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Summary Venue(s) Troupe(s) People Date Happened Date Recorded
The Red Bull produces empty-headed comedies Red Bull ... Randolph, Thomas ... From: 1638
Ratsey advises a traveling player to go to London and perform 'Hamlet' ... ... Burbage, Richard undated From: circa 1606
Sir Henry Herbert lists the chief players at the Red Bull Red Bull Red Bull (Revels) Company (1619-c1623) Basse, Thomas; Blaney, John; Cumber, John; Lee, Robert; Perkins, Richard; Robbins, William; Worth, Ellis ... From: 1622
Chancery, Evans vs Kirkham: Evans states his case Blackfriars (II) ... Burbage, Richard; Egerton, Thomas; Evans, Henry; Hawkins, Alexander; Kendall, Thomas; Kirkham, Edward; Muskett, Sy:; Rastell, William; Tudor, Elizabeth ... From: 5 May 1612
Sebastian Westcott is found guilty of keeping plays St Paul's (I) ... Norton, –––; Nowell, Alexander; Westcott, Sebastian ... From: 8 December 1575
The millstream and pond neighbouring the prospective Swan site have a tendency to overflow Paris Garden; Swan ... ... ... ...
According to a holograph note in an early edition of 'A Game at Chess,' the players claimed to have taken in £1500 before the play was suppressed Globe (II) King's Men (1625-1642) ... undated undated
music at Paul's -- Duke of Stettin-Pomerania ... Children of the Chapel (IV) ... ... ...
A fencer wishes to play his provost's prize at the Bull Bull ... Blanke, Thomas; David, John; Dudley, Ambrose ... From: 1 July 1582
Chancery, Woodford vs Strood et al: Court documents provide details of the Whitefriars lease and ownership Whitefriars ... Hunt, Richard; Sheppard, Thomas; Strood, Thomas; Woodford, Thomas ... ...
The House of Commons committee reports back on the Blackfriars petition Blackfriars (II) ... Herbert, Philip; Rudyard, Benjamin; Stuart, Charles I ... From: 11 March 1626
William Browne the actor makes his will ... ... ... ... ...
Boar's Head converted to tenements Boar's Head ... Poley, John ... From: 23 June 1618
Public playhouses present secular drama: Stow Curtain; Theatre ... ... undated From: 1598
The register of Archbishop John Whitgift lists the choristers of St Paul's by name St Paul's (I) ... Buckeredge, Edward; Cuddington, Thomas; Jennynges, Giles; Meycocke, William; Taylor, John; Thaire, William; Weste, Thomas; Weste, Humphrey; Willson, Germaine ... From: 12 August 1594
A balladeer is robbed at the Red Bull Red Bull ... ... undated From: circa 1623
A chorister of St Paul's is kidnapped St Paul's (I) ... Cordell, William; Westcott, Sebastian; Wilson, Thomas ... From: 3 December 1575
An epigram on Dick Whittington may refer to the Fortune theatre Fortune (I) ... ... undated From: 1613
Samuel Rowley urges Philip Henslowe to pay authors of 'The Six Yeomen of the West' Fortune (I) Admiral's Men Day, John; Haughton, William; Henslowe, Philip; Rowley, Samuel undated undated
The manuscript play The Argument of Meleager is attributed to the Children of Paul's St Paul's (I) ... ... ... From: before 1588
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The ruling Blackfriars (II); Globe (II) King's Men (1625-1642) Benfield, Robert; Pollard, Thomas; Swanston, Elliard ... From: 12 July 1635
Rowland White to Sir Philip Sidney: Today the Queen is entertained by a French rope dancer, tomorrow by a baiting Bear Garden; Court ... Sidney, Philip; Tudor, Elizabeth; Whyte, Rowland ... ...
