The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1333 Wednesday, 17 August 2005
[1] From: V. K. Inman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 12 Aug 2005 13:01:52 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1325 Plague Query
[2] From: Colin Cox <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 12 Aug 2005 10:14:15 -0700
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1325 Plague Query
[3] From: Hardy M. Cook <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1325 Plague Query
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From: V. K. Inman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 12 Aug 2005 13:01:52 -0400
Subject: 16.1325 Plague Query
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1325 Plague Query
>Corbin and Sedge, the editors of Ram Alley, make the claim that there
>was a proclamation of 1608 which stated that London theatres would be
>closed if 40 or more plague deaths occurred in the city within a week.
>They don't state where they got this figure from, and I have been
>completely unable to find corroborative evidence. Does anyone know?
>>
>Best,
>Will Sharpe
Did you look at, "Elizabethan Protest, Plague, and Plays: Rereading the
'Documents of Control," ENGLISH LITERARY RENAISSANCE 26 (1996): 17-45?
I don't have a copy hand or I would check it for you, but I recall it
addresses this issue.
V. K. Inman
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From: Colin Cox <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 12 Aug 2005 10:14:15 -0700
Subject: 16.1325 Plague Query
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1325 Plague Query
"Corbin and Sedge, the editors of Ram Alley, make the claim that there
was a proclamation of 1608 which stated that London theatres would be
closed if 40 or more plague deaths occurred in the city within a week.
They don't state where they got this figure from,"
In general, this number was set by the Privy Council, but I have seen it
fluctuate between thirty and forty depending on the source. Leeds
Barroll, for example, uses the benchmark of thirty.
Colin Cox
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From: Hardy M. Cook <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Subject: 16.1325 Plague Query
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1325 Plague Query
Leeds Barroll. <I>Politics, Plague, and Shakespeare's Theater: The
Stuart Years</I>. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1991.
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