Viewing Event Record: Factions may applaud or hiss playwrights

Abstract

A passage in the prologue of Thomas Nabbes' 'Covent Garden' suggests that some other playwrights plant supporters in the audience, while proclaiming 'He hath no faction in a partiall way, / Prepar'd to cry it up, and boast the Play, / Swelling your expectations[.]'

Date Event Recorded

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From: 1638 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

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From: 1632 (Source of claim: original)

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playhouse

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Event Type

  • audience context
  • cultural context
  • performance context