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The Rose Theatre, London: the state of knowledge and what we still need to know

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Jon Greenfield  and
Andrew Gurr
Jon Greenfield
Affiliation:
Parameta Architects, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ, UK, Director, Rose Theatre Trust (Email: jongreenfield@parameta-architects.co.uk)
Andrew Gurr
Affiliation:
Department of English, The University of Reading, P. O. Box 218, Reading RG6 2AA, UK,), Director, Rose Theatre Trust (Email: andyguru2@aol.com)
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Abstract

The Rose theatre – the place in Elizabethan London where one could see Shakespeare and Marlowe performed – may have started life as a bear-baiting arena. This is one of the deductions drawn from this new study of the archive from the excavations of 1989. The authors also present a new model for the theatre’s evolution, offer a fresh reconstruction of the building in its heyday and put in a powerful plea for more archaeological investigation on the ground.

Keywords

LondonSouthwarkpost-medievalsixteenth centurytheatrebearsdogsShakespeare

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Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 300 , June 2004 , pp. 330 - 340
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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