 What is known is that Lilla Bollhuset is confirmed to have been used as a theater between 1662 and 1686, and Lejonkulan between 1667 and 1689, while the first confirmed public theater performance took place in Stora Bollhuset 29 October 1684.During the 17th century, foreign travelling theater companies often visited Stockholm, especially from Germany and the Netherlands.An English troupe, the troupe of Joris Jollifoot, played in the city in 1648-1649.