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Summary Venue(s) Troupe(s) People Date Happened Date Recorded
An epitaph on Richard Burbage celebrates him as a tragedian ... ... Burbage, Richard From: 1594 To: 1619 From: after 19 March 1619
Thomas Bowker writes to Edward Alleyn for a 'mastife whelpe' Bear Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Bowker, Thomas From: 9 June 1609 From: 19 June 1609
Star Chamber, Samwell vs Langley et al: Owen Roberts deposes Boar's Head ... Langley, Francis; Roberts, Owen; Samwell, Richard; Samwell, Richard From: 23 December 1599 To: 26 December 1599 From: 1 May 1600
Lord Chamberlain requests that justices of the peace in Chester and Lancaster apprehend the assailants of Henslowe's deputies Bear Garden ... Ashton, John; Barnes, Ralph; Brooke, Thomas; Dutton, Thomas; Henslowe, Philip; Howard, Thomas; Ireland, John; Latham, John; Marburie, Thomas; Massy, Richard; Penkith, Richard; Stanley, Edward From: 13 July 1613 From: 13 July 1613
Edward Alleyn -- 'Master of his Majesty's Beargarden' -- petitions Lord High Treasurer Cranfield for sums owed Bear Garden; Court ... Cranfield, Lionel; Philibert, Charles Emmanuel; Stanhope, John; Stuart, James I From: circa 1614 To: 1622 From: October 1622
George Wilson killed at Salisbury Court Salisbury Court ... Wilson, George From: 27 March 1634 From: 27 March 1634
Chancery, Hussey vs Kirke: John Best builds a tenement called the 'cockpit' Phoenix/Cockpit ... Best, John; Rhodes, John; Sherlocke, William From: 9 October 1609 From: 1647
Alleyn inherits the joint salary for Mastership of the Bears after Henslowe's death Bear Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Henslowe, Philip From: circa 1616 From: circa 1616
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
Thomas Needler purchases part of the Boar's Head Boar's Head ... Browne, Elizabeth; Florey, John; Lockdale, Robert; Needler, Thomas; Needler, John; Poley, John; Stamford, Robert From: 29 December 1621 From: 29 December 1621
The Swan pays 9s 3d to the Overseers of the Poor of Paris Garden Swan ... Dancer, Gyles; Payne, John; Williams, Henry From: 20 April 1615 From: 20 April 1615
Thomas Burnaby leases a tenement and Bear Garden property to Richard Reve Bear Garden ... Burnaby, Thomas; Napton, John; Reve, Richard From: 15 December 1590 From: 15 December 1590
Vestry of St. Saviour's sets Paris Garden tithes Paris Garden ... Langley, Francis From: 30 June 1597 From: 30 June 1597 To: 21 March 1597
Requests, Burbage v Allen: May deposes Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; May, Randolph; Peckham, Edmond; Richardes, Hugh; Stoughton, Robert From: 15 May 1600 From: 15 May 1600
A handwritten addendum to Stowe's 1631 Annals outlines the post-Civil War fate of London's theatres Blackfriars (II); Fortune (I); Fortune (II); Globe (II); Hope; Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court ... Brend, Matthew; Godfrey, –––; Pride, Thomas; Walker, Thomas From: 1644 To: 1656 From: after 1656
Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees 'a foolishe playe' at the Blackfriars Blackfriars (II) ... ... From: 25 November 1635 From: 25 November 1635
Requests, Burbage v Allen: Robert Vigerous deposes Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Breather, Arthur; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; Sammes, John; Vigerous, Robert From: 14 August 1600 From: 14 August 1600
The Duke of Buckingham entertains the King and Queen with plays at York House ... ... Mead, Joseph; of France, Henrietta Maria; Stuart, Charles I; Stuteville, Martin; Villiers, George From: Sunday November 1626 From: 11 November 1626
Gabriel Spencer and Robert Shaw are released from prison ... ... Shaw, Robert; Spencer, Gabriel From: 2 October 1597 From: 2 October 1597
Ralph Bowes (not John Dorington) is appointed Master of the Queen's Game Bear Garden; Court ... Bowes, Ralph; Dorington, John From: 2 June 1573 From: 2 June 1573
Testimony from Bishop Bancroft's visitation offers insight into houses built on the cathedral grounds St Paul's (II) ... Fenton, Richard From: 1598 To: 1599 From: 1598 To: 1599
The Theatre may have provided a stage for anti-Martinist plays Theatre ... ... From: circa 1589 From: circa 1589
Ford and Dekker's 'The Fairy Knight' is licensed ... ... Dekker, Thomas; Ford, John; Herbert, John From: 11 June 1624 From: 11 June 1624
John Chamberlain includes bear-baiting among Christmas entertainments at court Bear Garden; Court ... Chamberlain, John; Winwood, Ralph From: 1602 From: 17 January 1603
