Children of the Queen's Revels

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Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.

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instanceOf English boy acting company
Jacobean theatre company
activeInPeriod early 17th century
alsoKnownAs Children of the Queen
Children of the Revels
artisticStyle complex and experimental dramaturgy
witty and satirical tone
associatedWith Whitefriars repertory
linked to: Whitefriars Theatre
audience court audiences
public London playgoers
basedInCity London
linked to: London, England
country Kingdom of England
genre innovative drama
satirical drama
historicalContext post-Elizabethan, early Jacobean era
knownFor performing works by leading Jacobean dramatists
satirical plays critical of court and society
languageOfPerformance Early Modern English
notablePlaywrightAssociated Ben Jonson
George Chapman
John Day
John Marston
Thomas Middleton
partOf tradition of English Renaissance boy companies
patron Anne of Denmark
performedAt Whitefriars Theatre
reputation fashionable and controversial company
status defunct theatre company
subjectOf scholarly studies of boy companies
theatricalTradition Jacobean theatre
typeOfOrganization professional acting company
typicalCastAgeRange boys and young adolescents
usedBoyActors true

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John Marston wroteFor Children of the Queen's Revels
Blackfriars Theatre associatedCompany Children of the Queen's Revels
Nathan Field memberOf Children of the Queen's Revels
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman theatricalCompanyAtFirstPerformance Children of the Queen’s Revels
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
John Day wroteFor Children of the Revels
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
John Day wroteFor Children of the Queen's Revels
The Malcontent theatreCompany Children of the Queen’s Revels
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
The Dutch Courtesan firstPerformedBy Children of the Queen's Revels
Children of the Queen's Revels alsoKnownAs Children of the Revels
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
The Knight of the Burning Pestle originalTheatreCompany Children of the Blackfriars
linked to: Children of the Queen's Revels
Children of Paul's contemporaneousWith Children of the Queen's Revels
subject linked to: Children of Paul’s