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Killigrew's bibliography. (This type of misdating is not unusual in the collections of the
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Killigrew had the office of the King's fool and jester, with privilege to mock and revile even the most prominent without penalty
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works, in the rewritten forms that were so popular at the time and so disparaged later. Two
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in 1660, Killigrew returned to
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published a collected edition of Killigrew's dramas, titled
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Thomas Killigrew and (possibly) Lord William Crofts by
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Keast, William R. (1950) "Killigrew's Use of Donne in
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were successful stage plays. Of his last three works,
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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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626:Robert (Roger) Killigrew (born 17 September 1663)
16:English dramatist and theatre manager (1612–1683)
324:...and Thomas Killigrew, as well as revivals of
194:, Killigrew followed Prince Charles (the future
877:17th-century English dramatists and playwrights
783:Thomas Killigrew, Cavalier Dramatist, 1612–1683
590:(16?? –1638) in 1636, a maid of honour to
576:Print of Thomas Killigrew, after a portrait by
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545:and reveals many allusions to Shakespeare.
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517:are heroic romances—but all three are
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227:Restoration
163:Before the
98:Nationality
861:Categories
776:References
503:Claricilla
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388:Claricilla
330:King's Men
314:Aphra Behn
196:Charles II
185:John Donne
173:Claracilla
90:Occupation
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143:Charles I
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552:to be a
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465:Florence
463:, 1651,
461:Clorinda
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655:Pandora
523:Thomaso
507:Thomaso
453:Cicilia
262:theatre
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