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Summary Venue(s) Troupe(s) People Date Happened Date Recorded
Queen's Men are formed; Tarlton and Wilson are founding players ... Queen's Men Tarlton, Richard; Walsingham, Francis; Wilson, Robert From: 1583 From: 1615
Holinshed describes the collapse of Beargarden scaffolds Bear Garden ... ... From: 1583 From: 1587
The abuse of bear baiting merits a chapter in Philip Stubbes' 'Anatomy' Bear Garden ... ... From: 1583 From: 1583
Fleetwood writes of the collapse of the Bear Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... Fleetwood, William From: 13 January 1583 From: 19 January 1583
The Lord Mayor of London writes to Burghley about the collapse of the Bear Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... Blanke, Thomas; Cecil, William From: 13 January 1583 From: 14 January 1583
The Lord High Treasurer writes to the Lord Mayor about Sunday performances Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; Paris Garden; St Paul's (I); Theatre ... Blanke, Thomas; Cecil, William From: 13 January 1583 From: 15 January 1583
The Bear Garden collapses: Stow (1615) Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: 13 January 1583 From: 1615
The Theatre and Curtain destroy the body and soul: Field Bear Garden; Curtain; Paris Garden; Theatre ... ... From: 13 January 1583 From: 17 January 1583
Audience members are injured and killed when parts of Paris Garden collapse during a Sunday bear-baiting Bear Garden; Curtain; Paris Garden; Theatre ... Burton, John; Cockram, William; Garland, –––; Harrison, Marie; Harrison, John; Mason, Mathew; Peace, Thomas; Spencer, Adam; Tasker, Robert; White, Alice From: 13 January 1583 From: 17 January 1583
Flags and trumpets announce performances: Field playhouse ... ... From: 13 January 1583 From: 17 January 1583
The Bear Garden collapses: Stowe (1631) Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: 13 January 1583 From: 1631
The title-page of John Field's 'A Godly Exhortation' advertises the tragedy at Paris Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: 13 January 1583 From: 17 January 1583
Leicester's Men perform at court ... Leicester's Men ... From: 10 February 1583 From: 17 February 1583
John Norris plays his fencing scholar's prize at the Theatre Theatre ... Norris, John; Smyth, Richard From: 22 April 1583 From: after 22 April 1583
The lord mayor of London asks a Middlesex justice to forbid a fencing match at the Theatre Bear Garden; Paris Garden; Theatre ... Blanke, Thomas; Young, Richard From: 27 April 1583 From: 27 April 1583
Alexander Reyson plays his fencing master's prize at the Curtain Curtain ... Calvert, Francis; Goodwen, John; Joyner, William; Kennard, Isaac; Mathewes, William; Reyson, Alexander From: 30 April 1583 From: 30 April 1583
The lord mayor of London asks Walsingham to forbid plays at playhouses in the liberties because of plague Bear Garden; Curtain; Newington Butts; Theatre ... Blanke, Thomas; Walsingham, Francis From: 3 May 1583 From: 3 May To: 1583
The Lord Mayor of London writes to the Privy Council concerning the restraint of spectacles Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Blackfriars (I); Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; Paris Garden; St Paul's (I); Theatre ... Blanke, Thomas From: 3 July 1583 From: 3 July 1583
Requests, Hunnis and Newman vs Farrant: Hunnis and Newman countersue Anne Farrant Blackfriars (I) ... Farrant, Anne; Hunnis, William; Newman, John From: 20 January 1584 From: 20 January 1584
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
Thomas Giles is licensed to impress boys for the choir of St Paul's St Paul's (I) ... Giles, Thomas From: 26 April 1584 From: 26 April 1584
Thomas Giles is appointed Master of the Choristers St Paul's (I) ... Giles, Thomas From: 22 May 1584 From: 22 May 1584
Requests, Hunnis and Newman vs Farrant: William Hunnis and John Newman reply to Anne Farrant Blackfriars (I) ... Farrant, Anne; Hunnis, William; Newman, John From: 27 May 1584 From: 27 May 1584
The lord mayor asks the privy council to pull down the Theatre and Curtain but Burbage resists; violence at the Theatre Curtain; Theatre Arundel's Men; Queen's Men Browne, –––; Burbage, James; Carey, Henry; Cecil, William; Challes, –––; Fleetwood, William; Hatton, Christopher; Howard, Charles; Howard, Philip; Young, John From: 10 June 1584 To: 18 June 1584 From: 18 June 1584
Requests, Hunnis and Newman vs Farrant: William Hunnis and John Newman must meet with their counsel to discuss Anne Farrant's charges Blackfriars (I) ... Farrant, Anne; Hunnis, William; Newman, John From: 23 June 1584 From: 23 June 1584
