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"Entertainment" is a category of performance often associated with civic or court venues.

...the second of February. Candlemas was often an occasion for performance at court.

A royal performance might have taken place at the English court or at another site where the king (or queen) was present.

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). Unknown company at court (Harbage); King’s (Bentley).

|venue=Court | |||| '''The Paynters daughter''' showen at Hampton Court on S^t Stevens daie

Plays/performances associated with Gray's Inn (Inn of Court, Middlesex). <blockquote>A notable account of the Gray's Inn Christmas Revels mentions a performance of Shakespeare's ''Comedy of Errors'' in 1594-5. One early 17th c. record i

...wed at that time. Because no further mention of the business occurs in the court minutes, scholars deduce that Sylvester's work was deemed satisfactory and ...izabethan court system, scholars deduce that the matter was settled out of court.<br>

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). <br><br>The list designated ‘D’ by Chambers (f.247) c ...on Revels Office scrap paper, were under consideration for performance at court.

|venue=Court ...count, in which it is attributed to Leicester's men, who performed both at court, in London, and in the provinces.

===Court Records=== The play is one of eleven given by the King’s Men at court through the winter holiday season of 1604-5. Having received the patronage

===Court Records=== ...ie" performed by John Symons and his fellows. Henry Evans was paid for the performance.

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). The list designated ‘B’ by Chambers (f.197<sup>v</sup ...on Revels Office scrap paper, were under consideration for performance at court.

...patronage when he became the earl of Leicester in 1564. The troupe was at court during Christmastide in 1560-1 and 1561-2. They are in provincial touring r ...s noticeable in two other areas: court and London. The company appeared at court for nine straight Christmastides, 1572-3 through 1581-2, and the following

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). <br><br>The list designated ‘D’ by Chambers (f.247) c ...on Revels Office scrap paper, were under consideration for performance at court.

===Payments for Court Performance=== [[category:all]][[category:David McInnis]][[category:court]][[category:King's]][[category:Woman's...]]

The author is unknown; William Rowley was paid for the court performance because he represented his company as payee, not because he was the author [[category:all]] [[category:Prince Charles's (I)]][[category:court]]

...d at the company's urban and provincial venues (most likely) as well as at court. ...ambers, ''ES'']] offers no opinions, but he does record its performance at court (2.88, 4.89, 147).

...in the provinces in the mid-1570s; therefore, their repertory offerings at court in these years are most likely to have been taken on the road also. They pr In addition to documenting the performance of the play itself at court, the records from the Office of the Revels include payment for the conveyan

===The cancelled performance=== ...umber of twelue, my lady Vdall, my lady Caue, my lady May &c: The Maske at Court not yett.’

...alsea from early August to 3 October 1597" as part of the fallout from the performance of "[[Isle of Dogs, The|The Isle of Dogs]]" (Eccles, p. 168). ...angley's stock ([[WorksCited|Foakes, p. 68]]). And he joined a suit in the Court of Requests with other players in 1598 (Eccles, p. 168). In May 1598 he mar

|venue=Court ...London area and in the provinces for at least a year on either side of the court appearance.

...y's structure" (193). To account for this, he proposes that the 1611 court performance of ''No Wit'' may have been "an adaptation that highlighted Weatherwise" an ...consults his almanac, "might hypothetically have been added for the court performance where the play was called ''The Almanac''" (782).

...The Proxy, or Love's Aftergame'', was produced at the theatre at Salisbury Court, November 24, 1634. :1635/6, 24 Feb. ''Loves Aftergame'', played at St. James by the Salisbury Court players, the 24 of Feb. 1635.

Prince Charles's (I) Men, at court. ...ght have been sung there ''after'' a premiere at court, but finds a "first performance at the Curtain" to be "at least as likely" (6:136). However, [[Works Cited|

Although Rowley was payee for a court performance of a two-part play entitled ''The Knaves'' in 1613, there is no evidence th

The one known performance of "Alcmaeon" was at court, where it was performed by Paul's Boys under the direction of Sebastion Wes [[category:Children of Paul's]][[category:Court]][[category:Classical]][[category:Update]][[category:Roslyn L. Knutson]][[c

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). The list designated ‘D’ by Chambers (f.247) contains, Orbison observes that the date of the performance referred to is certainly between 1612 and 1619, and gives a number of reaso

And when that’s done we’le whip them to y^e court.<br /> The final line of this prologue suggests this masque was likely performed at court before King James.

