- MrBrightsideEmpereur
Shakespeare's Curtain theatre unearthed in east London
On a retrouvé dans l'est de Londres les ruines du théâtre ou Romeo & Juliet à été joué pour la première fois.
On a retrouvé dans l'est de Londres les ruines du théâtre ou Romeo & Juliet à été joué pour la première fois.
[...] Experts from Museum of London Archaeology
(MoLA) have found two sections of exterior wall, crucial for giving the
dimensions of the theatre, and are confident of revealing more as the
site is cleared for redevelopment. An outer yard paved with sheep
knuckle bones could date from the theatre or slightly later housing.
It
has long been known that the Curtain – named after the ancient road it
fronted – was in the area, but its exact site was lost after the
building fell into disuse in the late 1620s. The site in Hewett Street
is only a stone's throw from a remarkably accurate plaque marking the
best guess for its location. The Curtain, built in 1577, was only a few
hundred yards from another theatre further along Curtain Road,
imaginatively named the Theatre, whose foundations were discovered in
2008, also by MoLA. Both were among the earliest purpose-built theatres
in London, and intimately connected with Shakespeare. [...]
- motherof3Niveau 9
Merci pour l'info! Je n'avais pas encore parcouru le Guardian du jour.
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