Killigrew, Thomas, the elder
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Killigrew, Thomas, the elder (1612–83), was page to Charles I and groom of the bed-chamber and a favourite companion of Charles II. With
D'Avenant he held the monopoly of acting in Restoration London. He built a play-house on the site of the present Drury Lane Theatre in 1663. His most popular play,
The Parson's Wedding, a bawdy farcical comedy, was first performed 1640/1, printed in 1664.
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Warrior Women in the Plays of Cavendish and Killigrew.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...exiles, Margaret Cavendish and Thomas Killigrew. Similar in cultural position...political sympathies, Cavendish and Killigrew also wrote remarkably similar...nationhood. For both Cavendish and Killigrew, personal upheaval, civil war...
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The Lady K: cafe by day, tavern by night ; FOOD & TRAVEL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/22/2009; ; 692 words
; ...thinks that part of Lady Killigrew's appeal is the inconvenient...is on. Rosanne Daryl Thomas lives just a half-mile...fortuitously located," says Thomas. "It's like a psychological...calls him "captain"), Thomas says he did the best...area," he says. Lady Killigrew Cafe, 140 Greenfield...
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Generating Texts: The Progeny of Seventeenth-Century Prose.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...scathing comment on Thomas Killigrew's autobiographical...sexuality. Considering Killigrew's text and hero equally...bold stroke, since Killigrew, enjoying the advantages...rights to ownership; Thomas Southerne justifies...
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Charlie and the chocolate inventory: Alison Barnes has unearthed a transcription of the Privy Purse Accounts of Charles II that fills the gap for 1666, for which year the originals are now lost. They offer a fascinating glimpse of how the King liked to spend his time and his money.(FRONTLINE)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...So that, for example, in February 1668 he gave Thomas Killigrew 400 [pounds sterling] 'to buy habits for Cattiline...John Evelyn went to see on December 19th that year. Thomas Killigrew, manager of the King's Players, who acted at...
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Listed for closure
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 7/16/2008; 525 words
; ...Fowey Kenwyn Street, 32-35 Bosvigo Road, Truro Killigrew Street, 110 Killigrew Street, Falmouth Lelant, Fore Street Luckett...Penzance Nancledra, Oregon Cottage Newport, 53 St Thomas Road, Launceston Paul, Trungle, Penzance Pentire...
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A whisker from being capital city
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 2/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...of the great collegiate church of St Thomas at Glasney in 1265 by the then Bishop...stayed at Arwenack House - the home of the Killigrew family - he highlighted the need for...returning seafarers in the area. "Sir Peter Killigrew saw this potential and managed to move...
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"Fine word, legitimate!": toward a theatrical history of Romanticism.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...and 1662, Charles II established patents entitling Thomas Killigrew and William Davenant to what amounted to a monopoly over theatrical entertainment in London. (10) Killigrew had the Drury Lane Theatre built to house his King...
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From Flemish Flourishes to SoHo So What; How Anti-Fashion Never Changes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/28/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...dreadlocks, for example, are the sartorial descendants of Thomas Killigrew, who posed for Van Dyck in 1638 wearing slashed sleeves...were not just peacock vanity. They signified that Killigrew was in love. Van Dyck's paintings are filled with...
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'Rover' sends fun and games right over Woman's Will show enlivens local parks
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 7/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...based "The Rover" on a massive 10-act play by Thomas Killigrew, a friend of exiled Charles II. The original play...of ruined women in their wake. Behn's play kept Killigrew's juiciest bits and became a big hit that continued...
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Closure list ; The 48 closures include:-
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 9/24/2008; 577 words
; ...Fowey Kenwyn Street, 32-35 Bosvigo Road, Truro Killigrew Street, 110 Killigrew Street, Falmouth Lelant Fore, Street, Lelant...Cottage, Nancledra, Penzance Newport, 53 St Thomas Road, Launceston Paul, Trungle, Paul, Penzance...
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Thomas Killigrew
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thomas Killigrew , 1612-83, English dramatist and...chamberlain to the queen. Charles granted to Killigrew and to Sir William D'Avenant exclusive...theaters and to form companies of players. Killigrew was first to establish his company...
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Killigrew, Thomas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Killigrew, Thomas (1612–83...as a dramatist that Killigrew is important in the history...transferred to Covent Garden , Killigrew thus held the monopoly...x2013;95) and his son Thomas (1657–1719...
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Killigrew, Thomas, the younger
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Killigrew, Thomas, the younger (1657–1719), son of T. Killigrew the elder , and gentleman of the bedchamber to George II when prince of Wales. He was the author of Chit Chat , a comedy acted in 1719.
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Killigrew, Thomas, the elder
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Killigrew, Thomas, the elder (1612–83), was page to Charles I and groom of the bed-chamber and a favourite companion of Charles...
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Behn, Aphra (c. 1640–1689)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...been employed as wet nurse to Sir Thomas Culpepper, who may have provided...to have been recommended by Sir Thomas Killigrew, dramatist, theater manager...was forced to appeal directly to Killigrew and Charles II to preserve her...
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