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Now, archaeologists in east London are unearthing a theatre where some of the Bard's great works were first performed, and have discovered some unusual features. The Curtain, a 16th-century playhouse where the first performance of Henry V was staged, has been found to have a surprisingly rectangular shape instead of the circle it was expected to be. Lessons - Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in Primary Resources. All That Is Interesting - The Lineage of the British Royal Family. Here’s a little education on the current Royal Family – the house of Windsor – with some trivia and tidbits on the family that has reigned over the United Kingdom for over 1200 years.
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Here AD revisits the historic Victorian estate as it appeared in the January/February 1979 issue, long before it was chosen as the home of the fictional Crawley family. “I am the last link of the feudal system. I’ve done everything I possibly can to keep the ancestral home.” Shakespeare: 'Wooden O' stage of Curtain theatre where Shakespeare premiered Henry V unearthed near Thames. Bard used theatre as a base from 1597-99 while the Globe was being built across the riverThe Curtain was shut down in 1622 and its exact location had been lostSite could be opened to public and have plays staged there By Nick Enoch Published: 11:36 GMT, 6 June 2012 | Updated: 17:24 GMT, 6 June 2012 In the late 16th century, the audience who crossed a yard paved with sheep knuckle bones to reach this playhouse could not have known that history was being made.
And now, the remains of the 'wooden O' stage, where William Shakespeare's company first performed Henry V, and possibly Romeo And Juliet, have been unearthed in a gravelled yard in Shoreditch, east London. Diósgyőri Gimnázium.
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