Viewing Venue Record: Theatre

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• The Theatre and Curtain are located near Holywell: Stow
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: John Goburne deposes again
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Henry Johnson deposes again
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Thomas Nevill deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Philip Baker deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Thomas Osborne deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Oliver Tylte deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Cuthbert Burbage replies
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Giles Allen replies
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Burbage states his case
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Robert Vigerous deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Giles Allen provides the interrogatories for Robert Vigerous and Thomas Nevill
• Requests, Burbage vs Allen: The court orders Giles Allen's arrest
• Requests, Miles v Burbage: Robert Miles states his case
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Cuthbert Burbage swears an affidavit
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Cuthbert Burbage must register a plea
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: The court orders an injunction against Giles Allen
• Requests, Miles v Burbage and Allen: Robert Miles' suit may proceed
• Requests, Miles v Burbage and Allen: The attorneys must compare Robert Miles' Request and Chancery bills
• The Theatre and Curtain are commonly used for plays
• The plague threatens: Theatres must close until Michaelmas
• King's Bench, Allen v Burbage: A Latin summary outlines the case
• King's Bench, Allen v Street: The bill of complaint summarizes the terms of the lease on the Theatre property
• Chancery, Miles v Burbage: The court throws out Robert Miles' case
• Chancery, Burbage v Miles/Miles v Burbage: The court combines the two Theatre-related suits
• Chancery, Miles v Burbage: Robert Miles takes up Margaret Brayne's suit
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court orders the terms of the original arbitrament to be observed
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Hyde deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Ralph Miles deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Hyde deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Nicholas Byshop deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Alleyn deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Ralph Miles deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Robert Miles deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Henry Lanman deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: William Nicoll deposes
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Interrogatories for Gascoigne, Bett, and James
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Henry Bett deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Richard Hudson deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Bryan Ellam deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: James Burbage deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Cuthbert Burbage deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Hyde deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: George Clough deposes
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: James Burbage states his case
• Burbage and Brayne are indicted for illicit and violent assemblies at the Theatre
• Margaret Brayne makes her will
• The lord mayor of London asks Walsingham to forbid plays at playhouses in the liberties because of plague
• The lord mayor complains of a disturbance at the Theatre
• Edward Harvie plays his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
• The lord mayor asks the privy council to pull down the Theatre and Curtain but Burbage resists; violence at the Theatre
• A 'brabble' over the Theatre erupts during dinner at the lord mayor's residence
• A 'freemartin' performs at the Theatre (or a boy delivers a prologue)?
• An earthquake shakes the Theatre
• Multitudes flock to London's lewd playhouses
• The Theatre is unfrequented
• Richard Tarlton introduces a vulgar word into the theatre
• Plays and players are despicable, but there are some good plays at the Bel Savage, Bull, and Theatre: Gosson
• The Theatre and Curtain are chapels of adultery: Rankins
• A 'Hamlet' is performed at the Theatre
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Alleyn deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court issues an order to determine whether the defendant's demurrer is sufficient
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Miles claims the Burbages have broken the court's order; the court orders their arrest
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: The court issues an order to determine whether the defendant's demurrer is sufficient
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The interrogatories for Hyde and Clough
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: The court repeats an order to determine whether the defendant's demurrer is sufficient
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court rejects Hone's report, continues contempt investigation of the Burbages
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court issues an order to proceed with depositions over contempt
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Interrogatories for John Hynde
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The interrogatories for Byshop, Alleyn, Miles, and Hyde
• The lord mayor and aldermen of London ask the privy council to close the Theatre and playhouses on the Bankside
• The Theatre may have provided a stage for anti-Martinist plays
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Edward Collyns deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: John Griggs deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Giles Allen deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Miles: Margaret Brayne states her case
• The Theatre hosts unlawful assemblies
