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Experts Find Theatre Where Shakespeare Plays First Staged

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posted on Thursday, August 07, 2008

EXPERTS FIND THEATRE WHERE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS FIRST STAGED
AFP
August 6, 2008

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The remains of a London theatre where William Shakespeare's early plays including "Romeo And Juliet" were first performed have been discovered by archaeologists, a museum said Wednesday.

Shakespeare appeared at The Theatre in Shoreditch, east London, as an actor with a troupe called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, which also performed his efforts as a playwright there.

"Richard III", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant Of Venice" are among the other plays which are likely to have premiered at the theatre, according to the Museum of London, whose team made the discovery.

After a tenancy dispute in 1599, the owners of The Theatre dismantled it during the night and its timbers were used to construct the Globe Theatre, by the River Thames, which became the home of Shakespeare's plays.

But now Museum of London archaeologists have rediscovered the original footings or groundwork of the octagonal Shoreditch venue -- ironically on a site being prepared for the construction of a new theatre.

"It's a theatre that's been known about for a long time but no remains have ever been found," museum spokesman Tim Morley told AFP.

"This is the theatre that the company of players that Shakespeare was part of first performed in and when he started writing, the company would have performed his plays."

It is planned that the remains will be preserved on the site.

Jeff Kelly, chairman of the Tower Theatre Company, which is building the new theatre on the site, added: "The discovery that we shall be building a 21st century playhouse where Shakespeare played and where some of Shakespeare's plays must first have been performed is a huge inspiration."


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