Viewing Event Record: St Paul's charges a 'sixpenny fee' for admission to a show

Abstract

A passage from the induction to Thomas Middleton's Michaelmas Term, performed at St Paul's, suggests that the price of admission to the playhouse was six pence: 'for ours have but sixpenny fees all the year long.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1607 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 1607 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
St Paul's (II)

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Event Type

  • playhouse context