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The Spanish Rogue
''The Spanish Rogue'' is a 1673 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Duffet. It was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by the King's Company. The original cast included William Harris as Don Fenise, Edward Lydall as Don Alonzo, Marmaduke Watson as Don Manuel, Martin Powell as Larasco, John Coysh as Mingo, Philip Griffin as Sanchez, Elizabeth Boutell as Alcinda, Katherine Corey as Teresa and Elizabeth Knepp as Leonella.Van Lennep p.204 References Bibliography * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960. 1673 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
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] |
1673 Plays
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Elizabeth Knepp
Elizabeth Knepp or Knipp (died 1681) was a British actress, singer, and dancer. The earliest theatrical reference to Knepp is from 1664, as being intended by Thomas Killigrew to play the part of Lusetta in his play ''Thomaso''. This means that she was probably in his troupe, the King's Company, by that time. From 1666 onwards she is recorded as playing many parts, both tragic and comic, including Lady Fidget in William Wycherley's ''The Country Wife''. In 1664, she became the first woman to perform the title role in Jonson's '' Epicoene''. She also occasionally spoke prologues and epilogues, and often danced and sang in or between acts. Knepp's husband was reputedly "ill-natured" and treated her badly. Samuel Pepys was fascinated by Knepp, and his diary for 1666—68 is full of references to her, including mentions of amorous encounters, and descriptions of how much he enjoyed her flirtatiousness and especially her singing. In the late 1670s she became mistress to the actor Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Griffin
Philip Griffin was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. He joined the King's Company at Drury Lane during the 1670s, and was later a member of the merged United Company from 1685. He was named as a manager at Drury Lane in 1695, but then took military service and was styled as Captain Griffin. In 1699 he went to act in Dublin as part of Joseph Ashbury's company at the Smock Alley Theatre, but was back in London where he acted until retired from the stage in 1707.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.369-71 Selected roles * Sanchez in '' The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffett (1673) * Laula in '' The Empress of Morocco'' by Thomas Duffett (1673) * Caligula's Ghost in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Menander in '' Sophonisba'' by Nathaniel Lee (1675) * Grimani in '' Love in the Dark'' by Francis Fane (1675) * Mecaenas in ''Gloriana'' by Nathaniel Lee (1676) * Vernish in ''The Plain Dealer'' by William Wycherley (1676) * Rash in '' The Coun ... [...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] |
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] |
Marmaduke Watson
Marmaduke Watson was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. Part of the King's Company based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, he was one of the actors who sided with Charles Killigrew during a dispute in the company in 1677. In 1682 when the United Company was formed he left and went to Dublin to join the Smock Alley Theatre. He later returned to London where his final known performances were with Thomas Betterton's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans pp. 300�–01. Selected roles * Bakam in ''The Island Princess'' by John Fletcher (1668) * Hamet in ''The Conquest of Granada'' by John Dryden (1670) * Hostilius in ''The Roman Empress'' by William Joyner (1670) * Eubulus in '' Marriage à la mode'' by John Dryden (1673) * Don Manuel in '' The Spanish Rogue'' by Thomas Duffett (1673) * Captain Middleton in '' Amboyna'' by John Dryden (1673) * Silvius in ''Nero'' by Nathaniel Lee (1674) * Montanto in ''Othello'' by William Shakespeare ... [...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] |
