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Advertisement for bear-baiting at the Bear Garden
Bear Garden
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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
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From: circa November 1584
From: circa November 1584
Dekker rails against the players
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From: 1609
From: 1609
'The Sparagus Garden' is performed at Salisbury Court
Salisbury Court
King's Revels (1629-1637)
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From: 1635
From: 1640
Queen Anne's Men perform 'Swetnam the Woman-Hater' at the Red Bull
Red Bull
Queen Anne's Men
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From: before 17 October 1619
From: 1620
The King's Men performed Jonson's 'Volpone'
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King's Men (1603-1625)
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From: 1605
From: 1616
The Curtain and Theatre and other purpose-built playhouses are schools for wickedness
Bear Garden
;
Curtain
;
Newington Butts
;
Theatre
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From: 1577
undated
'The Valiant Welshman' calls for an ascent machinery and a trap-door on stage
playhouse
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From: before 1615
From: 1615
'The Antipodes' is performed at Salisbury Court
Salisbury Court
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
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From: 1638
From: 1640
Daborne's 'The Poor Man's Comfort' is performed at the Cockpit
Phoenix/Cockpit
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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)
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From: 1647
From: 1647
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men perform 'The Antiquary' at the Cockpit
Phoenix/Cockpit
Queen Henrietta Maria's Men
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From: before 1637
From: 1641
Leases from 1582 and 1593 help to locate the Almonry House on the cathedral property
St Paul's (I)
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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)
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From: before 1588
Plays begin to be set up again; the Blackfriars is preparing to re-open
Blackfriars (II)
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From: 12 October 1647
From: 12 October 1647
Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees a play at the Globe
Globe (II)
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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
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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)
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From: 1613 To: 1625
From: 1625
The King's Men performed 'The Duke of Milan' at Blackfriars
Blackfriars (II)
King's Men (1603-1625)
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From: 1621 To: 1623
From: 1623
Players use prop food: 'The City Wit'
playhouse
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From: before 1642
From: 1653
Jonson execrates against the burning of the Globe
Bear Garden
;
Globe (I)
;
Paris Garden
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From: 29 June 1613
From: 1640
An epigram mocks students who follow the bear-baiting
Bear Garden
;
Paris Garden
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From: before 1599
undated
Prologue speakers typically wear a long black coat
playhouse
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From: 1640
To: 1640
Theatre boxes can cost half a crown
playhouse
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From: before 1625
From: 1639
Actors sometimes rehearsed plays: Munday and Chettle
playhouse
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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)
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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
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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
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From: 13 January 1583
From: 17 January 1583
Playhouses have two-penny galleries: Vox Graculi
playhouse
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From: 1623
From: 1623
The Bear Garden collapses: Stowe (1631)
Bear Garden
;
Paris Garden
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From: 13 January 1583
From: 1631
Players perform at Mile End
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Mile End Players
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From: before 6 August 1501
From: 6 August 1501
The Fortune is square: Dekker
Fortune (I)
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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
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From: before 1632
From: 1632
The King's Men performed 'The Deserving Favourite' at the Blackfriars
Blackfriars (II)
King's Men (1625-1642)
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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)
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From: before 10 May 1601
From: 10 May 1601
The new Fortune opens: Vox Graculi
Fortune (II)
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From: by 1623
From: 1623
A bed is used onstage in 'The City Wit'
playhouse
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From: before 1642
From: 1653
The King's Men performed 'The Mayor of Queenborough' at the Blackfriars
Blackfriars (II)
King's Men (1603-1625)
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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
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From: 13 March 1598
From: 13 March 1598
French ambassadors attend a bull- and bear-baiting
Bear Garden
;
Paris Garden
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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)
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From: 1611 To: 1625
From: 1619
Audiences at the Beargarden stand upon scaffolding during baitings: Stow
Bear Garden
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From: 1603
From: 1603
A young boy plays the part of Richard III
Red Bull
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From: before 1637
From: 1637
Leicester's Men perform at Richmond
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Leicester's Men
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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
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From: before 1633
From: 1633
A character appears 'upon the walls' in Shakespeare's 'King John'
playhouse
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From: 1591 To: 1598
From: 1623
A character in Dekker's 'Satiromastix' claims to have played 'Zulziman' at Paris Garden
Paris Garden
;
Swan
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From: before 1602
From: 1602
'Love's Aftergame' is performed at St James' Palace
Salisbury Court
King's Revels (1629-1637)
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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)
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From: before 1602
From: 1602
The induction of 'A Warning for Fair Women' reveals much about performance and staging
playhouse
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From: before 1599
From: 1599
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