Summary |
Venue(s) |
Troupe(s) |
People |
Date Happened |
Date Recorded |
Playhouses have two-penny galleries: Vox Graculi
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playhouse |
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From: 1623 |
From: 1623 |
Philip Henslowe receives a per diem for keeping beasts sent from the Duke of Savoy
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Henslowe, Philip; of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel I |
From: 1613 |
From: 1613 |
The inset view of London in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire' represents two theatres: most likely, the Globe and Bear Garden
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Bear Garden; Globe (I) |
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To: 1611 |
From: 1611 |
A lost ballad refers to a musical performance for the Queen by the St Paul's child bishop
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St Paul's (I) |
... |
... |
From: circa 1555 |
From: 1555 |
Ford and Dekker's 'The Fairy Knight' is licensed
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... |
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Dekker, Thomas; Ford, John; Herbert, John |
From: 11 June 1624 |
From: 11 June 1624 |
Exchequer, Crown vs William Henslowe and Jacob Meade: John Baxter deposes concerning the construction of the Hope
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Bear Garden; Hope |
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Alleyn, Edward; Baxter, John; Henslowe, Philip |
From: Summer 1613 |
From: 19 September 1620 To: 10 October 1620 |
Exchequer, Bishop of Winchester vs Jacob Meade and Edward Alleyn: Alleyn testifies that the Hope is still used as both a baiting-arena and a playhouse
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Bear Garden; Hope |
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Alleyn, Edward; Henslowe, Philip |
From: 18 May 1623 |
From: 18 May 1623 |
Sunn's 'The Protector' is licensed
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... |
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Herbert, Henry; Sunn, ––– |
From: 16 June 1624 |
From: 16 June 1624 |
Sir William Stuart acquits the Mastership of the King's Game to Henslowe and Alleyn
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Alleyn, Edward; Alleyn, John; Bradshaw, Jacinthe; Davies, Tyarman; Henslowe, Philip; Stuart, William; Stuart, James I; Taylor, Edward |
From: 28 November 1604 |
From: 28 November 1604 |
The Swan pays 9s 3d to the Overseers of the Poor of Paris Garden
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Swan |
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Dancer, Gyles; Payne, John; Williams, Henry |
From: 20 April 1615 |
From: 20 April 1615 |
A handwritten addendum to Stowe's 1631 Annals outlines the post-Civil War fate of London's theatres
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Blackfriars (II); Fortune (I); Fortune (II); Globe (II); Hope; Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court |
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Brend, Matthew; Godfrey, –––; Pride, Thomas; Walker, Thomas |
From: 1644 To: 1656 |
From: after 1656 |
Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn tally expenses for keeping the King's game
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Alleyn, Edward; Henslowe, Philip |
From: 29 September 1615 To: 29 September 1621 |
From: after 29 September 1621 |
The 'platt' of '2 Seven Deadly Sins' provides details of cast and staging
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... |
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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 |
Alleyn pays for the building of the second Fortune
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Fortune (II) |
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Alleyn, Edward |
From: 13 May 1622 |
From: 13 May 1622 |
Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees a play at the Blackfriars
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Blackfriars (II) |
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... |
From: 22 December 1631 |
From: 22 December 1631 |
Prestwick Easton requests dogs from the Bear Garden kennels
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Bear Garden |
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Easton, Prestwick; Willingham, George |
From: 22 April 1632 To: 2 May 1632 |
From: 22 April 1632 |
The new Fortune opens: Vox Graculi
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Fortune (II) |
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... |
From: by 1623 |
From: 1623 |
A two-word epitaph observes Richard Burbage's passing
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... |
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Burbage, Richard |
From: 1594 To: 1619 |
From: after 19 March 1619 |
The Commissioners for the Sewers order John Wardner and William Sellers to clean the common sewer
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Bear Garden; Globe (I) |
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Sellers, William; Wardner, John |
From: 5 December 1595 |
From: 5 December 1595 |
Earl of Bedford requests the return of mastiffs from Edward Alleyn
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Bear Garden; Paris Garden |
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Alleyn, Edward; Parkines, Edward; Russell, Edward |
From: 13 April 1612 |
From: 13 April 1612 |
The privy council advises London authorities to restrict playhouses and other venues when the plague threatens
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Bear Garden; Curtain; Rose; Swan; Theatre |
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From: 28 January 1593 |
From: 28 January 1593 |
William Longe sells the Curtain estate to Thomas Harberte
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Curtain |
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Harberte, Thomas; Hickes, Richard; Lanman, Henry; Longe, William; Longe, Maurice; Manne, Robert; Medley, Robert; Wilkins, Thomas; Wilkinson, Thomas |
... |
From: 18 March 1582 |
Requests, Savage vs Hickes and Honingborne: Richard Hickes replies
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Newington Butts |
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Hickes, Richard; Honingborne, Peter; Savage, Jerome |
From: 25 March 1576 To: May 1577 |
From: 10 May 1577 |
Thomas Burnaby lists animals held at the Bear Garden
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Bear Garden |
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Burnaby, Thomas; the bear, Tom Hunks; the bear, Harry of Tame; the bear, Harry of Warwicke; the bear, Jeremy; the bear, Sampson; the bear, Danyell; the bear, Bosse; the bear, Whitinge; the bear, Nan |
From: 15 December 1590 |
From: 15 December 1590 |
The induction of 'A Warning for Fair Women' reveals much about performance and staging
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playhouse |
