Note 577 — Chapter XVIII

Its exact position in Drury Lane is indicated by an order of the Privy Council, June 8, 1623, concerning the paving of a street at the rear of the theatre: "Whereas the highway leading along the backside of the Cockpit Playhouse near Lincolns Inn Fields, and the street called Queens Street adjoining to the same, are become very foul," etc. (See The Malone Society Collections, i, 383. Queens Street may be readily found in Faithorne's Map of London.) Malone (Variorum, iii, 53) states that "it was situated opposite the Castle Tavern." The site is said to be marked by Pit Court.