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The Rose (theatre)
51.5072° N, -0.0955° E
About
The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre (1576), the Curtain (1577), and the theatre at Newington Butts (c. 1580?) – and the first of several playhouses to be situated in Bankside, Southwark, in a liberty outside the jurisdiction of the City of London's civic authorities. Its remains were excavated by archaeologists in 1989 and are listed by Historic England as a Scheduled Monument.
Historical Timeline
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Construction of The Rose
1587
Cholmley dies, ending partnership
1589
Plague closures of London theatres
June 1592–May 1594
Intensive season by Lord Admiral's Men
June 1595–June 1596
Globe Theatre built
1599
Fortune Theatre completed
January 1600
Lease ends and departure
1605
Possible demolition
1606
Documentation placed in Dulwich College
1619
Archaeological excavation and campaign to save the site
1989
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