Viewing Event Record: Daborne's 'The Poor Man's Comfort' is performed at the Cockpit

Abstract

The title-page to the 1655 quarto of Robert Daborne's 'The Poor Man's Comfort' claims it was acted at the Cockpit in Drury Lane with great applause.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1655 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
To: before 1618 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Date notes

Notes
Daborne seems to have left playwriting when he entered the clergy in 1618.

Venues

Name
Phoenix/Cockpit

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Event Type

  • performance
  • title-page claim