Viewing Troupe Record: Beeston's Boys

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• Christopher Beeston is paid for court performances by Queen Henrietta Maria's Men and his new company
• Players of the Cockpit/Phoenix are given certificates of privilege
• The Lord Chamberlain forbids the printing of plays without permission from the playing companies
• Brome defends William Beeston in the epilogue to 'The Court Beggar'
• The Cockpit/Phoenix company is ordered to cease playing because they performed an unlicensed play
• Christopher Beeston is made the governor of a new company of the King's and Queen's Boys
• Beeston's Boys perform 'Wit Without Money'
• Beeston's Boys perform 'Cupid's Revenge'
• William Davenant becomes director of the Phœnix company and playhouse
• Christopher Beeston's widow proves his will
• Christopher Beeston apologizes for mounting a play during plague time
• William Beeston and his players are punished for the performance of an unlicensed play
• Sir Henry Herbert sends four players to join the Salisbury Court company
• Requests, Salisbury Court vs Brome: Richard Brome responds to the charges
• Royal company players are sworn Grooms of the Chamber and William Beeston resumes governorship of the Phoenix/Cockpit
• Requests, Salisbury Court vs Brome: The owners and players state their case
• William Beeston is made the governor of King's and Queen's Boys
• The Cockpit/Phoenix repertory is granted official protection against performances by other companies
• William Beeston, George Stuttville, and Michael Mohun are arrested for performing an unlicensed play
• Performances occur at the Cockpit/Phoenix despite theatres being closed during the plague
• Christopher Beeston is commanded to assemble a boy company for a same-day performance
• Ford's 'The Lady's Trial' is licensed to the Cockpit company
• 'The Princely Lovers' is licensed to the Cockpit company
• 'The Challenge' is allowed, after having been performed without a license at the Cockpit
• Cox's 'The Noble Revels' is licensed to the Cockpit company
• 'The Chevaliers' is licensed to the Cockpit company
• The prologue of the 'Ladies' Privilege' addresses audience expectations
• The Privy Council orders playing companies, 'as also the Keepers of Paris Garden,' to shut down their houses and cease playing
• Christopher Beeston drafts his will