Summary |
Venue(s) |
Troupe(s) |
People |
Date Happened |
Date Recorded |
A 'brabble' over the Theatre erupts during dinner at the lord mayor's residence
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Theatre |
... |
Cecil, William; Cordell, William; Fleetwood, William; Ramsay, Thomas; Wotton, John |
From: 5 October 1577 |
From: 6 October 1577 |
Multitudes flock to London's lewd playhouses
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Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; St Paul's (I); Theatre |
... |
... |
From: 3 November 1577 |
From: 1578 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for James and Cuthbert Burbage
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Theatre |
... |
Bett, Henry; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Harris, –––; Hill, John; Miles, Robert; Scott, –––; Turner, Richard |
From: 12 July 1578 To: 29 November 1590 |
From: 16 February 1591 |
The riverside environs of Paris Garden are dark and 'shadowed with trees'
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Paris Garden; Swan |
... |
Cecil, William; Fleetwood, William |
From: 13 July 1578 |
From: 13 July 1578 |
Fleetwood assures Burghley that playhouses are closed during the plague
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Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; St Paul's (I); Theatre |
... |
Cecil, William; Fleetwood, William |
From: 21 July 1578 |
From: 21 July 1578 |
Thomas Stone leases a portion of the old Bear Garden to Richard Ballard
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Bear Garden |
... |
Ballard, Richard; Stone, Thomas |
From: 21 August 1578 |
From: 21 August 1578 |
Edward Harvie plays his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
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Theatre |
... |
Blinkinsop, John; Calvert, Francis; Harvie, Edward; Smyth, Richard |
From: 25 August 1578 |
From: 25 August 1578 |
Certain players are banned from performing in Southwark
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Newington Butts |
... |
Bellingham, Edward; Forth, –––; Lewsey, Robert; Randolph, Barnard |
From: 10 November 1578 |
From: 10 November 1578 |
Only certain companies are permitted to play in London: Privy Council
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St Paul's (I) |
Children of the Chapel (III); Essex's Men; Leicester's Men; Sussex's Men (1568-1583); Warwick's Men |
Pype, Richard |
From: 24 December 1578 |
From: 24 December 1578 |
Warwick's Men perform at Richmond
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... |
Warwick's Men |
... |
From: 26 December 1578 |
From: 16 January 1579 |
The Theatre and Curtain are enemies to good manners
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Curtain; Theatre |
... |
... |
From: 1579 |
From: 1579 |
The Theatre and Curtain are enemies to good manners: Twyne
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Curtain; Theatre |
... |
... |
From: 1579 |
From: 1579 |
London's dissipated youth spends its Sundays at the Bear Garden
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Bear Garden |
... |
... |
From: before 1579 |
To: 1579 |
Plays and players are despicable, but there are some good plays at the Bel Savage, Bull, and Theatre: Gosson
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Bel Savage; Bull; Theatre |
... |
... |
From: 1579 |
From: 1579 |
Poorly paid players flout sumptuary laws: Gosson
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... |
... |
... |
From: 1579 |
From: 1579 |
Warwick's Men perform at Whitehall
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... |
Warwick's Men |
... |
From: 1 March 1579 |
From: 13 March 1579 |
Richard Fletcher plays his fencing scholar's prize at the Curtain
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Curtain |
... |
Fletcher, Richard; Kennard, Isaac; Noble, Thomas |
From: 25 August 1579 |
From: after 25 August 1579 |
Requests, Burbage v Allen: Hudson deposes
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Theatre |
... |
Allen, Giles; Baker, Philip; Bothan, William; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; Clerke, William; Ellam, Bryan; Griggs, John; Hudson, Richard; Osborne, Thomas; Richardes, Hugh; Stoughton, Robert |
From: 1580 To: 18 July 1586 |
From: 15 May 1600 |
