theatres

London’s first playhouse rediscovered….?

Sep 8, 2020

archaeology, buildings, culture, heraldry, The play’s the thing

Howards, John Brayne, London, Red Lion playhouse, Richard Burbage, The Globe, theatres, University College London, Whitechapel

Well, it just goes to show that although the past may now be buried far underground, now and then it still comes to light to thrill us all. Now it seems they’ve discovered the site of the Red Lion, “the earliest known attempt to build a playhouse in the Tudor era, a precursor to the…
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in York….?

Sep 30, 2017

buildings, The play’s the thing

car parks, Clifford’s Tower, Richard III, Shakespeare, theatres, York

I do hope they plan to stage more than just the Bard’s improbable notion of Richard III, clever as it is. But whatever they do, this theatre can only do well for York. See here, here and here.
The Propaganda of Charles II

Feb 19, 2016

anniversaries

“Princes”, 1674, Anglo-Dutch Wars, Barbara Villiers, Catholicism, Charles II, Commonwealth, drama, Exclusion Crisis, Great Fire of London, Great Plague, Henry VII, James VII/II, John Crowne, Louise de Kerouaille, Mary of Modena, Nell Gwynne, Oliver Cromwell, propaganda, Puritans, Richard III, Royal Charles, Shakespeare, Sir Christopher Wren, theatres, Tower of London

Guest author Richard Unwin explains the context behind the discovery of those convenient bones: Charles II came to the throne in 1660 after the period of Commonwealth when England, and particularly its entertainments, had been suppressed by Puritan authority. The security of the new reign was precarious and there were many in the country opposed…

theatres

London’s first playhouse rediscovered….?

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in York….?

The Propaganda of Charles II