Viewing Event Record: Amerigo Salvetti reports on Middleton's 'A Game at Chess'

Abstract

In a newsletter written to the secretariat in Florence, Florentine ambassador to England Amerigo Salvetti describes the topical content and popularity of Thomas Middleton's 'A Game at Chess.' He reports that for each performance, 'the players took three hundred gold scudi,' and that while the play gives 'the greatest pleasure' with its satire, it will likely face censure from the King.

Date Event Recorded

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From: 23 August 1624 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: 23 August 1624 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

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Globe (II)

Troupes

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King's Men (1603-1625)

People