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The Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden, which operate under Letters Patent, or Charters, given by Charles II in 1662 to Thomas Killigrew for Drury Lane and Sir William ...

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in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance Length: 289 words
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in The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre (2) Length: 204 words
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in A Dictionary of Shakespeare Length: 89 words

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