Shoreditch brown plaque The Theatre
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Connection to This Location
# The Theatre, Shoreditch Standing at 86-88 Curtain Road, you're positioned at the threshold of English theatrical revolution, where from 1577 to 1598 the first building in London ever constructed specifically for dramatic performances rose from the precinct of the former Priory of St John the Bapt...
Location
86-88 Curtain Road, EC2 Hackney
Inscription
The site of this building forms part of what was once the precinct of the Priory of St John the Baptist, Holywell. Within a few yards stood from 1577 to 1598 the first London building specially devoted to the performance of plays and known as 'The Theatre