Viewing Event Record: Apprentices illegally perform the 'Hog Hath Lost His Pearl' at the Whitefriars

Abstract

Sir Henry Wotton writes to Sir Edmund Bacon of a recent disturbance at the Whitefriars playhouse. Sixteen apprentices illegally performed a play entitled 'The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl' at the Whitefriars last Sunday to an audience of their mistresses. Toward the end of the play, the sheriffs broke into the playhouse and arrested six or seven of the culprits.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 23 February 1613 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 21 February 1613 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Whitefriars

Troupes

Name
apprentices

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Wotton, Henry correspondent
Bacon, Edmund correspondent

Event Type

  • arrest
  • illicit performance
  • performer context