At the time her first play was produced DM
was said, perhaps not accurately, to be having an affair with Skipwith
, co-manager of Drury Lane
.
Manley, Delarivier. “Editorial Materials”. A Woman of No Character: An Autobiography of Mrs Manley, edited by Fidelis Morgan, Faber, 1986, p. various pages.
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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...