London is a huge city for people who be in love with the theater. The West End alone has more than 40 theaters, and other theaters, large and small, dot London's map.
At whatever time, London productions might range from showy Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to close two-person dramas. London theater-goers can often watch some of the world's most acclaimed actors trod the boards.
London's status as a theater-rich city can be traced hold up and admiration for the arts during the Elizabethan era. It was the time of the great English playwright Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
Elizabeth's time in power saw the building of the first permanent theaters in London; these included The Theatre (1576), the Rose (1587), the Swan (1595), and the theater that would most notably be linked with Shakespeare, the Globe.
While people from many areas of life may have enjoyed the plays, theater folks had a bit of an unsavoury standing, and London establishment forbidden performances within the city.
The Globe, which was made in 1599, was situated in Southwark because the district was outside the reach of the city fathers.
One of London's latest theaters surely has the oldest roots.
After many years of training and fundraising, a remaking of the original Globe, officially named Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, opened in 1997.
Built only yards away from the location of the original Globe, the new theater was the first London structure to include a thatched roof in more than 300 years. Building codes had not allowed such roofs since the Great Fire of London in 1666.
The Globe's season runs May to October; some theatre are staged with all-male casts as they were in Shakespearean times.
While often not the original buildings (fires and the London Blitz took their toll), some of London's present theaters draw their origins back to royal charters and licenses.
Four diverse buildings have served as the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; the first opened with the blessing of King Charles II in 1663.
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (or Haymarket Theatre) was based in 1720.
Three different theaters have stood at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House, which first opened in 1728.
located on the South Bank next to Waterloo Bridge, the National Theatre (the honorific "Royal" was donated by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988) can have as many as eight plays running in repertory in its three theaters—the Olivier (named after the company's first artistic director, Sir (later Lord) Laurence Olivier), the Lyttelton, and the Cottesloe.
At whatever time, London productions might range from showy Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to close two-person dramas. London theater-goers can often watch some of the world's most acclaimed actors trod the boards.
London's status as a theater-rich city can be traced hold up and admiration for the arts during the Elizabethan era. It was the time of the great English playwright Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
Elizabeth's time in power saw the building of the first permanent theaters in London; these included The Theatre (1576), the Rose (1587), the Swan (1595), and the theater that would most notably be linked with Shakespeare, the Globe.
While people from many areas of life may have enjoyed the plays, theater folks had a bit of an unsavoury standing, and London establishment forbidden performances within the city.
The Globe, which was made in 1599, was situated in Southwark because the district was outside the reach of the city fathers.
One of London's latest theaters surely has the oldest roots.
After many years of training and fundraising, a remaking of the original Globe, officially named Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, opened in 1997.
Built only yards away from the location of the original Globe, the new theater was the first London structure to include a thatched roof in more than 300 years. Building codes had not allowed such roofs since the Great Fire of London in 1666.
The Globe's season runs May to October; some theatre are staged with all-male casts as they were in Shakespearean times.
While often not the original buildings (fires and the London Blitz took their toll), some of London's present theaters draw their origins back to royal charters and licenses.
Four diverse buildings have served as the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; the first opened with the blessing of King Charles II in 1663.
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (or Haymarket Theatre) was based in 1720.
Three different theaters have stood at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House, which first opened in 1728.
located on the South Bank next to Waterloo Bridge, the National Theatre (the honorific "Royal" was donated by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988) can have as many as eight plays running in repertory in its three theaters—the Olivier (named after the company's first artistic director, Sir (later Lord) Laurence Olivier), the Lyttelton, and the Cottesloe.
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