William Shakespeare S The London Theatre Records

William Shakespeare s The London Theatre Records

Pre-dating the riverside Globe, the Curtain theatre, north of the river Thames in Shoreditch, was home to Shakespeare's company — the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Remains of walls forming the gallery Remains of walls forming the gallery and the yard within the venue have been discovered by archaeologists from Museum of London Archaeology MOLA.

London has been celebrating its cultural heritage with a world Shakespeare festival taking place at the Globe theatre and across the UK, as part of a festival to coincide with the Olympics this summer and will last to November. The venue took its name from nearby here Curtain Close.

It was the main arena for Shakespeare's plays between and until the Globe was completed in Southwark, but it is unclear what happened to the playhouse after that when it seemed to vanish from historic records after Some experts say it may have remained in use until the Civil War in the s. Archaeologists stumbled upon the Curtain Theatre's remains on Hewett Street after work link on a regeneration project led by local developers last October.

Soon after the remains were found on an exploratory dig, architects began drawing up plans to preserve the remains while allowing the development to go ahead. A spokesman for Plough Yard Developments, the company leading the regeneration project with the Estate Office Shoreditch, said the excavations could become a preserved centrepiece of a new housing and shopping area.

The plans are set to go on display on June 8 and 9 at the site.]

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