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Blackfriars Theatre was the name given to two separate theatres located in the former Blackfriars Dominican priory in the City of London during the Renaissance. The first theatre began as a venue for the Children of the Chapel Royal , child actors associated with the Queen's chapel choirs , and who from 1576 to 1584 staged plays in the vast ...
Elizabeth Russell, Lady Russell (née Cooke; formerly Hoby; c.1540–1609) was an English poet and noblewoman. [1] [2] She was an influential member of Queen Elizabeth I's court and was known in her time for her refined poetry as well as her musical talent. [3]
Blackfriars Theatre and Arts Centree is Grade II* listed. The two-storey building was the refectory of a Dominican friary that was "heavily restored and altered" in 1963 when an eastern gable was rebuilt with casement windows added.
The Wonder of Women or The Tragedy of Sophonisba is an early Jacobean stage play written by the satiric dramatist John Marston. It was first performed by the Children of the Revels , one of the troupes of boy actors popular at the time, in the Blackfriars Theatre .
Bella Burge died in Blackfriars in London in 1962 aged 84. [10] She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium where her ashes are held in a marble urn with those of her husband. A play based on her life, Bella – Queen of the Blackfriars Ring , was performed at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool in 2014.
It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then later to a larger audience at The Globe, in 1613–1614. [ 2 ] Published in 1623, the play is loosely based on events that occurred between 1508 and 1513 surrounding Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi (d. 1511), whose father, Enrico d'Aragona, Marquis of Gerace , was an ...
She co-founded and was involved actively with Miles in the Mermaid Theatre. [3] She predeceased him on 7 November 1990. Miles was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1953, [ 9 ] was knighted in 1969, [ 10 ] and was created a life peer as Baron Miles, of Blackfriars in the City of London, on 7 February 1979. [ 11 ]
Henry Evans (c. 1543 – after 1612) was the Welsh scrivener [1] and theatrical producer primarily responsible (apparently with the active collaboration of John Lyly) for organising and co-ordinating the activities of the Children of the Chapel and the Children of Paul's at Blackfriars Theatre for a short period in 1583–84.