Viewing Event Record: Alvise Valaresso reports that 'A Game at Chess' has been forbidden

Abstract

In a letter to the Doge and Senate of Venice, Venetian ambassador to England Alvise Valaresso reports that the performers of 'A Game at Chess' have been ordered to cease playing by the Privy Council.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 27 August 1624 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 21 August 1624 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

Name
Globe (II)

Troupes

Name
King's Men (1603-1625)

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Valaresso, Alvise ambassador author

Event Type

  • company restraint
  • correspondence
  • cultural context
  • play censorship