...estivities at Somerset House on Shrove Sunday (21 February), 1585, but the performance was cancelled due to the queen's decision not to make a public appearance. ...to assume 1592, March 6, as the exact date for this performance [i.e., the performance to which the Plot of "[[Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, The|The Seco

...alsea from early August to 3 October 1597" as part of the fallout from the performance of "[[Isle of Dogs, The|The Isle of Dogs]]" (Eccles, p. 168). ...angley's stock ([[WorksCited|Foakes, p. 68]]). And he joined a suit in the Court of Requests with other players in 1598 (Eccles, p. 168). In May 1598 he mar

The play is first recorded as having been performed at court in 1612 by the Duke of York's Men (later called Prince Charles's (I) Men). ...trolled the manuscript" and charged Beeston £3 to revive it for "a benefit performance like those the King's company gave for him" (5.1025). Tiffany Stern notes t

To be selected for performance, the play must also have been rehearsed in the presence of Edmund Tilney al Under "Payments for plays", the following is recorded for the Candlemas performance of 1579:

...ink.library.utoronto.ca/reed/Eventhits.cfm REED PP]), and they appeared at court during Christmastide 1576-7 and 1577-8. Two of their plays for 1576-7 (both ...6 January (with [[:category:Chamberlain's|Hunsdon's players]]). Their next court dates were 11 February 1589, 3 March 1590, and Christmastide of 1590-91 (27

...the plays given through the holiday season but also the date and venue of performance. "Five Plays in One" was given on 6 January 1585 (Twelfth Night), in the ev ...to assume 1592, March 6, as the exact date for this performance [i.e., the performance to which the Plot of "[[Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, The|The Seco

|documentarySources=Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary) ...Man of West Chester," and the accuracy of the 16 July date for the fourth performance is questionable.

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===Performance Records === [[category:Solo performance]]

====For playing at court==== ..., the play is more likely to have been in revival when Dekker prepared for performance before a royal audience. If it also played publicly in January 1600, its ve

...ts of Elizabeth I and James I; the resulting book is called ''Shakespeare, Court Dramatist'' and was published by Oxford University Press. From 2009 to 2013

===Performance Records=== ...London from the autumn of 1591 to the early spring of 1592" as well as at court, Wiggins deduces that the company was buying new plays from 1591-3 (#903).

King's Men at court ...red baseless. Bentley adds: "Though it was good enough for performance at court, it must have lost its appeal in the next eighteen years, for it is not inc

===Court Records=== Performed for the court by Leicester's Men at Richmond on Shrove Sunday (10 February) 1583.

...etail, including possibly the name of their play (now lost). Following the performance in Bristol between 6 and 12 July 1578, the recorder of the Mayor's Audits n ...ntListID=2942 REED PP]). In Newcastle, the company performed at Merchants' Court.

Prince Charles's (I) at court ...'s suggestion that the furore caused the Prince's Men to be denied a court performance of ''The World Tossed at Tennis'' is generally thought to be baseless.

===Court Records=== :The play was one of 20 performances by the King’s Men at court through the winter holiday season of 1612-13 (the other 14 plays named are

...k Maid" was among the six 'Histories and Invencions' performed at Richmond court during 'Christmas Newyeares tide Twelftide and the son day folowing' (Decem ...asurer of the Chamber (222b) confirms that Leicester's men were paid for a performance on January 4th.<br /><br />

...nry Helmes, and a list of the members of the Inn who held positions at his court is given in the tract. The revels began on St. Thomas's Eve, 20 Dec., conti '''Nelson and Elliott''' reproduce the letter in their ''Inns of Court'' volume for REED (435-36), noting:

...de with their patron's becoming Lord Chamberlain. The players performed at court thirteen times between Shrovetide 1573 and January 1583, often on Candlemas ...], might still have been acting with the Queen's men. Sussex's appeared at court on 2 January 1592. On 29 April 1593 the company acquired a license to trav

...of 1661, is, I believe, a composition of ca. 1592-1593, cut for itinerant performance but otherwise little altered” (144), suggests that Day and Dekker “may ...noting its anomalous character, both as a rare allusion to a Jacobean inn performance, and because the Earl of Derby's players tended to operate in the provinces

...cribes the English players visiting Graz during Fasching celebrations. The performance in question would have taken place on 18 February 1608: :After the performance we again had dinner at five o'clock and the English players gave another pl

===Court Records=== ...e small lights supplied by the Revels Office were stolen on the day of the performance. Sebastian Wescott was later paid £10 (comprising £6.13s.4d fee and £3.6

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). :In a projected court performance around 1619, ''Henry the Unable'' would have been intensely topical... Fir

...ive the privilege of attending the January 6 festivities. As a result, the performance of the ''Vision'' was delayed and the "Masque of Scots" substituted to appe :The first ''Christmas'' of worthy king James was at his court at Hampton A^o 1603: wher the French, Spanish & Polonian Ambassad

===Performance Records === Frustratingly, despite the survival of a complete plot ''and'' a string of performance records pertaining to this lost title, the subject matter remains elusive.

