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Thomas Betterton (August 1635 – 28 April 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I, was born in London.[1]

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  1. 42 relations: Actor-manager, Alexander Pope, Anne Bracegirdle, Blackfriars Theatre, Charles I of England, Charles II of England, Cockpit Theatre, Dorset Garden Theatre, Drury Lane, Duke's Company, Elizabeth Barry, Gout, John Dryden, John Rhodes (17th century), Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Love and Honour (play), Love for Love, Mary Saunderson, Nahum Tate, Nicholas Rowe (writer), Paris, Pound sterling, Restoration comedy, Restoration spectacular, Richard Steele, Samuel Pepys, Squire Oldsapp, Stage Beauty, Tamerlane (play), The History of King Lear, The Maid's Tragedy, The Siege of Rhodes, Theophilus Cibber, Thomas Shadwell, Tom Wilkinson, Venice Preserv'd, Westminster Abbey, William Congreve, William Davenant, William Mountfort, William Shakespeare.

  2. 17th-century theatre managers

Actor-manager

An actor-manager is a leading actor who sets up their own permanent theatrical company and manages the business, sometimes taking over a theatre to perform select plays in which they usually star. Thomas Betterton and actor-manager are actor-managers.

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Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.

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Anne Bracegirdle

Anne Bracegirdle (possibly 167112 September 1748) was an English actress.

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Blackfriars Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre was the name given to two separate theatres located in the former Blackfriars Dominican priory in the City of London during the Renaissance.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Cockpit Theatre

The Cockpit was a theatre in London, operating from 1616 to around 1665.

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Dorset Garden Theatre

The Dorset Garden Theatre in London, built in 1671, was in its early years also known as the Duke of York's Theatre, or the Duke's Theatre.

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Drury Lane

Drury Lane is a street on the eastern boundary of the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn.

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Duke's Company

The Duke's Company was a theatre company chartered by King Charles II at the start of the Restoration era, 1660.

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Elizabeth Barry

Elizabeth Barry (1658 – 7 November 1713) was an English actress of the Restoration period.

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Gout

Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of pain in a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint, caused by the deposition of needle-like crystals of uric acid known as monosodium urate crystals.

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John Dryden

John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.

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John Rhodes (17th century)

John Rhodes (fl. 1624 – 1665) was a theatrical figure of the early and middle seventeenth century.

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Lincoln's Inn Fields

Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Love and Honour (play)

Love and Honour is a Restoration tragicomedy by English Renaissance theatre playwright Sir William Davenant which was produced at his playhouse Lisle's Tennis Court in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London for a 12-day run in October 1661 and which featured Thomas Betterton as Prince Alvaro and Hester Davenport as Evandra.

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Love for Love

Love for Love is a Restoration comedy written by English playwright William Congreve.

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Mary Saunderson

Mary Saunderson (1637–1712), later known as Mary Saunderson Betterton after her marriage to Thomas Betterton, was an actress and singer in England during the 1660s and 1690s.

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Nahum Tate

Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692.

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Nicholas Rowe (writer)

Nicholas Rowe (20 June 1674 – 6 December 1718) was an English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Restoration comedy

"Restoration comedy" is English comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710.

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Restoration spectacular

The Restoration spectacular was a type of theatre production of the late 17th-century Restoration period, defined by the amount of money, time, sets, and performers it required to be produced.

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Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele (– 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison.

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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator.

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Squire Oldsapp

Squire Oldsapp is a 1678 comedy play by the English writer Thomas D'Urfey.

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Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty is a 2004 romantic period drama directed by Richard Eyre.

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Tamerlane (play)

Tamerlane is a 1701 history play by the English writer Nicholas Rowe.

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The History of King Lear

The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

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The Maid's Tragedy

The Maid's Tragedy is a play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.

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The Siege of Rhodes

The Siege of Rhodes is an opera written to a text by the impresario William Davenant.

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Theophilus Cibber

Theophilus Cibber (25 or 26 November 1703 – October 1758) was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.

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Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell (– 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689.

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Tom Wilkinson

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 2023) was an English actor.

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Venice Preserv'd

Venice Preserv'd is an English Restoration play written by Thomas Otway, and the most significant tragedy of the English stage in the 1680s.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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William Congreve

William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician.

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William Davenant

Sir William Davenant (baptised 3 March 1606 – 7 April 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright.

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William Mountfort

William Mountfort (c. 1664 – 10 December 1692), English actor and dramatic writer, was the son of a Staffordshire gentleman. Thomas Betterton and William Mountfort are 17th-century English male actors.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Thomas Betterton and William Shakespeare are 17th-century English male actors.

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See also

17th-century theatre managers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Betterton

Also known as Betterton, Thomas.