mrs Gayet] to the King's house...and there saw The Country Captain, a very dull play, that did give us no content, and besides, little company there, which made it very unpleasing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Captain

2743
16 May 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, and there saw the best part of The Sea Voyage, where Knepp I see do her part of sorrow very well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage

2744
20 May 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. This play may also have been given on Tuesday 19 May. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, and saw The Mulberry-Garden again, and cannot be reconciled to it, but only to find here and there an independent sentence of wit, and that is all

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mulberry Garden

2745
22 May 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Duke of York's house to a play, and saw Sir Martin Marr-all, where the house is full; and though I have seen it, I think, ten times, yet the pleasure I have is yet as great as ever, and is undoubtedly the best comedy ever was wrote

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Feignd Innocence Or Sir Martin Marall

2746
03 June 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's house, and there saw good part of The Scornful Lady, and that done, would have taken out Knepp, but she was engaged

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

2747
19 June 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: By and by comes my wife and Deb. home, have been at the King's playhouse to-day, thinking to spy me there; and saw the new play, Evening Love, of Dryden's, which, though the world commends, she likes not. Evelyn, Diary: To a new play, with severeall of my Relations, the Evening Lover, a foolish plot, & very Prophane, so as it afflicted me to see how the stage was. degenerated & poluted by the licentious times

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Evenings Love

2748
24 June 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: With wife, Mercer, Deb., and W. Hewer to the Duke of York's playhouse, and there saw The Impertinents, a pretty good play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sullen Lovers Or The Impertinents

2749
27 June 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: My wife, and Deb., and I to the King's playhouse, and saw The Indian Queene, but do not doat upon Nan Marshall's acting therein, as the world talks of her excellence therein

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Queen

2750
06 July 1668 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: Here comes Harris, and first told us how Betterton is come again upon the stage: whereupon my wife and company to the [Duke's] house to see Henry the Fifth.... Thence I to the playhouse, and saw a piece of the play, and glad to see Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fifth