Viewing Event Record: The Privy Council orders playing companies and performances suppressed during the plague

Abstract

The Privy Council orders, on the King's authority, that all forms of public spectacle be suppressed while the plague is in force. The suppression order appears twice in this day's register entry: the first orders the Queen's Lord Chamberlain to suppress her players, and the second orders the King's Lord Chamberlain to suppress all performances.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 10 May 1636 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: 10 May 1636 (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

Troupes

Name

Queen Henrietta Maria's Men

People