Viewing Event Record: The Mayor and Aldermen of London try to block Philip Rosseter's plans for a new playhouse at Puddle Wharf

Abstract

The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London write to the Privy Council regarding Phillip Rosseter's plans to erect a playhouse. Thwarted in his original plan to build his theatre in the Whitefriars, Rosseter has since obtained a new license, on the strength of which he now prepares to erect the playhouse at Puddle Wharf in the Blackfriars. Citing several reasons against the project, and invoking the authority of the 1600 Act of Council on the restraint of playhouses, the Mayor and Aldermen ask that the Privy Council intervene to have the construction stopped.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: circa August 1615 To: September 1615 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: circa August 1615 To: September 1615 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Name

Porter's Hall

Name

Blackfriars (II)

Troupes

Name

King's Men (1603-1625)

People