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22 April 1675

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Theatre: Whitehall or St. James's
Theatrical Season: 1674-1675
Volume: 1
Comments: John Verney to Sir Ralph Verney, 25 April 1675: The King on Saturday night sent for the keys from the Earl of Clarendon--'tis said the reason is, that last Thursday a play was acted at court, and after orders given that no more should be let in, his lordship came to the door, which the guard refused to open, tho' he told them who he was, on which he broke it open and struck a yeoman of the guard. Some say a chamberlain was never before turned out for beating a yeoman of the guard (HMC, 7th Report, Appendix, [1879], p. 464)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pvatcourt Comment. *cvatcourt $John Verney= to $Sir Ralph Verney=, 25 April 1675: $The King= on Saturday night sent for the keys from the $Earl of Clarendon=--'tis said the reason is, that last Thursday a play was acted <i>at court</i>, and after orders given that no more should be let in, his lordship came to the door, which the guard refused to open, tho' he told them who he was, on which he broke it open and struck a yeoman of the guard. Some say a chamberlain was never before turned out for beating a yeoman of the guard (<i>HMC, 7th Report</i>, Appendix, [1879], p. 464).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1675 04 22 atcourt Comment.*c1675 04 22 atcourt $John Verney= to $Sir Ralph Verney=, 25 April 1675: $The King= on Saturday night sent for the keys from the $Earl of Clarendon=--'tis said the reason is, that last Thursday a play was acted <i>at court</i>, and after orders given that no more should be let in, his lordship came to the door, which the guard refused to open, tho' he told them who he was, on which he broke it open and struck a yeoman of the guard. Some say a chamberlain was never before turned out for beating a yeoman of the guard (<i>HMC, 7th Report</i>, Appendix, [1879], p. 464).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 1152 | 16750422 | atcourt | $John Verney= to $Sir Ralph Verney=, 25 April 1675: $The King= on Saturday night sent for the keys from the $Earl of Clarendon=--'tis said the reason is, that last Thursday a play was acted <i>at court</i>, and after orders given that no more should be let in, his lordship came to the door, which the guard refused to open, tho' he told them who he was, on which he broke it open and struck a yeoman of the guard. Some say a chamberlain was never before turned out for beating a yeoman of the guard (<i>HMC, 7th Report</i>, Appendix, [1879], p. 464)

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