Category:Chandos's

'Patrons and Performances

Three generations of the Brydges family sponsored troupes during the Tudor period:

John Brydges (REED/Patrons and Performances), 1st Baron Chandos, was the patron of a company of players in 1549-50 who performed at the Booth Hall in Shrewsbury (REED/Patrons and Performances).

Edmund Brydges (REED/Patrons and Performances), 2nd Baron Chandos and son of John, was patron to a company in 1558-9 who performed in Goucester and Ludlow (REED/Patrons and Performances).

Giles Brydges (REED/Patrons and Performances) sponsored a troupe of players who traveled widely in England as early as 1577 into 1593 (REED/Patrons and Performances). The company is traceable in the major touring circuits of the time: East Anglia (Norwich), the Southeast (Dover, Rye, Folkestone), Midlands (Coventry), Southwest (Bath, Exeter), West Midlands (Gloucester, Ludlow, Lyme), and the Northwest (York). They performed primarily in civic halls (common halls, guildhalls, booth halls), but at Lyme they performed at a private residence, Lyme Park (REED/Patrons and Performances).