London blue plaque The Rose Theatre

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# The Rose Theatre, 56 Park Street Standing at 56 Park Street in Southwark, you're standing on ground that transformed English theatre forever. Here, in 1587, Philip Henslowe and John Cholmley constructed The Rose Theatre—the first purpose-built playhouse on Bankside and a pioneering venue that wou...

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56 Park Street, SE1

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The Rose Theatre built here in 1587 first Elizabethan theatre of Bankside. Voted by the people.