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Psyche Debauched
''Psyche Debauched'' is a 1675 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Duffett. It was first staged by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The original cast included Mary Corbett as King Andrew, Mary Knep as Nicholas, Edward Lydall as Apollo, John Coysh as Jeffrey, Martin Powell as Costard, John Wiltshire as Justice Crabb, Joseph Haines Joseph Haines (died 4 April 1701), also known as Jo Haines, was a 17th-century actor, singer, dancer, guitar player, fortune teller, and author. ''The Life of the Late Famous Comedian, Jo. Hayns'', possibly written by fellow player Tobias Thoma ... as None-so-fair, Thomas Clark as Woossat.Van Lennep p.235 References Bibliography * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960. 1675 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) * Physicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
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1675 Plays
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Thomas Clark (actor)
Thomas Clark 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 in London, from 1670 onwards.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.299-300 He was part of the group of actors who briefly left for Edinburgh in 1679 after a dispute with the management of the company. Selected roles * Drusillus in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Massina in ''Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Novell in ''The Plain Dealer'' by William Wycherley (1675) * Woossat in ''Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffett (1675) * Ovid in ''Gloriana'' by Nathaniel Lee (1676) * Hephestion in ''The Rival Queens'' by Nathaniel Lee (1677) * Dollabella in '' All for Love'' by John Dryden (1677) * Aldernold in ''King Edgar and Alfreda'' by Edward Ravenscroft (1677) * Swiftspur in ''The Man of Newmarket'' by Edward Howard (1678) * Franck in '' Trick for Trick'' by Thomas D'Urfey (1678) * Aquilius in ''Mithridates, King of Pontus'' by N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Haines
Joseph Haines (died 4 April 1701), also known as Jo Haines, was a 17th-century actor, singer, dancer, guitar player, fortune teller, and author. ''The Life of the Late Famous Comedian, Jo. Hayns'', possibly written by fellow player Tobias Thomas, "must contain some grains of truth, but is so riddled with fancy that one can scarcely sort them out", according to the ''Biographical Dictionary of Actors'' (Highfill, et al. 1973–93). Nothing certain is known of Haines' early life. He joined a troupe of strolling players in Cambridge in 1667, joined a company of young performers at the Hatton Garden "nursery" in London in 1668, and there caught the eye of Thomas Killigrew and was invited to join Killigrew's patent company, the King's Company. Haines soon became well known as a song-and-dance man, comedian, and eccentric. He was persistently dogged by debt and money problems, and was several times fired from the company for "ill & scandalous language & insolent carriage" by leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wiltshire (stage Actor)
John Wiltshire was an English stage actor of the Restoration Era. He joined the King's Company in 1675, before transferring to the rival Duke's Company in 1679 possibly as a replacement for Matthew Medbourne who was arrested in the Popish Plot and subsequently died in Newgate. From 1682 until his death he was part of the merged United Company. According to the autobiography of Colley Cibber he subsequently joined the English Army as captain and was killed in action fighting with William III's forces in Flanders during the Nine Years' War.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.181 His surname is also sometimes spelled as Wilshire. Selected roles * Justice Crabb in '' Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffet (1675) * Plush in '' The Country Innocence'' by John Leanerd (1677) * Thessalus in ''The Rival Queens'' by Nathaniel Lee (1677) * Oswold in '' King Edgar and Alfreda'' by Edward Ravenscroft (1677) * Another Roman Officer in '' Mithridates, King of Pontus'' by Nathaniel Lee (1678) * ... [...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 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lydall
Edward Lydall was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was a member of the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Wilson p.34 His first known performance was in 1668. He generally played supporting roles. His surname is sometimes written as Lidell. Selected roles * Don Melchor de Guzman in ''An Evening's Love'' by John Dryden (1668) * Valerius in ''Tyrannick Love'' by John Dryden (1669) * Statilius in '' The Roman Empress'' by William Joyner (1670) * Prince Abdalla in ''The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Signor Cassidoro in '' The Generous Enemies'' by John Corye (1671) * Argaleon in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1672) * Collins in '' Amboyna'' by John Dryden (1673) * Don Alonzo in '' The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffett (1673) * Piso in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Lelius in ''Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Apollo in '' Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffet (1675) * Loredano in '' Love in the Dark'' by Francis Fane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drury Lane. The building is the most recent in a line of four theatres which were built at the same location, the earliest of which dated back to 1663, making it the oldest theatre site in London still in use. According to the author Peter Thomson, for its first two centuries, Drury Lane could "reasonably have claimed to be London's leading theatre". For most of that time, it was one of a handful of patent theatres, granted monopoly rights to the production of "legitimate" drama in London (meaning spoken plays, rather than opera, dance, concerts, or plays with music). The first theatre on the site was built at the behest of Thomas Killigrew in the early 1660s, when theatres were allowed to reopen during the English Restoration. Initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Knep
Mary Knep (died 1681), also Knepp, Nepp, Knip, or Knipp, was an English actress and one of the first generation of female performers to appear on the public stage during the Restoration era. Acting career Knep was primarily a singer and dancer, but "developed into a first-rate actress". She began her career with the King's Company, which was under the management of Thomas Killigrew. She made her debut in the title role of Jonson's '' Epicene'' on 1 June 1664. Before this, she had been cast as Lucetta in Killigrew's 1664 planned production of his '' Thomaso'', with an all-female cast, but this had been cancelled before completion. Knep played major and minor roles in a range of productions of the 1660s and 1670s, including: * the Widow in Beaumont and Fletcher's '' The Scornful Lady'', 1666 * Guiomar in Fletcher Fletcher may refer to: People * Fletcher (occupation), a person who fletches arrows, the origin of the surname * Fletcher (singer) (born 1994), American ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Corbett
Mary Corbett 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. She appears to have left the company around the time of the merger creating the new United Company.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.486-487 Her name is sometimes written as Mary Corbet. Selected roles * Mrs Dainty Fidget in ''The Country Wife'' by William Wycherley (1675) * King Andrew in '' Psyche Debauched'' by Thomas Duffet (1675) * Melesinda in ''Aureng-zebe'' by John Dryden (1675) * Narcissa in ''Gloriana'' by Nathaniel Lee (1676) * Clevly in '' The Man of Newmarket'' by Edward Howard (1678) * Monima in '' Mithridates, King of Pontus'' by Nathaniel Lee (1678) * Sabina in '' Trick for Trick'' by Thomas D'Urfey (1678) * Gratiana in '' Sir Barnaby Whigg'' by Thomas D'Urfey (1681) * Countess of Nottingham in ''The Unhappy Favourite'' by John Banks John Banks or Bankes may refer to: Politics and law *Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet (162 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
