On 2 September 1642, just after the First English Civil War had begun, the Long Parliament ordered the closure of all London theatres. The order cited...

1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and stayed open until the London theatre closures of 1642. As well as plays by Shakespeare...

Renaissance theatre, also known as Renaissance English theatre and Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1558 and 1642. This is the...

Renaissance theatres, from the first theatres built in 1567, to their closure at the beginning of the English Civil War in 1642. English Renaissance theatres were...

West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London. Along with New York City's Broadway...

to the early twentieth century. Theatre portal The Cambridge History of British Theatre London theatre closure 1642 King's Men § Aftermath for the history...

1642. Alhambra Theatre Astoria Theatre Bolton's Theatre Club Britannia Theatre The Bunker, Southwark Camden Theatre Cockpit Theatre Coronet Theatre Daly's...

1895. Volume three covers the British theater from 1895. Theatre portal London theatre closure 1642 King's Men § Aftermath for the history of one company...

notorious attack on theatre prior to the ban. Viewing theatre as sinful, the Puritans ordered the closure of London theatres in 1642. On 24 January 1643...

September: London theatre closure 1642: Parliament orders closure of London's playhouses, effectively ending the era of English Renaissance theatre. 12 November:...