Viewing Event Record: Advertisement for bear-baiting at the Bear Garden

Abstract

A handwritten flyer advertises a match 'at the Beargarden on the bankside . . . plaid by the gamesters of Essex,' challenging any comers to play five dogs at one bear for 5l, and offering as further entertainment a bull wearied to death at the stake, 'pleasant sport' with a horse and ape, and the 'whipping of a blind bear.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: circa 1603 To: 1625 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: circa 1603 To: 1625 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Date notes

Notes
Date supplied from the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitization Project

Venues

Name
Bear Garden

Event Type

  • advertisement
  • beargarden business