In 1635 threeactors, RobertBenfield, EyllaerdtSwanston, andThomasPollard, petitioned the Lord Chamberlain to be allowed to purchase shares in the leases of the Globe and Blackfriars playhouses and, thereby, to take a larger cut of the profits.1¹ An answer to the petition was composed by a group of relatives of the Blackfriars playhouse’s former owner, Richard Burbage: his brother, Cuthbert; his widow, Winifred; and his son, William. They recount the history of the ownership and occupation of the playhouses, and contrast the Globe—built on land leased from Nicholas Brend and, later, his son Matthew—with the Blackfriars, saying, “Now for the Blackfriers that is our inheritance, our father [that is, James Burbage, father of Richard and Cuthbert] purchased it at extreame rates & made it into a playhouse with great charge and troble, which after was leased out to one Euans that first sett vp the Boyes commonly called the Queenes Majesties Children of the Chappell.” Later, they claim, “it was considered that house would bee as fitt for our selues, & soe [we] purchased the lease remaining from Evans with our money & placed men Players, which were Hemings, Condall, Shakspeare &c.”2² They present the playhouse not only as the possession of James Burbage, the man who bought the property in the Blackfriars precinct and converted it into a playhouse, and his heirs, but also of Henry Evans, who had a controlling interest in its profits during the term of his lease, which was drawn up in 1600 and projected to last for twenty-one years. With the “purchase” of the lease, the Burbages suggest, the playhouse returned seamlessly to “our selues,” and it is only now, in 1635, that the newcomers, Benfield, Swanston, and Pollard, are challenging their right.

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谁拥有黑修士剧院？

在1635个3演员，罗伯特·菲尔德，Eyllaerdt斯顿，和托马斯·波拉德，上书主张伯伦被允许购买的股票在地球和黑衣修士剧场和的租约，从而，采取profits.1的大切¹请愿书的答案由布莱克弗里亚尔剧院的前主人理查德·伯巴奇（Richard Burbage）的亲戚组成：他的兄弟库斯伯特（Cuthbert）；他的寡妇，温妮弗雷德（Winifred）；和他的儿子威廉。他们讲述了小房子的所有权和占领的历史，对比全球建造从尼古拉斯·布伦德租赁土地，后来，他的儿子马修-与黑衣修士，他说，“现在的Blackfriers时间为O ū [R继承，邻ü [R父亲[即，詹姆斯·伯比奇，理查德和伯特的父亲]购买了它在extreame价格与把它做成了剧场W¯¯我个很大的充电和troble，其中后出租给一个Euans首先SETT VP的博伊斯COM米只叫Queenes马JES牛逼IES查佩尔的孩子们。” 后来，他们声称，“人们认为房子会蜜蜂作为FITT邻ū [R selues，与国有企业（我们）购自埃文斯剩余W¯¯租赁我个Ø ü [R金钱和放置男运动员，这是海明斯，Condall，莎士比亚（Shakspeare＆c。）2 ²他们不仅将剧院作为詹姆斯·伯巴奇（James Burbage）的财产提供给他，后者是在黑弗里亚尔（Blackfriars）地区购买财产并将其转换成剧院的人，也是其继承人，还有亨利·埃文斯（Henry Evans）的财产。在1600年草拟的租赁期内，其利润中有利息，并且预计将持续21年。Burbages建议，随着租赁的“购买”，剧场无缝返回到“ o ur selues”，直到1635年，新来者Benfield，Swanston和Pollard都在挑战自己的权利。