Viewing Event Record: The Chamberlain's Men perform at court

Abstract

A warrant for £20 provides evidence the Lord Chamberlain's Men played at Whitehall on Holy Innocents' Day, 1594. William Kemp, William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage accept the payment on the companies behalf for this and one further performance.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 15 March 1595 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

27 December 1594 OR 28 December 1594 (Source of claim: original)

Feast

Name

Feast of the Holy Innocents (Source of claim: original)

Date notes

Notes

Chambers (ES, vol 4, p 56) argues that Shakespeare's 'Comedy of Errors' was performed by the Chamberlain's Men for the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple, 28 December 1594. The Treasurer of the Chamber's record of a performance by the company at Whitehall on the same night must therefore be a "slip." Chambers suggests instead that the Chamberlain's Men were at court along with the Admiral's Men on the 27th.

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Troupes

Name

Chamberlain's Men (1564-1596)

People