Episode 162: The Pirate Queen
The History of English Podcast
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Actors in Acts
The new vagrancy law took aim at those performers. It included that specific exception for actors that belonged to any baron of this realm or to any honorable personage of great degree. So if you wanted to be an actor, you had to find a wealthy patron,. otherwise you could find yourself in trouble with the law.
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