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From: before 1599 |
From: 1599 |
Robert Heath entreats his bookseller not to advertise his book alongside Blackfriars playbills
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Blackfriars (II) |
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... |
To: 1650 |
From: 1650 |
'A Jovial Crew' is performed at the Cockpit
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Phoenix/Cockpit |
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... |
From: 1641 |
From: 1652 |
A play at a new playhouse argues that plays must be good since puritans do not like them
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Salisbury Court |
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Prynne, William |
From: before 1633 |
From: 1633 |
Chancery, Francis and Richard Langley vs Woodliffe: Browne seizes Boar's Head profits
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Boar's Head |
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Ayloff, –––; Browne, Robert (III); Langley, Richard; Langley, Francis |
From: 22 August 1601 To: 15 January 1602 |
From: 15 January 1602 |
Testimony from Bishop Bancroft's visitation offers insight into houses built on the cathedral grounds
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St Paul's (II) |
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Fenton, Richard |
From: 1598 To: 1599 |
From: 1598 To: 1599 |
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Henry Bett deposes
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Curtain; Theatre |
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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 |
Edward Alleyn's acting can make ill matter good: Nashe
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... |
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Alleyn, Edward |
From: 1592 |
From: 1592 |
The lower cloister and the shrouds are kept by the Master of the Choristers: John Howe, John Sharpe, and Zachary Alley
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St Paul's (II) |
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Alley, Zachary; Giles, Thomas; Haydon, –––; Howe, John; Sharpe, John |
From: circa 1599 |
From: circa 1599 |
Edward Alleyn baits before the King
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Alleyn, Edward; Stuart, James I |
From: 11 June 1622 |
From: 11 June 1622 |
John Chamberlain includes bear-baiting among Christmas entertainments at court
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Chamberlain, John; Winwood, Ralph |
From: 1602 |
From: 17 January 1603 |
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) |
... |
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From: circa 1581 To: circa 1596 |
From: 1628 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court orders the terms of the original arbitrament to be observed
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Theatre |
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Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Harris, –––; Hill, John; Scott, –––; Turner, Richard |
From: 13 November 1590 |
From: 13 November 1590 |
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
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Whitefriars |
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'out of the playhouse', Gerry; of Gerry, wife; –––, Francis |
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From: 29 September 1607 To: 30 September 1607 |
Requests, Burbage v Allen: May deposes
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Theatre |
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Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; May, Randolph; Peckham, Edmond; Richardes, Hugh; Stoughton, Robert |
From: 15 May 1600 |
From: 15 May 1600 |
Ralph Bowes (not John Dorington) is appointed Master of the Queen's Game
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Bowes, Ralph; Dorington, John |
From: 2 June 1573 |
From: 2 June 1573 |
Star Chamber, Samwell vs Langley et al: Owen Roberts deposes
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Boar's Head |
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Langley, Francis; Roberts, Owen; Samwell, Richard; Samwell, Richard |
From: 23 December 1599 To: 26 December 1599 |
From: 1 May 1600 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Hyde deposes
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Theatre |
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Brayne, John; Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Hyde, John; Jones, Henry; Prynne, John |
From: 21 February 1592 |
From: 21 February 1592 |
The Vestry of St. Saviour's records conflict over tithes with Francis Langley and others
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Paris Garden |
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Langley, Francis; Montagu, Henry; Walter, ––– |
From: 29 August 1600 |
From: 29 August 1600 |
Requests, Keysar v Burbage et al: The defendants name their witnesses
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Blackfriars (II); Whitefriars |
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Baxstead, William; Burbage, Cuthbert; Evans, Henry; Evans, –––; Field, Nathan; Hawkins, Margaret; Keysar, Robert; Marston, John; Ostler, William; Rosseter, Philip; Underwood, John |
From: 18 June 1611 |
From: 18 June 1611 |
Chancery, Samwell vs Woodliffe: Moxlay deposes
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Boar's Head |
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Moxlay, Nicholas; Samwell, Richard; Woodliffe, Oliver; Woodliffe, Susan |
From: 13 April 1598 |
From: 22 October 1600 |
Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Paunton submits his answer
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Blackfriars (II) |
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Evans, Henry; Hawkins, Margaret; Hawkins, Alexander; Kendall, Thomas; Rastell, William |
From: 22 July 1612 |
From: 22 July 1612 |
Star Chamber, Samwell vs Langley et al: The Woodliffes reply
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Boar's Head |
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Langley, Francis; Samwell, Richard; Woodliffe, Oliver; Woodliffe, Susan |
From: 13 April 1598 To: 10 April 1600 |
From: 10 May 1600 |
Thomas Dekker characterizes the sport of baiting as inhumane
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Bear Garden |
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the bear, Tom Hunks |
From: 1609 |
From: 1609 |
'England's Joy' was first acted at the Swan
|
Swan |
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Fennor, William |
From: circa November 1602 |
From: 1615 |
Lord Cobham buys a mansion house on the Blackfriars estate
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Blackfriars (I); Blackfriars (II) |
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Baker, John; Brooke, William; Brooke, William; Guildford, Jane; Hawby, John; Mildmay, Thomas; North, Edward; Southwell, Ry |
From: 29 August 1546 |
From: 29 August 1546 |