Killigrew And Davenant: A Study Of Rivalry In The Age Of Restoration
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Colton Butcher
Trevin Cooper
Theatre History II
14 November 2014
Killigrew and Davenant: A Study of Rivalry in the Age of Restoration
“Look around. There are no enemies here. There’s just good, old fashioned rivalry.” –Bob Wells. Some experiences and emotions are the same no matter what country, race, or religion, we can find some way to connect with others. One of these is jealousy. We can understand how people can be jealous of one another because we were/are/will be jealous of someone somewhere down the road. Sometimes out of this jealousy can forge the idea of a rivalry. Now sometimes rivalry can destroy everything around it, but not necessarily all the time.
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Also when it came time for Killigrew to start his own company, he had first choice and of course picked all the older, wellknown, wellestablished actors because that would leave his rival all alone with the young, “unworthy” actors. So Killigrew established the King’s Men, which even sounded more prestigious than Davenant’s Duke’s Men. When the rivalry started
Killigrew basically had the setup to become the greater of the two. He would go on to have success, at first, but soon after he saw that Davenant was actually a worthy rival. And though
Killigrew was close to the King and even master of revels, he “was often in financial difficulties”
(Wilson, Edwin, and Goldfarb 234).
“Davenant and Killigrew have been described in recent years as a ‘pair of scheming adventurers’, and as having indulged in ‘bribery, skullduggery and force’ in their pursuit of monopoly” (Edmond 144). These two men were of the mindset of doing anything to get what they wanted. This made them great rivals, as they were matched in resolve if nothing else.
Colton Butcher
Trevin Cooper
Theatre History II
14 November 2014
Killigrew and Davenant: A Study of Rivalry in the Age of Restoration
“Look around. There are no enemies here. There’s just good, old fashioned rivalry.” –Bob Wells. Some experiences and emotions are the same no matter what country, race, or religion, we can find some way to connect with others. One of these is jealousy. We can understand how people can be jealous of one another because we were/are/will be jealous of someone somewhere down the road. Sometimes out of this jealousy can forge the idea of a rivalry. Now sometimes rivalry can destroy everything around it, but not necessarily all the time.
In a few cases rivalry can make bitter …show more content…
Also when it came time for Killigrew to start his own company, he had first choice and of course picked all the older, wellknown, wellestablished actors because that would leave his rival all alone with the young, “unworthy” actors. So Killigrew established the King’s Men, which even sounded more prestigious than Davenant’s Duke’s Men. When the rivalry started
Killigrew basically had the setup to become the greater of the two. He would go on to have success, at first, but soon after he saw that Davenant was actually a worthy rival. And though
Killigrew was close to the King and even master of revels, he “was often in financial difficulties”
(Wilson, Edwin, and Goldfarb 234).
“Davenant and Killigrew have been described in recent years as a ‘pair of scheming adventurers’, and as having indulged in ‘bribery, skullduggery and force’ in their pursuit of monopoly” (Edmond 144). These two men were of the mindset of doing anything to get what they wanted. This made them great rivals, as they were matched in resolve if nothing else.