Shakespearean Playhouses - History of English Theatres by Joseph Quincy Adams

Author:Joseph Quincy Adams [Adams, Joseph Quincy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-31T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XIV

THE RED BULL

THE builder of the Red Bull Playhouse [484] was "one Aaron Holland, yeoman," of whom we know little more than that he "was utterly unlearned and illiterate, not being able to read." [485] He had leased "for many years" from Anne Beddingfield, "wife and administratrix of the goods and chattles of Christopher Beddingfield, deceased," a small plot of land, known by the name of "The Red Bull." This plot of land, which contained one house, was situated "at the upper end of St. John's Street" in the Parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, the exact location being marked by "Red Bull Yard" in Ogilby and Morgan's Map of London, printed in 1677. The property was not much more distant from the heart of the city than the Fortune property, and since it could be easily reached through St. John's Gate, it was quite as well situated for dramatic purposes as was the Fortune.

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