Plays and Wine Licences Act 1736
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1736 c. 19 |
| Year | 1736 |
(10 Geo. 2) C A P. XIX.
'WHEREAS the Letters Patent of King Henry the Eighth, made and granted unto the Chancellorand Scholars of the University ofOxford , bearing Date the first Day of April in the fourteenth Year of his Reign; and the Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth , made and granted unto the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge , bearing Date the twenty-sixth Day of April in the third Year of her Reign; and also all other Letters Patent by any of her Progenitors or Predecessors made to either of the corporated Bodies of the said Universities, and all Manner of Liberties, Franchises, Immunities, Quietances and Privileges, View of Frank Pledge, Law Days, and other Things, whatsoever they were, the which either of the said corporated Bodies of the said Universities had, held, occupied or enjoyed, or of Right ought to have had, used, occupied and enjoyed, were by Authority of Parliament in the thirteenth Year of her Reign, confirmed to the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of either of the said Universities, and their Successors, for the great Love and Favour that her said Majesty bore towards her said Universities, for the great Zeal and Care that the Lords and Commons had for the Maintenance of good and godly Literature, and the virtuous Education of Youth, within either of the said Universities; and to the Intent that the ancient Privileges, Liberties and Franchises of either of the said Universities, granted, ratified and confirmed by the Queen's Highness, and her most noble Progenitors, might be had in greater Estimation, and be of greater Force and Strength, for the better Increase of Learning, and the further suppressing of Vice: And whereas Doubts have arisen or may arise, whether by any of the said Letters Patent, Liberties, Franchises, Immunities or Privileges, or by any subsequent Charter or Charters, or by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, the Chancellor of either of the said Universities, or the Vice-Chancellor thereof, or his Deputy, or any other Person or Persons, be sufficiently impowered to correct, restrain or suppress common Players of Interludes, settled, residing or inhabiting within the Precincts of either of the said Universities, and not wandering abroad: And whereas the Erection of any Playhouse within the Precincts of either of the said Universities, or Places adjacent, may be attended with great Inconveniencies; May it please Your most Excellent Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all Persons whatsoever who shall for Gain in any Playhouse, Booth or otherwise, exhibit any Stage Play, Interlude, Shew, Opera, or other Theatrical or Dramatical Performance, or act any Part, or assist therein, within the Precincts of either of the said Universities, or within five Miles of the City ofOxford , or Town of Cambridge , shall be deemed Rogues and Vagabonds...
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