WES32106 Sir Thomas Killigrew (1612-83), c.1635 (oil) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641); The Trustees of the Weston Park Foundation, UK; (add.info.: Thomas Killigrew (7 February 1612 ??19 March 1683) was an English dramatist and theatre manager. He was a witty, dissolute figure at the court of King Charles II of England. Before the English Civil War, Killigrew wrote several plays?ragicomedies like Claracilla and The Prisoners, as well as his most popular play, The Parson\'s Wedding (1637 which has been criticized for its coarse humour. Along with Sir William Davenant, he was given a royal warrant to form a theatre company in 1660?t Gibbon\'s Tennis Court in Clare Market, with the new King\'s Company. ); Flemish, out of copyright.