Viewing Venue Record: Blackfriars (II)

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• Lord Digby and Will Crofts quarrel at the Blackfriars: Garrard to Wentworth
• Thomas Crosfield records theatres and actors of the five main London companies
• Star Chamber, Clifton v Robinson et al: Clifton states his case
• Two Blackfriars plays offend the King
• The inhabitants of the Blackfriars object to plans for a new playhouse
• Requests, Keysar v Burbage et al: Robert Keysar delivers his replication
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': John Shanks receives satisfaction for his shares
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': John Shanks demands satisfaction for his shares
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The ruling
• King's Bench, Evans v Kendall: Evans' plea quotes an earlier bond relating to the Blackfriars playhouse
• Pory to Scudamore: Captain Essex and Lord Thurles quarrel at the Blackfriars
• Nathaniel Giles receives a patent to impress children into the service of the chapel
• Edward Kirkham et al are licensed to train up a company of children: the patent
• Henry Evans concealed playhouse income from the sharers: Outlawe deposes
• Chancery, Evans vs Kirkham: Evans states his case
• James Burbage buys the Blackfriars parliament chamber and associated properties from Sir William More
• The Queen has lately attended a play at the Blackfriars
• The Duke of Lennox and the Lord Chamberlain fight over a box at the Blackfriars: Garrard to Wentworth
• The City orders the Blackfriars playhouse suppressed
• The Privy Council revokes the Blackfriars parking ban, as it has made the congestion worse
• The privy council bans coaches from parking near the playhouse
• The officers of the Blackfriars precinct complain to the Lord Mayor about commotion around the playhouse
• A troupe of female French players performs at the Blackfriars: Prynne
• Traffic congestion in London is terrible; plays are one of the leading causes
• Requests, Keysar vs Burbage et al: The defendants submit a rejoinder
• Requests, Keysar vs Burbage et al: The plaintiff submits a replication
• Requests, Robert Keysar vs Richard Burbage et al: The defense submits answer
• Requests, Keysar vs Burbage et al: The court orders an extension for the examinations
• Requests, Keysar v Burbage et al: The defendants name their witnesses
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Evans submits his answer
• The privy council order on traffic around playhouses is being ignored: Garrard to Wentworth
• The Franco-Spanish war is more exciting than a play at Blackfriars: Conway to Wentworth
• Richard Baxter holds a 'ticket of privilege' as a member of the King's Men
• The Lord Chamberlain's office issues a warrant to the King's Men for performances at Court
• The Lord Chamberlain's office issues Theophilus Bird a ticket of privilege, as one of the King's Men
• The Lord Chamberlain's office issues a warrant for swearing in six members of the King's Men as grooms of the Chamber
• Thomas Cawarden's lease on the Blackfriars provides details of the property
• The dispute between Sir William More and Henry Poole over Blackfriars properties is resolved in arbitration
• Sir William More leases one of the Blackfriars tenements to Laurence and Anne Bywater
• Sir William More leases one of the Blackfriars tenements to Rocco Bonetti
• Sir George More sells a tenement on the Blackfriars property to Cuthbert and Richard Burbage
• Richard and Cuthbert Burbage take possession of the Blackfriars property
• Lord William Howard and the trustees of Lady Anne Howard sell a piece of the Blackfriars property to Cuthbert and Richard Burbage
• Richard and Elizabeth Maunsell sell a piece of the Blackfriars property to Cuthbert and Richard Burbage
• Lord Cobham buys the 'olde kitchen' adjoining the Blackfriars theatre
• Nathaniel Giles receives a patent to impress children
• The privy council writes to the Lord Mayor regarding the order regulating traffic in the Blackfriars precinct
• The privy council forbids coaches from parking in the vicinity of the Blackfriars playhouse
• The Blackfriars inhabitants petition the Lord Mayor for help with the crowds around the playhouse
• The King's Men performed 'The Fatal Dowry' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Emperor of the East' at the Globe and Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Duke of Milan' at Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Roman Actor' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The City Madam' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Guardian' at the Blackfriars
• King's Men performed 'A Very Woman' at the Blackfriars
• King's Men performed 'The Bashful Lover' at the Blackfriars
• Sir Henry Herbert licenses Fletcher's 'The Noble Gentleman' for the Blackfriars
• Sir Henry Herbert licenses Fletcher's 'The Fair Maid of the Inn,' performed at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men pay Sir Henry Herbert for the benefit of a winter's day
• Sir Henry Herbert sends a warrant to the Kings Men to prevent them from performing 'The Tamer Tam'd'
• Sir John Astley licenses 'The Spanish Curate,' performed at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed Brome's 'The Novella' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Deserving Favourite' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'Arviragus and Philicia' at the Blackfriars
• The 1633 edition of Day's 'The Isle of Gulls' advertises that the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• The title-page of Chapman's 'Monsieur D'Olive' claims the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• The title-page of Chapman's 'May Day' claims the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany' at the Blackfriars
