In a letter to Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, John Holles, Lord Haughton recalls a performance of Thomas Middleton's 'A Game at Chess' at the Globe. He identifies the play as 'a representation of all our spannishe traffike, where Gundomar his litter, his open chayre for the ease of that fistulated part, Spalato &ca, appeared upon the stage.' Upon rowing to the Globe to audit a performance, he found it 'so thronged, that by scores thei came away for want of place, though as yet little past one.' In addition to summarizing the plot, he states that 'the whole play is a chess board, England the whyt hows, Spayn the black,' and concludes that 'surely thes gamsters must haue a good retrayte, else dared thei not to charge thus Princes actions,' condemning the production as offensive to Spain and 'no great honor to England.'
| Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Carr, Robert | correspondent | |
| Holles, John | correspondent | audience member |
| George, Edward | reporter | audience member |