Viewing Event Record: Richard Rawlidge's "A monster late found out and discovered" refers to early London playhouses suppressed by the authorities

Abstract

In his puritanical treatise 'A monster late found out and discovered,' Richard Rawlidge refers to early London playhouses that were pulled down at the behest of concerned authorities: 'the Play-houses in Gracious Street, Bishops-gate-street, nigh Paules . . . on Ludgate hill, the Whitefriars were put down, and other lewd houses quite supprest within the Liberties.' Rawlidge's catalogue offers valuable insight into the existence and location of late sixteenth-century London performance spaces.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1628 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: circa 1581 To: circa 1596 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
Bel Savage
Name
Bell
Name
Bull
Name
Cross Keys
Name
St Paul's (I)

Event Type

  • playhouse context