Parson's Wedding, The (Thomas Killigrew)

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N Terry F on Thu 4 Oct 2007, 10:23pm

“The Parson’s Wedding,…a pre-restoration play,…[and very popular during the Restoration] is a comedy of almost unexampled coarseness, a quality which the author had not found in his source, Calderon’s Dama Duende.” http://www.bartleby.com/218/0506.html
N Michael Robinson on Thu 4 Oct 2007, 10:31pm

According to L&M written circa 1640 and published first in a collected edition of 1664:-

Comedies, and tragedies. Written by Thomas Killigrew, Page of Honour to King Charles the First. And Groom of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles the Second.
London : printed [by John Macock] for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Anchor in the lower walk of the New-Exchange, 1664.
[4], 576, 80 p., [1] leaf of plates: port. ; 4⁰. Frontis. portrait (plate) of the author signed; W: Sheppard pinx: W: Faithorne sculp.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), K450

There is no copy in the Pepys’ library.