Restoration Theater

Commonwealth Period

Period: Jan 1, 1649 to Jan 1, 1660

Nell Gwynn is born

Jan 1, 1650

The Siege of Rhodes

Jan 1, 1656

presented by William Davenant

Cromwell dies

Jan 1, 1658

Davenant and Killigrew get patents

Jan 1, 1660

King's Company and Duke's Company

Restoration

Period: Jan 2, 1660 to Jan 1, 1702

Lincoln's Inn Fields

Jan 1, 1661

converted tennis court

Drury Lane Version 1

Jan 1, 1663

Davenant and Killigrew have a monopoly

Jan 1, 1664

it's official

Nell Gwynn joins Killigrew's company

Jan 1, 1664

PLAGUE!

Jan 1, 1665

ew.

FIRE!

Jan 1, 1666

John Dryden named poet laureate

Jan 1, 1667

William Davenant dies

Jan 1, 1668

Nell Gwynne hooks up with King Charles II

Jan 1, 1669

Nell Gwynn retires

Jan 1, 1671

at 21!

Dorset Gardens

Jan 1, 1671

Drury Lane 1 burns down

Jan 1, 1672

ah!

Drury Lane Version 2 Opens

Jan 1, 1674

The Country Wife by William Wycherley

Jan 1, 1675

Written and Produced

Drury Lane closes

Jan 1, 1676

because Killigrew sucks at his job

The Rover by Aphra Behn

Feb 1, 1677

Davenant and Killigrew's companies combine

Jan 1, 1682

Drury Lane 2 Re-Opens

Jan 1, 1682

Thanks, Tom Betterton!

Betterton co-manages the new United Company

Jan 2, 1682

at Drury lane

Charles II succeeded by James II

Jan 1, 1685

Nell Gwynn dies

Jan 1, 1687

Mary II succeeds James II

Jan 1, 1688

Aphra Behn dies

Jan 1, 1689

The Female Wits jump into action

Jan 2, 1689

Betterton leads revolt and leaves Drury Lane

Jan 1, 1695

A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage

Jan 1, 1698

John Dryden dies

Jan 1, 1700

The Way of the World by William Congreve

Jan 1, 1700

Anne crowned as Queen of England

Jan 1, 1702

Betterton's company folds

Jan 1, 1704

Drury Lane 2 Closes

Jan 1, 1709

because Christopher Rich sucks at his job