Summary |
Venue(s) |
Troupe(s) |
People |
Date Happened |
Date Recorded |
A priest is hanged near the Theatre: Stow
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Theatre |
... |
Hartley, W. |
From: 5 October 1588 |
From: 1615 |
Players are liveried servants of the Queen and therefore superior to the Martin Marprelate writers
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... |
Queen's Men |
... |
From: 1589 |
From: 1589 |
The Theatre playhouse hosts a play about the Martin Marprelate controversy
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Theatre |
... |
... |
From: before 1589 |
From: 1589 |
Plays cost 4d at St Paul's, 2d at the Theatre
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St Paul's (I); Theatre |
... |
... |
From: 1589 |
From: 1589 |
Tarlton's play of 'The Seven Deadly Sins' is performed in London and Oxford: Harvey
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... |
... |
Nashe, Thomas; Tarlton, Richard |
From: before 1589 |
From: 1592 |
The Martin Marprelate controversy has produced comedies
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St Paul's (I); Theatre |
Queen's Men |
... |
From: 1589 |
From: 1589 |
'Martin Marprelate' bequeaths his fooleries to John Laneham
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... |
Queen's Men |
Laneham, John |
From: 1589 |
From: 1589 |
'A Whip for an Ape' advises ecclesiastical authorities to let John Laneham satirize Martin Marprelate
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... |
... |
Laneham, John |
From: circa 1589 |
From: circa 1589 |
The Theatre may have provided a stage for anti-Martinist plays
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Theatre |
... |
... |
From: circa 1589 |
From: circa 1589 |
Martin Marprelate tracts adopt the style of popular drama
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... |
Queen's Men |
... |
From: 1589 |
From: 1589 |
Comedies are performed about the Martin Marprelate controversy; Kemp wrote against Martin
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... |
... |
Kemp, William |
From: 1589 |
From: 22 July 1589 |
Martin Marprelate laments the popularity of stage plays, regrets having used stage rhetoric himself
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Curtain; Theatre |
Queen's Men |
Laneham, John |
From: 1589 |
From: 1589 |
'An Almond for a Parrot' is dedicated to Will Kemp
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... |
... |
Kemp, William; Tarlton, Richard |
From: 1589 To: 1590 |
From: 1589 To: 1590 |
Lord Strange's Men perform 'Fair Em' in the city of London
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... |
Strange's Men (c1576-1594) |
... |
From: circa 1589 To: circa 1594 |
From: 1631 |
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: The court issues an order to determine whether the defendant's demurrer is sufficient
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Theatre |
... |
Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Carew, Matthew; Gardiner, John; Miles, Robert |
From: 17 February 1589 |
From: 17 February 1589 |
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: Richard Langley deposes
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Paris Garden; Swan |
... |
Browker, Hugh; Langley, Jane; Langley, Richard; Langley, Francis |
From: 22 April 1589 To: 1603 |
From: 1603 |
Francis Langley aquires the manor of Paris Garden for £850
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Paris Garden; Swan |
... |
Langley, Francis |
From: 24 May 1589 |
From: 24 May 1589 |
Lord Mayor to Privy Council: Lord Strange's Men play at Cross Keys in defiance of a city-wide order
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Cross Keys; Rose |
Admiral's Men; Strange's Men (c1576-1594) |
Cecil, William; Hart, John; Tilney, Edmund; Yonge, ––– |
From: 6 November 1589 |
From: 6 November 1589 |
Plays are to be censored by a committee
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Rose |
... |
Brooke, William; Cecil, William; Hatton, Christopher; Howard, Charles; Martin, Richard; Perrott, John; Sackville, Thomas; Tilney, Edmund; Walsingham, Francis; Whitgift, John |
From: 12 November 1589 |
From: 12 November 1589 |
Chancery, Chute vs Langley: A deposition corrects the claim that Langley bought the Paris Garden property from Thomas Cure the elder
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Paris Garden; Swan |
... |
Cure, Thomas; Cure, Thomas; Langley, Francis |
From: 1590 |
From: 1590 |
Anne Farrant appeals to Sir Francis Walsingham for help in reclaiming the Blackfriars lease
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Blackfriars (I) |
... |
Evans, Henry; Farrant, Anne; Farrant, Richard; More, William; Smalepeece, Thomas; Walsingham, Francis |
From: 1590 |
From: 1576 |
The Admiral's Men perform Marlowe's 'Tamburlaine' on multiple stages in London
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... |
Admiral's Men |
... |
From: before 1590 |
From: 1590 |
The Thames watermen petition the Lord Admiral to have the Rose reopened
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Newington Butts; Rose |
Strange's Men (c1576-1594) |
Adysson, Edward; Black, Ferdinando; Dowet, William; Howard, Charles; Jarmonger, Thomas; Playne, Parker; Russell, James; Topen, Xpfer; Towell, Isaac; Tuchenner, William |
From: circa 1590 |
From: circa 1590 |
Radulph Agas's map of London, 'Civitas Londinum, ca. 1590,' offers an early view of the Bear Garden
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Bear Garden |
... |
... |
From: circa 1590 |
From: 1633 |
Tarlton's jigs entertained for an hour
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... |
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Tarlton, Richard |
From: 1590 |
From: 1590 |
Lord Strange's Men petition the Privy Council to be allowed to resume playing at the Rose
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Newington Butts; Rose |
Strange's Men (c1576-1594) |
... |
From: circa 1590 |
From: circa 1590 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The interrogatories for Hyde and Clough
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Theatre |
... |
Allen, Giles; Allen, Sara; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Clough, George; Cope, Walter; Hyde, John; Prynne, John |
