Hamlet will be performed at the Rose Theatre, Bankside for the first time since 1594.. Martin Parr directs a four-person ensemble cast in William Shakespeare's famous play at the archaeological ...

Shakespeare, who also acted at the Rose, eventually moved to the theatre's larger rival, the Globe, and by 1606 the Rose was no longer a working theatre, simply disappearing from the map.

The site of the Rose Theatre, the first Elizabethan theatre on London’s Bankside where Shakespeare learned his craft, where he had his first plays performed and where he probably acted. The Rose was ...

The Rose playhouse was the first purpose-built theatre south of the Thames to be located on Bankside, Southwark. The playhouse was erected by Philip Henslowe in 1587 and functioned for a couple of ...

The oldest working theatre in the UK, where William Shakespeare is thought to have performed, has exposed an area of historic timber floor “larger than a tennis court” in a heritage project.