Viewing Event Record: Playwrights share in the third night's profit of the playhouse

Abstract

A passage from the prologue to Thomas Dekker's 'If It Be not Good, the Devil's in It' suggests that playwrights shared in the third night's profits of the playhouse.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1612 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: before 1612 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
playhouse

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Dekker, Thomas playwright

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Event Type

  • playhouse context
  • playwright context