• The 1619 edition of Field's 'Amends for Ladies' advertises that the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The New Inn' at court
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Daniel: Edward Kirkham and Ann Kendall file a complaint against Samuel Daniel
• The legal estate of Shakespeare's Blackfriars property is transferred to new trustees
• Henry Walker sells the Blackfriars estate to Shakespeare and his trustees
• The Blackfriars estate is mortgaged to Henry Walker
• Herbert licenses 'The Corporal' for the King's Men
• Sir John Suckling and Mr. Digby play an 'actus secundus' at the Blackfriars: Robert Leake to Gervase Clifton
• The Privy Council considers shutting down the Blackfriars as a means of reducing traffic in the area
• Edward Alleyn pays rent on the Blackfriars
• The Duke of Brunswick has been to a play at the Blackfriars: Chamberlain to Carleton
• Sir Henry Herbert receives £3 from 'Mr Hemmings' for a 'courtesie done him about their Blackfriers hous'
• Herbert accepts £2 to allow a French troupe to play at the Blackfriars
• Female french players perform at the Blackfriars
• Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees a play at the Blackfriars
• Sir Humphrey Mildmay spends 1s 6d to see a play at the Blackfriars
• Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees 'a foolishe playe' at the Blackfriars
• Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees 'the More of Venice' at the Blackfriars
• Sir Humphrey Mildmay sees 'The Elder Brother' at the Blackfriars'
• Jonson's 'The Case is Alter'd' was performed by 'the Children of the Blacke-friers'
• The Blackfriars is a place to see 'a nest of boys ravish a man'
• People go to the Blackfriars to be seen
• The 1623 edition of Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi' prints a cast list
• The title-page of the 1639 edition of Field's 'Amends for Ladies' claims the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' refers to Curtis Greville in stage directions
• Stage directions in 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' name Thomas Tuckfield and Curtis Greville
• 'Monsieur Thomas' is performed at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Scornful Lady' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'A King and No King' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'Thierry, King of France' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Maid's Tragedy' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'Charles, Duke of Byron' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'Two Noble Kinsmen' at the Blackfriars
• 'Caesar and Pompey' was performed at the Blackfriars
• Players cannot play until the Queen is buried, and Richard Burbage is dead: Chamberlain
• Toby Matthew went to a play at the Blackfriars: Chamberlain to Carleton
• Sir Richard Wenman attends an 'ordinarie' play at the Blackfriars: Chamberlain to Carleton
• Fletcher's 'The Wandering Lovers' is licensed to the King's Men
• The Blackfriars musicians play 'Whitelocke's Coranto' whenever the composer visits the playhouse
• John Heminges must satisfy Henry Jenkins from sharer Richard Sharpe's profits
• The manuscript title-page of Arthur Wilson's 'The Swisser' claims the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Faithful Shepherdess' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' at the Blackfriars
• The Queen sees Carlell's 'The Spartan Ladies' at the Blackfriars
• A seat on the stage at the Blackfriars cost two shillings
• Audience members sit on stage at the Blackfriars and Cockpit for daily performances
• The King's Men performed 'The Goblins' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Mayor of Queenborough' at the Blackfriars
• The King's Men performed 'The Widow' at the Blackfriars
• Ben Jonson commends Richard Brome for having served his 'apprenticeship' as a playwright
• The title-page of Chapman's 'The Widows Tears' claims the play was performed at the Blackfriars and Whitefriars
• The title-page of Chapman's 'All Fools' claims the play was performed at the Blackfriars
• Eastward Ho was played at the Blackfriars by the Children of the Queen's Revels
• The King's Men performed 'The Wits' at the Blackfriars
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The Burbages and Robinson reply
• Ben Jonson's failed play may have fared better with a less discerning audience at the Fortune: Gill
• Christopher Beeston forces Queen Henrietta Maria's Men out of the Cockpit/Phoenix and to Salisbury Court
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': Three King's Men petition to be admitted company sharers
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The players address a further petition
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': John Shanks replies to the players' petition
• Theatres proliferate in 1620s London
• The Middlesex Justices of the Peace ban dances and jigs at plays
• Theatres are sites of prostitution, and players the next thing to panders
• A character in 'Holland's Leaguer' alludes to an aborted scheme to build an amphitheatre
• Theatres close because of the plague
• Theatres close because of the plague
• Thomas Platter -- a Swiss traveller -- visits the Theatre, Cockpit and Bear Garden
• Playing is allowed to resume following Lent
• Stage plays forbidden during the plague
• Playing resumes following the plague
• Carew insults the players of the Red Bull and Cockpit as an 'untuned kennel'
