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
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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
