In a letter composed by the Earl of Worcester, the Privy Council acknowledges receipt of a letter from the Lord Mayor of London, concerning the abuses caused by theatrical activity in the city. The company recently formed by the merging of Oxford's and Worcester's Men represents a particular problem, as it moves from playhouse to playhouse, rather than remain at a single venue. Noting that the other allowed companies in the city each have their appointed playhouses, the Privy Council decides to assign the new company its own house: 'namely the Boar's Head.'
Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
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Knollys, William | council clerk | |
Sackville, Thomas | councillor | |
Somerset, Edward | councillor | patron |
Stanhope, John | councillor | |
Fortescue, John | councillor | |
Howard, Charles | councillor | |
Cecil, Robert | councillor | |
Herbert, John | councillor | |
Lee, Robert | lord mayor of London | |
de Vere, Edward | patron |