[DOC] [TLE] The Closure of the Theaters by the Puritans - Theatre Database [PAR] 18th Century ... 1629 was the first year in which a female performer was seen in 
the English ... Three weeks afterwards they made a second attempt, but the 
audience ... On the 6th of September, 1642, the theaters were closed by 
ordinance,... [DOC] [TLE] English Renaissance theatre - Wikipedia [PAR] English Renaissance theatre, also known as early modern English theatre, or (
commonly) as Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1562 
and 1642 ... Once they were in operation, drama could become a fixed and 
permanent .... Entries in Philip Henslowe's Diary show that in the years around 
1600... [DOC] [TLE] Today in Theatre History: THEATRES CLOSE, THEATRES REOPEN ... [PAR] Sep 6, 2013 ... Dour Puritans celebrating the closing of theatres in 1642. The major closing was 
the banning of theatre at the start of the English Civil War. ... Within a few years 
most of the grand old structures, now abandoned, had decayed ... that paved the 
way for the great age of acting and wit during the 18th century. [DOC] [TLE] Elizabethan Theatres - PlayShakespeare.com [PAR] Details of the Elizabethan Theatres in London during Shakespeare's time. ... 
apparently, hazel nuts were the popcorn of English Renaissance drama.) ... Like 
all the other theatres in London, the Globe was closed down by the Puritans in 
1642. .... They paid 240 for a thirty-year lease on a plot of land between 
tenements on... [DOC] [TLE] Lord Chamberlain's Men | English theatrical company | Britannica.com [PAR] Two years later the theatres closed because of plague; when they reopened in 
1594, a good deal ... to exist when, at the outbreak of the English Civil Wars in 
1642, the theatres were closed and remained so until the Restoration 18 years 
later. [DOC] [TLE] "Puritanism and the Closing of the Theaters in 1642" by Bawcutt ... [PAR] They provide useful surveys of attitudes on both sides, and also have ... Martin 
Butler, however, in his Theatre and Crisis 1632-1642, published in 1984, argued 
... In the same year, 1984, Jonathan Dollimore published his Radical Tragedy, 
...... of the English Drama from Medieval Times to the Closing of the Theatres in 
1642... [DOC] [TLE] The Closure of the Theatres - Gabriel Egan [PAR] theatre before the Civil War attempted to pick up where they left off when the ... 
C. G. Mortimer and S. C. Barber, The English Bishops and the Reformation, ... 
Fifteen years ago, Scott McMillin and Sally-Beth MacLean exploded the first part 
of this .... To take a view on just why the theatres were closed in 1642 requires 
taking a. [DOC] [TLE] 17th-Century Theatre - Victoria and Albert Museum [PAR] They were performed once or twice at one of the royal palaces and were ... In 
1642 civil war broke out in England and theatres were closed to prevent public 
disorder. The theatres remained closed for 18 years, causing considerable 
hardship to ... The introduction of scenery and elaborate stage machinery to the 
English... [DOC] [TLE] Other Renaissance theater project by Sophie Zimpfer on Prezi [PAR] Jan 25, 2013 ... Since Puritans were powerful at this time, they were able to gain control of all the 
theaters, which they shut down in 1642. The theaters remained closed for the 
next 18 years, and re-opened after the ... occured between the Reformation and 
the closure of theaters in 1642 ... English Renaissance Theatre. [DOC] [TLE] Restoration Drama by Quiaje Sanders on Prezi [PAR] Restoration Drama, FROM 1642 onward for eighteen years, the theaters of 
England remained nominally closed. ... After public stage performances had 
been banned for 18years by the puritan regime, the re- opening of the theatres in 
1660 signalled a renaissance of english drama. Restoration comedy is notoriious 
for its... [DOC] [TLE] Untitled Prezi by shaniqua simone' on Prezi [PAR] May 8, 2013 ... Some of the people involved in Renaissance Theater in England were ... during 
the English Civil War, on September 2, 1642 they ordered the closure of the 
London theaters. And

Question: In 1642, they closed English theaters for 18 years
Answer: the Puritans