The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-31

authorities. For although the Blackfriars
district hay within the walls Of London.
Y was a Liberty" preserving from the
time when Il had been the domain OF a
great monastery q certain Independence
OF The city government. The playhouse
erected there by Burbage was soon leased
out TO children's company composed or
the boys who sang In the Royal chapel.
and 1T soon became the most fashionable
theater in London II Is spoken OF as a
private theater. and was smaller but
playhouses; completely rooted over. with
seats In the pit and on the stage as well
az in the galleries and in the rooms or
boxea The bitter attack in Hamlet" ON
company to which the poet belonged re-
sented the Sudden popularity OF these
Juvenile performances In the year 1910
shaksspeare,s company, now known as
His Majesty's servants, returned To this
theater. But by this time Shakespeare
was already planning 10 withdraw from
the stage, and he can hardly have ap-
Ieared often on its boards
The Hose and Newtngton nutts.
Long before this time. however, Shake
speare had crossed the Thames and tried
his fortune as an actor and playwright In
the theaters of the Bankside. OF this
favcrtte playground OF tho Londoners In
Shakespeare's day d word must now DO
said.
London in shakesreare's time was a
long, narrow city, drawn out along the
northern bank OF the Thames. The river
flowing crystal clear, covered with swans
and spanned only by the famous London
bridge. was easily reached by short
walk from any part of the city, and
served as a publac highway and tie chief
means OF communication between district
and district. The public carriers of the
day were the watermssn. as they were
called. an almost Incredible number Of
whom estimated ia 1918 at *o.oa piled
their trade along the stream. Their most
Profitable occupation was transporting
the crowds Of pleasure-seekerH across che
Thames to the Surrey side. That district
was very different from The srifny. crowd
ed suburb Of today. Beyond the little
cluster of houses at the end OF London
bridge, known as Soathwark. and already
in Shakespeare's day Incorporated with
London proper, thin tine OF buildings
ran westward along the Thames and then
came the gardens and the green fields.
Hither the Lndoners Rocked on Sundays
and holidays for a rafnble In tho country.
a trial OF skill az archery at 1he BUTTE or
the more exciting sports of huh or bear
surrey side. BEFORE the suburb passed
under the control OF the London atithori-
tteA they were given In the inns OF South.
wark, afterwarf In the tave-ns % resnoser
along the river called the Renkrade 90
tire Liberty OF tbs CBtnk About the year
1851 q entered suto The mind OF Philip
Henslowe, dyer lumber merchant, aa3
money lender, 10 build a nsay house in this
alssrsct, and thus divert Into his own
capaofous pockets sone Of the golden
streams that flowed 80 freely there. For
some reason the raidinR Of this theater,
the Rose, seefffs to have he&H deferred
tn aaosgs iis2 hut in thu meantime Items
love had undertaken. perhaps The con-
elrutiaon. certainly the management. ~
the@ser not far away. o~ssie the old
are MeFy Ereand. Newirgtsn Busts Al
these two tkeafprs Shakespeare made hl2
debut as ek4iifei rfwtssr ~ old plays
and an original aathog 81 the highest
drawing power, IN 1871 tnsiewe seems
70 have leased Nss thsatnr ~ NessnRt0a
Busse "a fts2rtawa ard hts men, and here
IN March Of THAI yeas a "kiasr Henry
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an ola eaFon'fia plaw. was gsveu 10 crowd
least are satd "a have Seeg rs nerfarGa~
nnse, ana when ws consider tha very
Hrrstesf caY@cf'f % the early eheSeters we
can gseas REvw frequently this psay F4ass
have h~sn N8vNr- Nael@ years later wa
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