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Thomas Betterton

Standard Name: Betterton, Thomas

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Performance of text	Aphra Behn	The Counterfeit Bridegroom; or, The Defeated Widow, a comedy which is attributed to either Thomas Betterton or AB , opened at Dorset Garden . The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
Textual Production	Catharine Trotter	That is, it was played by a company denuded (by the actors' walkout of autumn 1694) of the talents of Betterton , Bracegirdle , and Barry , but invigorated a month or so earlier by...

Timeline

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

September 1691

Thomas Betterton changed his status at the United Company of actors from sharer to salaried performer, likely because of the instability of the company's finances.

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

1: 397

Autumn 1694

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.

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

1: 439

Autumn 1694

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.

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

1: 439

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.

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

1: 439, 443, 445, 446

Hume, Robert D. “Jeremy Collier and the Future of the London Theatre in 1698”. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Conference, Oxford, 3 Jan. 1998.

9 April 1705

Vanbrugh 's new Haymarket Theatre (at this date also known as both the Queen's Theatre and as the Opera House) opened with an anonymous Italian opera.

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

2: 75, 91

7 April 1709

On a benefit night for the septagenarian actor Thomas Betterton , he acted a role he had created, the young hero of Congreve 's Love for Love; Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle emerged from...

23 November 1709

Aaron Hill started as manager at Drury Lane Theatre and pursued a policy of rivalry with Thomas Betterton 's company at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket .

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

2: 197

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