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Thomas Killigrew

Standard Name: Killigrew, Thomas

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Dedications	Elizabeth Polwhele	Since it has prologue, epilogue, and cast-list, the play was evidently meant for performance; it was probably performed, though the sparse theatre records of this time bear no trace of it. Polwhele, Elizabeth. “Introduction: A ’Lost’ Play and its Context”. The Frolicks, edited by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 13-49. 36 The manuscript is...
Family and Intimate relationships	Anne Killigrew	Her uncles Thomas Killigrew and Sir William Killigrew were dramatists and men of the theatre. Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago, 1988. 299
Intertextuality and Influence	Aphra Behn	It is a re-working of Thomas Killigrew 's unacted, autobiographical Thomaso; or, The Wanderer, 1654. AB 's postscript admits some use of Killigrew while implicitly claiming more originality than the fact justified. Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997. 220-1 The...
Performance of text	Aphra Behn	AB 's greatest stage success, The Rover; or, The Banish't Cavaliers (adapted from Thomas Killigrew ), had its probable opening at Dorset Garden . The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.

Timeline

21 August 1660

Charles II issued patents to Sir William Davenant and Thomas Killigrew to open separate theatre companies in London.

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

1: 15

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

32

8 November 1660

Thomas Killigrew left Davenant and opened his own theatre company, the King's , at Gibbons' Tennis Court, Vere Street.

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

1: 15

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

32-3

7 May 1663

The King's Company (managed by Thomas Killigrew and formerly of Vere Street) opened at a new theatre in Bridges Street, Drury Lane.

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

1: 54

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

25 January 1672

The theatre in Bridges Street, Drury Lane, home of the King's Company (managed by Thomas Killigrew ), was destroyed by fire.

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

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