Viewing Event Record: Requests, King's Men vs Brend: Defense submits interrogatories

Abstract

In a Court of Requests suit between the King's Men and the owner of the property of the Globe playhouse, Sir Matthew Brend, Brend lists his interrogatories for the court. They include questions about the details of Sir John Bodley's extension of the Globe lease, the time of Brend's birth, and the 'proffitt and advantage' of the players' improvements and use of the playhouse structure.

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Venues

Name
Globe (II)
Name
Globe (I)

Troupes

Name
King's Men (1625-1642)

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Brend, Matthew defendant
Bodley, John lessor
Burbage, Cuthbert plaintiff
Robinson, Richard plaintiff
Robinson, Winifred plaintiff
Heminges, William plaintiff
Lowin, John plaintiff
Taylor, Joseph plaintiff

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  • company business
  • company context
  • court case
  • playhouse business
  • playhouse context

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