Viewing Event Record: The Theatre and Curtain are chapels of adultery: Rankins

Abstract

William Rankins' 1587 anti-theatrical pamphlet 'A Mirror for Monsters' condemns the Theatre and Curtain as chapels 'Adulterinmum,' ie, 'of adultery.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 1587 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 1587 (Source of claim: original)

Venues

Name
Theatre
Name
Curtain

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Event Type

  • anti-theatrical comment
  • cultural context
  • playhouse context