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    The Fortune Playhouse was an historic theatre in London. It was located between Whitecross Street and the modern Golden Lane, just outside the City of...
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  • wrestling) Fortune Playhouse, a theatre in London, England Fortune Theatre, London, England Fortune Theatre, Dunedin New Fortune Theatre, University...
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  • London in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He built the Fortune Playhouse, and probably the Globe Theatre, two significant establishments in...
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    century; comparisons with other theatres of the period (particularly the Fortune Playhouse, for which the building contract survives); and contemporary drawings...
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    research which suggests that the Fencing School was modelled on the Fortune Playhouse in London. Though not an attempt at an exact reproduction, the new...
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    Exchequer (London, 1836), p. 302. John Orrell, 'Architecture of the Fortune Playhouse', Shakespeare Survey, 47 (Cambridge, 1992), 17. Maurice Lee, Dudley...
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  • Shakespeare in 1931, playing Claudio in Measure for Measure at London's Fortune Playhouse. In 1932 he once again played Romeo at the Embassy Theatre. Other...
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  • Court. January – Carpenter Peter Street is contracted to build the Fortune Playhouse just north of the City of London by theatrical manager Philip Henslowe...
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  • Shakespeare's House". Although the building was very close to the nearby Fortune Playhouse, there is no documentary evidence surviving to indicate that Shakespeare...
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    The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square, central...
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  • a contemporary American theatre modeled after the Renaissance-era Fortune Playhouse in London This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    not intended for theatrical performance. The original model was the Fortune Playhouse, and then the Globe Theatre; these models proved difficult to replicate...
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    was Shakespeare's House". The building was very close to the nearby Fortune Playhouse, and a subsidy roll from 1598 shows a "William Shakespeare" as the...
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  • Exchequer (London, 1836), p. 302. John Orrell, 'Architecture of the Fortune Playhouse', Shakespeare Survey, 47 (Cambridge, 1992), 17. Maurice Lee, Dudley...
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    innuendo for the appeal of children. This paved the way for Pee-wee's Playhouse, an Emmy Award-winning children's series that ran on CBS from 1986 to...
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    ran a Course of Water down to the Moor, called now Moorfields." The Fortune Playhouse, an early Elizabethan theatre, was built on the street c.1600. John...
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  • John Tradescants (Atlantic, 2014). John Orrell, 'Architecture of the Fortune Playhouse', Shakespeare Survey, 47 (Cambridge, 1992), 17. Anthony Harvey & Richard...
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    Saxon burgh (settlement) owned by someone called Finn Fortune Street – after the Fortune Playhouse, which formerly stood here on the junction with Golden...
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  • regarded as an indication that he was at one time a player at the Fortune Playhouse. He wrote mainly for the delectation of choice spirits among the members...
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    The Fortune Theatre is a 432-seat West End theatre on Russell Street, near Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster. From 1989 until 2023 the theatre...
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  • of the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate (which was near the Fortune Playhouse and the home of many theatre people) state that a foundling child...
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    programs as Gruen Playhouse, Four Star Playhouse, Ford Theatre, Lux Video Theatre, Mr. and Mrs. North, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and Playhouse 90. In 1956...
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  • 1618 lease of the Fortune Playhouse from owner Edward Alleyn, Gunnell is fourth of ten. And when the company leased the rebuilt Fortune in 1622, Gunnell...
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    The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, along with the recreated Globe Theatre on Bankside in...
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    Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London, located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations. The Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was...
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  • 1600 January: Carpenter Peter Street is contracted to build the Fortune Playhouse just north of the City by theatrical manager Philip Henslowe and his...
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  • was the home of many theatre people of the day and located near the Fortune Playhouse, note two Thompson daughters in 1631 – the christening of Anne on...
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    Bradley. The theatre was (then) the only replica of the 1599 London Fortune Playhouse. Another notable anniversary for the festival were its 21st anniversary...
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    Art Gallery and Natural Science Museum at City Hall, the Tudor-style Playhouse Theatre, uShaka Marine World, and the International Convention Centre...
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  • records of St. Giles without Cripplegate in London, close to the Fortune Playhouse and the home of many actors in Benfield's era, record a few facts...
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