Chancery, William Beeston vs Earl of Dorset: Beeston states his case Salisbury Court ... Beeston, William; Blagrave, William; Gunnell, Richard; Sackville, Richard; Sackville, Edward From: 6 July 1629 From: 25 June 1658
Characters in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes' debate the appeal of bearbaiting Bear Garden; Hope ... ... From: 1638 From: 1640
The privy council stays the erection of Philip Rosseter's new playhouse until they have determined its fate Porter's Hall ... Coke, Edward; Jolles, John; Rosseter, Philip; Sanders, ––– From: 26 September 1615 From: 26 September 1615
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Hyde deposes Theatre ... Brayne, John; Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Hyde, John; Jones, Henry; Prynne, John From: 21 February 1592 From: 21 February 1592
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Henry Bett deposes Curtain; Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Ashebournham, –––; Bett, Henry; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Gardiner, –––; Miles, Robert; Noble, –––; Peckham, Edmond; Rumney, Thomas; Tomson, William; White, William From: before 30 September 1591 From: 30 September 1591
The Privy Council orders the playhouses shut down until 'after Bartholomew tide next ensuinge' Rose ... ... From: 7 May 1587 From: 7 May 1587
The Newington Butts playhouse is to be shut down Newington Butts ... Buck, Paul From: 6 July 1594 From: 6 July 1594
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court orders the terms of the original arbitrament to be observed Theatre ... Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Harris, –––; Hill, John; Scott, –––; Turner, Richard From: 13 November 1590 From: 13 November 1590
Exchequer, Crown vs William Henslowe and Jacob Meade: John Baxter deposes concerning the construction of the Hope Bear Garden; Hope ... Alleyn, Edward; Baxter, John; Henslowe, Philip From: Summer 1613 From: 19 September 1620 To: 10 October 1620
William Faunt requests a bear cub from Edward Alleyn Bear Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William From: 9 November From: 9 November
Swetnam compares his misogynist pamphlet to a bear-baiting ring Bear Garden; Hope ... ... From: 1615 From: 1617
'Alphonsus, King of Aragon' includes stage directions for Venus to be lowered from top of stage playhouse ... ... From: circa 1592 To: 1599 From: 1599
Edward Alleyn's acting can make ill matter good: Nashe ... ... Alleyn, Edward From: 1592 From: 1592
Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees a play at the Globe Globe (II) ... ... From: 18 June 1633 From: 18 June 1633
The St Saviour's token books refer to Francis Langley's new tenements 'neare the playhouse' Paris Garden; Swan ... ... From: 1602 From: 1602
The gentlemen of the Inns of Court present a masques for the King [Collier forgery?] Inns of Court ... ... From: 7 January 1613 From: 7 January 1613
Requests, Hunnis and Newman vs Farrant: Anne Farrant responds to Hunnis and Newman's complaint Blackfriars (I) ... Evans, Henry; Farrant, Anne; Hunnis, William; More, William; Newman, John From: 27 January 1584 From: 27 January 1584
John Taylor once knew a prompter who worked at the Globe Globe (II) ... Vincente, Thomas From: before 1638 From: 1638
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
Sir William Faunt writes to Edward Alleyn concerning bulls for Paris Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William undated undated
Five men are arrested for causing a 'notable outrage' at the Red Bull Red Bull ... Bruan, Edward; Fryne, John; Leigh, Robert; Purfett, Edward; Tedcastle, William; Williams, Thomas From: 29 May 1610 From: 3 July 1610
Comedies are performed about the Martin Marprelate controversy; Kemp wrote against Martin ... ... Kemp, William From: 1589 From: 22 July 1589
Ottaviano Lotti reports the closing of plays and baitings in response to plague deaths Bear Garden ... Lotti, Ottaviano From: 22 October 1605 From: 22 October 1605
Public playhouses present secular drama: Stow Curtain; Theatre ... ... undated From: 1598
Requests, Burbage v Allen: The court orders an injunction against Giles Allen Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Walter, John From: 10 April 1600 From: 10 April 1600
Leases from 1582 and 1593 help to locate the Almonry House on the cathedral property St Paul's (I) ... ... From: 1582 To: 1593 From: 1582 To: 1593


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