Hope this helps- <span>Dour Puritans celebrating the closing of </span>theatres<span> in </span>1642<span>. The major closing was the banning of </span>theatre<span> at the start of the English Civil War. On September 6, </span>1642<span>, by an act of Parliament, all </span>theaters<span> in England were </span>closed<span>. </span> -Almighty Leader
