MJ Davis writes, ‘Christ Church & St Johns were the two colleges where drama flourished most. The Stanleys were Oxford University boys, & would had grown up with the long-standing tradition of plays being acted out over the festive season. Both the Theatre & the Curtain playhouses in London were then used by the company in 1588 & 1589, which brings them into the Shakespearean orbit. This infusion of lifeblood really helped ressurrect the company, which had not done anything for years. Ferdinando Stanley was becoming a very important figure in English theatre When the Earl of Leicester died on the 4th September, 1588, his theatrical troupe merged with Ferdinando’s Lord Strange’s Men. In 1588 Shakespeare joined the Stanley family at Knowsley for a very special festive season. The Young Shakespeare (13): Christmas With the Stanleys 1588-89
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