Viewing Event Record: Plays are banned, and the Curtain and Theatre are to be pulled down

Abstract

The privy council addresses a letter concerning public playhouses to the justices of Middlesex. On the intelligence that the playhouses are sites of disorder and corruption, the queen orders that no plays are to be performed in any public place in and around London during the summer months. The purpose-built theatres, namely the Curtain and the Theatre, are to be pulled down.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 28 July 1597 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: 28 July 1597 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name

Curtain

Name

Theatre

Name

Rose

Name

Swan

People