Viewing Event Record: The Fortune is square: Dekker

Abstract

The Prologue to Thomas Dekker's 'The Whore of Babylon' begins, 'The Charmes of silence through this Square be throwne,' evidently referring to the shape of the Fortune.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1607 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: before 20 April 1607 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
Fortune (I)

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  • performance context
  • playhouse context
  • staging context