Chronologically, the first event to occur is Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton writing the play Gorboduc, which was written in 1561.
The second event is the play Gorboduc being performed before Queen Elizabeth I at the Inner Temple in London in 1562.
The third event is the performance of other plays drawing on classical themes as well as on ancient British and medieval history, such as those written by John Heywood, John Pickering, and Lewis Wager, among others.
The last event is the building of the Red Lion, the first purpose-built theater, in 1567 by John Brayne in Whitechapel.
