Summary |
Venue(s) |
Troupe(s) |
People |
Date Happened |
Date Recorded |
Dulwich College petitions Lord Keeper regarding rent from tenants of the Fortune
|
Fortune (II) |
... |
Alleyn, Mathias; Alleyn, Thomas; Alleyn, Edward; Beale, John; Brome, George; Littleton, Edward |
From: 9 February 1640 |
From: 9 February 1640 |
The Fortune and Red Bull exchange companies
|
Fortune (II); Red Bull |
Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642); Red Bull Company (c1625-1642) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: April 1640 |
From: 1640 |
'Queen of Aragon' is performed at Whitehall by the Lord Chamberlain's family servants
|
... |
... |
Habington, William; Herbert, Henry; Herbert, Philip; of France, Henrietta Maria; Stuart, Charles I |
From: 9 April 1640 |
From: 9 April 1640 |
Hired men of Prince Charles' company are protected by law
|
... |
Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642) |
Earle, John; Honyman, Richard; Lancaster, Sylvester; Nore, Roger |
From: 25 April 1640 |
From: 25 April 1640 |
The Cockpit/Phoenix company is ordered to cease playing because they performed an unlicensed play
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Beeston's Boys |
Beeston, William; Stutville, George |
From: 1 May 1640 To: 2 May 1640 |
From: 3 May 1640 |
William Beeston, George Stuttville, and Michael Mohun are arrested for performing an unlicensed play
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Beeston's Boys |
Beeston, William; Mohun, Michael; Stutville, George |
From: 3 May 1640 |
From: 3 May 1640 |
William Beeston and his players are punished for the performance of an unlicensed play
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Beeston's Boys |
Beeston, William; Herbert, Philip |
From: Monday 4 May 1640 To: Thursday 7 May 1640 |
From: after Thursday 7 May 1640 |
Shirley's 'Rosanio, or Love's Victory' is licensed to the King's Men
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Herbert, Henry; Shirley, James |
From: 1 June 1640 |
undated |
William Davenant becomes director of the Phœnix company and playhouse
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Beeston's Boys |
Beeston, Elizabeth; d'Avenant, William |
From: 27 June 1640 |
From: 27 June 1640 |
The Privy Council orders playing companies, 'as also the Keepers of Paris Garden,' to shut down their houses and cease playing
|
Bear Garden; Blackfriars (II); Fortune (II); Globe (II); Hope; Phoenix/Cockpit; Red Bull; Salisbury Court |
Beeston's Boys; King's Men (1625-1642); Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
... |
From: 11 September 1640 |
From: 11 September 1640 |
The Lord Chamberlain's office issues a warrant in payment to the King's Men for performances at Court
|
Court |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Lowin, John; of France, Henrietta Maria; Stuart, Charles I; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph |
From: 10 November 1640 To: 22 February 1641 |
From: 20 March 1641 |
John Shank (III) is sworn into Prince Charles' Men
|
Fortune (II) |
Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642) |
Shank, John |
From: 17 December 1640 |
From: 17 December 1640 |
Plays at the Fortune and Red Bull spoil for action
|
Fortune (II); Red Bull |
... |
... |
From: before 1641 |
From: 1641 |
Royal company players are sworn Grooms of the Chamber and William Beeston resumes governorship of the Phoenix/Cockpit
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Beeston's Boys; Duke of York's Men (c1641-1642); King's Men (1625-1642); Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642); Queen Henrietta Maria's Men; Queen of Bohemia's Men |
Beeston, William; Bowes, –––; Carlell, Lodowick; Herbert, Henry; Stafford, Alexander; Taylor, Joseph; Wilson, George |
From: 1641 |
From: 1641 |
The Lord Chamberlain issues a warrant granting liveries to the King's Men
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Lowin, John; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph |
From: 1641 |
From: 20 March 1641 |
'A Jovial Crew' is performed at the Cockpit
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
... |
... |
From: 1641 |
From: 1652 |
A pamphlet imagines two actors lamenting the closing of the theatres during the plague
|
Blackfriars (II); Fortune (II); Salisbury Court |
... |
Cane, Andrew; Reade, Timothy |
From: before 1641 |
From: 1641 |
'The Chevaliers' is licensed to the Cockpit company
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Beeston's Boys |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 1641 |
From: 1641 |
'Mad for a Head' is licensed to the Red Bull Company
|
Red Bull |
Red Bull Company (c1625-1642) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 1641 |
From: 1641 |
'Youth's Figaries' is licensed to the Red Bull Company
|
Red Bull |
Red Bull Company (c1625-1642) |
Herbert, Henry; Jordan, Thomas |
From: 1641 |
From: 1641 |
Cavendish's 'The Variety' is licensed with reformations by Shirley
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Cavendish, William; Herbert, Henry; Shirley, James |
From: 1641 |
undated |
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men granted livery cloth
|
... |
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
Feilding, William; Perkins, Richard; Turner, Anthony |
From: 8 January 1641 |
From: 8 January 1641 |
