Viewing Event Record: The Faithful Shepherdess is acted at Somerset House for Twelfth Night

Abstract

In a letter to the Lord Deputy, George Garrard reports that there was a single play performance at Whitehall during Christmas 1633, and that the 'King's Players' performed The Faithful Shepherdess for Twelfth Night at Somerset House. Garrard notes that the troupe used the 'Robes' that the Queen and her ladies wore in the 'their Pastoral in the last Year.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 9 January 1633 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: December 1632 To: January 1633 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Troupes

Name
King's Men (1625-1642)

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Garrard, George correspondent
Jermyn, Thomas father
Wentworth, Thomas lord deputy of Ireland correspondent
Villiers, Eleanor mother
Jermyn, Henry son

Event Type

  • company context
  • correspondence
  • performance
  • performance context