Viewing Event Record: Plays cost a shilling at Salisbury Court, two pence at the Fortune or Red Bull

Abstract

The setting for the 'Praeludium' to Thomas Goffe's 'The Careless Shepherdess,' performed at Salisbury Court, is the stage of the playhouse itself. One of the characters complains of the expense of the performance: the shilling he has paid is too much. He'll go instead to the Red Bull or Fortune 'and there see / A Play for two pense, with a Jig to boot.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1656 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: before 1642 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
Fortune (II)
Name
Red Bull
Name
Salisbury Court

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Goffe, Thomas playwright

Event Type

  • cultural context
  • payment
  • performance context
  • playhouse business
  • playhouse context