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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 ...
The first acknowledgment of him is in a list of the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal in 1552. [1] The year of his birth cannot be accurately determined. During his life he was able to establish himself as a successful composer, develop the English drama considerably, found the first Blackfriars Theatre, and be the first to write verse-anthems. [2]
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 Mermaid Theatre was a theatre encompassing the site of Puddle Dock and Curriers' Alley [1] at Blackfriars in the City of London, and the first built in the City since the time of Shakespeare. It was, importantly, also one of the first new theatres to abandon the traditional stage layout; instead of this, a single tier of seats surrounded ...
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.
The Blackfriars hall is thought to have been 66 by 46 feet (20 by 14 metres), including the stage; its maximum capacity was likely in the hundreds of spectators. [4] This can be compared with the maximum capacity at the Globe Theatre of 2500 to 3000. Yet the ticket prices at the Blackfriars were five to six times higher than those at the Globe.
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]
Blackfriars station, a railway station in the City of London; Blackfriars Theatre, the name of two theatres which once stood in London; Blackfriars Arts Centre, an arts centre in Boston, England; Blackfriars Bridge, a bridge over the River Thames in London; Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester, a bridge over the River Irwell in Manchester