Curtein

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Cur`tein´


n.1.Same as Curtana.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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George Ireland, aged 22, a gentleman from Gray's Inn, for instance, identified Newton as 'a plaier at the Boreshead without Aldgate of the duke of yordes Company', (29) and William Duke, a haberdasher, aged over 27, dwelling in St Sepulchre parish, reported that Newton is 'one of the company of ye players yat vse to play their partes on the stage at the Curtein & the bores head without Algate [<.>] in the suburbes of London & for suche a one convwonly knowne accompted and taken'.
Theatrical citings and bitings: some references to playhouses and players in London Consistory Court depositions, 1586-1611
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