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court orders the Burbages to answer or Brayne will get half the Theatre profits
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court appoints Sir Julius Caesar to determine whether the Burbages are in contempt
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: The court appoints Dr John Hone to determine whether the Burbages are in contempt, and to conclude the suit
• The Martin Marprelate controversy has produced comedies
• A priest is hanged at the Theatre: Stow
• The Theatre and Curtain are palaces of Venus: Stubbes
• John Norris plays his fencing scholar's prize at the Theatre
• John Devell barely passes his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
• Robert Blisse plays his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
• Andrew Bello plays his fencing master's prize at the Theatre
• Exchequer, Rutland v Allen and Burbage: An interrogatory refers to 'the late greate howse called the Theatre'
• The Theatre playhouse hosts a play about the Martin Marprelate controversy
• Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Giles Allen states his case
• Requests, Burbage vs Allen: Henry Johnson deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: John Goburne deposes
• Requests, Burbage vs Allen: William Smythe deposes
• Plays are banned, and the Curtain and Theatre are to be pulled down
• London has four 'amphitheatres'
• To avoid conflict with traditional bear-baiting days, plays are banned Sundays and Thursdays
• The privy council orders a restraint on Sunday playing in Middlesex
• A German prince mentions four active theatres in London
• The lord mayor and aldermen of London ask the privy council to ban plays and playing
• The Curtain and Theatre and other purpose-built playhouses are schools for wickedness
• The Theatre and Curtain are enemies to good manners
• John David is allowed to play his provost's prize at the Theatre
• Plays cost 4d at St Paul's, 2d at the Theatre
• Chamberlain's Office, 'Sharers' Papers': The Burbages and Robinson reply
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: John Hynde deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for James and Cuthbert Burbage
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Henry Bett deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Nicholas Byshop deposes
• Lambarde mentions Paris Garden, the Bel Savage, and the Theatre as common resorts for entertainment at reasonable prices
• A summary of theatres built in London: Edmund Howes
• Stow's MS 'Survey of London' gives a slightly different location for the Curtain and Theatre than the published edition
• 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 Privy Council orders theatres closed because of the plague
• The Privy Council orders playhouses reopened following the plague
• The lord mayor of London asks a Middlesex justice to forbid a fencing match at the Theatre
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: The court examiner must determine whether the defendants' demurrer is sufficient
• Martin Marprelate laments the popularity of stage plays, regrets having used stage rhetoric himself
• Bills are used to advertise plays: Rankins
• The Theatre and Curtain destroy the body and soul: Field
• Audience members are injured and killed when parts of Paris Garden collapse during a Sunday bear-baiting
• The Theatre and Curtain are enemies to good manners: Twyne
• A priest is hanged near the Theatre: Stow
• Public playhouses present secular drama: Stow
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Brayne and Miles demur
• Chancery, Brayne v Miles: The court orders Miles either to answer the charges or be arrested
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Cuthbert Burbage appears in court and so avoids arrest
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for Bett, Allen, Ellam, Hudson, and Clerke
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: William Clerke deposes
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Ellen Gascoigne deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: William Furnis deposes
• 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
• Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: William James deposes
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for John Hyde
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for Nicholas Byshop
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for Ralph Miles
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for John Alleyn
• Chancery, Brayne v Burbage: Interrogatories for Griggs, Collyns, Miles, Lanman, and Nicoll
• Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, Peter Street, and William Smythe answer
• Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Lane answers
• Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Hudson and Osborne answer
• Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Interrogatories for Lane
• Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Lane deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Interrogatories for Baker, Goburne, and Johnson
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: interrogatories for Hudson, Bromfield, Osborne, Furnis, Smyth, May, and Tylte
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Hudson deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Bromfield deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: May deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Interrogatories for Johnson and Goburne
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Allen swears an affidavit
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Court examiners depose Vigerous and Nevill
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Interrogatories for Miles and Miles
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Robert Miles deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Ralph Miles deposes
• Requests, Burbage v Allen: Allen appears in court
• 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
• Paul Hentzner, a traveller in England, reports on London's theatrical scene
• The 'View of the Cittye of London' depicts a playhouse which may be the Theatre
• The privy council advises London authorities to restrict playhouses and other venues when the plague threatens