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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).

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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