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Telling the story of Shakespeare in London.
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Blossoming at the Rose Theatre
Shakespeare, budding playwright and actor, at the Rose Theatre from the spring of 1592
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How did stealing a theatre lead to Shakespeare penning some his best plays?
Harry Potter and Coronation Street actor Ray Fearon finds out more
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Curtains for London's Newington Theatre
The closure of London's first purpose built theatre south of the Thames
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Shakespeare and the 'Night of Errors'
A series of unfortunate incidents at Gray's Hall
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The King's Men
When Shakespeare's players became the King's men and join the 1604 Coronation procession
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Shakespeare's Players turned away from Kingston
Actors paid not to perform
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A historic performance of Coriolanus in London
The last performance of Coriolanus before the French Revolution
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The 1809 ticket price riots
The most famous riots in the history of theatre
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London's Female Romeo
Charlotte Cushman, who took Victorian London by storm
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Charles Kean
The London theatre manager not lost for words
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The Lyceum Theatre performed Shakespeare in 1883
But which famous gothic writer worked here?