Queen's Men petition the Privy Council for license to play within London Bel Savage; Bell; Bull; Cross Keys Queen's Men ... From: circa November 1584 From: circa November 1584
The Queen's Men perform at Greenwich ... Queen's Men ... From: 6 January 1585 From: 1584 To: 1585
Sir William More leases one of the Blackfriars tenements to Rocco Bonetti Blackfriars (II) ... Bonnetti, Rocco; Carew, George; Lyly, John; More, William; Poole, Margaret From: 20 March 1585 From: 20 March 1585
Philip Henslowe acquires the lease on the Rose Rose ... Blower, Peter; Henslowe, Philip; Newman, Thomas; Symonds, Thomasyn; Symonds, Ralph; Withens, Robert From: 24 March 1585 From: 24 March 1585
Requests, Burbage v Allen: Interrogatories for Baker, Goburne, and Johnson Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Baker, Philip; Brayne, John; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; Burbage, Ellen; Goburne, John; Johnson, Henry From: circa 26 April 1585 From: circa 26 April 1600
Andrew Bello plays his fencing master's prize at the Theatre Theatre ... Bello, Andrew; Blisse, Robert; Calvert, Francis; Devell, John; Fletcher, Richard; Grene, Gregory; Longe, Valentine; Mathewes, William From: 20 May 1585 To: 26 May 1585 From: after 26 May 1585
A spy writes to Secretary Walsingham of London's debauched theatre scene ... Admiral's Men; Leicester's Men; Oxford's Men (1580-1602); Queen's Men Walsingham, Francis From: 25 January 1586 From: 25 January 1586
The Privy Council orders plays restrained at Newington Newington Butts ... ... From: 11 May 1586 From: 11 May 1586
Bills are used to advertise plays: Rankins Curtain; Theatre ... ... From: 1587 From: 1587
The Theatre and Curtain are chapels of adultery: Rankins Curtain; Theatre ... ... From: 1587 From: 1587
The Gentlemen of Gray's Inn perform at Court Inns of Court Gentlemen of Gray's Inn ... undated From: October 1587 To: October 1589
Henslowe and Cholmley enter into a contract as partners in the Rose enterprise Rose ... Cholmley, John; Henslowe, Philip From: 10 January 1587 From: 10 January 1587
Anne Farrant has taken her case to the Privy Council: Sir John Wolley to William More Blackfriars (I) ... Farrant, Anne; More, William; Wade, William; Wolley, John From: 13 January 1587 From: 13 January 1587
Chancery, Brayne v Miles: Margaret Brayne states her case Theatre ... Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Miles, Robert From: April Summer 1587 From: April 1587
Chancery, Brayne v Miles: The court orders Miles either to answer the charges or be arrested Theatre ... Brayne, Margaret; Miles, Robert From: 6 May 1587 From: 6 May 1587
The Privy Council orders the playhouses shut down until 'after Bartholomew tide next ensuinge' Rose ... ... From: 7 May 1587 From: 7 May 1587
John Bixon assigns Richard Ballard's lease to Morgan Pope Bear Garden ... Ballard, John; Bixon, John From: 5 October 1587 From: 5 October 1587
The privy council orders a restraint on Sunday playing in Middlesex Curtain; Theatre ... ... From: 29 October 1587 From: 29 October 1587
The Privy Council restrains Sunday playing in Southwark Newington Butts; Rose ... ... From: 29 October 1587 From: 29 October 1587
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Brayne and Miles demur Theatre ... Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Gardiner, John; Miles, Robert From: Autumn 1588 From: Autumn 1588
Has the Hope's stage been around since Tarlton's time? Bear Garden; Hope ... Tarlton, Richard From: circa 1588 From: 1631
The Gentlemen of Gray's Inn perform a play and masque at Court; the cast list identifies the players Inns of Court Gentlemen of Gray's Inn Anderton, ---; Ashley, ---; Campion, ---; Champnes, ---; Champnes, ---; Crwe, ---; Davenport, ---; Daye, ---; Daye, ---; Ellis, ---; Farnley, ---; Hatelyff, ---; Hulton, ---; Luttrell, ---; Montfort, ---; Peniston, ---; Rhodes, ---; Rhodes, ---; Ross, ---; Sandfort, ---; Shakerley, Peter; Smyth, ---; Stanfort, ---; Starkey, ---; Staverton, ---; Topham, ---; Williamson, --- From: 16 January 1588 From: 16 January 1588
Commissioners of the Sewers order Henslowe, Pope, and Napton to make repairs Rose ... Henslowe, Philip; Napton, John; Pope, Morgan From: 12 April 1588 From: 12 April 1588
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: Richard Bury responds Paris Garden; Swan ... Browker, Hugh; Bury, Richard; Langley, Jane; Smalpage, Michael From: 8 June 1588 From: 1603
A priest is hanged at the Theatre: Stow Theatre ... Gunter, W. From: 28 August 1588 From: 1615


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