ENGL-0000EL Lecture 3: Elizabethan
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History of elizabethan london theatres - including the globe theatre. The rst proper theatre as we know it was called the theatre, built at shoreditch, London in 1576 and the owner was james burbage. 21 year lease with permission to build the rst playhouse, aptly named " the theatre ". Before this time plays were performed in the courtyard of inns or inn-yards, or sometimes, in the houses of noblemen or in extreme circumstances on open ground. After the theatre, further open air playhouses (theatres) opened in the london area, including the rose theatre (1587), and the hope theatre (1613). Elizabethan playhouse ( theatre ) was the globe theatre (1599) built by the company in which shakespeare had a stake now often referred to as the shakespearean. The rst theatre building in england was called the theatre and it was built in 1576.