• Leonard Digges commemorates Shakespeare and disparages current playwrights
• Blagrave and Beeston petition the Master of the Revels for the return of Stephen Hammerton
• 'The Young Gallant's Whirligig' provides contextual information on private theatres
• John Rhodes is arrested for selling plays belonging to the King's Men
• A pamphlet imagines two actors lamenting the closing of the theatres during the plague
• John Underwood makes his will
• Queen Henrietta Maria sees Massinger's The Tragedy of Cleander at the Blackfriars
• The Privy Council orders playing companies, 'as also the Keepers of Paris Garden,' to shut down their houses and cease playing
• The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
• The Privy Council orders playing companies and performances suppressed during the plague
• The Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
• The privy council orders theatres closed because of the plague
• King's Men receive a royal patent to perform at the Globe, Blackfriars, and elsewhere
• King Charles grants the King's Men a renewed patent
• The license for Middleton's 'More Dissemblers Besides Women' is renewed for the King's Men
• A handwritten addendum to Stowe's 1631 Annals outlines the post-Civil War fate of London's theatres
• A prospective order from the Privy Council is to prohibit all manner of public entertainment in London, Middlesex and Surrey
• Prince Otto von Hessen-Cassell describes London's theatre scene in 1611
• Characters in a Restoration play reminisce about the old players
• Requests, Robert Keysar vs Richard Burbage et al: The bill of complaint
• Requests, Keysar v Burbage et al: The court responds to an affidavit
• Requests, Keysar vs Burbage et al: The defendants are to examine the witnesses
• Requests, Keysar vs Burbage et al: The court orders the examination of witnesses
• Father Thomas Leke responds to the archpriest of England's prohibition against playgoing
• Elizabeth Condell makes her will
• John Shank makes his will
• The King's Men performed 'The Picture' at the Globe and Blackfriars
• Plays produced at the Globe tend to be spectacular and bawdy
• The Globe and Blackfriars may have run concurrent shows during the summer months
• Nathaniel Giles receives a patent to impress children into the service of the chapel, but none are to be used as actors
• Sir Humphrey Mildmay pays 1s to see 'The Witts' at the Blackfriars
• Sir Henry Herbert cleans up 'The Tamer Tam'd,' but advises that 'ould' plays need to be carefully reviewed
• The King's Men submit an apology for their disobedience against the Master of the Revels
• Sir Henry Herbert issues a warrant against a prospective performance of 'The Tamer Tam'd' by the King's Men
• Sir Herbert sends a note to the King's Men's bookkeeper, requesting that he 'purge ther parts, as I have the booke'
• Sir Henry Herbert notes that he has received an apology from the King's Men in the matter of the 'Tamer Tam'd' controversy
• The Mayor and Aldermen of London try to block Philip Rosseter's plans for a new playhouse at Puddle Wharf
• Edward Kirkham et al are licensed to train up a company of children: the signet bill
• King's Bench, Kendall vs Cooke: The plea quotes the indenture according to which Abell Cooke was apprenticed to Thomas Kendall
• Common Pleas, Osteler vs Heminges: The bill of complaint
• The journal of the House of Commons reports on the Blackfriars inhabitants' petition against the playhouse
• The House of Commons committee reports back on the Blackfriars petition
• The Middlesex justices of the peace investigate the players' claim valuing the Blackfriars properties at 21,990l
• Sir Simonds d'Ewes' parliamentary journal refers to another petition by the Blackfriars' inhabitants against the playhouse
• Plays begin to be set up again; the Blackfriars is preparing to re-open
• The Blackfriars is deserted
• Robert Heath entreats his bookseller not to advertise his book alongside Blackfriars playbills
• A summary of theatres built in London: Edmund Howes
• Chancery, Evans vs Kirkham: Kirkham responds to Evans' complaint
• Chancery, Evans vs Kirkham: Evans responds to Kirkham's statement
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Burbage and Heminges submit their plea
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Kirkham states his case
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Evans submits his plea
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Paunton submits his answer
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Burbage and Heminges submit their answer
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: Edward Kirkham submits his replication
• Chancery, Kirkham vs Evans et al: The court dismisses the case
• Sir Thomas Cawarden responds to a complaint by the Blackfriars inhabitants that he has defaced the parish church
• Thomas Cawarden's land grant prompts a survey of the Blackfriars property
• Lord Cobham buys a mansion house on the Blackfriars estate
• Lord Cobham has not paid his rent on the Blackfriars tenements
• Sir Thomas Cawarden sells one of the Blackfriars tenements to Lord Cobham
• Sir William More delivers his second set of interrogatories in the dispute with Henry Poole over the Blackfriars properties
• Sir William More delivers his first set of interrogatories in the dispute with Henry Poole over the Blackfriars properties
• A variant of the 1608 title-page of 'A Trick to Catch the Old One' claims the play was acted both at Paul's, the Blackfriars, and at Court
• The title-page of the 1616 edition of 'A Trick to Catch the Old One' claims the play was acted at Paul's, the Blackfriars, and at Court