New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16

"The Fortune" That theatre was puii' ny
HensIowe Alleyn and others near Golden Lahe'
Cripplegate Both the Curtain and the ror'une
had long career and much success. Hai'"ch-
Phillipps thought that Romeo ana Juhe' ""'
srs, hroreht out At the Curtain and he ascer-
tanned that Ben Jonsons Every Man III Ills
uunour" was frs. presented there.-through
Shakespeare's intercession and infiuence' 0"aNe-
snearc il is known acted in Jonson's comedy
and II is believed that Jonson did not, on 'ha'
occasion. mistake him for Francis Bacon. MI
ordieh follows the fortunes OF The Curtain
with assid,,ous care concluding that II survived
dawn IN the time Of the general suppression oi
theatres In Is42-47. and he sufficiently SHOWS
that II steadily held a good position me ci'A-
,,,rs from, the parish registers OF ST Leonard s.
Shorcditch though not new, are lhtereSti"s
lanes BurbaCc. the builder OF the first hoho'h
theatre and also his renowned son. hchar"
Burbage. were 1t is we'll known pufieu III d.
Leonard's.
The shifting Of the scene to the Surrey sde OF
tho Thames conducts the reader into popuious
and busy Southwark.-not so populous anu gus!
then but rural and delightful; 'horous"'''
for travellers to and from winchester an" ''o'''
ampton or Canterbury and Dover Pa'e -
mansions vines gardens. oull-rihss' anu ".' ''A"'
ncr Of sports and gayeties. The 'iope "e"'''
WAS erected not far from the emu Vi Loiuo"
Bridge in "the Liberty Of the Blshop oi WIN.
,n,o, trowr ne ..The Cink" There also stood
tho Pose the Swan. and the Hope. Iney hau
bcen preceded in the Southwark REGION oy
v,,ious amnhithcatres bcar-baiting and Klhdied
dlvorsions ana to those Mr.. Ordish de\oleS 'SPo
cial attention since they mark an 'h'erIheuia'7
stage in the making Of the Elzaoe'hah pay
house The city O! London had oD'aiheu Ju'i'
Glction OF all Of Southwark, except 'he '''''N' 80
15jo ard the city Puritan Inc play
therefore. could find no refuge cN'eP' III
,rirl" or eouthward beyond the limits OF pun a.
teal Jurisdiction. theatre was accor"'"s'S -
,ahrsbes ot Newlngtcn Butts. Theatrical per-
f,rmances certainly were given there undef mems
,owe in 1894. and the establishment Of theatre
,ho,a ., , nrevious time has been inferred MI
ordlsh comments. with fcllcltous discrimination
I'D s,,,,.io,s Use II amp.e knowledge. upon the
long noriod between 1850 and 1856. or perhaps
100 during which the players who. prior 10 i''o
b,I hoon accustomed ~ perform IN the Sou'h-
,rorl inn-v,rds were compelled 10 pursue the"
vocation elsewhere: and ne thinks there Is gTou'n
Tor belief in an unrecorded dramatic history "
ae.oriation with Newlngton Butts. lna' "''r
tor VIII not perhaps. much Interest the sr"''"
reader. but those persons who clre FOR the Hn"N'-
spcare story VIII taxi particular h''n :" 49, ''
IN. reason that Shakespeare was '-'t"'"'' ''
rIons,ove's Diary. 20 which Nh Ordish mas Civ"
,..,.,,or,b,e snace long ago furnished evidence
,h ,,,ot's association with the theatre III
Ncvingion and with the Rose. lie was VIM
for uens.owe. together with Marlo"' ana '"'.''
ard p..le and Nash. and a most int'''''i''7
.ui.,Ae II was. IN his career-ta~ a.soea''o" ~"
,15sc writer's and that manager
L. Going over the old ground 1ga'n' '"' SUI
$3.50 ~, king Henry VI" the Tiger hrait
,.r,,, in , nlayer's hide Greene '''
WIN = Wit" the only Shakc-s''"r '"I
c,,,nfri." .t.-Mr Ordish makes the p..l'' az
" ,,,',',.s I, such rude gro1us' ana h's ~
.,,.h ,a.sauis' were attended ~ SUI tN. "''
sts,,r,ce,nenf ~ Shakespeare. "l"SF ','S
',,,,,i,, ln London" b" says. a'' .''"e
.upn.r'm r,o ., taxi charge ~ the horses 81
,t@f.,. =, inc Th.a;rr ard tn" curtain III S''le-
f,.h " Tina, tradition. however. rs not 'n"' "
.,crtcd NJ Crash tanks. as "'"''H "a
~ 81, ,,,,rc him that Shnk spraT"7 "."
me- t,,. hecan with the publ alton - Ms
-. ana Ndnnis" IN 1893. when ." i'it h'n~
Love and Joined Tn" Lord 'hamp'rl''" ~
nm, with which In l1'N D." came u'." -
t,.,,,stt. uf.,n the establishment ~ nv ~,
rr'i'"1 rs roma rlts Ipon the poets trl"nu-
shln with Ben Jonson VII pc i"u''u ,.I,,,,i
,gnn,oc,nt Jonsnn convict OF me G"'u,
murder - Gabriel spencer p'.a"'' +, ,,as said
',.rry" and escaped tho rallp"S IL ~
49,, bo v,s saved through tn" intervention H' -
friend collier long ago Suggested ''"' ~ h,,,n
was Shakespeare. Hahwell- fhn'ip, 81" f. Uia
10, r,nsnn's comedy. Every Man III ~
,tr,,o,,r was brought out ~ IN" 'ur, II,
-tios O., tradition. at the instanc" 81 9hhNv
su.arc-.n the same month. ''ct"p"i 10 tn
"a. authors escape from an isn'".''' a,I
80. p.t,.h mrs tho two things togrih.f' anu
-, =, o., orange that Jonson should hile'-
.H ha,e written 4 Shakcsp are. ! "N'' IN,
man and I'll honour hts memory Oh '"'' '''
d1lntry a. much AS any