Viewing Person Record: Christopher Beeston

Role(s)

beneficiary
Event: Augustine Phillips' will is registered
company manager
Event: Christopher Beeston apologizes for mounting a play during plague time
company manager
Event: Requests, Salisbury Court vs Brome: The owners and players state their case
company manager
Event: Chancery, Queen's Men vs Beeston: Heywood deposes
company manager
Event: Christopher Beeston is made the governor of a new company of the King's and Queen's Boys
company manager
Event: Requests, Salisbury Court vs Brome: Richard Brome responds to the charges
company manager
Event: Sir Henry Herbert sends four players to join the Salisbury Court company
company manager
Event: Chancery, Worth, Cumber and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Worth and Blaney state their case
company manager
Event: Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Baskervile and Browne reply
company manager
Event: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men are granted livery
company manager
Event: The Lord Chamberlain forbids the printing of plays without permission from the playing companies
company manager
Event: Christopher Beeston is commanded to assemble a boy company for a same-day performance
company manager
Event: Henry Herbert sells a play to Christopher Beeston, and receives payment for licensing it and a pair ...
company manager
Event: 'The Martyred Soldier' is licensed to the Palsgrave's Men after Herbert takes it from Lady Elizabeth's Men
company manager
Event: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men avoid punishment for impersonating courtiers in 'The Ball'
defendant
Event: Requests, Smith vs Beeston: Beeston replies
defendant
Event: Requests, Smith vs the Queen's Men: Smith states his case
defendant
Event: Requests, Smith vs Beeston: Queen Anne's Men respond
leaseholder
Event: Chancery, Hussey vs Kirke: Christopher Beeston leases land to build a theatre
payee
Event: Christopher Beeston is paid for court performances by Queen Henrietta Maria's Men and his new company
player
Event: Queen Anne's Men are licensed to perform at the Red Bull and Curtain
player
Event: Queen Henrietta Maria's Men are granted livery
player
Event: Players are given livery cloth for King James's royal entrance to London
player
Event: Thomas Crosfield records theatres and actors of the five main London companies
player
Event: Queen Anne's Men are given black livery cloth for her funeral procession
player
Event: Sir Henry Herbert lists the chief players at the Phoenix
player
Event: Chamberlain's Men perform Jonson's 'Every Man in his Humour': cast list
playhouse manager
Event: Christopher Beeston forces Queen Henrietta Maria's Men out of the Cockpit/Phoenix and to Salisbury Court
playhouse manager
Event: Performances occur at the Cockpit/Phoenix despite theatres being closed during the plague
playhouse manager
Event: French Players perform at court and are allowed to play at the Cockpit/Phoenix during Lent
playhouse manager
Event: 'The Escapes of Jupiter' is allowed to another company despite having belonged to the Cockpit company
servant
Event: Three men are ordered to be apprehended for wrongful arrest
suitor
Event: Sir John Wentworth arrested by Christopher Beeston, released by the Lord Chamberlain
testator
Event: Christopher Beeston drafts his will

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Dates
From: 1598 To: April 1639