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An A2 Timeline of the London Stage Between 1660 and 1737 1660-61 1659-60 1661-62 1662-63 1663-64 1664-65 1665-66 1666-67 William Beeston The United Company The Duke’s Company The Duke’s Company The Duke’s Company @ Salisbury Court Sir William Davenant Sir William Davenant Sir William Davenant Sir William Davenant The Duke’s Company The Duke’s Company & Thomas Killigrew @ Salisbury Court @Lincoln’s Inn Fields @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields Sir William Davenant Sir William Davenant Rhodes’s Company @ The Cockpit, Drury Lane @ Red Bull Theatre @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields George Jolly John Rhodes @ Salisbury Court @ The Cockpit, Drury Lane @ The Cockpit, Drury Lane The King’s Company The King’s Company PLAGUE The King’s Company The King’s Company The King’s Company Thomas Killigrew Thomas Killigrew June 1665-October 1666 Anthony Turner Thomas Killigrew Thomas Killigrew Thomas Killigrew @ Vere Street Theatre @ Vere Street Theatre & Edward Shatterell @ Red Bull Theatre @ Bridges Street Theatre @ Bridges Street Theatre @ The Cockpit, Drury Lane @ Bridges Street Theatre, GREAT FIRE @ Red Bull Theatre Drury Lane (from 7/5/1663) The Red Bull Players The Nursery @ The Cockpit, Drury Lane September 1666 @ Red Bull Theatre George Jolly @ Hatton Garden 1676-77 1675-76 1674-75 1673-74 1672-73 1671-72 1670-71 1669-70 1668-69 1667-68 The Duke’s Company The Duke’s Company The Duke’s Company The Duke’s Company Thomas Betterton & William Henry Harrison and Thomas Henry Harrison & Thomas Sir William Davenant Smith for the Davenant Betterton for the Davenant Betterton for the Davenant @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields Family Family Family @ Dorset Garden @ Dorset Garden (from @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields The King’s Company 9/11/1672) Thomas Killigrew The King’s Company The King’s Company The King’s Company The King’s Company @ Bridges Street Theatre Thomas Killigrew with: Thomas Killigrew Thomas Killigrew Thomas Killigrew The Nursery The Nursery Charles Hart @ Drury Lane (from @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields @ Bridges Street Theatre 26/3/74) Thomas Killigrew? Thomas Killigrew? Michael Mohun 25th January: FIRE @ Vere Street Theatre @ Hatton Garden Edward Kynaston @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields [Unlicensed Company] William Cartwright John Perin @ Drury Lane @ Bunhill in Finsbury Fields William Davenant 1677-78 1678-79 1679-80 1680-81 1681-82 1682-83 1683-84 1684-85 1685-86 1686-87 1687-88 1688-89 The Duke’s Company Thomas REVOLUTION Thomas Betterton & William Killigrew GLORIOUS GLORIOUS LONDON Smith for the Davenant Ascension of James II Family The United Company Death of Charles II @ Dorset Garden Thomas Betterton & William Smith from 13/5/1682 @ Dorset Garden THEATRE The King’s Company @ Drury lane Nell IN DISPUTE Gwynn @ Drury Lane Prince of Orange’s Company The French Comedians Increased competition Foreign Company @ Windsor from foreign companies, booths and stalls during this period... 1660-1737 James Harriman-Smith 1688-89 1689-90 1690-91 1691-92 1692-93 1693-94 1694-95 1695-96 1696-97 1697-98 1698-99 1699-1700 1700-01 1701-02 1702-03 1703-04 1704-05 1705-06 1706-07 The United Company The United Company The United Company The United Company Rich’s Company REVOLUTION Thomas Betterton & William Smith William Smith & Sir Thomas Skipwith & [‘The Patentees’] GLORIOUS GLORIOUS William Smith FINANCIAL TROUBLE Thomas Betterton Christopher Rich Sir Thomas Skipwith & @ Dorset Garden @ Dorset Garden FINANCIAL TROUBLE (Financial malfeasance and Christopher Rich Ascension of Anne I flight of Alexander Davenant Death of William II @ Drury lane @ Drury lane @ Dorset Garden @ Dorset Garden to Canary Islands) @ Drury lane @ Drury lane @ Dorset Garden Betterton’s Company of Acts Union @ Drury lane Betterton’s Company [‘The Actors’] [‘The Actors’] Thomas Betterton & Death of Mary II Thomas Betterton & Elizabeth Barry & Elizabeth Barry & Anne Bracegirdle Anne Bracegirdle @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields @ Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket 1719-20 1718-19 1717-18 1716-17 1715-16 1714-15 1713-14 1712-13 1711-12 1710-11 1709-10 1708-09 1707-08 The Triumvirate The Triumvirate [The Drama] [The Drama] Rich’s Company United Company William Collier & William Collier & William Collier Owen Swiny Sir Thomas Skipwith & Sir Thomas Skipwith & Rich’s Company Robert Wilks, Colley Cibber, Robert Wilks, Colley Cibber, Robert Wilks Robert Wilks Christopher Rich Christopher Rich Barton Booth John Rich Barton Booth Colley Cibber Colley Cibber With Aaron Hill from @ Drury lane @ Drury Lane @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields (NEW) @ Drury Lane 23/11/1709 Thomas Doggett Thomas Doggett @ Drury lane @ Drury Lane @ Drury Lane [The Opera] @ Queen’s Theatre Betterton’s Company Royal Academy of Music [The Opera] [The Opera] Thomas Betterton Georg Friedrich Handel Owen Swiny William Collier @ Queen’s Theatre @ King’s Theatre @ Queen’s Theatre @ Queen’s Theatre Death of Anne I Ascension of George I [The Opera] Thomas Betterton @ Queen’s Theatre 1722-23 1723-24 1724-25 1725-26 1726-27 1727-28 1720-21 1721-22 George II 1728-29 1729-30 1730-31 1731-32 1732-33 George I The Triumvirate Rich’s Company William Collier & John Rich Aaron Hill’s Company New Company of English [Foreign Companies] Mme Violante’s Acrobatics New English Drama Henry Fielding Robert Wilks, Colley Cibber, [New Company] Comedians @ Covent Garden from Barton Booth @ New Haymarket @ New Haymarket @ New Haymarket @ New Haymarket @ New Haymarket Thomas Odell 7/12/1732 @ Drury Lane @ New Haymarket Anne @ Goodman’s Fields 1736-37 1736-37 1735-36 1734-35 Oldfield Mme Violante’s Acrobatics Rich’s Company Drury Lane Company Rebels Rejoin Drury Lane @ New Haymarket 1733-34 John Rich John Highmore John Highmore Theophilus Keene @ Drury Lane @ Drury Lane End of the Triumvirate Christopher Bullock John Highmore Rich’s Company Rich’s Company @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields @ Drury Lane John Rich John Rich @ Covent Garden @ Covent Garden Royal Academy of Theophilus Cibber’s Rebels Music Georg Friedrich Handel @ Goodman’s Fields Georg Friedrich @ Covent Garden Smith - Duke of Montagu’s Georg Friedrich Handel Georg Friedrich Handel Company The Opera of the Nobility @ King’s Theatre The Great Moghul’s @ King’s Theatre & Nicola Porpora ACT OF 1737 ACT Giffard’s Company Company James HarrimanJames The Opera of the Nobility French Comedians THE LICENSING @ King’s Theatre Henry Giffard Henry Fielding Nicola Porpora @ New Theatre in @ New Haymarket @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields [French Company] the Haymarket @ Lincoln’s Inn Fields (formerly @ Goodman’s @ New Haymarket Fields) .
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