Children of the Queen's Revels

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Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.

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instanceOf English boy acting company ⓘ
Jacobean theatre company ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Children of the Queen ⓘ
Children of the Revels ⓘ
artisticStyle complex and experimental dramaturgy ⓘ
witty and satirical tone ⓘ
associatedWith Whitefriars repertory ⓘ
linked to: Whitefriars Theatre
audience court audiences ⓘ
public London playgoers ⓘ
basedInCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
genre innovative drama ⓘ
satirical drama ⓘ
historicalContext post-Elizabethan, early Jacobean era ⓘ
knownFor performing works by leading Jacobean dramatists ⓘ
satirical plays critical of court and society ⓘ
languageOfPerformance Early Modern English ⓘ
notablePlaywrightAssociated Ben Jonson ⓘ
George Chapman ⓘ
John Day ⓘ
John Marston ⓘ
Thomas Middleton ⓘ
partOf tradition of English Renaissance boy companies ⓘ
patron Anne of Denmark ⓘ
performedAt Whitefriars Theatre ⓘ
reputation fashionable and controversial company ⓘ
status defunct theatre company ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly studies of boy companies ⓘ
theatricalTradition Jacobean theatre ⓘ
typeOfOrganization professional acting company ⓘ
typicalCastAgeRange boys and young adolescents ⓘ
usedBoyActors true ⓘ

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John Marston → wroteFor → Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
Blackfriars Theatre → associatedCompany → Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
Nathan Field → memberOf → Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman → theatricalCompanyAtFirstPerformance → Children of the Queen’s Revels ⓘ
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
John Day → wroteFor → Children of the Revels ⓘ
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
John Day → wroteFor → Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
The Malcontent → theatreCompany → Children of the Queen’s Revels ⓘ
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
The Dutch Courtesan → firstPerformedBy → Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
Children of the Queen's Revels → alsoKnownAs → Children of the Revels ⓘ
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
The Knight of the Burning Pestle → originalTheatreCompany → Children of the Blackfriars ⓘ
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
Children of Paul's → contemporaneousWith → Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ
subject linked to: Children of Paul’s