Viewing Event Record: Cut-purses are tied to stage-posts when caught during performances

Abstract

Two men following William Kemp's morris dance from London to Norwich are arrested for theft. Kemp affirms that one is known to him as a cut-purse, 'such a one as we tye to a poast on our stage, for all the people to wonder at, when at a play they are taken pilfring.'

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 1600 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: before 1600 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

People