Summary |
Venue(s) |
Troupe(s) |
People |
Date Happened |
Date Recorded |
Arthur Langworth reminds Edward Alleyn of 'a wey to helpe' after the death of Ralph Bowes
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Bear Garden; Court |
... |
Alleyn, Edward; Bowes, Ralph; Howard, Charles; Langworth, Arthur |
To: June 1598 |
To: June 1598 |
Paul Hentzner describes the Bear Garden
|
Bear Garden |
... |
Hentzner, Paul |
To: 1598 |
From: 1629 |
Queen Anne's Men perform 'Nobody and Somebody'
|
... |
Queen Anne's Men |
... |
To: before 12 March 1606 |
From: after 12 March 1606 |
A letter from Henslowe and Alleyn records charges 'for the Beares meate'
|
Bear Garden |
... |
Alleyn, Edward; Goffe, Christopher; Henslowe, Philip |
To: circa June 1607 |
To: circa June 1607 |
A variant of the 1608 title-page of 'A Trick to Catch the Old One' claims the play was acted both at Paul's, the Blackfriars, and at Court
|
Blackfriars (II); Court; St Paul's (II) |
... |
Stuart, James I |
To: 1608 |
To: 1608 |
Prince Henry hosts a private display of lion-baiting at the Tower
|
Bear Garden; Court |
... |
Howard, Thomas; of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Fredrick Ulrich; Stuart, Henry Frederick; Stuart, Esmé |
To: 20 April 1610 |
From: before 1615 |
The inset view of London in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire' represents two theatres: most likely, the Globe and Bear Garden
|
Bear Garden; Globe (I) |
... |
... |
To: 1611 |
From: 1611 |
The Fortune and Red Bull provide wooing material for a clown
|
Fortune (I); Red Bull |
... |
... |
From: before To: 1615 |
From: 1615 |
People go to the Blackfriars to be seen
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
... |
To: 1616 |
From: 1631 |
Queen Anne's Men perform 'A Woman Killed with Kindness'
|
... |
Queen Anne's Men |
Heywood, Thomas |
To: by 1617 |
From: 1617 |
Daborne's 'The Poor Man's Comfort' is performed at the Cockpit
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
... |
... |
To: before 1618 |
From: 1655 |
'Match Me in London' is performed first at the Red Bull and then revived at the Cockpit/Phoenix
|
Phoenix/Cockpit; Red Bull |
... |
... |
To: before 8 November 1630 |
From: 1631 |
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The players address a further petition
|
Blackfriars (II); Globe (II) |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Benfield, Robert; Burbage, Cuthbert; Condell, Elizabeth; Lowin, John; Pollard, Thomas; Robinson, Richard; Robinson, Winifred; Shank, John; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph |
To: 1635 |
From: 1635 |
Ben Jonson never wrote the loud plays associated with the Red Bull
|
Red Bull |
... |
Jonson, Benjamin; Mayne, Jasper |
To: before 1637 |
From: 1638 |
'The Arcadian Shepherdess' is licensed for Salisbury Court
|
Salisbury Court |
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
Herbert, Henry |
To: 1638 |
To: 1638 |
'The Devil and the Collier,' parts 1 and 2 are licensed to Prince Charles' Men
|
Red Bull |
Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642) |
Herbert, Henry |
To: 1638 |
From: 1638 |
'Wallenstein, Duke of Fridland' is licensed to the Globe
|
Globe (II) |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Glapthorne, Henry; Herbert, Henry |
To: 1639 |
undated |
Robert Heath entreats his bookseller not to advertise his book alongside Blackfriars playbills
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
... |
To: 1650 |
From: 1650 |
Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
|
Rose |
Admiral's Men; Chamberlain's Men (1596-1603) |
Alleyn, Edward; Chapman, George; Chettle, Henry; Downton, Thomas; Henslowe, Philip; Heywood, Thomas; Juby, Edward; Porter, Henry; Shaw, Robert |
From: 4 January To: 31 March |
From: 4 January 1598 To: 31 March 1599 |
Leicester's Men perform at Richmond
|
... |
Leicester's Men |
... |
From: 4 January To: 1578 |
From: 16 January 1578 |
Henry Walker sells the Blackfriars estate to Shakespeare and his trustees
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Andrews, Robert; Atkinson, William; Bacon, Anne; Bacon, Matthew; Blackwell, William; Fortescue, John; Gardiner, James; Heminges, John; Ireland, William; Jackson, John; Johnson, William; Lawrence, Henry; Overy, Edward; Percy, Henry; Shakespeare, William; Walker, Henry |
From: 10 March To: 1613 |
From: 10 March 1613 |
The Swan pays £4 6s 8d to the Overseers of the Poor of Paris Garden
|
Swan |
... |
Austen, William; George, William; Kellocke, John; Wells, William |
From: 5 April To: 1611 |
From: 5 April 1611 |
James I's funeral procession includes the Master of the Bears, and 'Actors & Comedians'
|
Bear Garden; Court |
... |
Alleyn, Edward; Stuart, James I |
From: 17 May To: 1625 |
undated |
John Heminges accepts £30 on behalf of the King's Men for performances at Greenwich and Hampton Court
|
... |
King's Men (1603-1625) |
Heminges, John; of Denmark, Christian IV; Stuart, James I |
From: July To: August 1606 |
From: 18 October 1606 |
Thomas Giles is dead
|
St Paul's (II) |
Children of Paul's (II) |
Giles, Thomas |
From: 4 July To: 1600 |
From: 4 July 1600 |
Henslowe lends 40s to William Borne to pay for a play by 'Maxton' [Marston], a new playwright
