Bear and the Cub, The

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Bear and the Cub, The (1655) a play, presumably by an American, which became a cause célèbre in 1665. One Edward Martin accused Cornelius Watkinson, Philip Howard, and William Darby of acting “a play commonly called the Bear and the Cub” in Accomac County, Virginia, on August 27 of that year. The men were ordered to appear in court “in the habiliments which they had acted in” and to repeat their performance. Martin's charge of public wickedness was dismissed and he was ordered to pay court costs. Nothing is known about the play itself, but, for want of more complete early records, Watkinson, Howard, and Darby must be considered the earliest American actors, although they were almost certainly amateurs.

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