Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Christopher Rich
Standard Name: Rich, Christopher
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23 October 1693: Alexander Davenant fled to the Canary Islands...
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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...
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.
6 June 1709: Drury Lane Theatre (under Christopher Rich)...
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6 June 1709
Drury Lane Theatre
(under Christopher Rich
) was closed by the Lord Chamberlain for deducting too much in house charges from the full receipts.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 175
18 December 1714: A new theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields (built...
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18 December 1714
A new theatre
in Lincoln's Inn Fields (built by Christopher Rich
) opened under his son, John
.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
2: 327, 334
This is the first theatre season for which records are complete.