St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell
This medieval gate, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, became the office of the Master of the Revels - the Elizabethan censor - who had the task of licensing Shakespeare’s plays to ensure they complied with the rigid rules laid down by the Tudor regime
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This medieval gate, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, became the office of the Master of the Revels - the Elizabethan censor - who had the task of licensing Shakespeare’s plays to ensure they complied with the rigid rules laid down by the Tudor regime
Credit: User unknown/public domain