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Viewing Venue Record: Red Bull
Venue Locale
Structure
Red Bull
Street
St John Street
Neighbourhood
Clerkenwell
Parish
St James, Clerkenwell
County
Middlesex
Name, as appears in Primary Sources
Bull
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Star Chamber, 'Widow Waking' case: The ballad advertising the performance is used as evidence
Bull
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Plays at the Fortune and Red Bull spoil for action
Bull
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A foolish lover culls his verses from contemporary plays
Bull
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The Fortune and Red Bull provide wooing material for a clown
Bull
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Red Bull and Curtain are popular: Vox Graculi
Read-bull
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Day and Dekker's 'The Belman of Paris' is licensed for Prince Charles' Men at the Red Bull
Red Bull, neere Clarken-well
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Queen Anne's Men perform 'The Rape of Lucrece' at the Red Bull
Red-bull in St Johns street
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Thomas Crosfield records theatres and actors of the five main London companies
Redbull
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Richard Baxter and John Gill bonded to appear at sessions of the peace concerning a threatened riot
Redd Bull in Clarkenwell
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Queen Anne's Men are licensed to perform at the Red Bull and Curtain
Redd Bull in St Johns Street
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Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Baskervile and Browne reply
Redd Bull neere St Jones
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Requests, Smith vs the Queen's Men: Smith states his case
redd Bull
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Thomas Greene writes his will
th'Bull
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Plays cost a shilling at Salisbury Court, two pence at the Fortune or Red Bull
the Bull
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Leonard Digges commemorates Shakespeare and disparages current playwrights
the Bull
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A fencing prize is played at the Red Bull
the Bull
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'Mad for a Head' is licensed to the Red Bull Company
the Bull in St. Iohns-street
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'Match Me in London' is performed first at the Red Bull and then revived at the Cockpit/Phoenix
the Red Bull at the vpp[er] end of St John street
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Chancery, Woodford vs Holland: Woodford states his case
the Red Bull in St. John's Street
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A purse is snatched at the Red Bull
the Redd Bull at the vpper end of St Johns streete
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Chancery, Woodford vs Holland: Holland answers
the Redd bull neare St Jones
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Requests, Smith vs Beeston: Queen Anne's Men respond
Active dates
Dates
From: 1569 To: 1642 (Source of claim: externally supplied)
Related Events
Star Chamber, 'Widow Waking' case: Thomas Dekker deposes
Star Chamber, 'Widow Waking' case: Thomas Dekker deposes a second time
Requests, Smith vs Beeston: Queen Anne's Men respond
Privy Council vs Prince Charles' Men: The complaint and order concerning 'The Whore New Vamped'
A message is delivered from St James' palace to the Red Bull players
Chancery, Queen's Men vs Beeston: Heywood deposes
Chancery, Woodford vs Holland: Woodford states his case
Thomas Jacob assaults divers persons at the Red Bull
Thomas Pinnocke threatens to pull down the Red Bull and cudgels people in the streets
An apprentice threatens to riot unless remunerated for an injury sustained during a performance at the Red Bull
A purse is snatched at the Red Bull
Five men are arrested for causing a 'notable outrage' at the Red Bull
Chancery, Thomas Woodford vs Aaron Holland: court dismisses the suit
Star Chamber, 'Widow Waking' case: The ballad advertising the performance is used as evidence
A balladeer is robbed at the Red Bull
The Company of the Revels promises Red Bull audiences reformed plays
A play about the Sophy of Persia is performed at the Red Bull
The Red Bull produces empty-headed comedies
Ben Jonson never wrote the loud plays associated with the Red Bull
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: The court orders Holland to appear and answer the complaint
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: Holland and his lawyer are served court orders, but refuse to grant Woodford his lease
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: the court orders the arrest of Holland
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: the court enjoins Holland to perform the order of the court
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: the court orders Holland to grant Woodford a new lease
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: Holland ordered to appear
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: the court sends the suit to arbitration
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: Woodford states his case
