William Davenant Jr.

GPTKB entity

Properties (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:activeYears 1620s-1660s
gptkbp:affiliation Royalist
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:The_Duke's_Company
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane
gptkbp:birthDate 1606-1607
gptkbp:contribution Restoration theatre
Theatrical innovation
gptkbp:deathDate 1668-04-07
gptkbp:famousFor The first English opera
gptkbp:genre Drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Davenant Jr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Dryden
The English Restoration
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Shakespeare
gptkb:Ben_Jonson
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableEvent Establishing the first public theatre after the English Civil War
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Siege_of_Rhodes
gptkb:The_Tempest_(adaptation)
The Royal Merchant
The Man's the Master
The Playhouse to Be Let
The Fair Penitent
The_Cruelty_of_the_Spaniards_in_Peru
The_History_of_Sir_Francis_Drake
The_Love_and_Duty_of_a_King
The_Siege_of_Rhodes_(opera)
The_Siege_of_Rhodes_(revival)
The_Wits
gptkbp:occupation Playwright
gptkbp:parent gptkb:William_Davenant
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Davenant