Event Comment: The
King's Company. This performance is on the
L. C. list, 5@12, p. 17:
King here. See also
Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 344. See
Noyes,
Ben Jonson on the English Stage, p. 307, for a letter to
Lady Sunderland on this performance, and, p. 308, for an anecdote from
The Life of the Late Famous Comedian, Jo. Haynes, concerning
Haynes and
Hart in a scene. For another allusion to the action, see
Henri Ferneron,
Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (
London, 1807), p. 179n.
Pepys, Diary: 15 Jan. 1668@9: It is about my
Lady Harvy's being offended at
Doll Common's [
Mrs Corey's] acting of
Sempronia, to imitate her; for which she got my
Lord Chamberlain, her kinsman, to imprison Doll: when my
Lady Castlemayne made the King to release her.
Mrs John Evelyn to
Mr Terryll, 10 Feb. 1668@9: There has not been any new lately revived and reformed, as
Catiline, well set out with clothes and scenes (
Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, ed.
William Bray, IV, 14). See also 7 and 11 Dec. 1667
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Catiline's Conspiracy