The Lord Chamberlain's office issues Theophilus Bird a ticket of privilege, as one of the King's Men
|
Blackfriars (II) |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Bird, Theophilus |
From: 19 January 1641 |
From: 19 January 1641 |
The Lord Chamberlain's office issues a warrant for swearing in six members of the King's Men as grooms of the Chamber
|
Blackfriars (II) |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Allen, William; Bird, Theophilus; Bowyer, Michael ; Clarke, Hugh; Hammerton, Stephen; Robins, William |
From: 21 January 1641 |
From: 22 January 1641 |
Sir Simonds d'Ewes' parliamentary journal refers to another petition by the Blackfriars' inhabitants against the playhouse
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Pennington, Isaac; Windebank, Francis |
From: 26 February 1641 |
From: 26 February 1641 |
Shirley's 'The Politique Father' is licensed to the King's Men
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Herbert, Henry; Shirley, James |
From: 26 May 1641 |
undated |
'The Doge and the Dragon' is licensed for the Fortune company
|
Fortune (II) |
Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 23 June 1641 |
From: 23 June 1641 |
Lord Essex petitions the Stationers' Company on behalf of the King's Men to prevent the company's plays from being published
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Capell, Arthur |
From: 7 August 1641 |
From: 7 August 1641 |
Characters in a Restoration play reminisce about the old players
|
Blackfriars (II); Fortune (II); Globe (II) |
King's Men (1625-1642); Prince Charles' Men (1631-1642) |
Benfield, Robert; Fowler, Richard; Lowin, John; Pollard, Thomas; Smith, Mathew; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph; Worth, Ellis |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1664 |
Plays cost a shilling at Salisbury Court, two pence at the Fortune or Red Bull
|
Fortune (II); Red Bull; Salisbury Court |
... |
Goffe, Thomas |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1656 |
Plays performed at the Globe are more spectacular and popular than artful or witty
|
Globe (II) |
King's Men (1603-1625) |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1673 |
Plays produced at the Globe tend to be spectacular and bawdy
|
Blackfriars (II); Globe (II) |
... |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1653 |
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men perform 'King John and Matilda' at the Cockpit
|
Phoenix/Cockpit |
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1655 |
Players use prop food: 'The City Wit'
|
playhouse |
... |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1653 |
A bed is used onstage in 'The City Wit'
|
playhouse |
... |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1653 |
Written play titles may have been displayed to audiences: 'The City Wit'
|
playhouse |
... |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1653 |
Courtiers, gentlemen from the country and the Inns of Court, and citizens attend plays at Salisbury Court
|
playhouse |
... |
... |
From: before 1642 |
From: 1656 |
'Fatal Friendship' is licensed to the King's Men
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Burroughes, –––; Herbert, Henry |
From: 1642 |
undated |
Denham's 'The Sophy' is licensed to the King's Men
|
... |
King's Men (1625-1642) |
Denham, John; Herbert, Henry |
From: 1642 |
undated |
Requests, Trevell vs Woodford: The court judges
|
Whitefriars |
... |
Ashley, Sir Anthony; Smith, –––; Trevell, William; Trevell, Susan; Woodford, Thomas |
From: 11 June 1642 |
From: 11 June 1642 |
A report to the House of Commons recommends that all bear-baiting activities be curtailed
|
Bear Garden; Hope |
... |
Godfrey, –––; Whitaker, Laurence |
From: 12 December 1642 |
From: 12 December 1642 |
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 |
William Percy's Arabia Sitiens offers notes for performance at St Paul's
|
St Paul's (II) |
Children of Paul's (II) |
... |
From: 1646 To: 1647 |
From: 1646 To: 1647 |
Wenceslaus Hollar's 'Long View of London' offers images of the Globe and Bear Garden, with names interchanged
|
Bear Garden; Globe (I) |
... |
... |
From: 1647 |
From: 1647 |
Plays begin to be set up again; the Blackfriars is preparing to re-open
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
... |
From: 12 October 1647 |
From: 12 October 1647 |
Ben Jonson commends Richard Brome for having served his 'apprenticeship' as a playwright
|
Blackfriars (II); Globe (II) |
King's Men (1603-1625) |
Brome, Richard; Jonson, Benjamin |
From: 1652 |
From: 1652 |
The Blackfriars is deserted
|
Blackfriars (II) |
... |
Beaumont, Francis; Fletcher, John; Jonson, Benjamin; Shakespeare, William |
From: 1652 |
From: 1653 |
A property survey describes the decay of the Fortune theatre
|
Fortune (II) |
... |
Jerman, Edward; Tanner, John |
From: 18 July 1656 |
From: 18 July 1656 |
The Manor House at Paris Garden is known as 'Holland's Leaguer'
|
Paris Garden |
... |
... |
From: 20 April 1660 |
From: 20 April 1660 |
Justinian Pagett describes the performance of Shirley's 'The Triumphs of Peace' to his cousin Tremyll; the letter is a Collier forgery
|
Court; Inns of Court |
Gentlemen of the Inns of Court |
Herbert, Philip; of France, Henrietta Maria; Pagett, Justinian; Stuart, Charles I; Tremyll, 'cousin'; Vane, Henry |
From: 1831 |
undated |