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The Amorous Old Woman
''The Amorous Old Woman; Or, 'Tis Well If It Take'' is a 1674 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Duffet. It was originally staged by the King's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. It was part of the tradition of Restoration comedy. Given the number of younger actors in the cast, it may have been a lenten play. The original cast included William Beeston as Amante, Carey Perin as Cicco, John Coysh as Riccamare, Martin Powell (actor), Martin Powell as Furfante, Elizabeth Cox as Constantia, Elizabeth James as Arabella, Elizabeth Boutell as Clara and Katherine Corey as Strega.Van Lennep p.214 References Bibliography * Canfield, J. Douglas. ''Tricksters and Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy''. University Press of Kentucky, 2014. * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960. 1674 plays West End plays Plays by Thomas Duffet Restoration comedy {{17thC-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Duffet
Thomas Duffet ( fl. 1673 – 1676), or Duffett, was an Irish playwright and songwriter active in England in the 1670s. He is remembered for his popular songs and his burlesques of the serious plays of John Dryden, Thomas Shadwell, Elkanah Settle and Sir William Davenant. By profession, Duffet was a milliner who maintained a shop in the New Exchange in London. Virtually nothing is known of his life apart from his surviving works. A Thomas Duffet confessed to forgery in 1677 and this may have been the author. Duffet's plays show a close familiarity with the lower and criminal classes of London society, perhaps suggesting first-hand knowledge. Plays Duffet's dramatic canon is uncertain and in dispute among scholars and critics. Six plays are generally attributed to him with a fair degree of certainty: *'' The Spanish Rogue'', 1673 (printed 1674) * ''The Amorous Old Woman'', 1674 * '' The Mock Tempest, or the Enchanted Castle'', 1674 (1675) * ''The Empress of Morocco: a Farce'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coysh
John Coysh was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a member of the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He first headed a nursery of young actors at Hatton Garden, including the future star Sarah Cooke. He also led a travelling troupe of actors to provincial theatres around Britain. The playwright Elkanah Settle helped produced drolls for the group to perform. From 1671 he was an established performer at Drury Lane. However his career on the London stage appears to have ended with the creation of the merged United Company in 1682. Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p. 21 Selected roles * Muly Labas in '' The Empress of Morocco'' by Elkanah Settle (1673) * Mingo in '' The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffet (1673) * Plautus in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Riccamare in ''The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffet (1674) * Jeffrey in ''Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffet (1675) * Aristander in ''The Rival Queens'' by Nathaniel Lee (1677) * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1674 Plays
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Katherine Corey
Katherine Corey (fl. 1660 – 1692) was an English actress of the Restoration era, one of the first generation of female performers to appear on the public stage in Britain. Corey played with the King's Company and the United Company, and had one of the longest careers of any actress in her generation. In "The humble petition of Katherine Corey" (see below), she stated that she "was the first and is the last of all the actresses that were constituted by King Charles the Second at His Restauration." Correy started her career under her maiden name, Mitchell, but was Mrs. Corey by 1663. "Mrs Corey was a big woman with a gift for comedy. She was popular in a variety of roles, but especially in old women parts: scolding wives, mothers, governesses, waiting women, and bawds." In his Diary, Samuel Pepys, who admired Corey's talents, calls her "Doll Common" after her part in Ben Jonson's ''The Alchemist''. In her three decades on the stage, Corey played a wide range of roles; in revivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Boutell
Elizabeth Boutell (early 1650s?—1715), was a British actress. Life She joined, soon after its formation, the company at the Theatre Royal, subsequently known as Drury Lane, and was accordingly one of the first women to appear on the English stage. Her earliest recorded appearance took place presumably in 1663 or 1664, as Estifania in ''Rule a Wife and Have a Wife''. She joined the King's Company about 1670 and played many important roles in the 1670s, including Benzayda in John Dryden's '' The Conquest of Granada'' (December 1670 and January 1671), and probably Rosalinda in Nathaniel Lee's ''Sophonisba'' (3 April 1675). She "created" among other characters, Melantha in Dryden's '' Marriage à la mode'' (c. April 1672), Margery Pinchwife in William Wycherley's '' The Country Wife'' (12 January 1675), Cleopatra in Dryden's '' All for Love'', and Mrs. Termagant in Shadwell's '' The Squire of Alsatia''. Cibber somewhat curiously omits from his ''Apology'' all mention of her name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth James