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). [[Category:Cotton MS. Tiberius E. X.]] [[category:Unknown]] [[category:Court]] [[category:all]]

...ationers’ Register need not have followed closely on composition (or first performance), and it may be that the play is one of the ‘two hundred’ or so in whic

...hile other critics have suggested it was acted by the company at Salisbury Court after the long plague closure of 1636-7. It was seen into print by "A.T.", ...script, but changed to the distinct and tantalizing ''Fatal Contract'' for performance" (245). In Morley's account, the manuscript that Marriott received bore the

|documentarySources=Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary) ===Performance Records===

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...to name the original players, but a license dated 28 November 1583 by the Court of Aldermen of the City of London provides a partial list:[[category:Robert ...hegemony in other areas was also breaking down. Their last performance at court was 6 January 1594.

|venue=Court ===Performance Records===

...ontract", for performance at the White Horse inn. According to the Mayor's Court Book, Francis Wambus posted a playbill without permission, and subsequently ...hangeling'', written for the Lady Elizabeth's Men in 1622 and presented at court on 4 January 1624 (see Hutchings). It is likely these plays were further re

...ivic halls such as a guild or common hall. Pembroke's players performed at court on 26 December 1592 and 6 January 1593. Presumably they also performed in L ...f Dogs." See Ingram (below) for a recent opinion on the coincidence of the performance of the play and the privy council order on 28 July to close the playhouses.

|documentarySources=Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary) === Performance Records ===

...1617 – when the play may have been written for performance at the Inns of Court. A more plausible supposition would be a date between 1625 and 1630, during ...cludes the possibility of a performance at Gray's Inn because 'the Inns of Court had no tradition of Latin drama.'

...0). It may be, however, that the Chamber Account's payment for a 5 January performance in fact refers to that on New Year's night (Streitberger 47). ...ing." In the same 1611-12 season, the King's Men's performances before the court also included ''The Tempest'' (1 November), ''The Winter's Tale'' (5 Novemb

...an Oxford Fellow in the 1580s, may well have been sung during the original performance of ''Palamon'' and is probably by Edwards" (116). Although he does not note ...ncies, and fine deuises: and thereon, meditate diuers sweete conceites, to court the loue of faire ladies and gentlewomen by N.B. Gent. Imprinted at London

...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). ...on MS. Tiberius E. X.]] [[category:ghost]] [[category:Unknown]] [[category:Court]]

...rship role, being one of the joint-payees for the company's performance at court in December 1594. He also acquired a share in the lease of the Globe c. 159

...x uprising, Phillips was the company representative who testified that the performance had not been the company's idea (Nungezer, 281). He remained with the compa ...n the parish of St. Saviour's Southwark: Bullhead Alley (1593), Horse-shoe Court (1593, 1595, 1604), Montague Close (1601), and Bradshaw's Rents (1602). He

...of the Revels record various expenses disbursed in the preparation of the performance of "King Xerxes" and its aftermath. Payments were made for Thomas Blagrave' ...d on 6 January 1575 by the Children of Windsor before the Queen at Hampton Court.

...e fow''er'' sones of Aymon," offered to the Admiral's men as an option for performance at the [[:category:Fortune|Fortune]] within the following twelve months (F. ...later, in ''An Apology for Actors'' (1612), Thomas Heywood wrote about the performance of a play with the same title acted (in English, presumably) in continental

...n Old Castell'', to his great Contentment. This Day the Lords are going to Court. My Lord ''Harbert'' wil be here vpon ''Wednesday'', he must be the honorab ...wrote some more sentences of news for Sidney, but nothing relevant to the performance (Brennan, Kinnamon, and Hannay, p. 439).

|documentarySources=Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary) === Performance Records===

=== Performance Records === :[t]he large receipts from the first performance [in Henslowe’s Diary, 1595/6], and the fact of its being particularly des

...confirmation that Derby's Men were paid by the crown for their Shrovetide performance in 1579.<br /><br /> Wiggins records the timeline for the performance of this play. It was performed for the Master of Revels sometime before Sat

|documentarySources=Performance Records (Henslowe's Diary) ===Performance Records===

...ost lovely theatres have been built. Not an evening has passed without the performance of some lovely play in the royal household in the presence of their Majesti ...ever, the well-received 27 December masque was soon eclipsed by the lavish performance of Jonson's ''The Masque of Blackness'' on 6 January 1605. The Christmas se

...being in Norwich, where they advertised a play, The Spanish Contract, for performance at the White Horse inn. ...hangeling, written for the Lady Elizabeth’s Men’s in 1622 and presented at court on 4 January 1624 (see Hutchings). It is likely these plays were further re

