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The playhouse is the thing

Summary by TheTLS
In April 1576, James Burbage, a joiner turned actor, signed a lease on a half-acre patch of land in Shoreditch. The district was conveniently located outside the walls of the City of London, with its strict controls on buildings and their use. Burbage’s plan was to build a playhouse, and he named it the Theatre. Today it would seem like an obvious, even clichéd name for such a venue, but when Burbage chose it, it conjured up classical Greek and,…
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TheTLS broke the news in on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
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