From: Autumn 1590 |
undated |
Tarlton must play jigs in purgatory
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... |
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Tarlton, Richard |
From: 1590 |
From: 1590 |
Edward Alleyn lists costume inventory
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Fortune (I); Rose |
Admiral's Men |
Alleyn, Edward |
From: circa 1590 To: circa 1600 |
From: circa 1590 To: circa 1600 |
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: Hannibal Gammon responds
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Paris Garden |
... |
Allison, Robert; Browker, Hugh; Cure, Anne; Cure, Thomas; Gammon, Hannibal; Harvest, Edward; Langley, Jane; Langley, Francis |
From: early 1590 To: 1603 |
From: 1603 |
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: George Cure answers
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Paris Garden; Swan |
... |
Browker, Hugh; Cure, Anne; Cure, George; Cure, Thomas; Gammon, Hannibal; Langley, Jane; Langley, Francis |
From: 4 February 1590 |
From: 1604 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court issues an order to determine whether the defendant's demurrer is sufficient
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Theatre |
... |
Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, Richard; Caesar, Julius |
From: 21 May 1590 |
From: 21 May 1590 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court orders the Burbages to answer or Brayne will get half the Theatre profits
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Theatre |
... |
Allen, Giles; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Richard; Burbage, Cuthbert; Caesar, Julius; Scott, ––– |
From: 4 November 1590 |
From: 4 November 1590 |
David Watson leases a garden plot adjacent to the Bear Garden to Thomas Burnaby
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Bear Garden |
... |
Burnaby, Thomas; Martin, George; Watson, David |
From: 10 November 1590 |
From: 10 November 1590 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Miles claims the Burbages have broken the court's order; the court orders their arrest
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Theatre |
... |
Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Miles, Robert |
From: 13 November 1590 |
From: 28 November 1590 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court orders the terms of the original arbitrament to be observed
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Theatre |
... |
Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Harris, –––; Hill, John; Scott, –––; Turner, Richard |
From: 13 November 1590 |
From: 13 November 1590 |
John Alleyn purchases a cloak and robe
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... |
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Alleyn, John; Burgess, Isaac |
From: 23 November 1590 |
From: 23 November 1590 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Hyde deposes
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Theatre |
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Allen, Giles; Allen, Sara; Brayne, John; Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Clough, George; Cope, Walter; Hyde, John; Prynne, John |
From: 8 December 1590 |
From: 8 December 1590 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: George Clough deposes
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Theatre |
... |
Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, James; Clough, George; Hyde, John; Prynne, John |
From: 8 December 1590 |
From: 8 December 1590 |
Thomas Burnaby leases a tenement and Bear Garden property to Richard Reve
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Bear Garden |
... |
Burnaby, Thomas; Napton, John; Reve, Richard |
From: 15 December 1590 |
From: 15 December 1590 |
Thomas Burnaby lists animals held at the Bear Garden
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Bear Garden |
... |
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 True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York' was performed by the Pembroke's Men
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... |
Pembroke's Men |
... |
From: circa 1591 To: 1595 |
From: 1595 |
A character appears 'upon the walls' in Shakespeare's 'King John'
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playhouse |
... |
... |
From: 1591 To: 1598 |
From: 1623 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Cuthbert Burbage appears in court and so avoids arrest
|
Theatre |
... |
Brayne, Margaret; Burbage, Cuthbert |
From: 30 January 1591 |
From: 30 January 1591 |
Richard Jones writes to Alleyn for a loan
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... |
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Alleyn, Edward; Browne, –––; Jones, Richard |
From: circa February 1591 To: February 1592 |
From: February 1591 To: February 1592 |
Richard Cuckow is ordered to open a sluice at his gate, leading into the field next to the playhouse
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Newington Butts |
... |
Cuckow, Richard |
From: 9 February 1591 |
From: 9 February 1591 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: James Burbage deposes
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Curtain; Theatre |
... |
Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Harris, –––; Hill, John; Hyde, John; Lanman, Henry; Miles, Robert; Turner, Richard |
From: 16 February 1591 |
From: 16 February 1591 |
Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Cuthbert Burbage deposes
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Theatre |
... |
Bett, Henry; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, Cuthbert; Cope, Walter; Harris, –––; Hill, John; Jones, Henry; Miles, Robert; Turner, Richard |
From: 16 February 1591 |
From: 16 February 1591 |
Henslowe records performance receipts from the Rose
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Rose |
Strange's Men (c1576-1594) |
Henslowe, Philip |
From: 19 February 1591 To: 22 June 1592 |
From: 19 February 1591 To: 22 June 1592 |
Peter Honingborne owns Newington Butts playhouse, must open a sluice gate
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Newington Butts |
... |
Honingborne, Peter |
From: 26 February 1591 |
From: 26 February 1591 |