Thomas Killigrew

Standard Name: Killigrew, Thomas

Connections

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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, 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.
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.
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.

Timeline

21 August 1660: Charles II issued patents to Sir William...

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21 August 1660

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

8 November 1660: Thomas Killigrew left Davenant and opened...

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8 November 1660

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

7 May 1663: The King's Company (managed by Thomas Killigrew...

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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.

29-30 August 1663: The Lord Chamberlain ordered the arrest of...

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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 ).

25 January 1672: The theatre in Bridges Street, Drury Lane,...

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25 January 1672

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

26 March 1674: The King's Company opened at its new Drury...

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26 March 1674

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

9 September 1676: Charles Hart, Michael Mohun, Edward Kynaston,...

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9 September 1676

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

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