Duke’s Company

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Duke’s Company was a prominent 17th-century English theatre company, originally granted a royal patent after the Restoration and known for staging many of the era’s leading plays and performers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English theatre company ⓘ
Restoration theatre company ⓘ
activeDuringPeriod English Restoration ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
alsoKnownAs The Duke of York’s Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolved 1682 ⓘ
employedActor Henry Harris ⓘ
Thomas Betterton ⓘ
William Smith ⓘ
employedActress Anne Gibbs ⓘ
Hester Davenport ⓘ
Mary Lee ⓘ
Mary Saunderson (Mary Betterton) ⓘ
founded 1660 ⓘ
foundedBy Sir William Davenant ⓘ
genre Restoration comedy ⓘ
Restoration tragedy ⓘ
musical drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
grantedByRoyalPatentOf Charles II of England ⓘ
hadRival King’s Company ⓘ
historicalSignificance major contributor to the development of Restoration drama and staging techniques ⓘ
introducedInnovation development of English opera ⓘ
use of complex stage machinery ⓘ
use of moveable scenery ⓘ
mainTheatre Dorset Garden Theatre ⓘ
Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre ⓘ
mergedInto United Company ⓘ
mergedWith King’s Company ⓘ
namedAfter James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York
notableManager Sir William Davenant ⓘ
Thomas Betterton ⓘ
operatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
performedAdaptationBy William Davenant ⓘ
performedWorkBy Aphra Behn ⓘ
George Etherege ⓘ
John Dryden ⓘ
Thomas Otway ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
William Wycherley ⓘ
premieredPlay The Empress of Morocco ⓘ
The Man of Mode ⓘ
The Orphan ⓘ
The Siege of Rhodes (revival and development as opera) ⓘ
The Soldier’s Fortune ⓘ
Venice Preserv’d ⓘ
successor United Company ⓘ
usedTheatreFrom Dorset Garden Theatre ⓘ
Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre ⓘ

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United Company → formedByMergerOf → Duke’s Company ⓘ
United Company → precededBy → Duke’s Company ⓘ
Restoration theatre → notableTheatreCompany → Duke's Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
King’s Company → hadRival → Duke’s Company ⓘ
Duke’s Company → alsoKnownAs → The Duke of York’s Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
Elizabeth Barry → memberOf → Duke's Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
Dorset Garden Theatre → operatedBy → Duke’s Company ⓘ
The Rover → performedBy → Duke's Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
The Dutch Lover → firstPerformedBy → Duke's Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
The City Heiress → firstPerformedAt → Duke's Company ⓘ
linked to: Duke’s Company
William Davenant → founded → Duke's Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir William Davenant
linked to: Duke’s Company
William Davenant → managed → Duke's Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir William Davenant
linked to: Duke’s Company