Viewing Person Record: John Whitgift

Name, as appears in Primary Sources

Io: Cant:
Event: The Privy Council repeats an order to limit London playhouses
Lord Bishop of Canterbury
Event: Plays are to be censored by a committee
Io: Cant.
Event: The privy council orders theatres closed because of the plague
Jo: Cant
Event: The Privy Council issues a restraint on playing during plague time

Role(s)

archbishop of Canterbury
Event: The Privy Council repeats an order to limit London playhouses
archbishop of Canterbury
Event: Plays are to be censored by a committee
archbishop of Canterbury
Event: The privy council orders theatres closed because of the plague
archbishop of Canterbury
Event: The Privy Council issues a restraint on playing during plague time

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Dates
From: 3 February 1593 To: 31 December 1601