Early Modern London Theatres

Viewing Person Record: Benjamin Jonson

Name, as appears in Primary Sources

Horace: Event: Ben Jonson may have played Hieronymo in 'The Spanish Tragedy'
Ben: Event: Ben Jonson's failed play may have fared better with a less discerning audience at the Fortune: Gill
Pupillus: Event: Audiences are too critical
Ben Jonson: Event: The Lord Chamberlain's Men perform Jonson's 'Every Man out of his Humour': cast list
Ben Jonson: Event: Chamberlain's Men perform Jonson's 'Every Man in his Humour': cast list
Bengemen Johnson: Event: Henslowe tallies expenses related to the Admiral's Men
benge Jonson: Event: Henslowe writes to Edward Alleyn about the acquisition of the Beargarden
bengemen Johnson: Event: Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
bengemens: Event: Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
bengemyne Johnsone: Event: Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
Ben. Ionson.: Event: Ben Jonson commends Richard Brome for having served his 'apprenticeship' as a playwright
Johnson: Event: The Blackfriars is deserted

Role(s)

assailant: Event: Henslowe writes to Edward Alleyn about the acquisition of the Beargarden
author: Event: Jonson refers to Kemp's morris from London to Norwich
player: Event: Ben Jonson may have played Hieronymo in 'The Spanish Tragedy'
player: Event: Henslowe tallies expenses related to the Admiral's Men
playwright: Event: Ben Jonson receives an unflattering portrait
playwright: Event: Ben Jonson's failed play may have fared better with a less discerning audience at the Fortune: Gill
playwright: Event: The Privy Council takes action over the performance of the Isle of Dogs
playwright: Event: Ben Jonson never wrote the loud plays associated with the Red Bull
playwright: Event: Carew insults the players of the Red Bull and Cockpit as an 'untuned kennel'
playwright: Event: Leonard Digges commemorates Shakespeare and disparages current playwrights
playwright: Event: The Lord Chamberlain's Men perform Jonson's 'Every Man out of his Humour': cast list
playwright: Event: Chamberlain's Men perform Jonson's 'Every Man in his Humour': cast list
playwright: Event: Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
playwright: Event: Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
playwright: Event: Henslowe records loans to Admiral's Men
playwright: Event: Players of the Blackfriars answer to the High Commission regarding a performance of 'The Magnetique Lady'
playwright: Event: Jonson's 'Sejanus' includes the original cast list
playwright: Event: The Blackfriars is deserted
poet: Event: Ben Jonson commends Richard Brome for having served his 'apprenticeship' as a playwright
sharer: Event: Henslowe notes that he has received Ben Jonson's 'share'

Active Dates

Dates: From: before 15 August 1597 To: 1642