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First record of a play performed at Boar's Head Inn in Whitechapel. -
Licensing of plays enacted.
Creation of the Earl of Worcester's Men;
The Earl of Warwick's Men;
Lord Strange's Men. -
The Earl of Leicester's Men
perform at Stratford. -
The Earl of Leicester's Men receive a patent. -
James Burbage obtains permission to build
"The Theatre" in Shoreditch; receives a
21-year lease. -
The Queen's Men created by the companies
of Leicester's Men, Oxford's Men, Sussex's Men,
Earl of Derby's Men, and Lord Hunsdon's Men. -
"The Rose" built on Bankside
by Philip Henslowe. -
Lord Chamberlain's Men created, Shakespeare
as founding member.
Admiral's Men move to The Rose.
Francis Langley applies to build "The Swan"
in Paris Garden. -
Plays banned within City limits.
James Burbage purchases and converts
Blackfriars to a theatre.
Unable to get permission to open. -
Second Pembroke's Men.
Burbage leases Blackfriars to the Chapel Children.
After James Burbage's death, the
lease on The Theatre expires. -
The Theatre dismantled. Timbers
taken to Bankside to build The Globe. -
Parliamentary ordinance to suppress all plays.
"The Closing of the Theatres."
The Cockpit and the Fortune occasionally stage
plays illicitly. -
The Puritans order all playhouses demolished,
all actors whipped, and theatregoers fined
five shillings. -
The Restoration. King Charles II
reopens the playhouses.