United Company

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Performance of text Aphra Behn
AB 's comedy The Luckey Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain was licensed; it had probably already opened at Drury Lane with the new United Company .
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.

Timeline

16 November 1682
The recently-formed United Company gave its first stage performance at Drury Lane Theatre .
23 October 1693
Alexander Davenant fled to the Canary Islands in order to escape arrest for mishandling the finances of the United Company (now London's only licensed theatre); joint managers Sir Thomas Skipwith and Christopher Rich were...
Autumn1694
Rebellion headed by the performers Thomas Betterton , Elizabeth Barry , and Anne Bracegirdle put an end to the United Company , which had been formed in 1682 with the merger of the two London theatres.
Autumn1694
Rebellion headed by the performers Thomas Betterton , Elizabeth Barry , and Anne Bracegirdle put an end to the United Company , which had been formed in 1682 with the merger of the two London theatres.
30 April 1695
Thomas Betterton , Elizabeth Barry , and Anne Bracegirdle gave the first performance of their breakaway Actors' Company , premiering Congreve 's Love for Love.