Pepys on the Restoration StageYale University Press, 1916 - 353 páginas |
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¹ A comedy acted actors actresses admiration April August August 17 Beaumont Betterton Burt Cockpit D'Avenant D'Avenant's dance December December 11 Diarist Diary Downes Roscius Anglicanus drama Drury Lane Dryden Duchess Duke of York's Duke's house Duke's playhouse Duke's theatre English Evelyn February February 12 Fletcher Genest Gosnell Gwyn Harris Hart hath hear Henry Howard Ianthe James Shirley January John Jonson King King's company King's house King's playhouse King's theatre Knepp Knipp Kynaston Lacy Lacy's Langbaine Lord Love Lovers Macbeth Malone's Shakspeare March Marshall merry mightily mighty Mohun Moll musique Mustapha Nell Gwyn never November October Opera Pepys Pepys's performance pleased pretty Queen Red Bull Restoration Roxalana Salisbury Court says scenes September Siege of Rhodes Silent Woman singing Sir Robert Sir William stage tells Thence things Thomas Betterton Thomas Killigrew to-day tragedy tragi-comedy Wheatley Whitehall Whitehall Palace wife William D'Avenant York's house York's playhouse
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