...commo.i interludes belonging " to the Theatres, has plays of a more holy subject : representa" tions of those miracles which the holy confessors wrought, or of " the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of the murtyrs did " appear." This author was a monk of Canterbury, who wrote...

...Pastimes. Representation of Miracles. London, instead of common interludes belonging to the theatre, hath plays of a more holy subject ; representations of...confessors wrought, or of the sufferings, wherein the glorious constancy of martyrs did appear. Of Cock-fighting and Ball. Moreover, that we may begin...

...phanides, or Fitz-Stephen, in his Descriptio " bilissinue Civitatis Loud hue, who writes thus \r~ " London, instead of common interludes belonging **...subject : " representations of those miracles which the con" fessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the " glorious constancy of the martyrs appeared....

...STEPH AMIDES, or FITZ STEPHEN, in his Descriptio Nobitissimas Ci-citalis Landince, who writes thus; London, instead of common interludes belonging to...subject : representations of those miracles which the confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of the martyrs appeared. This...

...Conquest. Stephanides, a monk of Canterbury, who lived in the reign of Henry II. informs us, that " London, instead of common interludes belonging to...holy confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of. the martyrs did appear." This author does not mention such performances...

...Conquest. Stephanides, a monk of Canterbury, who lived in the reign of Henry II. informs us, that " London, instead of common interludes belonging to...holy confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of the martyrs did appear.* This author does not mention such performances as...

...common interludes belonging to the " theatre, hath plays of a more holy subject ; re" presentations of those miracles which the holy " confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein " the glorious constancy of the martyrs did ap" pear." This author was a monk of Canterbury, who wrote...

...that " London, in place of stage-plays, and scenic decorations, hath dramas of more sacred subjects; representations of those miracles which the holy confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of martyrs did appear." He has previously spoken of the CLERKS' WELL, in the...

...1174, certainly before 1186, says, " London, instead of common interludes belonging to the theatres, has plays of a more holy subject, representations...holy confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of the martyrs did appear." It thus appears that there were at this early period...

...First, in 1191, says expressly, that in London, instead of common interludes belonging to the theatre, plays of a more holy subject, representations of those miracles which the confessors wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of the martyrs appeared, were...