The Privy Council chides the Justices of Middlesex and Surrey for their failure to control the playhouses as the Council has ordered. They note that the 'multitude of playhouses is much increased,' and that not a day passes without several performances taking place at one or another place in the city. The Council has heard of no action taken by the Justices to prevent or proceed against such abuses. The Council exempts the two allowed playhouses from their charges.