"Apparently the King's Company had no strong, centralized management ... Of course Killigrew would have had trouble getting Mohun's troupe to accept the kind of absolute control Davenant was able to impose upon his fledglings. But squabbles over management and shares were to characterize the King's Company throughout its stormy career, and ultimately they led to its downfall".Milhous 1979, p. 12 Milhous, Judith (1979). Thomas Betterton and the Management of Lincoln's Inn Fields 1695–1708. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN978-0-8093-0906-1.
From the testimony of witness Thomas Arne, reported in 1847's Celebrated Trials of All Countries, and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence, J. Harding. p. 441 Google Books.
"Chapter IV. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: The Buildings"Archived 25 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, in Survey of London: Vol. 35, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1970), pp. 40–70. See also Leacroft (1973), p. 95; Kathleen Barker, The Theatre Royal Bristol, 1766–1966: Two Centuries of Stage History (Society for Theatre Research, 1976), 8; and Mark A. Howell, "Planning Provincial Theatres Under the 1737 Stage Licensing Act", Theatre Notebook 43 (1989), pp. 104–119.
'The Theatre Royal: Management', Survey of London: volume 35: The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1970), pp. 9–29. URL: "The Theatre Royal: Management | British History Online". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
The show transferred in 1950 to the Stoll Theatre to finish its long run. Ellacott, Vivyan. "London Musicals 1945–1949: Oklahoma!"(PDF). Over the Footlights. Archived(PDF) from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
Spiers, Theatres, citing Thomas, David (1989). Restoration and Georgian England 1660–1788 (Theatre in Europe: A Documentary History). Cambridge University Press. p. 66.
"Chapter IV. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: The Buildings"Archived 25 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, in Survey of London: Vol. 35, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1970), pp. 40–70. See also Leacroft (1973), p. 95; Kathleen Barker, The Theatre Royal Bristol, 1766–1966: Two Centuries of Stage History (Society for Theatre Research, 1976), 8; and Mark A. Howell, "Planning Provincial Theatres Under the 1737 Stage Licensing Act", Theatre Notebook 43 (1989), pp. 104–119.
'The Theatre Royal: Management', Survey of London: volume 35: The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1970), pp. 9–29. URL: "The Theatre Royal: Management | British History Online". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
The show transferred in 1950 to the Stoll Theatre to finish its long run. Ellacott, Vivyan. "London Musicals 1945–1949: Oklahoma!"(PDF). Over the Footlights. Archived(PDF) from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
Pepys' 19 March 1666 s:Diary of Samuel Pepys/1666/March#19th describes a visit to the play house during the renovations, noting "God knows when they will begin to act again." For the royal order closing the playhouses see Latham & Matthews 'Diary of Samuel Pepys,' vol vii (1666), p. 76 note 5.
