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Duke's Company

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Performance of text	Elizabeth Polwhele	EP wrote her first surviving play, The Faithful Virgins, a rhyming tragedy, which was apparently performed by the Duke's Company at Lincoln's Inn Fields . It has been dated June 1663, but editors Milhous

Timeline

Late June 1661

Sir William Davenant 's theatre company, the Duke's , opened at a new theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, after some months at the Salisbury Court theatre.

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 15-16

Sutherland, James. English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century. Clarendon Press, 1969.

33

29-30 August 1663

The Lord Chamberlain ordered the arrest of all actors performing without affiliation with the two patent houses (the King's Company , managed by Thomas Killigrew , and the Duke's Company , managed by Sir William Davenant ).

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 53

9 November 1671

The Duke's Company (now managed by Lady Davenant ) opened a splendid new theatre in Dorset Garden, London.

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 185

26 March 1674

The King's Company opened at its new Drury Lane Theatre , in Drury Lane, still under the management of Thomas Killigrew .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 209; 5: 1361

9 September 1676

Charles Hart , Michael Mohun , Edward Kynaston , and William Cartwright were appointed by the Lord Chamberlain to manage Drury Lane Theatre .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 247

16 November 1682

The recently-formed United Company gave its first stage performance at Drury Lane Theatre .

The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

1: 299, 316

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