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| The Privy Council in 1604. Detail from The Somerset House Conference |
"On this day, 424 years ago, the Rose playhouse was forced to close for several months. The Privy Council of England was concerned about the return of the plague that had devastated London a couple of years previously. On 22nd July, they ordered an end to the performing of plays, as a way of preventing large gatherings of people.
As I write today in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced theatres to close around the world, the words of the Privy Council in 1596 sound as though they could have been written yesterday."
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