Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Curtain theatre

  • LONDON -- Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeares plays were first performed.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Pre-dating the riverside Globe, the Curtain theater, north of the river Thames in Shoreditch, was home to Shakespeares company - the Lord Chamberlains Men.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Plays including Henry V were first performed at The Curtain Theatre - immortalised in that play as this wooden O - and Romeo And Juliet might also have premiered there.
  • (The Guardian)
  • Remains of the once lost Curtain theatre, which preceded the Globe as the venue which showcased Shakespeares work, have been found in East London. Its likely that the theatre was the home to some of the first performances of Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • In the late 16th century, the audience who crossed a yard paved with sheep knuckle bones to reach this playhouse could not have known that history was being made.
  • (Daily Mail)
  • LONDON — Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of an Elizabethan theater where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Remains of a theatre where Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet was first performed have been unearthed by archaeologists in East London.
  • (Sky.com)
  • LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.
  • (Chicago Tribune)

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