Remarkable historic timber dubbed 'dry Mary Rose' found at Norfolk theatre

Remarkable historic timber dubbed 'dry Mary Rose' found at Norfolk theatre

Historic timber likened to the famous Mary Rose warship has been uncovered at a Norfolk theatre.

Theatre exposes historic timber floor dubbed ‘dry equivalent of the Mary Rose’

St George’s Guildhall identified 15th century floorboards believed to have once been trodden by Shakespeare. The oldest working theatre in the UK, where William Shakespeare is thought to have performed, has exposed an area of historic timber floor “larger than a tennis court” in a heritage project. Tim FitzHigham, creative director of St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk described it as the “dry equivalent of the Mary Rose”. The theatre…