Warwick's Men perform at Whitehall
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... |
Warwick's Men |
... |
From: 1 January 1580 |
From: 25 January 1580 |
Valentine Longe plays his fencing scholar's prize at the Curtain
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Curtain |
... |
Fletcher, Richard; Grene, Gregory; Longe, Valentine |
From: 3 February 1580 |
From: after 4 February 1580 |
Burbage and Brayne are indicted for illicit and violent assemblies at the Theatre
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Theatre |
... |
Brayne, John; Burbage, James |
From: 21 February 1580 |
From: 14 April 1580 |
The Theatre hosts unlawful assemblies
|
Theatre |
... |
Brayne, John; Bromley, Thomas; Burbage, James; Woodroffe, Nicholas |
From: 21 February 1580 |
From: 1580 |
An earthquake shakes the Theatre
|
Theatre |
... |
... |
From: 6 April 1580 |
From: 1606 |
The lord mayor complains of a disturbance at the Theatre
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Theatre |
... |
Bromley, Thomas; Woodroffe, Nicholas |
From: Sunday 6 April 1580 |
From: 12 April 1580 |
Disobedient players are to cease performing at Newington Butts
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Newington Butts |
... |
Branch, John; Bromley, Thomas; Cecil, William; Walsingham, Francis; Wilson, ––– |
From: 13 May 1580 |
From: 13 May 1580 |
The Lord Mayor of London asks Burghley to forbid plays at playhouse in the liberties and in the city
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Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; St Paul's (I) |
... |
Cecil, William; Woodroffe, Nicholas |
From: 17 June 1580 |
From: 17 June 1580 |
Richard Farrant's will stipulates that the Blackfriars lease should go to his wife, Anne Farrant
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Blackfriars (I) |
... |
Farrant, Richard; Farrant, Anne |
From: 30 November 1580 |
From: 1 March 1581 |
Anne Farrant pleads with William More for permission to sublet the Blackfriars property
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Blackfriars (I) |
... |
Farrant, Anne; More, William |
From: 25 December 1580 |
From: 25 December 1580 |
Leicester's Men perform at court
|
... |
Leicester's Men |
... |
From: 26 December 1580 |
From: 14 January 1581 |
Richard Rawlidge's "A monster late found out and discovered" refers to early London playhouses suppressed by the authorities
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Bel Savage; Bell; Bull; Cross Keys; St Paul's (I) |
... |
... |
From: circa 1581 To: circa 1596 |
From: 1628 |
The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
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Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; St Paul's (I); Theatre |
... |
Branch, John; Bromley, Thomas; Dudley, Ambrose; Dudley, Robert; Hatton, Christopher; Knollys, Francis; Radcliffe, Thomas; Russell, Francis; Sidney, Henry |
From: 10 July 1581 |
From: 10 July 1581 |
William Hunnis plans to use the Blackfriars as a performance space for the Children of the Chapel
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Blackfriars (I) |
Children of the Chapel (III) |
Bower, Richard; Edwards, Richard; Farrant, Richard; Hunnis, William; More, William; Sidney, Robert |
From: 19 September 1581 |
From: 19 September 1581 |
The Privy Council orders playhouses reopened following the plague
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Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; St Paul's (I); Theatre |
... |
Carey, Henry; Clinton, Edward Fiennes de; Croft, James; Dudley, Ambrose; Dudley, Robert; Fleetwood, William; Harvie, James; Hatton, Christopher; Radcliffe, Thomas |
From: 18 November 1581 |
From: 18 November 1581 |
The Blackfriars is one of the London playhouses where comedies are performed: Stephen Gosson
|
Blackfriars (I) |
... |
... |
From: 1582 |
From: 1582 |
Stephen Gosson refers to Cupid and Psyche as a play performed at St Paul's
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
... |
From: before 1582 |
From: 1582 |
Leases from 1582 and 1593 help to locate the Almonry House on the cathedral property
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St Paul's (I) |
... |
... |
From: 1582 To: 1593 |
From: 1582 To: 1593 |
A 'freemartin' performs at the Theatre (or a boy delivers a prologue)?
