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Old and New London
… where, having leisure time, she employed it in reading plays and novels. She began there that tragedy which she …
Old and New London
… Soon after this came ranting fustian in, And none but plays upon the fret were seen, Such daring bombast stuff … pile to raise, To build a playhouse, while you throw down plays. While scenes, machines, and empty operas reign, And …
Survey of London
… use for dramatic performances. In the case of most of the plays presented at Whitehall there is no indication of the … it was the Great Hall which was used. Thus in 1579 three plays were performed during Shrovetide, and a casual … between Christmas, 1579, and Shrovetide, 1580, eight plays were given at Whitehall, and references to enlarging …
Survey of London
… by d' Alencon himself, came over for the same purpose. Plays, masques, jousts and other entertainments of a princely … of England." 66 At the two other seasons masques and plays were the chief amusements provided, and were usually … given in the Great Hall or in the Great Chamber. 67 Plays seem to have increased in number towards the end of the …