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Summary Venue(s) Troupe(s) People Date Happened Date Recorded
Advertisement for bear-baiting at the Bear Garden Bear Garden ... ... From: circa 1603 To: 1625 From: circa 1603 To: 1625
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
Dekker rails against the players ... ... ... From: 1609 From: 1609
'The Sparagus Garden' is performed at Salisbury Court Salisbury Court King's Revels (1629-1637) ... From: 1635 From: 1640
Queen Anne's Men perform 'Swetnam the Woman-Hater' at the Red Bull Red Bull Queen Anne's Men ... From: before 17 October 1619 From: 1620
The King's Men performed Jonson's 'Volpone' ... King's Men (1603-1625) ... From: 1605 From: 1616
The Curtain and Theatre and other purpose-built playhouses are schools for wickedness Bear Garden; Curtain; Newington Butts; Theatre ... ... From: 1577 undated
'The Valiant Welshman' calls for an ascent machinery and a trap-door on stage playhouse ... ... From: before 1615 From: 1615
'The Antipodes' is performed at Salisbury Court Salisbury Court Queen Henrietta Maria's Men ... From: 1638 From: 1640
Daborne's 'The Poor Man's Comfort' is performed at the Cockpit Phoenix/Cockpit ... ... To: before 1618 From: 1655
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
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men perform 'The Antiquary' at the Cockpit Phoenix/Cockpit Queen Henrietta Maria's Men ... From: before 1637 From: 1641
Leases from 1582 and 1593 help to locate the Almonry House on the cathedral property St Paul's (I) ... ... From: 1582 To: 1593 From: 1582 To: 1593
The manuscript play The Argument of Meleager is attributed to the Children of Paul's St Paul's (I) ... ... ... From: before 1588
Plays begin to be set up again; the Blackfriars is preparing to re-open Blackfriars (II) ... ... From: 12 October 1647 From: 12 October 1647
Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees a play at the Globe Globe (II) ... ... From: 18 June 1633 From: 18 June 1633
The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague Bear Garden; Blackfriars (II); Fortune (II); Globe (II); Hope; Phoenix/Cockpit; Red Bull; Salisbury Court ... ... From: 1 March 1637 From: 1 March 1637
The King's Men performed 'The Scornful Lady' at the Blackfriars Blackfriars (II) King's Men (1603-1625) ... From: 1613 To: 1625 From: 1625
The King's Men performed 'The Duke of Milan' at Blackfriars Blackfriars (II) King's Men (1603-1625) ... From: 1621 To: 1623 From: 1623
Players use prop food: 'The City Wit' playhouse ... ... From: before 1642 From: 1653
Jonson execrates against the burning of the Globe Bear Garden; Globe (I); Paris Garden ... ... From: 29 June 1613 From: 1640
An epigram mocks students who follow the bear-baiting Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: before 1599 undated
Prologue speakers typically wear a long black coat playhouse ... ... From: 1640 To: 1640
Theatre boxes can cost half a crown playhouse ... ... From: before 1625 From: 1639
Actors sometimes rehearsed plays: Munday and Chettle playhouse ... ... From: before 1601 From: 1601
Worcester's Men perform 'How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad' Boar's Head Worcester's Men (1589-1603) ... From: by 1602 From: 1602
The privy council advises London authorities to restrict playhouses and other venues when the plague threatens Bear Garden; Bel Savage; Bell; Bull; Cross Keys; Curtain; Newington Butts; Rose; Theatre ... ... From: circa 1593 From: circa 1593
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
Playhouses have two-penny galleries: Vox Graculi playhouse ... ... From: 1623 From: 1623
The Bear Garden collapses: Stowe (1631) Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: 13 January 1583 From: 1631
Players perform at Mile End ... Mile End Players ... From: before 6 August 1501 From: 6 August 1501
The Fortune is square: Dekker Fortune (I) ... ... From: before 20 April 1607 From: 1607
The prologue for 'Holland's Leaguer' compares Salisbury Court to the Globe and Phoenix Globe (II); Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court ... ... From: before 1632 From: 1632
The King's Men performed 'The Deserving Favourite' at the Blackfriars Blackfriars (II) King's Men (1625-1642) ... From: 1622 To: 1642 From: 1659
The Privy Council halts the run of a libellous play at the Curtain Curtain Oxford's Men (1580-1602) ... From: before 10 May 1601 From: 10 May 1601
The new Fortune opens: Vox Graculi Fortune (II) ... ... From: by 1623 From: 1623
A bed is used onstage in 'The City Wit' playhouse ... ... From: before 1642 From: 1653
The King's Men performed 'The Mayor of Queenborough' at the Blackfriars Blackfriars (II) King's Men (1603-1625) ... From: 1615 To: 1642 From: 1661
An inventory of the theatrical goods of the Admiral's men provides details of costumes and props Fortune (I); Rose Admiral's Men ... From: 13 March 1598 From: 13 March 1598
French ambassadors attend a bull- and bear-baiting Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... ... From: 26 May 1559 From: 26 May 1559
The King's Men perform 'A King and No King' at the Globe Globe (I) King's Men (1603-1625) ... From: 1611 To: 1625 From: 1619
Audiences at the Beargarden stand upon scaffolding during baitings: Stow Bear Garden ... ... From: 1603 From: 1603
A young boy plays the part of Richard III Red Bull ... ... From: before 1637 From: 1637
Leicester's Men perform at Richmond ... Leicester's Men ... From: 4 January To: 1578 From: 16 January 1578
Shirley's 'The Witty Fair One' mocks attempts by University students to sell plays in London playhouse ... ... From: before 1633 From: 1633
A character appears 'upon the walls' in Shakespeare's 'King John' playhouse ... ... From: 1591 To: 1598 From: 1623
A character in Dekker's 'Satiromastix' claims to have played 'Zulziman' at Paris Garden Paris Garden; Swan ... ... From: before 1602 From: 1602
'Love's Aftergame' is performed at St James' Palace Salisbury Court King's Revels (1629-1637) ... From: 24 February 1636 From: circa 1636
The title-page of Dekker's Satiromastix claims the play was performed by the Chamberlain's Men and the Children of Paul's St Paul's (I) Chamberlain's Men (1596-1603) ... From: before 1602 From: 1602
The induction of 'A Warning for Fair Women' reveals much about performance and staging playhouse ... ... From: before 1599 From: 1599


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