Thomas Killigrew (7 February 1612 – 19 March 1683) was an English dramatist and theatre manager. He was a witty, dissolute figure at the court of King...
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of England Henry Killigrew (disambiguation), several people Sir Robert Killigrew (1580–1633), English courtier and MP Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683), dramatist...
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Arwenack (section Thomas Killigrew)
John Killigrew of Killigrew, by his wife Mary Poltesmore, daughter of Sir Richard Poltesmore, and was the first of the family to hold Arwenack. Thomas Killigrew...
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Thomas Killigrew, the younger (February 1657 – 1719) was an English dramatist. Killigrew was the son of Thomas Killigrew, by his second wife, Charlotte...
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born at Lothbury, London, the son of William Killigrew and his wife Margery (Mary) Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Middlesex. In January...
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spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre...
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favouring the work of Thomas Killigrew. Though Killigrew was not officially a jester, Samuel Pepys in his famous diary does call Killigrew "The King's fool...
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with music). The first theatre on the site was built at the behest of Thomas Killigrew in the early 1660s, when theatres were allowed to reopen during the...
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Cicilia and Clorinda (category Plays by Thomas Killigrew)
tragicomedy by Thomas Killigrew. The work was composed in Italy c. 1650–51, and first published in 1664. Like the majority of Killigrew's plays — stage...
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Anne Killigrew (1660–1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Born in London, she...
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