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Viewing Venue Record: Blackfriars (II)
Venue Locale
Structure
Blackfriars (II)
Neighbourhood
Blackfriars
Parish
St Anne's
City
London
Name, as appears in Primary Sources
Blacke Friars
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Carew insults the players of the Red Bull and Cockpit as an 'untuned kennel'
Blacke-Friars
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Leonard Digges commemorates Shakespeare and disparages current playwrights
friars
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'The Young Gallant's Whirligig' provides contextual information on private theatres
private house of Blackfriars
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Thomas Crosfield records theatres and actors of the five main London companies
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Dates
From: circa 1593 To: 1642 (Source of claim: externally supplied)
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Thomas Crosfield records theatres and actors of the five main London companies
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The inhabitants of the Blackfriars object to plans for a new playhouse
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Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': John Shanks receives satisfaction for his shares
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': John Shanks demands satisfaction for his shares
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The ruling
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Chancery, Evans vs Kirkman: Evans states his case
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Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Evans replies
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The King's Men and Prince Charles' Men are allowed cloth to wear in King James' funeral procession
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King's Men perform 'The Emperor of the East' at the Globe and Blackfriars
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'The Honest Man's Fortune' is relicensed to the King's Men
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'Shank's Ordinary' is licensed to the King's Men
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Massinger's 'Minerva's Sacrifice' is licensed for the King's Men
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'The Foolish Ambassador' is licensed to the King's Men
Fletcher's 'The Devil of Dowgate' is licensed to the King's Men.
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'1 and 2 Arviragus and Philicia' is acted at the Cockpit-in-Court
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Brome's 'The Novella'
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Nicholas Tooley remembers the Burbages and Condells in his will
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Winnifred Burbage proves Richard Burbage's will
A burial record identifies Richard Burbage as a 'player'
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An elegy is written on the death of Richard Burbage
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Players cannot play until the Queen is buried, and Richard Burbage is dead: Chamberlain
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Alexander Cooke makes his will
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Fletcher's 'The Wandering Lovers' is licensed to the King's Men
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Love's Pilgrimage is licensed to the King's Men
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Massinger's 'The Fair Anchoress of Pausilippo' is licensed to the King's Men
d'Avenant's 'The Spanish Lovers' is licensed to the King's Men
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Audience members sit on stage at the Blackfriars and Cockpit for daily performances
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Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The Burbages and Robinson reply
Nicholas Tooley remembers the Burbages and Condells in his will
Ben Jonson's failed play may have fared better with a less discerning audience at the Fortune: Gill
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Christopher Beeston forces Queen Henrietta Maria's Men out of the Cockpit/Phoenix and to Salisbury Court
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': Three King's Men petition to be admitted company sharers
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The players address a further petition
Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': John Shanks replies to the players' petition
Theatres proliferate in 1620s London
The Middlesex Justices of the Peace ban dances and jigs at plays
Tobacco, wine and beer are the common fare of playhouses
Theatres are sites of prostitution, and players the next thing to panders
King's Men perform 'Richard III' at St James' Palace
The King's Men perform 'The Tamer Tamed' at St James' Palace
The King's Men perform 'The Taming of the Shrew' at St James' Palace
King's Men act twenty-one plays at Richmond
Royal company players are sworn Grooms of the Chamber and William Beeston resumes governorship of the Phoenix/Cockpit
An epitaph on Richard Burbage celebrates him as a tragedian
A character in 'Holland's Leaguer' alludes to an aborted scheme to build an amphitheatre
A two-word epitaph observes Richard Burbage's passing
Theatres close because of the plague
Theatres close because of the plague
The Lord Chamberlain forbids the printing of plays without permission from the playing companies
A play about the Sophy of Persia is performed at the Red Bull
The King's Men petition the Master of Revels to prohibit another company's witch play until their own witch play is performed
Thomas Platter -- a Swiss traveller -- visits the Theatre, Cockpit and Bear Garden
Playing is allowed to resume following Lent
Stage plays forbidden during the plague
Playing resumes following the plague
Carew insults the players of the Red Bull and Cockpit as an 'untuned kennel'
Leonard Digges commemorates Shakespeare and disparages current playwrights
Fletcher's 'A Wife for a Month' is licensed to the King's Men
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Blagrave and Beeston petition the Master of the Revels for the return of Stephen Hammerton
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'The Young Gallant's Whirligig' provides contextual information on private theatres
Gallants sat onstage
Professional players perform in 'The Magnificent Entertainment'
Characters in a Restoration play reminisce about the old players
John Rhodes is arrested for selling plays belonging to the King's Men
A pamphlet imagines two actors lamenting the closing of the theatres during the plague
Slye in 'The Malcontent'
John Underwood makes his will
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William Slye makes his will
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The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
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Rowley's 'The Bee' is licensed to the King's Men
Shirley's 'Rosanio, or Love's Victory' is licensed to the King's Men
Shirley's 'The Politique Father' is licensed to the King's Men
The license for Middleton's 'More Dissemblers Besides Women' is renewed for the King's Men
Henry Herbert receives a Christmas gratuity from the King's Men
Habinton's 'Queen of Aragon' is licensed to the King's Men
Cavendish's 'The Variety' is licensed with reformations by Shirley
'Fatal Friendship' is licensed to the King's Men
Plays at Paris Garden?
A baptismal record identifies William Slye as a 'player'
Denham's 'The Sophy' is licensed to the King's Men
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