Bill Godshalk, I think Herbert Berry is the person who has most recently published on the survival of some playhouses through the commonwealth period. Whether this can be taken to imply the continuance of an acting tradition is another matter. -- Bill Ingram _______________________________________________________________________ William Ingram, English Dept, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045 e-mail: [log in to unmask] fax (departmental): 313 763 3128 -----------------------------------------------------------------------