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Charles Macklin is born
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Period: to
18th Century Theater
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Dorset Gardens closes
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Denis Diderot is born
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Comedie Italienne gets Parisian patent
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First permanent theater in America
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David Garrick is born
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Beggar's Opera produced by John Rich
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John Rich opens Covent Garden
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Licensing Act in England
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Garrick becomes patent holder at Drury Lane
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Goethe is born
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Macklin's 'The Actor'
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Richard Sheridan is born
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Diderot's 'Discourse on Dramatic Poetry'
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John Rich dies
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Comedie Italienne gets monopoly on Comic Opera
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Period: to
Storm and Stress Movement in Germany
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Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer
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Diderot's 'The Paradox of Acting'
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Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville
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Sheridan's The Rivals
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Period: to
American Revolution
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Garrick retires from Drury Lane
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Richard Sheridan manages Drury Lane
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Haymarket Theatre given summer patent in England
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Sheridan's 'The School for Scandal'
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David Garrick dies
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Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro
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Denis Diderot dies
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First play written by an American-born playwright
The Contrast -
Period: to
French Revolution
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Goethe becomes director of Weimar Theatre
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Goethe becomes friends with Schiller
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Goethe gets good at his job
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Charles Macklin dies