William Longe sells the Curtain estate to Thomas Harberte Curtain ... Harberte, Thomas; Hickes, Richard; Lanman, Henry; Longe, William; Longe, Maurice; Manne, Robert; Medley, Robert; Wilkins, Thomas; Wilkinson, Thomas ... From: 18 March 1582
The St Dunstan in the West parish registers record the death of 'Gerry, out of the playe howse in ye ffryers,' and his son and wife Whitefriars ... 'out of the playhouse', Gerry; of Gerry, wife; –––, Francis ... From: 29 September 1607 To: 30 September 1607
Requests, King's Men vs Brend: The King's Men present their interrogatories Globe (I); Globe (II) King's Men (1625-1642) Bodley, John; Brend, Matthew; Brend, Nicholas; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, Richard; Condell, Henry; Heminges, John; Robinson, Richard ... undated
Nathan Field seeks bail from Philip Henslowe Hope; Rose; Swan Lady Elizabeth's Men Field, Nathan; Henslowe, Philip undated undated
Theatres use bills to advertise playhouse ... ... ... From: 1577
The title-page of the 1607 edition of The Woman Hater claims the play has 'lately' been acted by 'the Children of Paul's' St Paul's (II) Children of Paul's (II) ... ... From: 1607
The printer's address to the reader in Lyly's Endymion suggests that St Paul's playhouse is closed St Paul's (I) ... ... ... From: 1591
The Phoenix auditorium is spherical Phoenix/Cockpit ... ... ... From: 1640
Boys go to playhouses to meet girls: Gosson playhouse ... ... undated From: 1582
Details from the St Paul's almonry leases offer insight into the layout of the buildings on the cathedral property St Paul's (I) ... Creeke, William ... From: 1578 To: 1583
Samuel Rowley urges Philip Henslowe to pay John Day and William Haughton Fortune (I) Admiral's Men Day, John; Haughton, William; Henslowe, Philip; Rowley, Samuel undated undated
The Privy Council forestalls the performance of a lewd play Boar's Head Inn Boar's Head Inn Players Curtis, Thomas ... From: 5 September 1557
'Jane Shore' is rewritten for the Worcester's Men at the Rose Rose Worcester's Men (1589-1603) Henslowe, Philip undated undated
Edward Alleyn petitions the Privy Council, Treasury for incomes, leases and fees related to the Mastership of the King's Game Bear Garden; Court ... Alleyn, Edward undated undated
John Lyly and Thomas Nashe reputedly write libellous plays ... ... Lyly, John; Nashe, Thomas ... From: 5 November 1589
The millpond at Paris Garden floods the surrounding houses, grounds and highways Paris Garden; Swan ... ... ... ...
The 'platt' of '2 Seven Deadly Sins' provides details of cast and staging ... ... Belt, Thomas; Bryan, George; Burbage, Richard; Cowley, Richard; Duke, John; Goodale, Thomas; Gough, Robert; Holland, John; Pallant, Robert; Phillips, Augustine; Pope, Thomas; Sincler, John; Slye, William undated undated
A French company is allowed to play at the Red Bull Red Bull French Players (c1635) ... ... From: 22 November 1629
Commissioners of the Sewers assess Francis Langley's share of maintenance at Paris Garden Paris Garden ... Langley, Francis ... ...
The Children of Paul's and the Children of the Chapel performed Alexander and Campaspe on Twelfth Night St Paul's (I) Children of the Chapel (III) ... ... From: 1584
Tidal water from the millpond at Paris Garden often overflows the groundwork and floodgates Paris Garden; Swan ... ... ... ...
King's Bench, Rastell and Kirkham vs Hawkins: Rastell and Kirkham state their case Blackfriars (I) ... Burbage, Richard; Burbage, James; Harborne, Simon; Hawkins, Alexander; Kendall, Thomas; Kirkham, Edward; More, William; Rastell, William; Robinson, John ... From: 1609
The St Paul's almonry appears for the first time in a cathedral lease St Paul's (I) ... ... ... From: 1564
Sir William Faunt writes to Edward Alleyn concerning bulls for Paris Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William undated undated
Secretary of the Duke of Najera reports on the sport of baiting in London Bear Garden ... de Gante, Pedro; de Lara, Manriquez To: 1543 From: 1543
A Spanish diplomat describes his visit to Paris Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... To: 1544 From: 1544
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: James Burbage states his case Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, Richard; Burbage, Alice; Burbage, Ellen; Burbage, Ellen; Gardiner, John; Hatton, Christopher; Miles, Robert; Morgan, Francis; Tomson, William From: Autumn To: 1588 From: Autumn 1588
Poems compared to bear-baiting: Hall Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: before To: 1597 From: 1597


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