English Public Theatre in the 1620s (After Shakespeare)

Timeline

1. 1621–1625Globe Theatre, South Bank, London · LondonAfter Shakespeare's death, the King's Company continued staging Shakespeare's plays and new scripts throughout the 1620s, attracting audiences of all classes at the Globe and the indoor Blackfriars theatre and sustaining the commercial operation of London's public theatre.
2. 1621–1629London · EnglandPlaywrights such as Ben Jonson, Philip Massinger, and John Ford wrote tragedies and city comedies in the 1620s, continuing and transforming the linguistic and thematic resources of the Shakespearean era, reflecting London's urban society, social mobility, and moral anxieties.
3. 1625–1630Whitehall, London · EnglandAfter Charles I acceded in 1625, court masques continued to flourish through the collaboration of Inigo Jones's scenery and Ben Jonson's texts, forming a dual patronage track alongside the public theatre; toward the end of the 1620s, Puritan criticism of the theatre grew, foreshadowing the political-religious conflicts of the 1630s.