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 ...

But 300 "groundlings", who will watch plays in a roofless replica Elizabethan theatre in the city this summer, will hope "this sun of York" shines on them. Shakespeare's Rose, which opens on ...

However, in or around 1590, one of the top performing groups, the Lord Strange's Men were ordered to play for 3 days at Newington Butts while performance at the Rose Theatre in Southwark was ...