===Performance Records === ...n performances through 9 July 1596, and it returned an average of 31s. per performance to Henslowe. <br>

...gossip, John Chamberlain, the following information about goings-on at the court of the new king, James: "On New Year's night we had a play of Robin Goodfel ...rt had recessed from London to Hampton Court for the winter of 1603-4, the performance of "Robin Goodfellow" would have been the company's first opportunity to en

...hen by sworde. Suche persons as were nice and wanton, he secluded from hys court. This man as appeareth, litle fauoured the vsurped power of the Bishop of R ..., which concerns a private performance at which their gear was lost, was a performance of "The Famous Wars of Henry I and the Prince of Wales" ([http://www.archiv

...nd almost certainly staged earlier than its first recorded performance, at court, in January 1624) and ''The Spanish Gypsy'' in 1623. It is difficult to ima ...Venice. Osuna’s career as a soldier, politician, and, latterly, victim of court politics that saw him brought down at the hands of his rival, Count-Duke Ol

...yment; see Schlueter, "Across the narrow sea", 237-38), was revived at the Court of Saxony in Dresden in 1626, and again, this time as a puppet play, in Dan ...advisor, the magician Runcifax/Barabas, and manages to enter the Scottish court himself by adopting the disguise of a fool. The magician’s magic mirror r

The play was acquired on July 19 1598 by the Admiral’s Men for performance at the Rose. ...y. Pepin sends Valentine to deal with the problem, and Orson is brought to court. [¶] Pepin sends Valentine and Orson to do battle with a Green Knight who

...William Kempe and William Shakespeare as payees of £20 for performances at court by the Lord Chamberlain's men on the previous holidays of St. Stephen's Day ...tyle="padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em">Bradley, David. ''From Text to Performance in the Elizabethan Theatre''. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992.<

===Performance Records=== ...run of 7 performances. There is a note in the margin at the initial March performance of the play, as follows: "begynyng in leant marche 1597." Marginal notes al

...ghts late in the night in a disorderly manner. […] It is therefore by this Court ordered that the said Will''ia''m Sands thelder Iohn. Sands and William San ...7 yeares" implies that 1611 is "the latest possible date" for its earliest performance, and his poem also suggests frequent performances ("hath bene often showne"

...se. In the complaint lodged by Brayne versus Sylvester and recorded by the Court Book of the Carpenters' Company, the location of the theatrical structure w ...ails about the location of the playhouse are provided in a lawsuit in the Court of King's Bench in Hilary term 11 Elizabeth (1569) in which John Brayne sue

...ere are also claims of his having a position post-Agincourt at the English court, where he is associated with the queen’s household, perhaps as tailor or ...erine. Holland describes (through an aspiring but unworthy observer of the court) the royal entertainment attended by the queen: "Some in their cinqueapase

...Blacke Jonne" on the inventory list), do not appear in Henslowe's lists of performance, including [[Sturgflatery|"Sturgflaterey,"]] [[Branhowlte (Brunhild)|"Brunh :Earlier in the same year [1597] Henslowe notes a performance of "The Witch of Islington." By the next year had been written "Black Joan.

=== Performance Records === ...s a "born fool" (Ch1). When Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram visit the Earl's court, Lancelot falls in love with Laura and offers to undertake hardy adventure

=== Performance Records === ...responds with great anxiety, he reveals his identity. Later, he returns to court but his madness returns and he is chained in a cell of the hospital of St.

...any play of Fletcher's should at this late date have been omitted from the Court list, I would suggest that ''The Buck is a Thief'' presented 1623, Dec. 28,

...uncertain date following Christmas, and for 09 July 1613 (pertaining to a performance which occurred on 08 June 1613 at Greenwich) (Astington 246-47). The compan The next documented occurrence related to the play was the first performance of Lewis Theobald's play ''Double Falsehood'' at Covent Garden on 13 Decemb

...ver, Busino perhaps refers to Venetians more generally, in which case the performance may have occurred prior to his arrival. ...he Venetian ambassador and frequent playgoer Antonio Foscarini attending a performance at the Curtain. Standing as a groundling at the end of the play, Foscarini

...ragedy: Or, The Step-Mother's Cruelty," in connection with the offering at court by Sussex's men on 28 December 1578 entitled "The Cruelty of a Stepmother." ...torial Competition at the Rose and Globe, 1599-1600.” ''Acts of Criticism: Performance Matters in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.'' Ed. June Schlueter and Pau

...n the specific case of Elizabeth's marriage to Anjou, however, the private performance at New Hall represents a markedly different form of counsel than the stride

===Performance Records === ...ls Office had at some time or times under consideration for performance at court” (''RES'' 484). One of the plays listed at this surprisingly late date is