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3 unusual facts about United Company


J. Steven Griles

Prior to joining NES, he was Senior Vice President for Public, Environmental and Marketing Activities for the United Company.

United Company

In February 1685 the theatre was closed by the death of Charles II, and reopened in January 1688 under the patronage of James II.

The King's Company theatre, the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, was used mainly for plays, while the Duke's Dorset Garden Theatre was devoted to operas and spectaculars.


Elizabeth Barry

She worked in big, prestigious London theatre companies throughout her successful career: from 1675 in the Duke's Company, 1682 – 1695 in the monopoly United Company, and from 1695 onwards as a member of the actors' cooperative usually known as Betterton's Company, of which she was one of the original shareholders.


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