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1 week ago

Take a Virtual Tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London

The Globe Theatre opened in 1599 in Southwark, mirrored London's vibrant, chaotic culture, burned in 1613, was rebuilt, and was later closed and demolished by Puritans.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
4 months ago

The Poems of Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Amores, known in English as the Elegies, was groundbreaking, not just as the first known translation into English but also for employing the rhymed heroic couplet.
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4 months ago

London's Pocket Parks: The Red Lion Playhouse, E1

The Red Lion was possibly London's first purpose-built theatre, opened in 1567 but closed within a year or two.
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