Viewing Event Record: The new Fortune opens: Vox Graculi

Abstract

An entry in 'Vox Graculi,' a mock almanac for 1623, provides evidence that the rebuilt Fortune was expected to open by spring of that year. The entry for spring 1623 includes the statement: 'Some Players (if Fortune, turned Phoenix, faile not of her promise) will' perform in the spring, 'for that they are in danger to meet with hard Winter, and be forced to trauell softly on the hoofe.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: by 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Fortune (II)

Event Type

  • cultural context
  • playhouse context