21-671: Swan Theatre may refer to: The Swan (theatre) , an Elizabethan playhouse Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon , a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Swan Theatre, Worcester , a theatre in Worcester, England Wycombe Swan , a theatre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England Topics referred to by
42-526: A glut of large open-roof venues in the city, the Swan was only intermittently home to drama. Along with The Isle of Dogs , the most famous play to premiere there was Thomas Middleton 's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside , performed by the newly merged Lady Elizabeth's Men in 1613. The theatre offered other popular entertainments, such as swashbuckling competitions and bear-baiting . For the next eight years,
63-591: A part of his Commentarius rerum quotidianarum (Diary of daily things), which covers the years 1560 through 1599. Especially interesting within the Iter Italicum is the selection of drawings that Buchel made, many of which are based on earlier prints. One example is his drawing of the Sarcophagus of Constantia , which resembles an illustration from Bartolomeo Marliani’s travel guide Antiquae Romae topographia , first published in 1538. Marliani’s illustration
84-506: A theatre, but his protests held no ground as the property had formerly belonged to the crown and the Mayor had no jurisdiction. Langley had the theatre built almost certainly in 1595–96. When it was new, the Swan was the most visually impressive of the existing London theatres. Johannes De Witt , a Dutchman who visited London around 1596, left a description of the Swan in a manuscript titled Observationes Londiniensis , now lost. Translated from
105-612: Is based in turn on an etching and engraving by Ambrosius Brambilla, published by Claudio Duchetti in 1582 in the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence). In 1588, Buchel returned to Utrecht. In response to the demolishing of buildings and destruction of works of art after the Protestant Reformation , van Buchel started writing and drawing threatened inscriptions, tombstones, arms boards and other noteworthy items with
126-495: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Swan (theatre) The Swan was a theatre in Southwark , London, England, built in 1595 on top of a previously standing structure, during the first half of William Shakespeare 's career. It was the fifth in the series of large public playhouses of London, after James Burbage 's The Theatre (1576) and Curtain (1577),
147-639: The Lord Chamberlain's Men acted at the Swan in the summer of 1596—which is possible, though far from certain—( they toured in the provinces in July and August 1596 under the name of Lord Hunsdon's Players) they would be the actors shown in the Swan sketch.) When Henslowe built the new Hope Theatre in 1613, he had his carpenter copy the Swan, rather than his own original theatre, the Rose, which must have appeared dated and out of style in comparison. In 1597,
168-801: The Newington Butts Theatre (between 1575 and 1577) and Philip Henslowe's Rose (1587–88). The Swan Theatre was located in the manor of Paris Gardens, on the west end of the Bankside district of Southwark, across the Thames River from the City of London. It was at the northeast corner of the Paris Garden estate nearest to London Bridge that Francis Langley had purchased in May 1589 at a distance of four hundred and twenty-six feet from
189-754: The St. Peter's Church in Utrecht. He studied in Leiden for several months, but in 1585 he continued his studies in France, where he made contacts with other learned men who were interested by Roman ruins, inscriptions and writings. He travelled to Rome , where he wrote an extensive account of the monuments and art that he saw in the city and elsewhere in Italy. These were included in Buchel’s Iter Italicum , which forms
210-576: The Latin, his description identifies the Swan as the "finest and biggest of the London amphitheatres", with a capacity for 3000 spectators. From 1993-1996 the Globe theatre was reconstructed according to de Witt's sketches. From this led to the previous believe concerning the theatre's capacity to be reanalysed and it was found that it only had seating for 1000 spectators and additional space for 500 groundlings in
231-527: The Privy Council called for all London Theatres to be "plucked down", but may have arisen because of Langley and the 'seditious, lewd play'. The other companies were under inhibition to stop playing. The Lord Chamberlain's Men went on tour to six areas of the south east and south west, and the Admiral's Men did not perform again at The Rose until the inhibition was lifted at the end of October. Johnson
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273-607: The Swan housed the acting company Pembroke's Men , with Actors Richard Jones, Thomas Downtown, and William Bird. (They later approached Henslowe to rejoin the Admiral's Men at The Rose). Edward Alleyn They joined the Pembroke troupe after leaving their positions in Lord Admiral's Men at the rival playhouse The Rose . In 1597 Pembroke's Men staged the infamous play The Isle of Dogs , by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson ,
294-426: The Swan on 6 November. Vennar claimed the play was a fantastical story in honour of Queen Elizabeth, and seats sold out quickly. However, the play was never performed. The townspeople were enraged and vandalised the theatre, and the theatre never seemed to recover its former popularity. Because both court and city were interested in limiting the number of acting troupes in London, and because there was, consequently,
315-403: The aim of preserving their memory before they were lost to the destruction. The only remaining drawings and description of the lost St. Salvator's Church in Utrecht were made by van Buchel. He put together a number of manuscripts that, together, form a treasure of immeasurable worth for research into lost buildings and inventories. Buchel hardly published anything during his life. His book about
336-463: The building was used occasionally for special entertainment. After 1615 the Swan was deserted for five years, but used again in 1621 by some actors who are unknown. They did not stay for long. The building grew decrepit over the next two decades. In Nicholas Goodman's 1632 pamphlet Holland's Leaguer , the theatre is described as "now fallen into decay, and, like a dying swan, hangs her head and sings her own dirge." Historical sources do not mention
357-526: The content of which gave offence, most likely for its "satirical" nature on the attack of some people high in authority. Jonson was imprisoned, along with Gabriel Spenser , an actor in the play, and Robert Shaa. Langley, already in trouble with the Privy Council over matters unrelated to theatre, may have exacerbated his danger by allowing his company to stage the play after a royal order that all playing stop and all theatres be demolished. This order of
378-406: The pit. It was built of flint concrete, and its wooden supporting columns were so cleverly painted that "they would deceive the most acute observer into thinking that they were marble", giving the Swan a "Roman" appearance. (De Witt also drew a sketch of the theatre. The original is lost, but a copy by Arendt van Buchell survives, and is the only sketch of an Elizabethan playhouse known to exist. If
399-734: The river's edge. Playgoers could arrive also by water landing at the Paris Garden Stairs or the Falcon Stairs, both short walking distances from the theatre. The structure originally belonged to the Monastery of Bermondsey . After the Dissolution of the Monasteries , it became royal property and passed through several hands before being sold to Langley for £850. The Mayor of London opposed Langley's permit to open
420-421: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Swan Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swan_Theatre&oldid=1074749657 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
441-506: Was released from jail on October 3. Nashe however went on the run. All but the Swan Theatre were granted licences to perform. The Swan continued to operate without a licence until 19 February 1598, when the two licensed companies called attention to them. Following the scandal, the Swan only held sporadic performances. Another scandal rocked the Swan in 1602, when Richard Vennar advertised a new play, England's Joy , to be performed at
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