The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
Thomas Killigrew
Standard Name: Killigrew, Thomas
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
---|---|---|
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
. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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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