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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Duke’s Company canonical 2
Duke's Company 1

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

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United Company formedByMergerOf Duke’s Company
United Company precededBy Duke’s Company
Restoration theatre notableTheatreCompany Duke’s Company
this entity surface form: Duke's Company