Viewing Event Record: The Privy Council orders playhouses reopened following the plague

Abstract

The Privy Council writes to the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the Court of Aldermen, requiring that the ban on playing imposed during the summer be lifted and players allowed to return to their 'vsuall places.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 18 November 1581 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 18 November 1581 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Blackfriars (I)
Name
Curtain
Name
Bel Savage
Name
Bell
Name
Bull
Name
Cross Keys
Name
Newington Butts
Name
St Paul's (I)
Name
Theatre
Name
Bear Garden

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Fleetwood, William Recorder of London
Clinton, Edward Fiennes de councillor
Radcliffe, Thomas councillor
Dudley, Ambrose councillor
Dudley, Robert councillor
Carey, Henry councillor
Croft, James councillor
Hatton, Christopher councillor
Harvie, James lord mayor of London