Viewing Event Record: A sermon refers to the rebuilding and enlarging of the theatres

Abstract

William Crashaw's 1625 sermon 'London's Lamentations for her Sins' refers obliquely to the rebuilding of the Fortune and other theatres: 'yet even then O Lord, were the Theaters magnified, and enlarged, where Satan is served and sinne secretly instilled, if not openly professed.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1625 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 1613 To: 1625 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
Fortune (II)
Name
Globe (II)
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Phoenix/Cockpit

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Event Type

  • anti-theatrical comment
  • cultural context
  • playhouse context