Shoreditch Archives

From Squalor to Sanctuary: The Story of the Jago and the Birth of London’s Boundary Estate

Step into the heart of Victorian London, and you’ll find the origins of modern social housing entwined with the haunting legacy of the Jago. Immortalised

The Curtain Theatre: Shakespeare’s Shoreditch Stage and the Archaeology Beneath

Long before the bright lights of the West End, London’s theatrical innovation was taking shape in Shoreditch. Among its most iconic early venues was the

Holywell Nunnery, Shoreditch

1158 Holywell nunnery was founded just West of Shoreditch High Street. By the time of its demise in 1539 (due to the dissolution of the

Richard Tarleton – An Elizabethan Clown

Richard Tarleton was the most famous clown of the Elizabethan age. He had a gift of pleasing the groundlings of the Curtain theatre in Shoreditch

Why did the Globe Theatre close?

Shakespeare’s and John Fletcher’s Henry VIII was originally a script called “All is True”, which was a historical thriller. The play was based on the

London’s First Theatre

Well, London’s first two theatres were built in Shoreditch. The first theatre was built in 1576 and was called The Theatre, not only London’s first