Event Comment: The
United Company. The date of this revival is not precisely known but that it occurred in mid-March is indicated by
Luttrell's date of 21 March 1683@4 on his copy of the separately-printed
Prologue and Epilogue (
Bindley Collection,
William Andrews Clark@Jr@Library). It should be noted, however, that Friday 21 March is a Friday in
Lent, a day on which the companies sometimes did not act. The Prologue
and Epilogue are reprinted in
Wiley,
Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 202-6. When this play was advertised to be acted on 8 Nov. 1704, the bill bore the heading: "Not Acted these 20 Years."
Langbaine (
English Dramatic Poets, p. 37): This Play was reviv'd by the Players, since the Union of the Two Houses,
and reprinted in quarto Lond. 1684 with a new Prologue
and Epilogue, the former written by
Jo. Haynes the Comedian
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass
Performance Comment: Edition of 1684: Sir Phillip Luckless-Kynaston; Tridewell-Wilshire; Sir Paul Squelch-Lee; Bullfinch-Haines; Widgine-Gevon; Anvile-Griffen; Nonsense-Monfort; Pate-Lisle [Carlisle]; Beavis-Saunders; Howdee-Bright; Clark-Lowe; Mrs Fitchow-Mrs Barrey; Constance-Mrs Butler; Mrs Trainwell-Mrs Cory; Constance Holdup-Mrs Percivall; Prologue to the Northern Lass [by J. H. (Joseph Haines)]-; Epilogue-Mrs Butler.