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: Holland appears in court, case is dropped
Requests, Woodford vs Holland: Holland's answer
William Perry joins the Red Bull company
Edward Alleyn enumerates charges for the Bear Garden and Fortune, and attends a play at the Red Bull
A French company is allowed to play at the Red Bull
'Come See a Wonder' is performed unlicensed at the Red Bull by a company of strangers
Sir Henry Herbert lists the chief players at the Red Bull
'If It be not good, the Devil is in It' is acted at the Red Bull by Queen Anne's Men
'Match Me in London' is performed first at the Red Bull and then revived at the Cockpit/Phoenix
The Red Bull (Revels) Company perform 'Herod and Antipater' at the Red Bull
A young boy plays the part of Richard III
Queen Anne's Men perform 'The Four Prentices of London' at the Red Bull
Queen Anne's Men perform 'The Rape of Lucrece' at the Red Bull
Queen Anne's Men perform 'Swetnam the Woman-Hater' at the Red Bull
Carew insults the players of the Red Bull and Cockpit as an 'untuned kennel'
Leonard Digges commemorates Shakespeare and disparages current playwrights
'The Fair Foul One' is licensed to a Company of Strangers and performed at the Red Bull
'The Crafty Merchant' is licensed to the Lady Elizabeth's Men
'The Peaceable King' is licensed for the Prince's Men
A fencing prize is played at the Red Bull
Requests, Baskervile vs Rhodes: Gradwell and Hall testify
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Perkins deposes
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Clark deposes
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Heywood deposes
Stage-keepers played minor walk-on roles
Star Chamber, 'Widow Waking' case: Garfield deposes
Day and Dekker's 'The Belman of Paris' is licensed for Prince Charles' Men at the Red Bull
A competing version of 'Keep the Widow Waking' is licensed for another company
'The Devil and the Collier,' parts 1 and 2 are licensed to Prince Charles' Men
'New World in the Moon' licensed to Prince Charles' Men
Massinger's 'History of William Longsword' is licensed to the Red Bull
Clifton's 'The Noble Thief' is licensed to the company at the Red Bull
'Mad for a Head' is licensed to the Red Bull Company
'Youth's Figaries' is licensed to the Red Bull Company
Queen Anne's Men revive 'Edward II' at the Red Bull
Queen Anne's Men performed 'The Four Prentices of London' at the Red Bull
Playing resumes following the plague
The Fortune and Red Bull exchange companies
Plays at the Fortune and Red Bull spoil for action
Plays cost a shilling at Salisbury Court, two pence at the Fortune or Red Bull
The Red Bull is more elegant than the Fortune
Theatres proliferate in 1620s London
Lord Mayor asks Lord Chamberlain to restrict playing in the suburbs
A foolish lover culls his verses from contemporary plays
'The Hector of Germany' is performed at the Red Bull and the Curtain
Requests, Smith vs the Queen's Men: Smith states his case
The Fortune and Red Bull provide wooing material for a clown
Queen Anne's Men are licensed to perform at the Red Bull and Curtain
The Privy Council warns Middlesex authorities of a planned assault on the Red Bull and Cockpit theatres
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Baskervile and Browne reply
Requests, Smith vs Beeston: Beeston replies
The Red Bull Company is not allowed to perform Shakespeare's plays
Thomas Heywood commends the play 'Greene's Tu Quoque,' its writer and eponymous star
The Middlesex Justices of the Peace ban dances and jigs at plays
Theatres are sites of prostitution, and players the next thing to panders
Privy Council vs Prince Charles' Men: The charges about 'The Whore New Vamped'
A summary of theatres built in London: Edmund Howes
Privy Council warns London of a planned assault on the Red Bull and Cockpit theatres
Requests, Salisbury Court vs Brome: Richard Brome responds to the charges
A character in 'Holland's Leaguer' alludes to an aborted scheme to build an amphitheatre
Theatres close because of the plague
Stage plays forbidden during the plague
Theatres close because of the plague
Thomas Crosfield records theatres and actors of the five main London companies
Richard Baxter and John Gill bonded to appear at sessions of the peace concerning a threatened riot
Chancery, Woodford vs Holland: Holland answers
Chancery, Worth, Cumber and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Worth and Blaney state their case
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: King deposes
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: Baxter deposes
'The Escapes of Jupiter' is allowed to another company despite having belonged to the Cockpit company
Red Bull and Curtain are popular: Vox Graculi
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
'The Virgin Martyr' is licensed to the Red Bull
A prospective order from the Privy Council is to prohibit all manner of public entertainment in London, Middlesex and Surrey
The players have abandoned the Bankside theatres for Middlesex: John Taylor
Prince Otto von Hessen-Cassell describes London's theatre scene in 1611
John Day's 'The Honest Citizen' is licensed to Prince Charles' Men
John Webster's 'A Cure for a Cuckold' is licensed to Prince Charles' Men
'Hogshead' is licensed to Prince Charles' Men
The Company of the Revels performs 'The Heir'
Chancery, Worth and Blaney vs Baskervile and Browne: John King deposes
Thomas Greene writes his will
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