|
Theatre |
... |
Madox, Richard |
From: 22 February 1582 |
undated |
Sebastian Westcott makes his will
|
St Paul's (I) |
... |
Aundersone, John; Aundersone, Robert; Barsey, Thomas; Bluet, Thomas; Boult, John; Bowring, Baylie; Bowring, Nasyon; Bromeham, –––; Carleton, Nicholas; Clunye, Frydiswide; Cooper, Edward; Creake, Thomas; Evans, Henry; Farthing, Elizabeth; Gafford, William; Giles, Thomas; Good, –––; Good, –––; Goodinow, Jaqnet; Gregorye, Bowring; Huse, Richard; Knight, Robert; Kydd, Justynian; Kynborowghe, –––; Nycholles, Robert; Ore, John; Paris, Raphe; Paris, George; Phillips, Peter; Pole, –––; Redford, Bartholomew; Redford, Henry; Riche, Margaret; Shepard, –––; Smaley, –––; Southcott, –––; Sowthcote, –––; Sowthcote, –––; Thornley, John; Thornley?, Frances; Venge, Thomas; Walker, –––; Westcote, –––; Westcott, Sebastian; Westcott, Elizabeth; Westcott, George; Westcott, Andrew; Westcott, Roger; Westcott, Frances; Westcott, Robert; Westcott, William; [Wescott], Sebastian; –––, Richard; –––, Katheryn; –––, Alice |
From: 3 April 1582 To: 14 April 1582 |
From: 3 April 1582 To: 14 April 1582 |
The Privy Council asks the Lord Mayor of London to lift the ban on holiday evening playing, and to appoint a play censor
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Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; St Paul's (I) |
... |
Carey, Henry; Clinton, Edward Fiennes de; Croft, James; Dudley, Robert; Harvie, James; Radcliffe, Thomas |
From: 11 April 1582 |
From: 11 April 1582 |
The Lord Mayor protests the Privy Council's request to lift the ban on holiday evening plays
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Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; St Paul's (I) |
... |
Harvie, James |
From: 13 April 1582 |
From: 13 April 1582 |
Andrew Bello plays his fencing scholar's prize at the Curtain
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Curtain |
... |
Bello, Andrew; Blisse, Robert; Calvert, Francis |
From: 10 May 1582 |
From: after 10 May 1582 |
Robert Blisse plays his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
|
Theatre |
... |
Blisse, Robert; Longe, Valentine; Pratt, Thomas; Reyson, Alexander; Smyth, Richard |
From: 1 July 1582 |
From: after 1 July 1582 |
Andrew Bello plays his fencing provost's prize at the Curtain
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Curtain |
... |
Bello, Andrew; Blisse, Robert; Calvert, Francis; Longe, Valentine; Pratt, Thomas |
From: 5 July 1582 |
From: after 5 July 1582 |
John David is allowed to play his provost's prize at the Theatre
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Bull; Theatre |
... |
David, John; Dudley, John; Dudley, Robert |
From: 24 July 1582 |
From: 24 July 1582 |
Valentine Longe plays his fencing provost's prize at the Curtain
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Curtain |
... |
Bello, Andrew; Blisse, Robert; Devell, John; Grene, Gregory; Longe, Valentine |
From: 5 August 1582 |
From: after 5 August 1582 |
John Devell barely passes his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
|
Theatre |
... |
Bello, Andrew; Blisse, Robert; Devell, John; Harris, John; Joyner, William; Longe, Valentine; Mucklow, George; Otte, William; Pratt, Thomas |
From: before 10 August 1582 |
From: after 10 August 1582 |
John Harris plays his fencing provost's prize at the Curtain
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Curtain |
... |
Bello, Andrew; Blisse, Robert; Devell, John; Grene, Gregory; Harris, John; Longe, Valentine |
From: 2 September 1582 |
From: after 2 September 1582 |
Sir William More drafts his own version of the Farrant controversy
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Blackfriars (I) |
... |
de Vere, Edward; Evans, Henry; Farrant, Anne; Farrant, Richard; Hunnis, William; Lyly, John; More, William; Neville, Henry; Sutton, –––; Walsingham, Francis |
From: 1583 |
From: 1583 |
Common Pleas, Farrant vs Hunnis and Newman: Anne Farrant sues William Hunnis and John Newman for a 100l bond on the Blackfriars sub-lease
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Blackfriars (I) |
... |
Farrant, Anne; Hunnis, William; Newman, John |
From: 1583 |
From: 1583 |
The Theatre and Curtain are palaces of Venus: Stubbes
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Curtain; Theatre |
... |
Stubbes, Philip |
From: 1583 |
From: 1583 |