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Portugal Street
Lincoln's Inn. (WC2) Named from the Queen of Charles II. Here stood Sir William Davenant's theatre, The Duke's," afterwards managed by Betterton and Congreve, and later acquired by Sir John Vanbrugh. Closed for some time, it was reopened by Rich, who produced pantomimes and The Beggar's Opera, which is said to have made "Gay rich and Rich gay." |
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