Earl of Arundel's Players, 29 Sep. 1542 -29 Sep. 1542, Norwich

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Event Type

Event Type: 
Performance
Date: 29 Sep. 1542-29 Sep. 1542

Event Details

Location: Norwich
County: Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk
Type: Performance
Venue: Guildhall
Performance Space: Assembly Chamber
Troupe: Earl of Arundel's Players
Troupe Qualifier: Definitely
Troupe's Patron: Fitz Alan, William (1476 - 1543/4)

Number of Performers

1+

Notes

Notes: 

An earlier entry (p 7) for the same event calls the performers 'game-players' and does not name their patron. Besides the payment and amount gathered, it itemises 2 d. for 'perfume spent in the Council Chamber for to avoid the strong savour there by reason of a chimney in the prison whereof the soot was burnt' and 2 d. for 'preparing a stage'

Troupe Payments

Gathered 4s. 8d. (Gathered from the aldermen)
Payment 2s. (For playing an interlude)
Supplies/Labour 2d. (For perfume for the chamber (which stank))
Supplies/Labour 2d. (Paid to a labourer who swept the chamber and made a scaffold on the benches)

Event Source

Source: REED Norwich 1540-1642 8