Viewing Event Record: The Lord Mayor protests the Privy Council's request to lift the ban on holiday evening plays

Abstract

The Lord Mayor of London responds to a letter from the Privy Council, dated 11 April 1582, ordering plays to be allowed on regular holidays. The Lord Mayor complains that, although the plays do not start until after evening prayer, the playhouses take in 'hearers' throughout the afternoon and fill the place with 'such as be therby absent from seruing God at Chirch, and attending to serue Gods enemie in an Inne.' The Mayor says that later start dates would make plays end too late and be inconvenient for servants and children, and also warns of an increase in the plague. The Mayor accepts the Council's request to assign a reader to vet plays before they are performed.

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From: 13 April 1582 (Source of claim: original)

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From: 13 April 1582 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

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Blackfriars (I)

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Bell

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Bel Savage

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Bull

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Cross Keys

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St Paul's (I)

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