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3 giorni fa · When he received his patent in April 1662 Thomas Killigrew and his actors, known as the King's Company, were at a theatre in Vere Street, near Clare Market, but he was already building a new theatre in Brydges Street—the forerunner of, and occupying part of the site of the present Drury Lane Theatre—and in May 1663 he and his ...
24 mag 2024 · From a branch of this family, settled in Middlesex, sprung Thomas Killigrew, the celebrated wit of King Charles the Second's reign, Sir William Killigrew, Dr. Henry Killigrew, all dramatic writers, Mrs. Ann Killigrew the poetess, daughter of the latter, Admiral Killigrew, a celebrated naval officer in the reign of William III., and ...
1 giorno fa · On 21 August 1660 a royal grant under the privy signet authorized Thomas Killigrew and Sir William Davenant to build or hire two playhouses in London and to maintain two companies of actors to perform in them.
5 giorni fa · Thomas Killigrew, a Court buffoon, with a troop called the King's Men, opened a new theater in Drury Lane, Covent Garden in 1663. Sir William Davenant (rumored to be Shakespeare's illegitimate son) opened the long disused theater in Salisbury Court, the rebuilding of which commenced in 1660, on the site of the granary of Salisbury ...
23 mag 2024 · Sir William Davenant (baptised 3 March 1606 – 7 April 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English ...
9 mag 2024 · In 1668 Dryden agreed to write exclusively for Thomas Killigrew’s company at the rate of three plays a year and became a shareholder entitled to one-tenth of the profits. Although Dryden averaged only a play a year, the contract apparently was mutually profitable.
7 mag 2024 · 07-05-2024 01:50 PM. Ammon News - The Theatre Royal, built by the dramatist Thomas Killigrew for his company of actors and now commonly known as the Drury Lane Theatre, opened in London this day on May 7, 1663 and is the oldest English theatre still in use.
