Shoreditch
Historic East London neighbourhood where England's first public playhouse was built in fifteen seventy-six.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Shoreditch centers on a single December night in 1598, when James Burbage's sons hired carpenter Peter Street and a band of armed men to dismantle The Theatre, England's first purpose-built playhouse, beam by beam. It follows the lease dispute with landlord Giles Allen that forced their hand, and the frozen Thames crossing that carried the timbers south. Picture the empty plot where the playhouse once stood as you listen.
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