|
Rose |
Admiral's Men |
Borne, William; Henslowe, Philip; Marston, John |
From: 28 September |
From: 28 September 1599 |
William Faunt requests a bear cub from Edward Alleyn
|
Bear Garden |
... |
Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William |
From: 9 November |
From: 9 November |
Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: The court dismisses the case
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Brooke, Christopher; Burbage, Richard; Kendall, Thomas; Kirkham, Edward; Rastell, William |
From: 14 November To: 1612 |
From: 14 November 1612 |
Requests, Burbage v Allen: Henry Johnson deposes again
|
Theatre |
... |
Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; Johnson, Henry |
From: 23 To: May 1600 |
From: 23 May 1600 |
The clergy and scholars of St Paul's petition the King to prevent 'unexpert People' from putting on a play
|
St Paul's (I) |
the Clergy and Scholars of St Paul's |
Plantaganet, Richard |
From: 1378 |
From: 1741 |
Players perform at Mile End
|
... |
Mile End Players |
... |
From: before 6 August 1501 |
From: 6 August 1501 |
An rental from 1526 describes the location of the almonry's southern tenement
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
... |
From: 1526 |
From: 1526 |
The Gentlemen of Gray's Inn perform a controversial play; Cardinal Wolsey objects
|
Inns of Court |
Gentlemen of Gray's Inn |
Rowe, John; Wolsey, Thomas |
From: 1526 |
From: 1550 |
William Spence sells Rose tenements to Henry Polsted
|
Bear Garden; Rose |
... |
Polsted, Henry; Spence, William; Symonds, Ralph |
From: 17 June 1537 |
From: 17 June 1537 |
Bishop of Winchester demises Barge, Bell, and Cock properties to William Payne
|
Bear Garden |
... |
Gardiner, Stephen; Payne, William |
From: 6 March 1540 |
From: 6 March 1540 |
Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, leases tenements named the Barge, the Bell, and the Cock to William Payne
|
Bear Garden; Rose |
... |
Gardiner, Stephen; Malthowse, John; Payne, William; Payne, Joan; White, John |
From: 6 March 1540 |
From: 1 August 1582 |
Lord Cobham buys a mansion house on the Blackfriars estate
|
Blackfriars (I); Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Baker, John; Brooke, William; Brooke, William; Guildford, Jane; Hawby, John; Mildmay, Thomas; North, Edward; Southwell, Ry |
From: 29 August 1546 |
From: 29 August 1546 |
Thomas Cawarden's lease on the Blackfriars provides details of the property
|
Blackfriars (I); Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Cheney, Thomas; Harper, –––; Kingston, –––; Morris, Christopher; Portinary, John |
From: 18 March 1548 |
From: 18 March 1548 |
Thomas Cawarden's land grant prompts a survey of the Blackfriars property
|
Blackfriars (I); Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Ager, Sir Anthony; Barne, John; Barnett, John; Brion, Francis; Brooke, George; Cawarden, Thomas; Cheney, Thomas; Griffith, Morris; Harper, –––; Hoby, Phillip; Holt, –––; Hosier, Peter; Kingston, –––; Kirkham, Robert; Losse, Hugh; Morris, Christopher; Patridge, –––; Portinary, John; Rochester, Archdeacon of; Sackfield, Richard; Southcote, –––; Walsingham, –––; –––, Francis |
From: 4 January 1549 |
From: 4 January 1549 |
Richard Dorrington is cited as 'Keeper of the King's Mastiffs'
|
Bear Garden; Court |
... |
Dorrington, Richard |
From: by 1552 |
From: 1552 |
John Allen leases the Beargarden property
|
Bear Garden |
... |
Allen, John |
From: 1552 |
From: 1552 |
The Children of Paul's perform at Hatfield House for Princess Elizabeth
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
Heywood, Thomas; Westcott, Sebastian |
From: 13 February 1552 |
From: 1 October 1551 To: 30 September 1552 |
George Ferrers, Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn, takes the office of Lord of Misrule at Christmas
|
Court; Inns of Court |
... |
Ferrers, George |
From: 1553 |
From: 1615 |
Sebastian Westcott is appointed Almoner of St Paul's
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
May, William; Redford, John; Westcott, Sebastian |
From: 1 February 1554 |
From: 1 February 1554 |
Sir Thomas Cawarden sells one of the Blackfriars tenements to Lord Cobham
|
Blackfriars (I); Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Brooke, George; Cawarden, Thomas; Cawarden, Elizabeth; Cheek, John; Ridge, Edward; Tudor, Mary |
From: 25 April 1554 |
From: 25 April 1554 |
A bear gets loose and bites a spectator
|
Bear Garden |
... |
... |
From: Sunday 9 December 1554 |
From: Sunday 9 December 1554 |
The Master of the Almonry receives 7d a week to provide for the choristers
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
Shaller, Michael; Westcott, Sebastian |
From: 25 December 1554 |
From: 25 December 1554 |
A lost ballad refers to a musical performance for the Queen by the St Paul's child bishop
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
... |
From: circa 1555 |
From: 1555 |
Watermen' fares across the Thames
|
Bear Garden; Blackfriars (I); Paris Garden |
... |
... |
From: circa 1555 |
From: circa To: 1555 |
Rakes lead a gull to Paris Garden
|
Bear Garden; Paris Garden |
... |
... |
From: circa 1555 |
From: circa 1555 |