| Summary |
Venue(s) |
Troupe(s) |
People |
Date Happened |
Date Recorded |
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Ben Jonson is loaned money to write 'Richard Crookback' and additions to 'The Spanish Tragedy'
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Alleyn, Edward; Henslowe, Philip |
From: 22 June 1602 |
From: 22 June 1602 |
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The Lord Chamberlain issues a warrant granting liveries to the King's Men
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King's Men (II) |
Lowin, John; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph |
From: 1641 |
From: 20 March 1641 |
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Bonen's 'Two Kings in a Cottage' is licensed to the Palsgrave's Men
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Palsgrave's Men |
Bonen, William; Herbert, Henry |
From: 19 November 1623 |
From: 19 November 1623 |
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The King's Men performed 'The Revenger's Tragedy'
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King's Men (I) |
... |
From: before 1607 |
From: 1607 |
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Sir Henry Herbert licenses Massinger's 'A Very Woman' to the King's Men
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King's Men (II) |
Herbert, Henry; Massinger, Philip |
From: 6 June 1634 |
From: 1821 |
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Dekker rails against the players
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From: 1609 |
From: 1609 |
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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 |
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Shakerley Marmion's 'Country Gentleman' is licensed
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Herbert, Henry; Marmion, Shakerley |
From: 1632 |
From: 1632 |
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Herbert accepts £2 as a New Year's gift from the King's Men
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King's Men (I) |
Heminges, John; Herbert, Henry |
From: 1 January 1624 |
undated |
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The King's Men pay Sir Henry Herbert the benefit of a summer's day
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King's Men (II) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 6 November 1632 |
From: 1821 |
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Queen Anne's Men perform 'A Woman Killed with Kindness'
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Queen Anne's Men |
Heywood, Thomas |
To: by 1617 |
From: 1617 |
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Sir Henry Herbert issues a £1 warrant in payment to the 'Musitions of the king's company'
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King's Men (II) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 9 April 1627 |
From: 1831 |
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Richard Gunnell is not one of the King's Men
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King's Men (II) |
Gunnell, Richard; Whitbee, William |
From: 26 January 1632 |
From: 26 January 1632 |
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Queen Anne's Men play at Court
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Queen Anne's Men |
Duke, John |
From: 2 January 1604 |
From: 18 February 1604 |
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Sir Henry Herbert receives £13 from the King's Men for the benefit of a winter's day, 'taken upon the Alchemist'
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King's Men (II) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 1 December 1631 |
From: 1821 |
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The baptismal record of Humphrey Jeffes' daughter locates the player in Southwark
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Jeffes, Humphrey; Jeffes, Mary |
From: 25 January 1601 |
From: 25 January 1601 |
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'The Masque' is licensed to the Palsgrave's Men
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Palsgrave's Men |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 11 November 1624 |
From: 11 November 1624 |
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Queen Henrietta Maria's Men granted livery cloth
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Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
Feilding, William; Perkins, Richard; Turner, Anthony |
From: 8 January 1641 |
From: 8 January 1641 |
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Sir Henry Herbert licenses 'The Night Walkers'
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King's Men (II) |
Fletcher, John; Herbert, Henry; Shirley, James |
From: 11 May 1633 |
From: 1831 |
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Several players are sworn in as Prince Charles' Men
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Prince Charles' Men (II) |
Bankes, William; Cooke, William; Hamerton, Henry; Kirke, John |
From: 12 December 1635 |
From: 12 December 1635 |
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Queen Anne's Men play at Court
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Queen Anne's Men |
Duke, John |
From: 13 January 1604 |
From: 19 February 1604 |
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An elegy on the death of Richard Burbage
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Burbage, Richard |
From: 20 May 1619 |
From: circa 1619 |
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The King's Men perform 'The Tamer Tamed' at St James' Palace
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King's Men (II) |
of France, Henrietta Maria; Stuart, Charles I |
From: 28 November 1633 |
From: 1821 |
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Sir Henry Herbert licenses Massinger's 'The Judge' to the King's Men
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King's Men (II) |
Herbert, Henry; Massinger, Philip |
From: 6 June 1627 |
From: 1821 |
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Jonson refers to Kemp's shoes
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Kemp, William |
From: before 1600 |
From: 1600 |
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Rowley's 'Fool without Book' is licensed pending revisions
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Prince Charles' Men (I) |
Herbert, Henry; Rowley, William |
undated |
undated |
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'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 |
