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The Theater Business in London

The Theater Business in London. Steve Wood TCCC. 1558. Elizabeth I becomes queen. The stability of her reign allows the Renaissance to take hold. Her support of the arts allows the theater business to enter a Golden Age. 1576.

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The Theater Business in London

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  1. The Theater Business in London Steve Wood TCCC

  2. 1558 • Elizabeth I becomes queen. • The stability of her reign allows the Renaissance to take hold. • Her support of the arts allows the theater business to enter a Golden Age.

  3. 1576 • Elizabeth grants the first license for a permanent theater in London. • This theater is built by James Burbage and is called, simply, The Theatre.

  4. 1590 • William Shakespeare has moved to London and entered the theater business by this time. • The theater district in London has moved from Shoreditch (home of The Theatre) to Southwark, a swampy area south of the Thames River.

  5. 1599 • Shakespeare’s most famous theater, the Globe, is built in Southwark. • Legend has it that the Globe was built with timbers from Burbage’s Theatre, which was torn down in 1599.

  6. 1603 • Elizabeth I dies; James I is crowned. • Technically, at this point, Elizabethan drama becomes Jacobean drama.

  7. 1610 • Shakespeare is effectively retired from the theater business.

  8. 1613 • The Globe burns down after some cannons used for a performance set the wooden structure on fire. It is immediately rebuilt.

  9. 1642 • The Puritans shut down the theater business in London, on the grounds of public decency and morality. Many of the theaters in London, including the Globe, are destroyed or remodeled for other purposes. • The theaters would stay closed until the Restoration.

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