Such was the end of the first short-lived London playhouse.Continuing Building the First Theatre In England,our selection from Karl Mantzius. The

Before the establishment of the permanent theatres there had long existed amphitheatres for the performance of fights between animals, the so-called

In the year 1574 the actor James Burbage, with four other actors, all belonging to the retinue of the Earl of Leicester, had received permission from

It was in these yards of the Cross Keys in Gracechurch Street, of The Bull in Bishopsgate Street,Continuing Building the First Theatre In