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Queen Henrietta Maria's Men avoid punishment for impersonating courtiers in 'The Ball'
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Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
Beeston, Christopher; Herbert, Henry; Shirley, James |
From: before 18 November 1632 |
From: 18 November 1632 |
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The King's Men perform 'The Wandering Lovers' at Whitehall
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King's Men (I) |
Herbert, Henry |
From: 31 December 1623 |
From: 1831 |
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John Heminges accepts £90 on behalf of the King's Men for nine plays performed at Court
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King's Men (I) |
Heminges, John |
From: 26 December 1606 |
From: 30 March 1607 |
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Young Men of the Strand are allowed to perform 'The Resolute Queen' for one night only
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Young Men of the Strand |
Cotton, Robert; Herbert, Henry |
From: before 1631 |
undated |
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Killigrew's 'Claricilla' is licensed
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Herbert, Henry; Killigrew, Thomas |
From: 1639 |
From: 1639 |
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Cut-purses are tied to stage-posts when caught during performances
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Kemp, William |
From: before 1600 |
From: 1600 |
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The Lord Chamberlain issues a warrant granting liveries to the King's Men
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King's Men (II) |
Lowin, John; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph |
From: 22 April 1637 |
From: 22 April 1637 |
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Sir John Wentworth arrested by Christopher Beeston, released by the Lord Chamberlain
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Beeston, Christopher; Sackville, Edward; Small, –––; Wentworth, John |
From: before 2 February 1631 |
From: 2 February 1631 |
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'Hymen's Holiday' is performed at court
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Herbert, Henry; of France, Henrietta Maria; Rowley, William; Stuart, Charles I |
From: 16 December 1633 |
From: 16 December 1633 |
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Beeston's Boys perform 'Wit Without Money'
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Beeston's Boys |
... |
From: 14 February 1637 |
From: circa 1637 |
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'The Madcap' is licensed to Prince Charles' Men
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Prince Charles' Men (I) |
Barnes, –––; Herbert, Henry |
From: 3 May 1624 |
From: 3 May 1624 |
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Prince Charles' Men perform several plays at Richmond
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Prince Charles' Men (II) |
Ayton, –––; Cane, Andrew; Moore, Joseph |
From: November 1639 |
From: 4 May 1640 |
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The 1623 Shakespeare folio prints a list of the 'Principall Actors' in the plays
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Chamberlain's Men (II); King's Men (I) |
Armin, Robert; Benfield, Robert; Bryan, George; Burbage, Richard; Condell, Henry; Cooke, Alexander; Cowley, Richard; Crosse, Samuel; Ecclestone, William; Field, Nathan; Gilburne, Samuel; Gough, Robert; Heminges, John; Kemp, William; Lowin, John; Ostler, William; Phillips, Augustine; Pope, Thomas; Rice, John; Robinson, Richard; Shakespeare, William; Shank, John; Slye, William; Taylor, Joseph; Tooley, Nicholas; Underwood, John |
From: 1623 |
From: 1623 |
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The Lord Chamberlain issues a warrant granting liveries to the King's Men
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King's Men (II) |
Lowin, John |
From: 3 April 1635 |
From: 3 April 1635 |
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Poorly paid players flout sumptuary laws: Gosson
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From: 1579 |
From: 1579 |
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The Lord Chamberlain's office grants an allowance to the King's Men for liveries
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King's Men (II) |
Benfield, Robert; Heminges, John; Hobbes, Thomas; Horne, James; Lowin, John; Penn, William; Pollard, Thomas; Robinson, Richard; Shank, John; Sharpe, Richard; Smith, Anthony; Swanston, Elliard; Taylor, Joseph; Vernon, George |
From: 6 May 1629 |
From: 6 May 1629 |
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Queen's Men are formed; Tarlton and Wilson are founding players
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Queen's Men |
Tarlton, Richard; Walsingham, Francis; Wilson, Robert |
From: 1583 |
From: 1615 |
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Queen Henrietta Maria's Men are granted livery
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Queen Henrietta Maria's Men |
Allen, William |
From: 20 November 1630 |
From: 20 November 1630 |
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The King's Men performed 'Catiline'
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King's Men (I) |
... |
From: 1611 |
From: 1616 |
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Sir John Astley receives a New Year's gratuity from the King's Men
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King's Men (I) |
Astley, John; Heminges, William |
From: January 1623 |
From: 1 January 1623 |
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Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees a performance of 'The Foxe playe'
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King's Men (II) |
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From: 26 October 1638 |
From: 26 October 1638 |
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The Lord Chamberlain's office issues a certificate to John Heminges
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King's Men (II) |
Heminges, John |
From: 5 May 1629 |
From: 5 May 1629 |
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Ben Jonson may have played Hieronymo in 'The Spanish Tragedy'
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Jonson, Benjamin |
From: before November 1601 |
From: 1602 |