Elizabeth James was an English stage actress of the seventeenth century. She was a member of the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Several of her known performances were in the premieres of work by John Dryden. She also featured in the debut of William Wycherley's '' The Country Wife'' in 1675. Her last known stage role was in 1676, although it appears she was still in the public eye more than a decade later.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.130-131 Selected roles * Damilcar in '' Tyrannick Love'' by John Dryden (1669) * Isabella in ''The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Alleria in '' The Generous Enemies'' by John Corye (1671) * Isabel in '' Love in a Wood'' by William Wycherley (1671) * Amalthea in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Sophronia in ''The Assignation'' by John Dryden (1672) * Julia in '' Amboyna'' by John Dryden (1673) * Arabella in ''The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffett (1674) * Bianca in '' Othello'' by William Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Cox
Elizabeth "Betty" Cox was an English stage actress of the seventeenth century. Life Her debut was in March 1671 when she acted Lydia in William Wycherley's '' Love in a Wood'', for the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans pp.17–18 She left the stage in 1675 but returned briefly in 1682. Selected roles * Lydia in '' Love in a Wood'' by William Wycherley (1671) * Violetta in ''The Assignation'' by John Dryden (1672) * Palmrya in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Octavia in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Constantia in ''The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffet (1674) * Desdemona in '' Othello'' by William Shakespeare (1675) * Panthea in ''A King and No King'' by John Fletcher (1675) * Indamora in ''Aureng-zebe'' by John Dryden (1675) *Sophonisba in ''Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Artemira in '' The Heir of Morocco'' by Elkanah Settle Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Powell (actor)
Martin Powell was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. Powell was a member of the King's Company from 1669 onwards at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. He was one of several actors who briefly left for Scotland in 1678 after a dispute with the management, before returning to Drury Lane. In 1682 he joined the merged United Company. Billed throughout his career as Mr. Powell, some of his later appearances can be confused with those of his son George Powell. In 1675 along with John Coysh he appeared in a private production of John Dryden's '' The Indian Emperour'' staged by the Duchess of Portsmouth and an otherwise amateur cast.Walkling p.78 Selected roles * Gomel in '' The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Larasco in '' The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffet (1673) * Furfante in ''The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffett (1674) * Mirmilon in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Proveditor in '' Love in the Dark'' by Francis Fane (1675) * Costard i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carey Perin
Carey Perin (occasionally written as Perrin) was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a long-standing member of the King's Company based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Wilson p.23 He then joined the merged United Company in 1682. His last known role was in Thomas Southerne's '' The Maid's Last Prayer''. Selected roles * Cicco in ''The Amorous Old Woman'' by Thomas Duffett (1674) * Meleager in ''The Rival Queens'' by Nathaniel Lee (1677) * Zannazarro in '' Wits Led by the Nose'' by William Chamberlayne (1677) * Plodwell in '' The Man of Newmarket'' by Edward Howard (1678) * Physician in '' Trick for Trick'' Thomas D'Urfey (1678) * Sir Geoffrey Jolt in '' The Rambling Justice'' by John Leanerd (1678) * Old Gentlewoman in '' The Country Innocence'' by John Leanerd (1678) * Benedick in '' Sir Barnaby Whigg'' by Thomas D'Urfey (1681) * Meroin in '' The Heir of Morocco'' by Elkanah Settle (1682) * Labienus in ''Constantine the Great'' by Nathaniel Lee (16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lisle's Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse during two periods, 1661–1674 and 1695–1705. During the early period, the theatre was called Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse, also known as The Duke's Playhouse, The New Theatre or The Opera. The building was demolished and replaced by a purpose-built theatre for a third period, 1714–1728. The tennis court theatre was the first public playhouse in London to feature the moveable scenery that would become a standard feature of Restoration theatres. Historical background The period beginning in England in 1642 and lasting until 1660 is known as the Interregnum, meaning "between kings." At this time, there was no monarch on the throne, and theatre was against the law. Spanning from 1642 to 1649, the English Civil War occurred. This war was an uprising against the current King of England, King Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beeston
William Beeston (1606? – 1682) was an English actor and theatre manager, the son and successor to the more famous Christopher Beeston. Early phase William was brought up in the theatrical world of his father; he became an actor, and also his father's assistant in managing the Cockpit and Red Bull theatres and their associated companies of actors, including the company of younger players colloquially known as Beeston's Boys. Upon his father's death in 1638, William Beeston inherited their theatrical enterprise – though he managed it with much less success than his father had. On 5 May 1640 he was thrown into the Marshalsea Prison for a Beeston's Boys' play, acted the day before, that gave offence to Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels. The play was most likely '' The Court Beggar'' by Richard Brome, which satirized several members of Queen Henrietta Maria's circle of favourites, including Sir John Suckling and Sir William Davenant (though Brome's '' The Queen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
