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• The lord mayor of London asks Burghley to stop construction of a new theatre and close all existing theatres
• The privy council orders theatres closed because of the plague
• The Lord Mayor of London asks Burghley to forbid plays at playhouse in the liberties and in the city
• The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
• The Privy Council orders playhouses reopened following the plague
• The Privy Council asks the Lord Mayor of London to lift the ban on holiday evening playing, and to appoint a play censor
• The Lord Mayor protests the Privy Council's request to lift the ban on holiday evening plays
• Richard Rawlidge's "A monster late found out and discovered" refers to early London playhouses suppressed by the authorities
• Queen's Men petition the Privy Council for license to play within London
• The privy council advises London authorities to restrict playhouses and other venues when the plague threatens
• Fleetwood assures Burghley that playhouses are closed during the plague
• The plague threatens: Theatres must close until Michaelmas
• Multitudes flock to London's lewd playhouses
• The lord mayor and aldermen of London ask the privy council to close the Theatre and playhouses on the Bankside
• The Lord Mayor of London writes to the Privy Council concerning the restraint of spectacles
• The Lord High Treasurer writes to the Lord Mayor about Sunday performances