Viewing Event Record: The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague

Abstract

The Privy Council issues an order for the suppression of plays, rope dancing, etc. because of the plague, 'of the tenor of that entered the 10th of May last.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1 March 1637 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 1 March 1637 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Blackfriars (II)
Name
Globe (II)
Name
Fortune (II)
Name
Phoenix/Cockpit
Name
Red Bull
Name
Salisbury Court
Name
Hope
Name
Bear Garden

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Event Type

  • company restraint
  • performance restraint
  • plague
  • playhouse restraint

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