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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Children of the Queen’s Revels | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English boy acting company
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Jacobean theatre company ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Children of the Queen
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Children of the Revels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
complex and experimental dramaturgy
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witty and satirical tone ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Whitefriars repertory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience |
court audiences
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public London playgoers ⓘ |
| basedInCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| genre |
innovative drama
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satirical drama ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Elizabethan, early Jacobean era ⓘ |
| knownFor |
performing works by leading Jacobean dramatists
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satirical plays critical of court and society ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlaywrightAssociated |
Ben Jonson
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George Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Day NERFINISHED ⓘ John Marston NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of English Renaissance boy companies ⓘ |
| patron | Anne of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedAt | Whitefriars Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation | fashionable and controversial company ⓘ |
| status | defunct theatre company ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly studies of boy companies ⓘ |
| theatricalTradition | Jacobean theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | professional acting company ⓘ |
| typicalCastAgeRange | boys and young adolescents ⓘ |
| usedBoyActors | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman
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theatricalCompanyAtFirstPerformance
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Children of the Queen's Revels
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this entity surface form:
Children of the Queen’s Revels